Omar Ashley

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini welcome 12 talented chefs to Puglia, Italy; they live and cook together, fusing their own culinary styles with Italian cuisine; one chef's journey ends when their own team votes them out of the villa.

The nine remaining chefs travel to Otranto, Italy, where they purchase fresh seafood right from the docks; judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini task the chefs with their most difficult challenge yet.

Two team captains choose one teammate each to visit an Italian butcher shop that goes back generations; judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the chefs to create a menu using the grill as their only heat source.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini inform the seven chefs they will be hosting the first "Ciao House" pizza festival, where they must make enough pies to feed 50 hungry guests and a pizzaiolo.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the six remaining chefs to make three dishes featuring charcuterie board ingredients and one must be a dessert.

The two team captains must choose their teammates before they are given the details of judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini's challenge.