Ciao House - Episode Guide

Hosts and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini welcome 10 talented chefs to Ciao House, where they will live together in a beautiful Tuscan villa and be tested like never before on their proficiency with Italian cuisine. Two chefs receive a huge advantage going into the next round, and one chef must say "Ciao Ciao" to the villa.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini introduce the nine remaining chefs to authentic Italian nonnas, who showcase how to make handmade pasta from scratch. Tempers flare during a team-based pasta challenge, and the losing team must vote to send home one of their own.

The eight remaining chefs travel to a famed Tuscan vineyard where judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a three-course restaurant-style menu incorporating truffles and wine pairings. Alliances form and personalities grate, and one more chef must leave the villa.

The seven chefs meet a butcher whose family business is over three centuries old! Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the two teams to create a menu based around the prized Bistecca alla Fiorentina, which tests them like never before. Tragedy strikes, and one chef must leave the villa early.

Two team captains join hosts Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini on a visit to an Italian cheese cave that has been operating for over a thousand years! After an invaluable cheese tasting, the two leaders must purchase their main ingredients BEFORE they know what their challenge is, which impedes even the most successful chefs. At the end of what is their most difficult round yet, one more chef will be sent home.

Hosts and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini inform the four remaining chefs that not one, but two of them will be going home at the end of this week's wild boar challenge. Only two chefs will make it to the finale and battle it out for the life-changing grand prize.

The two remaining chefs' finale plans are turned upside down when hosts and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini invite some "familia" back to the villa for one last chance at redemption.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini preside over a cooking duel to see which previously eliminated chef will earn a spot in the finale. The winner will join the other two finalists to cook one last meal, knowing a life-changing prize is within their reach -- an immersive culinary education across Italy to train with renowned master chefs.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini welcome 12 talented chefs to Puglia, Italy, where they will live and cook together, fusing their own culinary styles with Italian cuisine. One chef's journey ends when their own team votes them out of the villa.

Authentic Italian nonnas meet the 11 remaining chefs in Lecce, Italy, and teach them to make pasta shapes from scratch. Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini ask the chefs to take on a three-dish pasta challenge, which proves disastrous for one team.

The 10 remaining chefs visit an authentic Italian bakery, and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a menu incorporating bread into every dish. One team captain's leadership style aggravates their fellow chefs.

The nine remaining chefs travel to Otranto, Italy, where they purchase fresh seafood right from the docks. Then, judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini task the chefs with their most difficult challenge yet.

Two team captains choose one teammate each to visit an Italian butcher shop that goes back generations. Then, judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the chefs to create a menu using the grill as their only heat source.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini inform the seven chefs they will be hosting the first ever Ciao House pizza festival, where they must make enough pies to feed 50 hungry guests and a renowned pizzaiolo.

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the six remaining chefs to make three dishes featuring charcuterie board ingredients, and one must be a dessert.

With just five chefs remaining, the two team captains must choose their teammates before they are given the details of judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini's challenge.

The final four chefs are shocked when judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a three-course menu using only five ingredients per dish.

The two remaining chefs are stunned when some unwelcome guests arrive at the villa. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini choose the winner of Ciao House, who will receive an immersive culinary education with renowned master chefs across Italy.