Season 23 - Episode Guide

Eighteen contestants set out to impress Chef Ramsay in the Signature Dish Challenge before embarking on their first dinner service.

The punishment pass is introduced to the chefs; a fiery flambé challenge.

The chefs face a seafood showdown where only one team can reign supreme.

Chef Dan Barber joins chef Ramsay to judge the chef's pickling challenge.

The chefs are challenged with putting together some fabulous burgers using an assortment of wild ingredients thrown their way by chef Ramsay.

Chefs face a pasta challenge judged by pasta experts Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli.

The Yale Whiffenpoofs singing group perform; the chefs must model their expertise and work in harmony for their next challenge...balancing an array of ingredients to create a dish that really sings.

Team members work together in a secret ingredient challenge.

The chefs must complete their dishes and also their fellow contestant's dishes using verbal cues.

In a special dinner service, both teams must prove they have what it takes to stay.

The top eight chefs will begin the week with a challenge; they will randomly be assigned a cuisine.

Ramsay announces this week determines which chefs will receive one of the coveted black jackets.

Each chef must teach a comedian how to prepare a signature chef Ramsay recipe; the final five must prove they have what it takes to proceed to the final four.

The remaining four chefs are challenged to cook and present a tableside dish; a cutthroat dinner service determines who advances to the final three.

The top three are ready to prove they have what it takes in a final menu planning challenge! The chefs will be inspired with a glimpse into their possible future, going into their final challenge. The final three give their all, but only two will move on to the dramatic season finale.

With the help of some old friends, the finalists compete in a final dinner service with their very own custom menu tailored to their unique tastes and signature dishes; Chef Ramsay crowns one chef champion.