The energy is high when four home cooks, who are determined to give it their all from the start, enter the Wall of Chefs kitchen. There's a fantasy in the Crowd-Pleaser round, but reality hits when the home cooks are asked to cook from Chef Hugh Acheson's fridge using miso, whipped herb cheese, and celery. In the final round, it's Thailand vs. Japan when Chef Darren MacLean challenges the home cooks to create a noodle soup that eats like a meal.

In a high stakes Chef's Fridge round, Chef Lynn Crawford challenges the home cooks to create a delectable dish using maple syrup, collard greens, parmesan cheese, and turkey! The chef judges gobble up the results with the best dish winning a very special prize. The Restaurant-Worthy round takes it to the streets as Chef Nick Hodge's tacos inspire the last home cooks standing to make their own elevated street food!

The power of an ingredient should never be underestimated, and the home cooks feel it when working with speck in the Chef's Fridge round and then while creating a restaurant-worthy Mac and Cheese. In the end, it all comes down to an intense deliberation as the chef judges debate flavour vs. technique.