Bryan Voltaggio

The chefs cook outside for a professional skydiving team.

In the Quickfire, the chefs play a game of telephone with their loved ones as they try to reproduce the dish their family member is eating at a nearby restaurant; the chefs create a signature product that they will bottle and sell at a food festival.

A challenge at the Griffith Observatory kicks off the fierce battle, where the chefs compare each other to see how everyone has progressed since last competing; the first elimination challenge brings them to the beach to cook a seafood meal.

Kelly Clarkson drops into the kitchen for a Quickfire based on her movie, Trolls: World Tour, where the chefs are tasked with combining colourful ingredients from six different musical lands to make one delicious dish.

The chefs make a dish using elements prepared by their sous chefs; the chefs put an Asian spin on an American classic.

Padma gets a real rise out of the chefs when she tasks them with making a Quickfire dish using non-wheat flours; for the Elimination Challenge, the chefs serve Gustavo Dudamel and members of the LA Philharmonic at Otium restaurant.