Will chef's dream of winning the $10,000 go up in flames? It's anyone's game as pheasant is paired with a chocolate candy and vanilla beans. It's a bit of a shell game, as a chef makes dollars from donuts in the dessert round.

Will an appetizer with a prickly vegetable cause our chefs to choke or will berries and bran muffins stump them in the entrée round? For dessert, ingredients from four corners of the earth have the chefs inventing new cuisine.