Season 4

episodes

1. 1. Auditions No. 1 2013-05-22 10.0 Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
2. 2. Auditions No. 2 2013-05-22 Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
3. 3. Top 19 Revealed 2013-05-29 The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
4. 4. Top 19 Compete 2013-05-29 The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
5. 5. Top 18 Compete 2013-06-05 The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.
6. 6. Top 17 Compete 2013-06-05 The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.
7. 7. Top 16 Compete (1) 2013-06-12 The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
8. 8. Top 16 Compete (2) 2013-06-12 Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
9. 9. Top 15 Compete 2013-06-19 A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.
10. 10. Top 14 Compete 2013-06-19 The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.
11. 11. Top 13 Compete 2013-06-26 The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.
12. 12. Top 12 Compete 2013-06-26 A meal is prepared for a wedding party.
13. 13. Top 11 Compete 2013-07-10 Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
14. 14. Top 10 Compete 2013-07-10 The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.
15. 15. Top 9 Compete 2013-07-17 The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.
16. 16. Top 8 Compete 2013-07-24 The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.
17. 17. Top 7 Compete 2013-07-31 The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.
18. 18. Top 6 Compete 2013-08-07 Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.
19. 19. Top 7 Compete Again 2013-08-14 The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
20. 20. Top 6 Compete 2013-08-21 The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.
21. 21. Top 5 Compete (1) 2013-08-28 The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.
22. 22. Top 5 Compete (2) 2013-08-28 Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
23. 23. Top 4 Compete 2013-09-04 The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.
24. 24. Top 3 Compete 2013-09-04 The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.
25. 25. Winner Chosen 2013-09-11 The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.