Bobby Flay stars as a guest committee member. The eleven finalists meet for the first time and face three challenges: to create and present an original dish at a dinner party for the Selection Committee, to decorate wedding cakes as judged by Ace of Cakes star Chef Duff and then Chef Robert Irvine of Dinner: Impossible divides them into teams to cater a wedding for 100 in just six hours.
Bobby Flay stars as a guest committee member. The eleven finalists meet for the first time and face three challenges: to create and present an original dish at a dinner party for the Selection Committee, to decorate wedding cakes as judged by Ace of Cakes star Chef Duff and then Chef Robert Irvine of Dinner: Impossible divides them into teams to cater a wedding for 100 in just six hours.
Giada De Laurentiis puts the finalists' presentation skills to the test and the winner's recipe wins the cover of Bon Appetit Magazine.
NBA legend Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins joins last season's winner Guy Fieri to test the finalists.
Giada De Laurentiis and Paula Deen challenge the finalists to create the ultimate comfort food and serve it to soldiers at Fort Dix.
Alton Brown helps the finalists focus their brand by creating a packaged food that represents their unique culinary point of view. Then, the finalists go into the studio for their first full-scale on camera cooking demonstrations.
The remaining four finalists try to be Iron Chefs! Alton Brown hosts two battles where each finalist must create three dishes in one hour. Each Iron Chef America wannabe gets a surprise sous chef...a previously eliminated finalist.
Food Network's Rachael Ray invites the three finalists to her daily talk show to each get a turn to cook their signature dish. The search is narrowed to two finalists, and voting opens up to America to make the final decision.
The last two finalists fly to Miami and cook for all the Food Network stars at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival. Then it's back to New York, where the winner is revealed, live!