The chefs purchase fresh seafood in Italy, as tensions grow; Alex and Gabe make the captains choose one teammate to join them as they visit an Italian butcher shop that inspires a fiery grilling challenge.

Two team captains join Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini on a visit to a 1,000-year-old cheese cave; after an invaluable cheese tasting, the two leaders purchase their main ingredients before they are given the details of the challenge.

Alex and Gabe inform the four remaining chefs that two of them will be going home after a wild boar challenge.