E1 - Auditions No. 1

Aired: May 22, 2013

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

E2 - Auditions No. 2

Aired: May 22, 2013

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

E3 - Top 19 Revealed

Aired: May 29, 2013

The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

E4 - Top 19 Compete

Aired: May 29, 2013

The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

E5 - Top 18 Compete

Aired: June 05, 2013

The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.

E6 - Top 17 Compete

Aired: June 05, 2013

The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.

E7 - Top 16 Compete (1)

Aired: June 12, 2013

The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.

E8 - Top 16 Compete (2)

Aired: June 12, 2013

Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.

E9 - Top 15 Compete

Aired: June 19, 2013

A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.

E10 - Top 14 Compete

Aired: June 19, 2013

The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.

E11 - Top 13 Compete

Aired: June 26, 2013

The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.

E12 - Top 12 Compete

Aired: June 26, 2013

A meal is prepared for a wedding party.

E13 - Top 11 Compete

Aired: July 10, 2013

Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.

E14 - Top 10 Compete

Aired: July 10, 2013

The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.

E15 - Top 9 Compete

Aired: July 17, 2013

The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.

E16 - Top 8 Compete

Aired: July 24, 2013

The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.

E17 - Top 7 Compete

Aired: July 31, 2013

The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.

E18 - Top 6 Compete

Aired: August 07, 2013

Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.

E19 - Top 7 Compete Again

Aired: August 14, 2013

The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.

E20 - Top 6 Compete

Aired: August 21, 2013

The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.

E21 - Top 5 Compete (1)

Aired: August 28, 2013

The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.

E22 - Top 5 Compete (2)

Aired: August 28, 2013

Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.

E23 - Top 4 Compete

Aired: September 04, 2013

The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.

E24 - Top 3 Compete

Aired: September 04, 2013

The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.

E25 - Winner Chosen

Aired: September 11, 2013

The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.