Chef Ramsay challenges the teams' palates in a blind taste test. In a packed dinner service, anxiety is higher than usual when celebrities Eric McCormack and Robert Patrick stop by.
The ten remaining chefs must make tapas from leftovers. At the dinner service, one chef's mistake nearly derails both teams.
The eleven remaining chefs cook for a bar mitzvah, preparing gourmet variations on the guest of honor's three favorite dishes.
The twelve remaining candidates shop at an Asian market and prepare fusion dishes for Chef Ramsay and food writer Tanya Steel.
The thirteen remaining chefs must serve breakfast to fifty young football players and cheerleaders. However, one team runs out of eggs.
The fourteen remaining chefs visit a meat locker to learn about various cuts of beef, then put their knowledge into practice when Hell's Kitchen becomes a steak house for the night.
Following the previous night's dinner service disaster, Chef Ramsay presents the aspiring chefs with the food that they wasted.
Chef Ramsay orders the five remaining chefs to teach cooking-impaired housewives to prepare a gourmet meal. The winner receives culinary pointers from chefs Mark Peel and Ben Ford.
Chef Ramsay inspires the six contestants by taking them to the restaurant that this season's winner will run. Season three winner Rock Harper makes a guest appearance.
In the opening challenge, the two teams compete in a relay race. The winners earn surfing lessons while the losers must clean Hell's Kitchen from top to bottom.
Chef Ramsay asks for a volunteer to switch sides. The group dynamic changes as the teams face their next challenge: creating four dishes using twenty specific ingredients.
Chef Ramsay makes the nine remaining chefs take a blindfolded taste test. The winners get to go to a spa the losers must clean the dorm.
The ten remaining chefs must please a picky teen who has come to Hell's Kitchen for her birthday party. The team that designs the best menu wins a teen-themed treat.
The first challenge for the remaining eleven chefs: make a gourmet pizza. The winners enjoy gourmet burgers in Santa Barbara while the losers prepare for the night's dinner service.
The two teams compete to make the most pasta for the evening's dinner service, and a kitchen accident puts one contestant in the hospital.
Chef Ramsay consolidates the five remaining contestants into one team, but first they must compete against one another to impress 100 hungry high school students.
The six remaining contestants must make appetizers and entrées from leftovers, then both teams must craft their own menus for the evening's dinner service.
Melissa joins the men in a competition to see which team can prepare better lobster dishes. But there's a catch: the teams must kill their crustaceans first.
To advance in this challenge, the seven remaining chefs must purchase and prepare food for a wedding reception.
On the fourth day, the remaining chefs compete in a blindfold taste test. The losers must accept a difficult punishment while the winners dine with Chef Ramsay.