Culinary Genius

Nine home cooks compete in three culinary battles, starting with chopping bell peppers. In the precision prep round, the contestants must fillet a whole salmon into 10 even portions. The final three create salmon dishes for exacting judge Gordon Ramsay.

The first challenge is to cut, core, and slice apples. The competitors tackle complex butchery by deboning a pork loin, and the final three create the perfect pork dish for judge Gordon Ramsay.

The first challenge for nine home cooks is demonstrating their knife skills on fresh herbs. Then they must precisely prep chicken, and the final three create the ultimate chicken dish to please judge Gordon Ramsay.

The episode kicks off starting with prepping and dicing cucumbers. Then the chefs must joint a duck into six pieces, and the final three must create a divine duck dish to please judge Gordon Ramsay.

The first challenge for the nine home cooks is slicing cabbage into elegant ribbons. Then they must shell and present a whole lobster. The final three cooks must present a sensational lobster dish to judge Gordon Ramsay.

The first challenge is chopping ripe tomatoes. Then the competitors must joint and prepare a whole guinea fowl before the final three make the ultimate guinea fowl dish for judge Rosemary Shrager.