Hell's Kitchen

For their first challenge, the contestants have 45 minutes to prepare their signature dishes for a discerning Chef Ramsay. The winners attend Drai's Nightclub as VIP guests.

The chefs have twenty minutes to make baskets of shrimp dumplings. The winners take a helicopter to Malibu for lunch with Chef Ramsay at Geoffrey's.

To improve communication skills, Chef Ramsay gives each chef a jacket with a recipe on the back. The teammates must relay the recipes to one another.

Each chef gathers five rubber ducks with ingredients on them, then uses the ingredients to construct a duck dish. The winners travel by yacht to a Santa Monica penthouse.

Each team must create a holiday platter representing three major holidays: the Fourth of July, Cinco de Mayo and Mardi Gras. The winners get a wine mixing lesson.

In this episode, Chef Ramsay takes the remaining contestants to the supermarket for another grocery challenge.

After treating the contestants to a performance by guitarist Steve Vai, Chef Ramsay gives them a new five-dish challenge.

The chefs cook bison with international flair. The winners meet some animal actors while the losers make bread and butter from scratch.

Each team has thirty minutes to create vegetarian, sweet, meat and seafood breakfast dishes. The winners take a private plane to Palm Springs.

The teams have only five minutes to gather ingredients for a rack of lamb, sea bass and chicken. The chefs take turns cooking before being replaced by a teammate.

The remaining chefs compete in the annual blind taste test. The winners go on a shopping spree at Roland Products while the losers prepare the foul-smelling durian fruit for a dessert.

Confined to straitjackets, the contestants must help their visiting loved ones re-create Chef Ramsay’s branzino dish.

At Animo Venice Charter High School, Ramsay surprises the final five with high school photos of themselves. Each chef must cook a unique dish in forty minutes.

The contestants have forty minutes to cook a steak and two sides. The winner dines at Beverly Hills’ CUT while the losers clean the truck and motorbikes used to drive to Las Vegas.

On the USS Iowa, the final two chefs must create three main entrées, one cold appetizer and one hot appetizer. The winner gets first pick in creating a team from eliminated chefs.