Fifteen contestants from around the country prepare to level up their cooking skills.

Teams compete in a three story culinary gauntlet to create the ultimate steak dinner. Each time has been randomly assigned a kitchen, where they need to prove they can create delicious food even when the odds are stacked against them.

The teams are challenged to create a delicious Italian dinner; each team is randomly assigned to a kitchen where they must prove that they can create magic in any environment.

The teams are challenged to create a poultry dish; the best dish keeps one entire team safe from elimination, but one contestant is sent home with their dreams up in flames.

Contestants prepare a next-level burger.

Each remaining contestant must create a brunch dish that incorporates both sweet and savory elements in just 45 minutes; one aspiring chef goes home.

Contestants prepare a seafood dish; two contestants are eliminated.

The eight remaining contestants must prepare a next-level pork dish; an elimination.

The seven remaining contestants prepare a next-level fusion dish.

Three contestants are sent home with their dreams up in flames.

The final three contestants have 90 minutes to create an appetizer in the basement, a seafood dish in the middle kitchen, and a meat-focused meal at the top. One chef is crowned the winner.