Each team member must prepare a tasting menu for a Best in Show competition with the American Kennel Club. A contestant leaves due to an injury and the cooks serve music legends, including Stewart Copeland and Steven Tyler.

Ramsay splits the 18 aspiring chefs into two teams and asks them to present their signature dishes; the winning team spends time with Ramsay and chef Wolfgang Puck, while the losers set up the living arrangements.

The team that wins the Geoduck sashimi challenge spends time on a luxury yacht with Ramsay, while the losers clean and prepare for dinner service.

The teams must herd farm animals into their proper pens and decide which proteins and starches they will use next; the winning team goes on a wine tour, while the losers prepare stock bones; tempers flare during the dinner service.

The teams have just 20 minutes to prepare breakfast for culinary school graduates and their guests; while the winning team goes to San Francisco to meet chef Dominique Chen, the losers grind meat by hand for dinner service.

Ramsay uses a unique recipe challenge to strengthen team communication; the teams work together to prepare a dinner service with special guests, including TV host Wendy Williams.

The teams must identify proteins and match them to their dishes, with the winners getting a day at the beach with water polo players Genai Kerr, Shea Buckner and Tumua Anae; family night dinner service.

The teams compete to create the best Italian opera-inspired dishes, with the winning team getting a shopping trip and a VIP dinner; the teams provide dinner service for guests, including members of the Italian Consulate.

The teams meet new members before heading into a team challenge in which each member must prepare a tasting menu for a Best in Show Competition with the American Kennel Club.

The contestants face the blind taste test; Ramsay asks both teams to select a member for elimination.

The contestants must each create two servings of the same amuse-bouche; the teams struggle with communication during dinner service.

Having receiving their black jackets, the remaining chefs have to make a dish using Omaha steaks.

The finals five battle it out to try and secure a place in the next phase of the competition.

The remaining chefs prepare a dinner service with a double elimination at the end of the show.

The winner is chosen from the remaining two contestants.