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.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini welcome 12 talented chefs to Puglia, Italy; they live and cook together, fusing their own culinary styles with Italian cuisine; one chef's journey ends when their own team votes them out of the villa.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini make the remaining nine chefs interact with authentic Italian nonnas, who are adept at making pasta. The chefs have friction during a team activity.

A pizza festival sends the chefs scrambling to make enough pies to feed 50 hungry guests and a pizzaiolo; Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the chefs to make three dishes featuring charcuterie board ingredients.

Two team captains choose one teammate each to visit an Italian butcher shop that goes back generations; judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the chefs to create a menu using the grill as their only heat source.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini inform the seven chefs they will be hosting the first "Ciao House" pizza festival, where they must make enough pies to feed 50 hungry guests and a pizzaiolo.