Sasha Grumman

In the first challenge of the competition the contestants are asked to prepare their very own signature dishes.

Contestants are asked to create sweet dishes that are both sensual and erotic.

Fifteen of the country's best chefs compete in Portland, Oregon. For their first challenge, chefs combine their favourite ingredients into one cohesive dish. Contestants must also create a dish featuring one of Portland's iconic local birds.

The chefs enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs: Amar Santana, Melissa King, Kwame Onwuachi, Dale Talde, Gregory Gourdet, Carrie Baird and Richard Blais. The chefs have 30 minutes to serve up eight plates of breakfast.

The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert; Gregory and Kwame take the chefs on a tour of restaurants that feature food from the African diaspora.

Chef José Andrés calls in to recruit the chefs to join World Central Kitchen, tasking the chefs with delivering over 500 meals to frontline workers at three local hospitals in Portland.