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.
Chef Ramsay orders the remaining contestants to cook breakfast for visiting service members. The winning team will receive a day of rest, and the losers get kitchen patrol duty.
The two teams face off in a food-prep challenge that rewards the winners with a chance to spend time with Chef Ramsay away from the kitchen.
Tyrannical chef Gordon Ramsay returns for a third summer to tutor and torture aspiring chefs. The winner will receive a job as head chef at Nevada's Green Valley Ranch resort.
In the season finale, the final two contestants prepare one last dinner service for Chef Ramsay.
Chef Ramsay ends the battle of the sexes, and "Hell's Kitchen" breaks new ground when the teams cook for an especially demanding group: children.
Frustrated after another lackluster dinner service, Chef Ramsay shares some of his experiences running a successful restaurant while setting the third night's competition.
After a disastrous opening night, both teams learn the hard way about the importance of restaurant service, by waiting on tables.
Twelve chefs begin their journeys for the final prize: an executive chef position at the newly opened Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.