Last night Bravo aired the qualifying episode of Top Chef, featuring 21 chefs competing for 15 slots. Of the three D.C. chefs in the running, two succeeded and one failed—Dan O’Brien of Seasonal Pantry was asked to make an omelet for Wolfgang Puck. It wasn’t pretty.

Puck began with an anecdote of personal failure. When he was 18, he, too, made an omelet for a chef and the result was disastrous. (The chef told Puck it was like he “s—t all over your own bed!”) Now you’d think making an omelet is simple enough—and the Austrian judge gave his cooks 45 minutes to complete the task. And yet eggs were being overcooked and omelets were falling apart. O’Brien made one with bacon, mushrooms, and oysters. It got messy. (Puck said he would’ve liked it more if he didn’t have to see it.)