Episode
Next Level Chef: Pro Chef Auditions
Overview
It's the final round of auditions, where eight professional chefs must impress the judges in order to advance to the next stage.
Details
- Series
- Next Level Chef
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2025-02-27
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Pro Chef Auditions is Episode 3 in Season 4 of Next Level Chef. It aired on 2025-02-27. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 2: Home Chef Auditions
The auditions continue with the next group to show off their culinary skills -- the home cooks.
Episode 4: Ciao Down
The 15 chefs who qualified for the draft are matched with their mentors and are given their first team challenge; each chef must create an incredible Italian dish.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Social Media Chef Auditions
Eight social media chefs kick off the competition.
Episode 5: Grills Gone Wild
The chefs battle it out to make the best barbecue feast; in the elimination round, two chefs go head-to-head and make an elevated dish using cauliflower.
Episode 6: Shoyu My Ramen
The mentors challenge the chefs to make the most impressive ramen dish while reaching from a fast moving platform that moves up and down each level throughout the entire challenge.
Episode 7: The Menu
The chefs work together to create a cohesive five-course meal, with the help of a few surprise sous chefs; to succeed in this challenge, the chefs must count on one another's culinary and communication skills.
Episode 8: Beat the Heat
The remaining chefs are tasked with oven roasting, steaming or deep frying.
Episode 9: The Thunderdome
For the first time in the competition, the chefs are no longer working on teams and must survive the next cooking challenge on their own.
Episode 10: A Very Special O' Cajun
The remaining chefs are tasked with cooking Cajun dishes that blend southern flare with French influence; the chef who creates the best dish receives a coveted time token that gives them a major advantage in the next challenge.
Episode 11: Tapas In
The chefs experiment with Spanish cuisine, starting with tapas and a mid-round platform drop resulting in a classic pairing; in the elimination round, three chefs carry on their Spanish preparations, serving up vibrant plates of paella.
Episode 12: Bad to the Bone
The final six chefs must cook protein with the bone in, which is no small feat in the essence of time; two chefs fight to the finish in the elimination round, where they are presented with a formation of fish to choose from.
Episode 13: Always Crust Your Instincts
The five remaining chefs are tasked with putting a twist on a classic: recreating Gordon Ramsay's signature beef Wellington without beef; two chefs are safe from elimination, while the remaining three chefs battle it out one last time.