Jang-Geum returns to the Royal Palace. Everyone’s happy to see her back except the gang of Choi. At this time, the Royal Kitchen apprentices / maid servants are busy preparing for the food examination. The examination consists of 2 parts, and will determined if they’re qualified to be a palace girls. First part the girls are suppose to be quizzed on their scholar knowledge. The second part they girls need to test on their cooking skills. But the ingredients are limited so the one that does better in the first part of the examination gets to pick the ingredients first, following by the second best, and so. The one that doesn’t do well will have to cook with the remaining less-desirable ingredients.