Hell's Kitchen USA

The season premieres with Chef Ramsay greeting the twenty budding chefs, who are then split into two teams.

The teams compete in a tricycle relay race in which they must work in pairs to complete basic culinary tasks.

The teams dig up potatoes until they’ve acquired 100 pounds' worth. From there, they prepare potato dishes that will hopefully delight Chef Ramsay. The winners have a private dinner on a yacht while the losers clean the livestock.

The remaining contestants pair up to make ravioli dishes. The first team to make ten approved dishes win a day spent at a Beverly Hills mansion; the losers prep both kitchens and wrap pennies.

The remaining contestants must match side dishes with four different types of protein. The winners spend a day at Laguna Beach while the losers prep honey taffy from scratch.

Forgoing a challenge this episode, Chef Ramsay asks both teams to choose a captain for the dinner service, testing the aspiring chefs’ communication, co-operation and leadership skills.

The teams cook a gourmet pizza that will be judged by Chef Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck.

The teams cook sampler dishes for dinner guests at an event honoring the 160th anniversary of the Phi Mu sorority.

Given only thirty minutes, both teams must create a meal with surprise ingredients presented to them every few minutes.

Chef Ramsay brings the teams to his eatery and has them prepare the restaurant’s signature dishes. Members of the losing team face Ramsay’s wrath and are susceptible to elimination.

The chefs must match eight cuts of pork with their corresponding parts on the body of a pig.

Chef Ramsay orders each chef, one by one, to enter a grocery store in complete darkness, where they must use the sense of touch to collect five ingredients.

Two rappers wake up the contestants by singing their instructions: to create their own menus for both teams. The group with the most popular menu wins the dinner service and is safe from elimination.

The contestants take part in the annual blind taste test. The winners take a private ice-skating lesson taught by Olympian Rachael Flatt. The losers make ice cream for the dinner service.

The chefs take a trip to Bristol Farms supermarket. Given $35, they have fifteen minutes to shop for ingredients and cook three dishes that will be judged by special guests.

The remaining chefs prepare a dinner service with special guests from Oxfam America, including Academy Award nominee and Oxfam America ambassador Minnie Driver.

The chefs travel to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and cook gourmet tailgate party-food favorites for USC Trojans football fans. The dish voted best by a group of fifty fans wins.

Using discarded everyday objects, a rock band treats the contestants to a musical number.

The remaining four chefs participate in the “taste it, now make it” challenge. The winner dines at two top-drawer restaurants with guests. The losers move furniture out of the dorms and prep the kitchen for dinner service.

The final two chefs attend a Los Angeles night club to compete in their final challenge: prepare two appetizers and three entrées in one hour.