Next Level Chef

The new season of Next Level Chef features 24 culinary specialists from across America, vying for the $250,000 grand prize. Competitors include eight chefs each from Pro, Social Media, and Home categories. The competition begins with Pro chefs showcasing their skills in the audition round to earn a spot in the main event.

The auditions continue as eight savvy social media chefs level up corner-store staples, cooking their way to the top kitchen with dishes that taste just as good as they look to earn their place in the competition

The auditions come to a close as eight amateur home cooks prove their worth in the kitchen by transforming ordinary ingredients into standout dishes, with love. The home chefs must elevate their culinary skills to impress the judges and earn their chef whites.

It's the Draft! Gordon has a clear vision for his team, Nyesha has been keeping notes and Richard is determined to hang on to his crown this season, but will he draft the winner? This week's challenge gets spicy with some tasty tacos but as the platform rises, disaster strikes for one chef who is too late to the taco party.

Three enormous fish descend on the platform and the chefs must work together slicing and filleting their catch of the day. But with the pressure on, this is a true test of technique. Who will rise to the top and save their team, and who will face each other in the dreaded elimination? It's sink or swim.

Protein bowls have taken the world by storm and this week the chefs are tasked with creating a show-stopping bowl with color, flavor and texture. But to add to the chaos, the platform moves faster than ever before and does not stop! With ingredients missed, tempers rise and tears fall, and one more chef leaves the competition for good.

The Great Room becomes a restaurant with hungry diners and 3 Michelin-starred guests. Gordon, Nyesha, and Richard lead teams to cook one course in 40 minutes. The team with the weakest dish faces elimination, ending one chef's journey.

Much to the chefs' surprise, when Ramsay welcomes them back, it is Oscar, not Gordon, and this week's challenge is revealed as reimagining kids' classic dishes! The chefs must take these nostalgic flavors and elevate them into culinary masterpieces. It might sound simple, but it's not child's play as one more chef leaves the competition.

For the first time ever, the platform becomes a pub complete with beer taps! Proteins must be paired with perfectly poured beer to create delicious dishes. With a classic game of beer-pong in order to win more ingredients, whose dishes will be brew-tiful and whose will fall flat and send them home.

Channeling their inner cowboys, the chefs saddle up for a true test of technique as they take rustic ranch cooking to the next level. This challenge separates the range wranglers from the campfire cooks and one more chef is forced to ride off into the sunset!

The chefs are now competing individually to reach the top level. Failing to cook the best dish in the top kitchen sends them to the middle kitchen. If they fail again, they must cook one last meal in the basement to stay in the competition. With no team to save them, who will advance?

With only seven talented cooks remaining, the chefs must make a next level noodle dish that honors tradition while elevating this ingredient that is loved all over the world. The chefs are not only cooking to stay in the competition but also to win that priceless Time Token! One more chef leaves the competition.