Stephanie Cmar

A challenge at the Griffith Observatory kicks off the fierce battle, where the Chefs compare each other to see how everyone has progressed since last competing and then, the first elimination challenge brings them to the beach to cook a seafood meal.

It's Restaurant Wars and this season Padma takes all the limitations off the table as the chefs can make as much food as they want and shop wherever they choose. Two chefs are given 48 hours to pick their teams and create the restaurants.

Kelly Clarkson drops into the 'Top Chef' kitchen for a Quickfire based on her new movie, 'Trolls: World Tour,' where the chefs are tasked with combining colorful ingredients from six different musical lands to make one delicious dish.

In the Quickfire, the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish their family member is eating at a nearby restaurant. The chefs create a signature product that they will bottle and sell at a food festival.

The chefs are challenged to a taco throwdown for Danny Trejo. For the Quickfire, the only sharp tool they can use is a machete. The only way to make it to Restaurant Wars is to survive this week's qualifying challenge.