1. The Ultimate Chef Test

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

2. A Shock at the Space Needle

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.

3. Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse

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

4. 50's Food Flashback

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.

5. Pike Place Pickle

6. Even the Famous Come Home

7. Foiled Again

8. Jalapeño Business

9. Past Suppers

10. Battle Before the War

11. Restaurant Wars

12. Wolfgang Clucks

13. Chefs at Sea

14. Kings of Alaska

15. Glacial Gourmand

16. Finale (1)

17. Finale (2)