It's Restaurant Wars and this season the perennial favoritereturns with a twist! The chefs split into two teams of fourand are tasked with developing restaurant concepts. Each teammust present a three-course progressive menu, offering twooptions for every course. To add to the pressure, they mustserve 100 guests while also fielding to-go orders in the middleof it all. Kristen, Tom and Gail are joined at the judges'table by restaurateur Michael Mina and Clare Reichenbach, CEOof the James Beard Foundation. Before it all begins, thecheftestants receive news that reshapes their dynamics.