Sarah Raffetto

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.

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

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.

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 final four chefs are shocked when judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a three-course menu using only five ingredients per dish.

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.