Tim Mälzer is sent to Marbella and Lake Garda by Thomas Bühner to take on culinary challenges, including Sucuk Pasta and the Protein Power Cake, as well as Rigatoni Cacio and Pepe. Thomas Bühner will first go to Zurich to recreate Turkish Elif Oskan dishes there, and then Bühner will try out a traditional crab soup in Vietnam.
Tim Mälzer is sent to Lahr and Costa Rica by Sascha and Walter Stemberg. In Lahr he has to recreate the queen's pie and in San José he has to master a fish soup. In France, the father-son team awaits a classic, “Poulet en vinagre” in the picturesque old town of Gordes and in Malmö a challenge with the first Swedish star chef, Titti Qvarnström.