After two chefs are eliminated, the remaining chefs must create a unique dining experience for a large group of well-known chefs that include guest judges Bruce Kalman, Steve Samson, Mette Williams and Alessio Biagini.
The remaining chefs are challenged to create their dishes with only six ingredients.
Chef Ramsay shakes things up and introduces a series of three challenges that will determine the recipients of black jackets.
The chefs pair up for a challenge in which they must combine two countries' flavors to impress the guest judge, Roy Yamaguchi.
The chefs pair up for a taste challenge in which the winners receive Vitamix blenders and a special trapeze lesson on the Santa Monica Pier.
The chefs are challenged to make sliders for three burger aficionados.
The remaining chefs prepare for their next challenge: a blind taste test during which each team must determine the taste of pureed baby foods.
The teams compete in the first "Hell's Kitchen" Grand Prix crepe-making challenge.
The chefs prepare their signature dishes and compete in the first team challenge.
On the USS Iowa, the final two chefs must create three main entrées, one cold appetizer and one hot appetizer. The winner gets first pick in creating a team from eliminated chefs.
The contestants have forty minutes to cook a steak and two sides. The winner dines at Beverly Hills' CUT while the losers clean the truck and motorbikes used to drive to Las Vegas.
At Animo Venice Charter High School, Ramsay surprises the final five with high school photos of themselves. Each chef must cook a unique dish in forty minutes.
Confined to straitjackets, the contestants must help their visiting loved ones re-create Chef Ramsay's branzino dish.
The remaining chefs compete in the annual blind taste test. The winners go on a shopping spree at Roland Products while the losers prepare the foul-smelling durian fruit for a dessert.
The teams have only five minutes to gather ingredients for a rack of lamb, sea bass and chicken. The chefs take turns cooking before being replaced by a teammate.
Each chef gathers five rubber ducks with ingredients on them, then uses the ingredients to construct a duck dish. The winners travel by yacht to a Santa Monica penthouse.
To improve communication skills, Chef Ramsay gives each chef a jacket with a recipe on the back. The teammates must relay the recipes to one another.
The chefs have twenty minutes to make baskets of shrimp dumplings. The winners take a helicopter to Malibu for lunch with Chef Ramsay at Geoffrey's.
For their first challenge, the contestants have 45 minutes to prepare their signature dishes for a discerning Chef Ramsay. The winners attend Drai's Nightclub as VIP guests.
The finalists have one hour to devise five unique dishes that will be judged by an array of 5 of the world's top chefs.