Justin Devillier

The chefs' first challenge sends them to the Louisiana swamp where they must cook with alligator, frog, or turtle.

The chefs must cater a Halloween party for singer/actress Lea Michele.

Gumbo is a dish that gets better over time. For their first Quickfire challenge, the chef'testants work overnight to perfect dishes for legendary Chef, Leah Chase. And for the elimination challenge, the chef'testants are tasked with creating and operating food trucks to feed Habitat for Humanity volunteers helping to rebuild New Orleans after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.

The chefs get a crash course in Vietnamese culture.

New Orleans super-chef John Besh introduces the chef'testants to one of his favorite farms where they are tasked with making a dish out of a prized local crop - the creole tomato. For the Elimination Challenge, the farm to table theory continues as the chef'testants try to impress the upper-tiered chefs in John Besh's restaurant empire.

The chefs butcher and cook up a 300-pound hog.