[3][4] The competitors were flown to Portland from across the United States, quarantined in their hotel rooms for several days, and tested several times for the coronavirus.

Winner: Farah Momen Challenge: The home cooks had one hour to create two dishes featuring radishes.

Winner: Gina Mustoe Challenge: The home cooks had 45 minutes to create a dish featuring at least three different varieties of eggs.

Winner: Lorenzo Beronilla Challenge: The home cooks had 45 minutes to prepare a dish inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.

Winner: Zuliya Khawaja Challenge: The home cooks had one hour to create a dish highlighting two of the five basic taste profiles: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, or umami.

The options included shelling walnuts, separating egg yolks, mincing garlic, peeling and deveining shrimp, dicing onions, breaking down a chicken, supreming oranges, shredding cheddar cheese, frenching racks of lamb, and turning artichokes.