Chef Anne Burrell pushes the seven remaining chefs to the limit with a challenge to create a dish using the nopal cactus. Then, the candidates have to create Mexican dishes worthy of dinner service at Guy Fieri's El Burro Borracho at the Rio Las Vegas All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Leadership and quick thinking become critical when organization and communication fall apart.

Tensions rise when the five remaining chefs fail to impress Chef Anne Burrell on the first test. The only path for redemption is to kill it at Giada De Laurentiis' restaurant, Giada, at The Cromwell Hotel and Casino. But when the blaming begins after a struggle with brunch service, the candidates get schooled on job interview decorum.