All-Star Academy - Season 1 (2015)

The mentors join forces to make a spectacular three-course steak dinner with their home cooks. Later, Amanda Freitag and John Li enter the kitchen to determine who is eliminated.

An eliminated contestant is given a second chance, but first the mentors must use tough ingredients, including eel and vinegar, in a cooking battle. Also: Donatella Arpaia determines which home cook goes home.

Robert Irvine coaches the home cooks, when they are challenged to create dishes using canned meats, which will be judged during a blind taste test by their mentors.

The four remaining home cooks compete in a head-to-head battle, comprised of three tough challenges to determine who will move ahead to the finale. Marc Murphy is the guest judge.

In the Season 1 finale, tensions rise as the three remaining cooks battle for $50,000, alongside their mentors, preparing three courses that represent breakfast, lunch and dinner.