E1 - The Ultimate Chef Test

Aired: November 07, 2012

Twenty-one contestants compete for fifteen spots in real-world challenges administered by the judges.

E2 - A Shock at the Space Needle

Aired: November 14, 2012

The fifteen chefs who remain after last week's qualifying challenge must think on their feet and at a high elevation when a twist complicates their challenge.

E3 - Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse

Aired: November 21, 2012

The chefs choose international dumpling recipes for the Quickfire, and then team up with either Tom or Emeril in a Thanksgiving challenge.

E4 - 50's Food Flashback

Aired: November 28, 2012

First the chefs must demonstrate their knife skills, and then they board a time machine, metaphorically at least, so they can design menus from the 1950s.

E5 - Pike Place Pickle

Aired: December 05, 2012

E6 - Even the Famous Come Home

Aired: December 12, 2012

E7 - Foiled Again

Aired: December 19, 2012

E8 - Jalapeño Business

Aired: December 26, 2012

E9 - Past Suppers

Aired: January 02, 2013

E10 - Battle Before the War

Aired: January 09, 2013

E11 - Restaurant Wars

Aired: January 16, 2013

E12 - Wolfgang Clucks

Aired: January 23, 2013

E13 - Chefs at Sea

Aired: January 30, 2013

E14 - Kings of Alaska

Aired: February 06, 2013

E15 - Glacial Gourmand

Aired: February 13, 2013

E16 - Finale (1)

Aired: February 20, 2013

E17 - Finale (2)

Aired: February 27, 2013