Nine home cooks enter the kitchen and meet their All-Star mentors.

The home cooks face a geography test and dip into popular world cuisines.

The home cooks face off in an art-themed dessert challenges.

It's a numbers game as the home cooks get divided into groups of three.

The mentors compete for the chance to win the return of an eliminated cook.

Cooks dissect iconic dishes and use the ingredients in a new way.

The remaining cooks face three rounds of literature-themed competition.

An eliminated mentor returns with a pop quiz in history.