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Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to prepare a dish that reflects their connection to cooking. The top four celebrities moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: José María, Alicia, David and Natalia

Immunity Challenge: José María, Alicia, David and Natalia must prepare three servings of three different pastas made from scratch: a long pasta, a stuffed pasta and a lasagna. Each could choose four other contestants to help them prepare their dishes, but only the captain could win immunity.

• Burgundy Team: José María (C), Gary, Jason, Pancho, Paty
• Blue Team: Alicia (C), Danka, Mariana, Niño Prodigio, El Puma
• Yellow Team: David (C), Carolina, Daniela, Mark, Polo
• Green Team: Natalia (C), Alejandro, Diana, Ivanna, Rosie
  • Winner: Natalia

Express Challenge: The celebrities were asked to bread three egg yolks. Once a celebrity completed the challenge they were allowed to pick their partner. Due to the odd number of contestants, Alejandro was left without a partner. Natalia, who had won the previous immunity challenge, had to choose between giving him immunity or sending him directly to the elimination challenge. She chose the latter option.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, had 60 minutes to prepare any dish while cooking relay-style. The celebrities took turns cooking their team's dish, but were only allowed ten minutes each. The top three pairs moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Puma and Mariana, Paty and David, Rosie and Carolina

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare any dish, but had to use a randomly assigned object as the plate for their dish. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Puma: Bird cage
• Carolina: Elephant with bowl
• Rosie: Stone
• David: 3 tier stand
• Mariana: Mousetrap
• Paty: Articulated hand
  • Winner: Carolina

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were allowed to choose their partners for the challenge. In a charades-like game, one partner was chosen to draw and act out the ingredients of a dish, while the other prepared it based on the indications given. The top five pairs moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Niño and David, Gary and Alejandro, Paty and Mark, Natalia and Daniela, Pancho and José María

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities have 60 minutes to prepare a dish with ingredients chosen from the pantry by the celebrities who did not qualify for the challenge. The winner received immunity from elimination and a secret advantage.

• Winner: José María

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities made dishes inspired by emojis. The top three celebrities became captains in the team challenge.

• Winners: David, Jason and Niño

Team Challenge: The teams had 90 minutes to prepare a decorated cake. They had to measure the height of their cake as the team with the shortest cake would not be judged. The teams were picked by David, who had the best dish in the Quickfire challenge. The winning team won the opportunity to compete for immunity.

• Yellow Team: David (C), Alicia, Danka, Polo
• Blue Team: Jason (C), Diana, Gary, Pancho
• Green Team: Niño (C), Ivanna, Puma, Rosie
  • Winners: Jason, Diana, Gary, Pancho

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare tostones accompanied by a sauce. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Jason

Skills Challenge: Team captains Carolina, Jason, José María and Natalia competed in a skills challenge of four stages: preparing mashed potatoes, a dish using avocado as the main ingredient, grilled fish, and a dish using fruits. The winner of each stage had the advantage of assigning a celebrity to each team.

Team Challenge: Carmen announces that the four teams must merge into two. Jason and Natalia merge their teams while Carolina and José María merge theirs. In a treasure hunt-like game, the teams must follow clues to find the ingredients that will allow them to complete their menu, consisting of an appetizer, a main course and a dessert. They are given two hours to complete the challenge. The winning team received immunity from elimination, while the losing team was sent to the elimination challenge.

• Green Team: Carolina (C), José María (C), Alejandro, Alicia, David, Niño, Pancho, Puma
• Yellow Team: Jason (C), Natalia (C), Daniela, Diana, Gary, Ivanna, Mariana, Polo
  • Winners: Carolina, José María, Alejandro, Alicia, David, Niño, Pancho, Puma

Before the Safety Challenge began, José María's secret advantage was revealed: to swap one of the celebrities in danger of elimination for one of those who are safe. He decided to save Alejandro and swap him for Alicia.

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a dish inspired by their zodiac signs. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Winner: Ivanna

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using only ingredients chosen by the judges.

• Winners: Alicia, Danka and Gary
• Eliminated: Daniela

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, have 60 minutes to make hot dogs with a side dish. Arturo Peniche from season 2 helped the celebrities prepare their sausages. The top five pairs moved on to the skills challenge.

• Winners: Alicia and Niño, David and Jason, Danka and Gary, Alejandro and Puma, Diana and Pancho

Skills Challenge: The winners of the Quickfire Challenge competed in a skills challenge of three stages: peel 20 cloves of garlic, cut onions into 400 grams of slices, and whip egg whites by hand to stiff peaks. The first five to complete the stages advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Pancho, Gary, Jason, Niño and David

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to prepare a dish with a protein. Pancho, having finished first in the skills challenge, had the advantage of assigning proteins to his competitors and how many minutes to take off their cooking time. The winner received immunity from elimination. The proteins assigned and minutes reduced by Pancho were:

• David: Pork rib, -50
• Gary: Liver, -30
• Jason: Lobster tail, -10
• Niño: Tripe, -40
• Pancho: Tomahawk steak, -5
  • Winner: Gary

Team Challenge: Working in trios, the celebrities must prepare two dishes with the ingredients they find in the judges' refrigerators. Gary assigned the fridges. Due to the absence of Paty and Rosie and the addition of Gabriel to the competition, they had to prepare three dishes. The winning teams advanced to the Quickfire Challenge.

• Winners: Alejandro, Carolina and Ivanna; David, Polo and Puma; Gabriel, Paty and Rosie; José María, Mariana and Pancho

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, had 45 minutes to prepare a dish with the judges' most loved or most hated ingredient. The top four pairs were safe from elimination.

• Mandarin orange: Alejandro, Puma
• Flour: Ivanna, Pancho
• Beets: Gabriel, José María
• Cilantro: Carolina, Paty
• Beef kidney: Mariana, Rosie
• Sun-dried tomatoes: David, Polo
  • Winners: Alejandro and Puma, Gabriel and José María, Carolina and Paty, David and Polo

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a pizza accompanied by a salad. The top four celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Natalia, Ivanna, Niño, Danka

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to cook any dish.

• Winner: Diana
• Eliminated: Mariana

Team Challenge: The celebrities were given 75 minutes to prepare a healthy dessert bar for 25 children. Chef Lauren Arboleda was the guest judge. The members of the winning team advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Blue Team: David (C), Alicia, Gabriel, Gary, Ivanna, Natalia, Paty, Polo, Puma
• Green Team: Alejandro (C), Carolina, Danka, Diana, Jason, José María, Niño, Pancho, Rosie
  • Winners: David, Alicia, Gabriel, Gary, Ivanna, Natalia, Paty, Polo, Puma

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities must recreate a dish from a Central American country. The winner received immunity from elimination and a secret advantage.

• Belize: David (Chimole)
• Costa Rica: Gary (Casado), Natalia (Beef and potato picadillo)
• El Salvador: Alicia (Riguas), Paty (Pupusa)
• Guatemala: Polo (Jocón)
• Honduras: Puma (Chicken and rice)
• Nicaragua: Gabriel (Cuajada soup)
• Panama: Ivanna (Ropa vieja)
  • Winner: Gary

Team Challenge: The teams had 60 minutes to prepare two different dishes. They had five minutes to shop in the pantry and plan their dishes. Due to the odd number of contestants, a knife draw granted Alicia automatic immunity from elimination and she did not have to compete in the challenge. However, Alicia would have to switch the teams from their initial workstations to a different station. Teams could start from scratch, continue the other team's recipe, or adjust it, but they could not go into the pantry for new ingredients. The winners were safe from the next elimination challenge.

• Blue Team: Alejandro, Gabriel, Pancho, Rosie
• Burgundy Team: Carolina, Diana, Ivanna, Niño
• Green Team: José María, Natalia, Paty, Polo
• Yellow Team: Danka, David, Jason, Puma
  • Winners: José María, Natalia, Paty, Polo

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in trios, were asked to prepare a brunch meal and drink. The winners were safe from the elimination challenge.

• Winners: David, Diana, Rosie

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were given 75 minutes to prepare a dish with a protein. They had to bid on the protein they wanted and in order to pay for it, they had to give up minutes from their cooking time. The protein chosen and minutes reduced from their cooking time were:

• Alejandro: Rack of lamb for 10 minutes
• Danka: Grouper for 30 minutes
• Carolina: Rabbit for 35 minutes
• Niño: Pig's trotter for 15 minutes
• Gabriel: T-bone steak for 20 minutes
• Jason: Stomach for 35 minutes
• Ivanna: Tofu for 35 minutes
• Pancho: Squid for 30 minutes
• Puma: Sardines for 20 minutes
  • Winners: Niño, Alejandro, Puma

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a dish with corn as the main ingredient.

• Eliminated: Ivanna

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish based on their childhood memories. The top five celebrities moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Polo, David, José María, Natalia, Niño

Immunity Challenge: Before the challenge began, Gary's secret advantage was revealed: trading one of the Quickfire Challenge winners for someone who didn't win. He decided to swap José María with himself. The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using beef tongue as their main ingredient. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Niño

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, have 60 minutes to cook any dish. One member of each pair had 3 minutes to shop in the pantry. Then, they had to roll a die and a spinning top. The die determined the number of ingredients and the spinning top determined what would happen to those ingredients. The winners were safe from elimination. The pairs and the results of their rolls were:

• Alejandro, Polo: Remove 2 of their own ingredients.
• Alicia, Rosie: Exchange 6 ingredients with José María and Puma.
• Carolina, Gabriel: : Remove one of their own ingredients.
• Danka, Gary: Remove 5 of their own ingredients.
• David, Diana: Remove 4 ingredients from José María and Puma.
• Jason, Patricia: Remove 6 of their own ingredients.
• José María, Puma: Remove 6 ingredients from David and Diana.
• Natalia, Pancho: Remove 12 ingredients from Alicia and Rosie.
  • Winners: Jason and Patricia

Team Challenge: The teams, assigned by Jason and Patricia, were given 60 minutes to prepare a buffet that includes 3 warm dishes and 2 cold dishes. The winning team was safe from elimination.

• Burgundy Team: Alicia, Danka, Gabriel, Gary, Natalia, Polo, Rosie
• Yellow Team: Alejandro, Carolina, David, Diana, José María, Pancho, Puma
  • Winners: Alejandro, Carolina, David, Diana, José María, Pancho, Puma

Safety Challenge: The celebrities must prepare a dessert that incorporates macaroon cookies. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Polo, Gary

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using potatoes as their main ingredient.

• Winners: Alicia, Rosie
• Eliminated: Danka

Team Challenge: In a game of telephone, the teams had to replicate an appetizer, main course, and dessert created by the judges using only their verbal and written descriptions as guidance. Each team member took a 15-minute turn in the kitchen and had two minutes to explain the recipes to the next member. The winning team advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Burgundy Team: Niño (C), Gabriel, Natalia, Puma, Alejandro
• Green Team: Paty (C), Gary, José María, Rosie, Diana
• Yellow Team: Polo (C), David, Carolina, Jason, Alicia
  • Winners: Polo, David, Carolina, Jason, Alicia

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a vegetarian version of their assigned dishes. The winner received immunity from elimination and a secret advantage.

• Alicia: Cochinita pibil
• Carolina: Birria tacos
• David: Bœuf bourguignon
• Jason: Peruvian ceviche
• Polo: Pad thai
  • Winner: Polo

Before the Express Challenge began, Polo's secret advantage was revealed: granting automatic immunity to a celebrity and, at the same time, making them captain of the opposing team in the Restaurant Wars challenge.

Express Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare ceviche. Once a celebrity completed the challenge they were allowed to pick their team.

Restaurant Wars Challenge: The celebrities competed in Top Chef's traditional Restaurant Wars challenge. Each team was responsible for running a seafood restaurant and their menu had to include an appetizer, main course and a dessert. The winning team received immunity from elimination.

• Entre Mares: Polo (C), Diana, Gabriel, Gary, Jason, Natalia, Paty, Rosie
• Espuma de Mar: Puma (C), Alejandro, Alicia, Carolina, David, José María, Niño, Pancho
  • Winners: Polo, Diana, Gabriel, Gary, Jason, Natalia, Paty, Rosie

Safety Challenge: The celebrities must recognize herbs by smell or appearance. Only if they guess correctly will they be able to choose which one to cook with. If they fail, they must cook with the herb they did not recognize. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Alejandro: Lettuce
• Alicia: Sage
• Carolina: Citron
• David: Parsley
• José María: Dill
• Niño: Basil
• Pancho: Cilantro
  • Winners: Carolina and David

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare an empanada and a sauce.

• Winner: Alicia
• Eliminated: Alejandro

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in trios, were challenged with preparing a dessert and presenting it as art on a table. The winning trios advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Puma, Alicia and Gary; Gabriel, David and José María

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were given 45 minutes to prepare a dish inspired by a memorable romantic date. The winner received immunity from elimination and a secret advantage.

• Winner: Puma

Express Challenge: The celebrities must prepare quesadillas. The judges only tasted those they considered visually appealing. The top two celebrities won the advantage of assigning teams for the next challenge.

• Winners: Paty and Diana

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, were given 60 minutes to prepare any dish but had to be tied back to back and each member do 5-minute relays. The top three pairs were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Gabriel and Niño, Gary and Pancho, Rosie and Carolina

Safety Challenge: Before the challenge began, Puma's secret advantage was revealed: save one celebrity from elimination or save two celebrities from elimination in exchange his immunity. He decided to keep his immunity and only save Alicia. The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a surf and turf dish using only ingredients provided by the judges.

• Winners: Paty and David

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish using honey as their main ingredient.

• Winners: José Maria and Polo
• Eliminated: Diana

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish that maximized every ingredient. The winner received a secret advantage.

• Winner: Jason

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to cook a dish inspired by their fathers. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Paty

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities are divided into two turns and in 60 minutes cook a dish with the help of their friends and family. The top three celebrities in each turn will team up with Paty in the Safety Challenge, while the losers will form the opposing team.

• 1st Turn: David, Jason, José María, Niño, Pancho, Puma and Rosie were asked to prepare creamy rice with shrimp. The family members began cooking the dish, while the celebrities had to peel 30 shrimp before joining them.
  • Winners: David, José María, Niño
• 2nd Turn: Alicia, Carolina, Gabriel, Gary, Natalia and Polo were asked to prepare cordon bleu with aligot. The family members began cooking the dish, while the celebrities had to peel 15 potatoes before joining them.
  • Winners: Polo, Alicia, Gary

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in teams, were given 75 minutes to prepare a family-style meal that included a savory and a sweet dish. The winning team was safe from elimination.

• Burgundy Team: Paty (C), Alicia, David, Gary, José María, Niño, Polo
• Yellow Team: Gabriel (C), Carolina, Jason, Natalia, Pancho, Puma, Rosie
  • Winners: Paty, Alicia, David, Gary, José María, Niño, Polo

Safety Challenge: The celebrities competed in A Quiet Place: Day One-sponsored challenge where they were given 60 minutes to prepare any dish but had to shop from the pantry in total darkness and make as little noise as possible. For every instance they made noise, 2 minutes were subtracted from their cooking time. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Carolina and Pancho

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to cook any dish.

• Winner: Rosie
• Eliminated: Natalia

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities had to cook a dish while simultaneously giving instructions to their partner, hidden behind a wall, on how to prepare the same dish. The partners were assigned via knife draw. The dishes had to resemble each others other in taste and presentation. The winners advanced to the Immunity Challenge. Due to the odd number of competitors, Pancho pulled a special knife that allowed him to automatically advance to the Immunity Challenge.

• Alicia, Puma
• Jason, Niño
• David, Rosie
• Carolina, Gary
• Gabriel, Polo
• José María, Paty
  • Winners: José María and Paty, Carolina and Gary

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were given 30 minutes to prepare eggs benedict. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Winner: Gary

Before the Quickfire Challenge began, Jason's secret advantage was revealed: automatic immunity from elimination.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing four tacos and three different sauces. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: David

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, were given 60 minutes to cook a micro-sized three-course meal. The winning pair was safe from elimination.

• Winners: Paty and Rosie

Safety Challenge: The celebrities used a slot machine to determine the guidelines for their dish. The machine assigned a protein, sauce, side dish, and number of identical dishes to prepare. The winners were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Polo and Niño

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using mushrooms as their main ingredient.

• Eliminated: Puma

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in trios, competed in the Black Box challenge. After entering the black box, which covered the celebrities in total darkness, each team had three minutes to taste, smell and feel a mystery dish. The teams then had 45 minutes to recreate the dish. The two teams with the most similar dishes advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Blue Team: José María, Paty, Rosie
• Burgundy Team: David, Gabriel, Polo
• Green Team: Alicia, Niño, Pancho
• Yellow Team: Carolina, Gary, Jason
  • Winners: José María, Paty and Rosie; David, Gabriel and Polo

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare three different arepas. The winner received the last secret advantage of the season and immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Gabriel

Express Challenge: Team captains Gabriel and Jason must prepare three canapé's and three drinks. The winner was the first to choose the members of his team.

• Winner: Jason

Team Challenge: The celebrities catered two weddings (40 guests to be served per team). Each team prepared a different menu for each wedding, consisting of an appetizer, the main course and a cake. The yellow team had the advantage of choosing which wedding to cater. The winning team received immunity from elimination, while the losing team was sent to the next elimination challenge. At the end of the challenge, the judges announced that they needed more time to decide which team was the winner.

• Blue Team: Gabriel (C), Alicia, Carolina, David, Niño, Rosie
• Yellow Team: Jason (C), Gary, José María, Paty, Pancho, Polo

The judges announce to the celebrities that both teams in the previous Team Challenge had an equal performance, so they suspend the Elimination Challenge.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities must keep up with guest judge Chef Gerardo Vázquez Lugo in recreating his dish of coastal marinated fish. The five celebrities to best replicate the dish advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Paty, Gabriel, Carolina, Jason, Gary

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using rice as their main ingredient. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Gary

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, competed in a Despicable Me 4-sponsored challenge, where they had to prepare a dish inspired by a character from the film. The top three pairs moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Gru: Jason, José María
• Gru Jr.: Polo, Rosie
• Lucy: Gabriel, Gary
• Maxime Le Mal: Alicia, Niño
• Poppy: David, Pancho
• Valentina: Carolina, Paty
  • Winners: Carolina and Paty, David and Pancho, Polo and Rosie

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to cook any dish but every so often they had to add a mystery ingredient. The pantry was open for the first three minutes. The winner received immunity from elimination. The mystery ingredients were:

• Carolina: dashi, red lentil, tejate
• David: tomatillo, couscous, condensed milk
• Pancho: arugula, turmeric, blueberries
• Paty: pomegranate, black tea, baby spinach
• Polo: cucumber, pickles, hibiscus
• Rosie: Mexican tea, lavender, soy sauce
  • Winner: David

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish inspired by an embarrassing moment in their lives. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Paty and José María

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in trios, were given 60 minutes to prepare three dishes individually. One member of the team had to taste the three dishes prepared and choose which one to present to the judges. The winning team was safe from elimination.

• Blue Team: Gary (C), Gabriel, Niño
• Burgundy Team: David (C), Alicia, Rosie
• Green Team: Paty (C), Carolina, Pancho
• Yellow Team: José María (C), Jason, Polo
  • Winners: José María, Jason, Polo

Safety Challenge: The celebrities competed in a Royal Prestige-sponsored challenge where they were able to cook any dish but could only use three utensils from the cookware company. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Niño and Pancho

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to cook any dish.

• Eliminated: Rosie

The celebrities cooked without knowing the rules or dish of the challenge. Those who guessed the dish correctly advanced to the Immunity Challenge. The correct dish was cupcakes.

• Winners: Polo, David, Carolina, Niño, Jason, Paty

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare fried chicken with a sauce. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Paty

Express Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare churros. The top four celebrities joined Paty's team for the Team Challenge and had 500 extra points to spend in the pantry.

• Winners: Carolina, Polo, Alicia, David

Team Challenge: The teams had 75 minutes to prepare three different carnival foods for 50 guests and the judges, with the guests voting for their favorite. In order to purchase ingredients, the celebrities played carnival games to win points to spend in the pantry. Each team received help from a finalist of the previous seasons. The burgundy team was assisted by Cristina Eustace and Sebastián Villalobos. The green team was assisted by Germán Montero and Jesús Moré. The winning team was safe from elimination. The Green team won 38-12.

• Burgundy Team: Paty (C), Alicia, Carolina, David, Polo
• Green Team: Pancho (C), Gabriel, Jason, José María, Niño
  • Winners: Pancho, Gabriel, Jason, José María, Niño

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using an exotic protein. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Alicia: pirarucu
• Carolina: piranha
• David: ostrich
• Polo: guinea pig
  • Winner: Alicia

Elimination Challenge: Carolina, David and Polo were asked to prepare a dish using beans as their main ingredient. After the challenge ended, Gabriel's secret advantage was revealed: cancel one of the next two eliminations. He decided to use his advantage and canceled the elimination.

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 3 minutes to shop in the pantry. Afterwards, they had to swap cooking stations and had 60 minutes to prepare any dish using their new ingredients. The top five celebrities moved on to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: David, Gabriel, Alicia, Jason, Carolina

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with replicating a favorite dish of a contestant from previous seasons, who helped judge the dishes. The winner received immunity from elimination. The contestants and dishes chosen by the celebrities were:

• Alicia: Aida Cuevas – Huachinango a la Veracruzana
• Carolina: Marlene Favela – Peruvian ceviche
• David: Jose Gumbs – Dominican sancocho
• Jason: Helen Ochoa – Mexican empanadas
• Gabriel: Génesis Suero – Spaghetti alle vongole
  • Winner: Alicia

Safety Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to cook any dish and the judges tasted the dishes without knowing who had prepared them. The top five celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: David, Niño, Jason, Pancho, Gary

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare an appetizer and a main course, with one dish being cold and the other hot.

• Winner: José María
• Eliminated: Polo

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 45 minutes to prepare a side dish typically found in an American diner. The top five celebrities advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Winners: Paty, David, Pancho, Gabriel, Carolina

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a hamburger accompanied by a side dish and a milkshake.

• Winner: Paty

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a fusion dish that combined a classic Latin dish with ingredients from a country outside Latin America.

• Winners: Jason, Niño, David, Pancho, José María

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with scaling, filleting and cooking a fish.

• Winner: José María

Quickfire Challenge: Team captains José María and Paty were asked to prepare three different appetizers, each using a different insect as the main ingredient. The winner would get the first pick in choosing members of their team.

• José María: grasshoppers, culona ants, Mojojoy
• Paty: chicatana ants, maguey worms, lemon ants
  • Winner: Paty

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in teams, had 75 minutes to prepare a four-course meal. Each team had 16 baskets to shop in the pantry, which was located in a haunted house.

• Burgundy Team: Paty (C), Alicia, Carolina, David, Niño
• Yellow Team: José María (C), Gabriel, Gary, Jason, Pancho
  • Winners: Paty, Alicia, Carolina, David, Niño

Safety Challenge: Gabriel, Gary, Jason and Pancho were challenged with preparing a swiss roll.

• Winner: Gabriel

Elimination Challenge: Gary, Jason and Pancho were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using eggplant as their main ingredient.

• Winner: Gary
• Eliminated: Jason

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using chili peppers as their main ingredient. They could pick any chili they liked, but they had to sacrifice cooking time. The top five celebrities moved on to the Immunity Challenge. The chili chosen and minutes reduced from their cooking time were:

• Alicia: Habanero for 15 minutes
• Carolina: Rocoto for 20 minutes
• David: Santandereano for 25 minutes
• José María: Serrano pepper for 35 minutes
• Gabriel: Ají dulce for 50 minutes
• Gary: Ají amarillo for 30 minutes
• Niño: Ghost pepper for 10 minutes
• Pancho: Jalapeño for 40 minutes
• Paty: Carolina Reaper for 5 minutes
  • Winners: Paty, Niño, Gary, Pancho, Gabriel

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish based on the color that was randomly assigned to them. The winner received immunity from elimination.

• Winner: Gary

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to make ice cream from scratch with unconventional flavors. The flavor of their ice cream was assigned by a roulette wheel. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Alicia: Salsa verde
• Carolina: Caviar
• David: Morita pepper
• Gabriel: Beer
• José María: Grilled corn
• Niño: Japanese pepper
• Pancho: Black garlic
• Paty: Spanish omelette
  • Winner: Paty

Safety Challenge: The celebrities, working in pairs, were challenged with replicating a cake in the shape of a television set, designed by chef Samuel Araque. Due to the odd number of competitors, Alicia formed a trio with Gary and Paty. The winners were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Alicia, Gary, Paty

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a Tex-Mex dish with their own personal touch. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Winner: David

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to cook any dish.

• Winner: Carolina
• Eliminated: Pancho

Nine previously eliminated celebrities competed against each other in two Quickfire Challenges for a chance to re-enter the competition.

Quickfire Challenge #1: The eliminated contestants were given 60 minutes to reinvent one of their worst dishes they had ever prepared. The winner, chosen by the judges, returned to the competition.

• Winner: Natalia

Quickfire Challenge #2: The eliminated contestants were challenged with preparing a family-style dish. The celebrities who are still in the competition voted for the eliminated contestant they wanted to return to the competition.

• Winner: Mariana

Express Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare chips and dip. Once a celebrity completed the challenge they were allowed to pick their partner.

Restaurant Wars Challenge: The celebrities were split into five pairs and were responsible for running a food truck, each one serving different meals. They had 90 minutes to prepare meals for sixty guests. José María and Gary had the advantage of assigning food trucks. The top two pairs were safe from elimination.

• Carolina and David: Quesadillas and tostones
• José María and Gary: Shawarma and kibbeh
• Mariana and Gabriel: Tacos and burritos
• Natalia and Alicia: Chicken sandwich and esquites
• Niño and Paty: Pizza and arancini
  • Winners: Carolina and David, Niño and Paty

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare any dish but the total weight of their ingredients had to be less than seven pounds. Each celebrity was given three minutes to shop in the pantry. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Winners: Alicia and Natalia

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare a dish with bananas as the main ingredient.

• Eliminated: Mariana

Skills Challenge: The celebrities, working in trios, competed in a two part Skills Challenge. In the first part, each team member was assigned a prep task: cut a chicken breast into eight cutlets, supreme three oranges, and peel four yuca's. Afterwards, they had to use these ingredients to prepare a dish in 60 minutes. The members of the top two teams advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Blue Team: Alicia, Carolina, Gabriel
• Burgundy Team: Natalia, Niño, Paty
• Yellow Team: David, Gary, José María
  • Winners: David, Gary, José María; Natalia, Niño, Paty

Immunity Challenge: The celebrities were challenged with preparing a dish using the molecular gastronomy technique, and were guided by season 2 winner Alana Lliteras.

• Winner: David

Safety Challenge #1: The celebrities were asked to prepare a dish with ingredients from a region of Mexico. The regions were assigned by David. Chef Betty Vázquez was the guest judge. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Alicia: Gulf coast
• Carolina, Gabriel: Baja California Peninsula
• Gary, Niño: Yucatán Peninsula
• José María: North Mexico
• Paty: Pacific coast
• Natalia: Central Mexico
  • Winners: Paty and Niño

Safety Challenge #2: The celebrities were randomly assigned the heart of a different ingredient and had 60 minutes to prepare their dish. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Alicia: goat
• Carolina: cheep
• Gabriel: artichoke
• Gary: pork
• José María: chicken
• Natalia: beef
  • Winner: Alicia

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a tamale. The winner was safe from elimination.

• Winners: Carolina and Natalia

Elimination Challenge: Gabriel, Gary and José María were challenged with preparing a dish using shellfish.

• Winner: José María
• Eliminated: Gabriel

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities, working in teams, had 60 minutes to prepare two dishes, one sweet and one savory, with cocoa as the main ingredient. The members of the winning team advanced to the Immunity Challenge.

• Burgundy Team: David (C), Alicia, Gary, Natalia
• Yellow Team: Paty (C), Carolina, José María, Niño
  • Winners: Paty, Carolina, José María, Niño

Immunity Challenge: Inspired by the reality competition series La isla: desafío extremo, the celebrities were given 45 minutes to prepare a dish using heart of palm as the main ingredient. The winner received the final immunity of the season.

• Winner: Niño

Safety Challenge: The celebrities were assigned different types of grills and had 40 minutes to prepare kebabs with a sauce. The grills were assigned by Niño. The top two celebrities were safe from elimination.

• Square grill: David
• Robata grill: Gary
• Rotisserie grill: Alicia
• Charcoal grill: Paty
• Argentine grill: Natalia
• Gas grill: José María
• Kamado grill: Carolina
  • Winners: Natalia and Paty

Elimination Challenge: The celebrities were asked to prepare any dish, but had to share the same fire pit, with the option of using a griddle and a kamado grill. They were assisted by Natalia, Patricia and Niño.

• Eliminated: Carolina

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare a paella. The top three celebrities advanced to the Semifinal Qualifying Challenge.

• Winners: Paty, David, José María

Semifinal Qualification Challenge: Paty, David and José María were challenged with preparing a dessert with vegetables and fruits. The winner advanced to the Semifinal.

• Winner: David

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities were randomly assigned a Chinese dish and had 60 minutes to prepare it. The top three celebrities advanced to the Semifinal Qualifying Challenge.

• Alicia: Fried rice
• Gary: Kung Pao chicken
• José María: Spring roll
• Natalia: Chow mein
• Niño: Chop suey
• Paty: Jiaozi
  • Winners: Niño, Paty, José María

Semifinal Qualification Challenge: Niño, Paty and José María were challenged with preparing three different tartares. The winner advanced to the Semifinal.

• Winner: Paty

Quickfire Challenge: The celebrities had 60 minutes to cook any dish and present it in three different plating styles. The top three celebrities advanced to the Semifinal Qualifying Challenge.

• Winners: Gary, Natalia, José María

Semifinal Qualification Challenge: Gary, Natalia and José María were challenged with preparing a dish that incorporated textures. The winner advanced to the Semifinal.

• Winner: Natalia

Semifinal Qualification Challenge #1: Alicia, Gary, José María and Niño were asked to prepare a dish with cheese as the main ingredient. The winner advanced to the Semifinal.

• Winner: José María

Semifinal Qualification Challenge #2: Alicia, Gary and Niño were given 60 minutes to prepare a dish using apples as the main ingredient. They were assisted by a semifinalist, with José María assigning partners. Gary was assisted by Paty, while Niño was assisted by David, and Alicia was assisted by Natalia. The winner advanced to the Semifinal.

• Winner: Gary

Semifinal Qualification Challenge #3: Alicia and Niño were challenged with creating a unique variation of their best dish in the competition. The winner became the sixth and final semifinalist.

• Winner: Niño
• Eliminated: Alicia

Semifinal: The top 6 celebrities were given 60 minutes to prepare any dish. Each celebrity had to present two servings of the same dish, one for the judges and another for guest food critics, who happened to be their relatives. The cooking order was based on who qualified for the semifinal first. The winner advanced to the Finale.

• Winner: Paty

Semifinal: David, José María, Gary, Natalia and Niño were given 75 minutes to prepare six servings of a dish that used ingredients from Colombian cuisine. World-renowned chefs Denise Monroy, Francis Pena, and Pablo Bonilla served as guest judges. A knife draw determined the cooking order. The top three celebrities advanced to the Finale.

• Winners: Niño, David, José María
• Eliminated: Gary, Natalia