Chef Ramsay mixes up the teams, and there's a communication challenge for the chefs to get their teeth into, with an exciting reward for the winners.
The teams go head to head in a speed challenge, serving Paris Hotel employees, with a special treat for the winners - and a day of pastry for the losers. Dinner service provides problems for both teams, with fish, meat and garnish all going wrong.
The chefs compete in their first team challenge - a throwback to season one - prepping squid. At dinner service, one team overcomes a difficult start to finish strongly, while the other struggles to remember tickets and has disasters with raw chicken.
The chefs cook using alcohol, before the teams prepare for dinner service. However, things don't go to plan for one team, and the first contestant is sent home.
The 18 chefs taking part this time are all aged 24 or under, and are looking to win the head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas. First up, the aspiring chefs all cook their signature dishes.
The chefs brief their teams ahead of the most important service of their lives. Following service, the winner and new Head Chef of Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe is announced.
The chefs are treated to a visit from their families and a tour of Las Vegas. However, their trip to the Jubilee Theatre at Caesar's Palace soon turns into their final challenge.
The chefs are met by a craps table. The winning team earns a special lunch, while a miserable fate awaits the losers. There's no dinner service, but someone must leave...
The teams take on a compelling surf and turf dome challenge, with the winners enjoying rooftop surfing above the Las Vegas skyline, and the losers making crabcakes for service.
The teams are challenged to put a twist on some classic Italian dishes, with a top reward for the winning group and a morale-sapping punishment for the losers.
The teams are tasked with creating Mexican dishes, but only one can enjoy a treat, with the others having to clean out the animal pens. Later, a shock is in store at service.
Trouble brews in the Red Team, with Amber questioning their choice of Head Chef. The challenge sees the teams tackling a reception for newlyweds, before a difficult service.
The day begins with a Caesar salad challenge. As service begins, Olympic gold medallist Apolo Ohno and NFL star Marshall Faulk take the VIP seats, but which team will shine?
The chefs take on a shrimp challenge, in which one hopeful makes a grave error, before a tough opening service for both teams.
A new series of Gordon Ramsay's culinary competition begins, but who will earn the big prize - the Head Chef position at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Lake Tahoe?
The challenge is a three-on-three showdown to see which team can make the better lineup of desserts to impress Ramsay and restaurateur Valerie Gordon, each of whom will each give each dessert between one and five points.
Ramsay reveals that the eighteenth annual blind taste test will be their next challenge, and for that year, the chefs will taste gelatos infused with different flavors.
The chefs are introduced to the Chinese food challenge with a dragon dance performance outside. Ramsay asks selected contestants to pick an opponent to cook against, and the opponent will pick the protein to cook with.
After showing pictures of the chefs (along with the staff and Ramsay himself) in their teenage years, Ramsay announces for that night's service, he is hosting his youngest daughter Tilly's Sweet 16th birthday party.
To test the teams' communication and teamwork skills, Ramsay gives them 40 minutes to cook five entrees from the menu.