Orders Up

**Orders Up** is a challenge of visual intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

From a selection of colourful ingredients, you'll need to challenge your inner culinary artist to prepare a plate for a special occasion. Whoever presents the most visually appealing plate takes the challenge.

## Episode 208

Orders Up was the sole challenge of visual intelligence and the fourth challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 4 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app. Mark McEwan served as the guest judge for this challenge.

The theme that contestants had to base their dishes upon was **romance**. The proteins included in the dishes by default were lobster and steak, forming a surf and turf component.

Anthony Craparotta was the first contestant to present his surf and turf dish and it consisted of some noodles, an onion skewer, sauces, and many rose petals. Mark commented that the floral components of Anthony's dish stood out and that he would have used something other than onions for the skewer.

Katy Warren was the second contestant to present her surf and turf dish and it consisted of two roses, a white sauce, a red sauce forming a heart shape, and a green garnish vegetable forming an arrow through the heart shape. Mark commented that he felt amorous just by looking at it and that he could tell that Katy has a cautious style.

Jason Vander-Hoek was the third contestant to present his surf and turf dish and it consisted of asparagus and noodles positioned under the lobster and steak, respectively, a lemon slice, and some rose petals. Mark commented that the dish was clean and attractive, but that it seemed somewhat conventional.

Tim Blais was the last contestant to present his surf and turf dish and it consisted of asparagus with a small glaze on them, cherry tomatoes, noodles, a lemon slice, and a small flower positioned on top of the steak. Mark commented that the dish could best be described as scientific, considering that the ingredients were generally detached from one another, and that Tim faltered by accidentally touching his plate with messy fingers.

After Tim's turn, Jessi revealed that Mark would rank each of their dishes from weakest to strongest. Mark gave his final comments to the contestants and ranked Katy in 1st place, Jason in 2nd place, Tim in 3rd place, and Anthony in last place. Therefore, Katy was awarded 4 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Jason was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Tim was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Anthony was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Neil Barbour of Crow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 91%, Marianne Williams of Holmesville, New Brunswick, with 89%, kameabellows of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 88%, and Laura Hermanna Boertien of Souris, Prince Edward Island, with 87%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Katy Warren** | 1st
 **2nd** | **Jason Vander-Hoek** | 2nd
 **3rd** | **Tim Blais** | 3rd
 **4th** | **Anthony Craparotta** | 4th
 Maximum Possible