Season 1 was a disaster, and though season 2 is better ( with only 2 rounds instead of 5), the show producers need to remove the ' 'potential elimination' aspect from the 1st round. There's only two people competing (the chef Vs the amateur) each episode, so it's a useless clause anyway. Unless they plan to start producing 15 minute episodes, which is what we'd get if the amateur cook was eliminated at the end of round 1.
They should make the 1st round a play for points, with each judge having 1 point to give each round, to their favourite dish. The contestant with the most points (totalled) over the 2 rounds wins.