Gordon invites his entrepreneurs to Cornwall; he shocks them with a high-pressure individual challenge in which they must overcome their fears and put their faith in him; he also challenges them to run food shacks on a beach.

Gordon sends his 11 contenders back to basics, testing their raw skills and pure talent; first, he invites the entrepreneurs to a world-renowned artisan-smoked salmon business in Hackney Wick.

Gordon sends his contenders to Lake District; not only do the teams have to hit Gordon's surprise brief, they need to overcome their fears as they face a challenge 1,000-feet in the air; next, Gordon tries to discover who's a jack-of-all-trades.

Gordon Ramsay invites the contenders to Oxford to replicate a sushi platter as demonstrated by a sushi master; he invites the teams to create a cocktail.

Gordon tests how well his contenders make decisions under pressure; their task is to identify award-winning cheeses by taste and smell alone; to find the cheese, they must navigate through narrow caves.

Gordon challenges the entrepreneurs to harvest oysters by hand on the Essex coast before putting them in charge of the jewel in his restaurant crown, the Savoy Grill.