The chefs were separated into three groups led by host Kristen Kish, head judge Tom Colicchio, and judge Gail Simmons, each of whom assigned their group a unique test.
Gail's group had to create stuffed pasta dishes
Kristen's group had to make soup
Tom's group had to prepare roasted chicken dishes (which were required to include both white meat and dark meat).
The judges selected their favorite and least favorite dish in each group. The overall winner received immunity for the next Elimination Challenge.
The three contestants with the judges' least favorite dishes then cooked against each other in a sudden-death cook-off, creating any dish of their choosing using leftover ingredients from the kitchen. The loser of the cook-off was eliminated.
The guest judges were chefs Paul Bartolotta and Adam Siegel.
