The final two chefs attend an L.A. night club to compete in their final challenge: prepare two appetizers and three entrées in one hour. Five iconic chefs will judge the dishes.
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The new contestants form two teams and make their signature dishes for Chef Ramsay. A large audience looks on at the Cinerama Dome theater in Los Angeles.
The final two chefs attend an L.A. night club to compete in their final challenge: prepare two appetizers and three entrées in one hour. Five iconic chefs will judge the dishes.
The remaining chefs participate in the "taste it, now make it" challenge. The winner dines out with guests the losers move furniture and prep the kitchen for dinner service.
Using discarded everyday objects, a rock band treats the contestants to a musical number. The chefs are then given thirty minutes to make restaurant-ready dishes from leftovers.
The chefs travel to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and cook gourmet versions of tailgate favorites for USC football fans. The dish voted best by a group of fifty fans wins.
The remaining chefs prepare a dinner service for special guests from Oxfam America, including Academy Award-nominee Minnie Driver ("Good Will Hunting”).
The remaining chefs must cook three dishes for special guest judges, but there's a catch: they have just $35 and fifteen minutes to shop for ingredients.
The contestants take part in the annual blind taste test. The winners get a private ice skating lesson from Olympian Rachael Flatt. The losers make ice cream for the dinner service.
The teams cook gourmet pizza that will be judged by Chef Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck. The winners spend the day at a rooftop swimming pool and enjoy a session with a yoga instructor.
Forgoing a challenge this episode, Chef Ramsay asks both teams to choose a captain for the dinner service, testing the aspiring chefs' communication, cooperation and leadership skills.
The remaining contestants must match side dishes with four different types of protein. The winners spend a day at Laguna Beach while the losers prep honey taffy from scratch.
The remaining contestants pair up to make ravioli dishes. The winners spend a day at a Beverly Hills mansion while the losers prep kitchens and wrap pennies.
After digging up 100 pounds of potatoes, the teams aim to delight Chef Ramsay with potato-based dishes.
The teams compete in a tricycle relay race in which the chefs work in pairs to complete basic culinary tasks. The winners go on a dinner date with Chef Ramsay in San Francisco.
In the season twelve premiere, Chef Ramsay splits the twenty competing chefs into two teams. For the first challenge, each team prepares a signature dish.
In the season finale, the two chefs and their respective teams participate in a final dinner service that will determine this season's winner.
Chef Ramsay rewards the chef who has made the greatest stride in the competition with immunity from elimination during the next dinner service, in which the contestants try to impress the judges.
The remaining chefs participate in a challenge that tests their skills at identifying foods merely by touch. The winners eat seafood at Malibu's Nobu restaurant.
The teams must create an ethnic dish in 45 minutes including a protein of their choice. The winners go on a shopping spree at a boutique and receive a set of copper-clad cookware.
Chef Ramsay asks the teams to create their own menus for a dinner service that features Ian Ziering ("Beverly Hills, 90210") and Nikki SooHoo ("The Lovely Bones") as special guests.
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