Professor Richard Blais and Professor Haylie Duff test the cooks in the subject of literature by putting them through three rounds of competition, and the cook that wins each round automatically advances to the finale. First, dishes inspired by a genre of literature; then, dishes with assigned nouns, adjectives and verbs; and finally, a pass or fail round, where the remaining cooks must make dishes featuring ingredients starting with a "p" or an "f."
