The top 15 cooks are challenged to create a dish with an unconventional ingredient in a shocking mystery box challenge.
The contestants travel to Camp Pendleton, California, where they work in teams to prepare a meal for 200 servicemen and women.
The cooks split into two teams to replicate signature dishes at an award-winning restaurant; the contestants must prepare steak three ways.
The eight finalists must prepare, cook and serve a hearty meal to 101 cowboys; the challenge losers must prepare six eggs four different ways in only 20 minutes.
The top 18 contestants must create a dish using duck and bananas; the judges challenge the cooks to use unusual ingredients.
