Trenica Johnson

The seven chefs meet a butcher whose family business is over three centuries old! Alex and Gabe task two teams with creating a menu based around the prized Bistecca alla Fiorentina, which tests their skills like never before.

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 welcome ten chefs to the Tuscan villa where they will live, cook and prove their skills with Italian cuisine.

The 10 remaining chefs visit an authentic Italian bakery, and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a menu incorporating bread into every dish. One team captain's leadership style aggravates their fellow chefs.

Authentic Italian nonnas meet the 11 remaining chefs in Lecce, Italy, and teach them to make multiple pasta shapes from scratch. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini ask the chefs to take on a three-dish pasta challenge, which proves disastrous for one team.

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