Professional and amateur chefs compete in the first round of blind taste tests.

The blind tastings continue as the four mentors Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Brian Malarkey and Ludo Lefebvre battle to complete their teams without knowing what they are eating or who could have cooked it.

Each team must use five unique ingredients as it tries to create the best dish; each contestant has to prepare a dish that pairs best with a selected wine.

As the contestants are tasked with creating the perfect sandwich, tensions rise among the judges; chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone serve as guest judges.

The contestants are pushed out of their culinary comfort zones when asked to not waste any parts of an animal; Greg Morin and David McMillan serve as guest judges.

The seven semi-finalists must seduce the judges with a single, sumptuous spoonful of their latest dish; three cooks are eliminated.