Episode 1
Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
Episode 2
Episode 3
The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
Episode 4
The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
Episode 5
The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.
Episode 6
The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.
Episode 7
The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
Episode 8
Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
Episode 9
A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.
Episode 10
The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.
Episode 11
The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.
Episode 12
A meal is prepared for a wedding party.
Episode 13
Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
Episode 14
The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.
Episode 15
The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.
Episode 16
The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.
Episode 17
The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.
Episode 18
Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.
Episode 19
The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
Episode 20
The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.
Episode 21
The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.
Episode 22
Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
Episode 23
The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.
Episode 24
The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.
Episode 25
The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.
