The cooking is underway in this Misión Chef competition and team members are already getting in trouble for not sticking to their portion of the meal.

Conservationists in Gorgona Natural National Park monitor endangered sea turtles, capturing them at night and marking them before releasing them back into the wild.

Mission Chef contestants have only thirty minutes left to prepare a dish for evaluation by a professional chef.

Join our guides as they monitor sea turtles in the waters of Gorgona Natural National Park and explore some of the environmental factors which are currently a threat to them.

The Mission Chef competitors learn about various spices and prepare for their timed food preparation test.

Yimi, a tour guide in training in the Colombian Pacific, gives us an up-close and personal look at the area's humpback whales, also known as the yubarta.

The contestants are divided into groups of three to begin the task of preparing a dish to be graded by their mentors.

Stripped of all their adornments, the Mission Chef participants are ready to be evaluated by a professional chef.

While some people on Gorgona Island search for the tiny blue anole lizard, others are determined to spot enormous humpback whales.

Our third and final guitar lesson with Cristhian from Colombia.

Our tour guide takes us on a search for blue anoles, a highly endangered species of lizard found only on Gorgona Island.

One of the instructors from Mission Chef explains what cooking means to him as well as the discipline required to cook professionally.

The manner in which waste disposal is handled is of essential importance to the ecosystems of the island of Gorgona.

Life has taught each one of these underprivileged, young parents who aspire to be chefs to fight for what they want and try to do their best for their children. Now, the time has come to show what they're willing to do to take it one step further.

Our tour guide, Belisario, tells us about some conservation efforts in an area of Gorgona Natural National Park which used to be a prison.