In the premiere episode, Anne and Cliff have their work cutout for them as they welcome the kitchen chaos, food fumblesand culinary confusion of the twelve new boot camp recruits. While some of the competitors know each other, they are allstrangers to the culinary arts. To start the competition, therecruits must cook a loved one's favorite dish to show theirskills, or lack thereof, in the kitchen. For the main dishchallenge, they must replicate Anne and Cliff's takes on asurf and turf dinner – and the mentors are shocked by thedisastrous results, but still must pick their teams.