The remaining contestants are given just 45 minutes to make small dishes for the guests at a private concert featuring the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music orchestra.
The chefs participate in the annual "taste it, now make it" challenge. The winners spend the day on the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach while the losers sort the recycling.
The chefs must rifle through a pile of keys to find the one that opens a locker full of steak cuts. After cooking their dishes, they present them to Chef Ramsay.
The remaining contestants participate in a cheese challenge. The winners go jet skiing in Marina Del Ray while the losers spend the day grating parmesan.
The contestants prepare American comfort food for the judges: Chef Ramsay, Chef Suzanne Goin and Chef David Burke. The winners sip cocktails aboard the American Pride in Long Beach.
In this episode's challenge, the teams must match fish heads to their correct bodies, then prepare dishes to impress guest judge Michael Cimarusti.
Each team must retrieve 25 crabs from the ocean. After splitting into pairs, each team must make ten crab cakes for Chef Ramsay. The winners dine at Talavera.
For the season's first challenge, the hopeful chefs prepare their signature dishes. The winners ride a hummer to Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach to meet William Shatner ("Star Trek").
The finalists work on their own menus. Then, in front of a live audience, they must cook five unique dishes with two appetizers and three entrées featuring beef, chicken and fish.
The remaining players take part in the annual "taste it, now make it" challenge. The winner dines with their family at Mr. Chow, followed by a chocolate tasting at Vosges.
The chefs serve forty "glampers,” who vote to determine their favorite. The victor goes glamping in Los Angeles for a night the losers spruce up the Hollywood Hills.
The teams create six Italian opera-inspired dishes. The winners go on a shopping spree at American Rag Cie, while the losers break down squid for a squid-ink tortellini dish.
The contestants split into pairs and capture animals. The chefs have to prepare a side to go with the protein that they just caught.
The chefs must identify mystery proteins and match them to dishes. The winners meet Olympic gold medalists at the Annenberg Community Beach House.
The teams serve brunch to a class of graduating culinary students. The winners fly to San Francisco to dine at Atelier Crenn the losers grind and stuff chorizo sausages.
In a challenge to improve communication skills, Chef Ramsay gives each contestant a jacket with a recipe printed on the back, which they need to rely on their teammates to read.
This episode's challenge? Re-create Chef Ramsay's geoduck sashimi. The team that prepares fifteen perfect dishes gets a pool break while the losing team makes dinner for everyone.
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.