The Ultimate Chef Test

E1

Twenty-one contestants compete for fifteen spots in real-world challenges administered by the judges.

A Shock at the Space Needle

E2

The fifteen chefs who remain after last week's qualifying challenge must think on their feet and at a high elevation when a twist complicates their challenge.

Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse

E3

The chefs choose international dumpling recipes for the Quickfire, and then team up with either Tom or Emeril in a Thanksgiving challenge.

50's Food Flashback

E4

First the chefs must demonstrate their knife skills, and then they board a time machine, metaphorically at least, so they can design menus from the 1950s.

Pike Place Pickle

E5

Even the Famous Come Home

E6

Foiled Again

E7

Jalapeño Business

E8

Past Suppers

E9

Battle Before the War

E10

Restaurant Wars

E11

Wolfgang Clucks

E12

Chefs at Sea

E13

Kings of Alaska

E14

Glacial Gourmand

E15

Finale (1)

E16

Finale (2)

E17