Brazil-based chef and organic food activist Paola Carosella hopes to guide Sandy through a delicious meal of homemade pumpkin ravioli and mango crumble - but only if the chef-in-training can first cut through the gourd.
Michelin-starred chef Murakami helps Sandy debone a sea bass, but when dessert becomes a family affair, the chefs realize they have more in common than a shared love of Japanese culture and cuisine.
With help from her husband Lucas, brother Junior, and sister-in-law Mônica, Sandy welcomes family friend and renowned chef Renata Vanzetto for a fun-filled vegetarian fusion cooking adventure.
With the cachaça flowing, chef Thiago Castanho introduces Sandy to Amazonian cuisine with banana leaf-wrapped catfish and cassava flour couscous before an impromptu violin solo from Sandy's brother-in-law.
João Diamante walks Sandy through the traditional Brazilian dish baião de dois with a chocolate mousse for dessert - but will the chef-in-training's effort be enough to please her mother-in-law, Lorena?