Chris Viaud

The chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell's soup for Padma and Dale Talde; the cheftestants get thrown for a loop when they find out they won't be shopping for their Elimination Challenge.

The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest for the Quickfire Challenge where they make a dish featuring mushrooms; the cheftestants are paired up to create a surf and turf dish featuring local fish and game.

The chefs are challenged to reinvent the salad; the chefs must recreate an unhealthy dish into something healthier.

Chef José Andrés calls in to recruit the chefs to join World Central Kitchen, tasking the chefs with delivering over 500 meals to frontline workers at three local hospitals in Portland.

The chefs are forced to work the line at a greasy spoon during breakfast rush; guest judge Jose Andres puts the chefs to the test.

The four remaining chefs travel to Puerto Rico in order to compete for the final three spots and must make cater the governor's private VIP party.