A previously eliminated team member makes a triumphant return; a rookie truck's plan to take out a pro rival backfires, while a pro team that's been on the bottom climbs the rankings; chef Antonia Lofaso returns with a challenge of her own.

Chef Jet Tila helps Tyler Florence challenge the teams to make dishes that tell their culinary origin stories; the pro versus rookie rivalry intensifies with catastrophic consequences, and one of the top-ranked teams tumbles to the bottom two.

Last season's winner Evanice Holz challenges the teams to turn family recipes into plant-based creations to sell at an epic food event; Tyler Florence offers his own family favorites as inspiration, and an elimination sends a much-loved team home.