Laura Docker

The new recruits enter boot camp to find photos of their culinary failures on their stations. Mentors Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray judge the recruits' signature dishes, and the recruits must cook shrimp and live lobster in a main dish challenge.

Two culinary pros replace Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray to mentor the recruits in preparing unconventional pizzas. The recruits fillet and prepare a fish dinner.

Boot camp transforms into a game day arena. The recruits play a game of Family Food, and later must prepare the ultimate game day sandwich and an appetizer.

The recruits must create a dish with both their least favourite ingredient as well as a more obscure ingredient under the mentorship of Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray.The chefs must spatchcock a Cornish game hen and put a twist on a side dish.

The final four recruits step into their mentor's shoes and direct Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray to make a dish. Anne and Rachael bring in VIP guests to judge which recruits move onto the finale for the chance of winning $25,000.

The recruits learn how to tackle New Orleans cuisine and must work as a team to fill in the missing words on a recipe that they then have to execute. Later, they must individually replicate their mentors' New Orleans-inspired dishes.