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.
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.
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 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.