Ciao House - Season 2

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini welcome 12 talented chefs to Puglia, Italy, where they will live and cook together, fusing their own culinary styles with Italian cuisine. One chef's journey ends when their own team votes them out of the villa.

Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini make the remaining nine chefs interact with authentic Italian nonnas, who are adept at making pasta. The chefs have friction during a team activity.

The 10 remaining chefs visit an authentic Italian bakery, and judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a menu incorporating bread into every dish. One team captain's leadership style aggravates their fellow chefs

The nine remaining chefs travel to Otranto, Italy, where they purchase fresh seafood right from the docks. Then, judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini task the chefs with their most difficult challenge yet.

Two team captains choose one teammate each to visit an Italian butcher shop that goes back generations. Then, judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the chefs to create a menu using the grill as their only heat source

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini inform the seven chefs they will be hosting the first ever Ciao House pizza festival, where they must make enough pies to feed 50 hungry guests and a renowned pizzaiolo

Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge the six remaining chefs to make three dishes featuring charcuterie board ingredients, and one must be a dessert.

With just five chefs remaining, the two team captains must choose their teammates before they are given the details of judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini's challenge

The final four chefs are shocked when judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini challenge them to create a three-course menu using only five ingredients per dish

The two remaining chefs are stunned when some unwelcome guests arrive at the villa. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertaccini choose the winner of Ciao House, who will receive an immersive culinary education with renowned master chefs across Italy