Trisha Yearwood and her sister visit a local farm for fresh ingredients and then return home to make Mushroom, Asparagus and Arugula Risotto and Strawberry Buttermilk Ice Cream with Homemade Waffle Cones.
The recruits enter boot camp and find it has been transformed into everyone's favorite game show, Family Food! The teams go head to head in trivia rounds and culinary tasks testing their knowledge of the kitchen. The recruits watch a Teppanyaki chef perform dazzling tricks over a grill, and then chefs Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine teach them how to make a hibachi-style meal for the main dish challenge. The recruits who light up the kitchen will continue on, but those who stumble will go home in a blaze.
The Kitchen's Geoffrey Zakarian and Jeff Mauro are playing the tricks and culinary instructor James Gillespie and restaurateur Rob Maffucci are serving the treats. Only one will survive to battle Bobby in a Halloween trip into the arena.
The baking teams must cast a culinary spell by creating cakes inspired by Halloween's witchy first lady. Host Brad Smith oversees the magic in the kitchen as judges Harry Eastwood, Eddie Jackson and Anna Olson choose the winner.