Sato beamed at them both and gave a thumbs up, signalling that he was pretty open to their ideas. For him, this was a learning experience in team work. Hopefully their flavors all actually worked; he knew they were really branching out in terms of what they could make and how it might mesh together as a cohesive whole. There was a chance it might not impress those above them at all...how embarrassing would that be?<br/><br/>Sato's stomach gave a growl. He could still smell the delicious herbaceous fried chicken the RAs issuing the challenge had made. He desperately wanted to earn the right to taste it, but...<br/><br/>He kept up his own prep and handled his own ingredients.<br/><br/>Time was running low.<br/><br/>He let Eve and Brooke handle themselves and close to the last ten minutes, he checked in.<br/><br/>"Where are we at on things?" he asked. "We'll want to start plating soon!"