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 team has thirty minutes to create vegetarian, sweet, meat and seafood breakfast dishes. The winners take a private plane to Palm Springs.
The chefs cook bison with international flair. The winners meet some animal actors while the losers make bread and butter from scratch.
After treating the contestants to a performance by guitarist Steve Vai, Chef Ramsay gives them a new five-dish challenge.
After welcoming newlywed sous chef Andi Van Willigan back to “Hell's Kitchen,” Chef Ramsay requests that both teams make six dishes each.
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.
Chef Ramsay gives each of the final four $25 and ten minutes to find ingredients for a vegetarian dish. The winner gets a dinner at Studio in Laguna Beach.
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 teams participate in the annual blind taste test. The winners go on a shopping spree and sample caviar. The losers make sangria and lug tabletops into the dining room.
The chefs cook a Mardi Gras-themed homecoming dinner for Calabasas High School. Both teams have 35 minutes to create three meals for the homecoming committee.
The remaining chefs must cook with exotic proteins, including ostrich and wild boar, to impress Chef Ramsay and the owners of the restaurant Animal.
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 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 remaining contestants take on steak. Ramsay, along with Omaha Steaks owners Bruce and Todd Simon, judge the meals based on appearance and eat them only if they look favorable.