| Season: 3 |
Episode 1 - Baseline Challenge |
Aired: 2012-02-12 |
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Sixteen hapless home cooks begin culinary boot camp in the Season 3 opener. First, the recruits prepare signature dishes, which are then critiqued by hosts Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay. Later, they learn the basics of cooking breakfast. |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 2 - Going Global |
Aired: 2012-02-19 |
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The recruits will be tested on an international level as they attempt to learn to make Hand Pulled Chinese Noodles and meatballs from around the globe. Will the recruits pull through or will they create an international disaster? |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 3 - Flavor Combos |
Aired: 2012-02-26 |
| The 12 remaining recruits make their own pizzas. Later, their palates are tested with extreme and odd flavor combinations. |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 4 - Late Night/Date Night |
Aired: 2012-03-08 |
| The recruits pull an all-nighter at a local diner, where they learn how to make a late-night treat. Then, Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell show them how to prepare a romantic entrée for two. |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 5 - Episode 5 |
Aired: 2012-03-11 |
| The eight remaining recruits try to re-create their mentors\' favorite meals, using only their sense of taste, smell and sight. Later, they cater a St. Patrick\'s Day party. |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 6 - Episode 6 |
Aired: 2012-03-18 |
| It’s time to get down and dirty as the recruits visit a fish market and have to make a colossal raw bar tower. Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay will then put their names on the line as the recruits cook for the chefs’ own families! |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 7 - Kicked Off By Kinfolk |
Aired: 2012-03-25 |
| The recruits have to impress their hardest critics yet in hopes of moving on to the finale. First they\'ll feed 30 screaming third-graders, then they\'ll have to cook a family-style meal for their loved ones who sent them to boot camp. |
| Season: 3 |
Episode 8 - Worst to First: The Final Battle |
Aired: 2012-04-01 |
| In the final battle, the two remaining recruits must execute their own three-course menu for a panel of culinary titans at David Burke Kitchen, a restaurant in New York City. Bobby and Anne work with their respective recruits to design the menus, taking into account their personal culinary journeys. The contestants learn new techniques, shop for groceries, practice their menus and execute all three courses in a dramatic end to an exhausting competition. Finally, the panel of culinary experts — including David Burke, Marcus Samuelsson and Susan Feniger — determine which chef has moved from worst to first and will walk away with the $25,000 grand prize. |
