For their second Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants had sixty minutes to create a dish with live seafood.

For their 2nd team challenge the contestants were divided into two teams and had two hours to cook for 120 wedding guests.

The 3rd Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants were given 52 unlabeled aluminum and tin cans, and a limited pantry. They can use any amount of cans they preferred, in 60 minutes to create a restaurant quality dish.

For the 3rd team challenge, for 1 hour the contestants worked in pairs cook with seafood and red meat. The teams with the worst dishes would compete in the Pressure Test.

The Restaurant Takeover took place at Dinah's Family Restaurant in Culver City, California.

Thirteen chefs compete in a mystery-box challenge involving wild Alaskan king salmon. In the second round, the home cooks create dishes using a judge's favorite ingredients.

for their 5th Team Challenge, the contestants were divided into 2 teams of 6 and had to cook a romantic entrée and desert for seventeen couples, including Gordon and his wife Tana.

For their 5th Mystery Box Challenge, the judges presented 2 Mystery Boxes, one box had cheap ingredients and the other had expensive ingredients, the contestants had 60 minutes to create a dish using only one of the boxes.

For their next team challenge the cooks chose who they wanted to partner up with forming 4 teams of 2, each team would cook with a different body part of the chicken and the body part was randomly chosen.

For the 6th Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants had 60 minutes to create an entrée using only apples. They can also include ingredients from the pantry.

the remaining 6 contestants cooked dinner at restaurant with 50 guests. They had to replicate 2 appetizers and 2 entrees from the restaurant's menu. They have 1 hour to prep and 2 hours to serve the customers.

In 60 minutes the remaining contestants and their loved ones picked the ingredients they needed to make their loved one's favorite dish.

The last 3 cooks cooked an entrée for 50 chefs, symbolizing the 50 states of America. The 3 cooks randomly selected the eliminated contestants to help prepare the 50 portions. The cook with the most votes will advance to the finale.

For the finale, Elizabeth and Courtney were required to cook a three course meal for each of the judges.