24 in 24: Last Chef Standing series 2

The second series of the American reality television series 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing is set to premiere 27 April 2025 and air on Food Network.^[1]

The 24 chefs were announced on 12 March 2025.^[1] Stephanie Izard and Bryan Voltaggio previously appeared in the first season as guest judges.

• Antonia Lofaso - Shift 1

• Graham Elliot - Shift 2

• Jet Tila - Shift 3

• Fariyal Abdullahi - Shift 4

• Brooke Williamson - Shift 5

• Challenge #1: The first challenge saw the 24 chefs whisk eight egg whites, tournee eight potatoes, and juice enough lemons to fill an 8-ounce glass. The chef who completed these tasks in the shortest time earned the right to challenge one other chef to a head-to-head cook-off, with the loser being eliminated.

Winner: Kevin Lee

Eliminated: Michele Ragussis

• Challenge #2: The chefs continue their speed prep test. The chefs that completed their prep the fastest were able to pick an assigned protein, there were 4 spots available for each protein.

• Challenge #3: The chefs must create a dish using the protein at their station and the three ingredients from the prep challenge. It is revealed that the chef in front of the red cutting board (one per protein) could determine if they want to team up with the other chef at their station to go against the other team of two with the same protein. If not, they will fight head to head with the chef at their station.

Chicken: Ashleigh vs Damaris; Star vs Jonathon

Pork: Dara vs Kelsey; Laurence vs Arturo

Shellfish: Nini & Gabe vs Ilan & Richie

Lamb: Brittanny vs Zuri; Kathleen vs Marc

Fish: Leslie & Samantha vs Bryan & Elia

• Challenge #4: The two chefs, L.T Smith and Stephanie Izard, that chose the breakroom instead of a protein in Challenge #2 (subsequently letting them sit out of Challenge #3) must cook head to head making a fancy peanut butter & jelly lunch, using peanut butter, jelly, bread, and three ingredients of their choosing.

Winner: Stephanie Izard

Eliminated: L.T Smith

• Challenge #5: The chefs must determine ingredients in a pasta dish by taste only. The amount of correct ingredients they identify determines the amount of ingredients they get to cook with in the next challenge.
• Challenge #6: The chefs must cook their best noodle dish using the number of ingredients they earned in the last round.

5 ingredients: Nini, Kathleen, Kelsey

4 ingredients: Britanny,

3 ingredients: Laurence, Damaris, Bryan, Kevin*, Jonathon, Stephanie*

2 ingredients: Gabe, Elia

*As the holder of the Golden Knife for this challenge, Stephanie gained the advantage to add an ingredient to her count and take one away from another chef.

Golden Knife Winner: Jonathon

Eliminated: Laurence

Golden Knife Winner Jonathon was selected to choose 6 ingredients to incorporate into a 60-minute fine dining challenge that required the chefs to plate an appetizer (by 20 minutes), main course (by 40 minutes), and dessert (by 60 minutes). He chose carrot tops, strawberry milk, dried scallops, shell-on pistachios, pimento cheese, and carolina reaper peppers. Chef Jet Tila was the judge for this episode. The top 4 chefs for challenge 7 and 8 were allowed to sit out the next course(s).

• Challenge #7: Appetizer

Appetizer Top 4: Kathleen, Jonathon, Gabe, and Nini

• Challenge #8: Main Course

Main course Top 4: Kelsey, Elia, Stephanie, Bryan

• Challenge #9: Dessert

Dessert Top 2: Kevin, Demaris

Eliminated: Britanny

Golden Knife Winner: Elia

• Challenge #10: This challenge was to create a beautiful work-of-art with produce in 10 minutes.

Golden Knife Winner: Elia

Least beautiful plate: Jonathon (loses 5 minutes in the next challenge)

• Challenge #11: The chefs must take inspiration from well-known works of art and will be graded out of 50 visually. Elia advantage as the Golden Knife Winner was to choose her work of art and to distribute the rest of the paintings. She chose Water Lilies by Monet.
• Challenge #12: The chefs must take inspiration from well-known works of art and will be graded out of 50 based on taste.

Golden Knife Winner: Jonathon (Score of 90)

Bottom 2: Kathleen (Score of 78) and Demaris

Eliminated: Demaris (Score of 70)

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