The First Bite

Overview

Eight chefs make the journey to a remote hotel with their trunks full of their 13 ingredients -- the only things they'll have to cook with for the entirety of their stay. Host Tituss Burgess puts them to work making a welcome bite for VIP guest Marcus Samuelsson and wastes no time eliminating one chef immediately after the first challenge, sending them directly to the dreaded Room 13. The remaining chefs are then divided into teams and tasked with re-creating items from the hotel's 100 year-old menu: either beef Wellington or cassoulet. Before the night's end, another chef will be sent to Room 13