MasterChef
25 episodes
Auditions No. 1
Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
Auditions No. 2
Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
Top 19 Revealed
The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
Top 19 Compete
The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
Top 18 Compete
The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.
Top 17 Compete
The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.
Top 16 Compete (1)
The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
Top 16 Compete (2)
Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
Top 15 Compete
A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.
Top 14 Compete
The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.
Top 13 Compete
The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.
Top 12 Compete
A meal is prepared for a wedding party.
Top 11 Compete
Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
Top 10 Compete
The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.
Top 9 Compete
The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.
Top 8 Compete
The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.
Top 7 Compete
The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.
Top 6 Compete
Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.
Top 7 Compete Again
The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
Top 6 Compete
The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.
Top 5 Compete (1)
The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.
Top 5 Compete (2)
Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
Top 4 Compete
The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.
Top 3 Compete
The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.
Winner Chosen
The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.