Saba Duffy

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.

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.

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.

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.

The ten remaining chefs visit an authentic Italian bakery; creating a menu incorporating bread into every dish.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini make the remaining nine chefs interact with authentic Italian nonnas, who are adept at making pasta.