The task for the Kitchen Criminals today is to re-produce Angela Hartnett's simple Orange, Chicory and Chicken Salad and delicious Plum and Almond Tart.

One of the kitchen criminals was showing signs of redemption and another who failed miserably on Wednesday appeared to be back on track. But Angela had to lose one of her team - the student who dismayed the chefs with a pool of milky liquid and noodles claiming to be macaroni cheese, the feisty Essex lady who refuses to be broken and the Northern Irish charmer who lives off pre-packaged salads were in the running for a return to the cookery cooler.