Episode 1 | Auditions #1

Each contestant is given 5 minutes to prepare, cook, and present their signature dish to the three judges. If they receive at least 2 yes' from the 3 judges they can advance to the next stage of the competition.

Episode 2 | Auditions # 2

The auditions continue where each contestant is given 5 minutes to cook and present their dish in front of and to the judges. If they receive at least two yes's from the three judges, they can advance to the next stage of the comp...

Episode 3 | Auditions #3: Top 19 Revealed

Find out which hopefuls make it into the "MasterChef" kitchen.

Episode 4 | Top 19 Compete

Find out which hopefuls make it into the "MasterChef" kitchen. Rivalries start becoming apparent.

Episode 5 | Top 18 Compete

For their first team challenge the contestants had one hour and forty five minutes to cook one entrée and one desert for three hundred elementary school students.

Episode 6 | Top 17 Compete

For their sixth Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants cook with Gordon Ramsay, but not competing against him.

Episode 7 | Top 16 Compete: Part 1

The contestants feed American heroes - 101 off duty firemen in Pasadena. Then its an Eggs Benedict showdown.

Episode 8 | Top 16 Compete: Part 2

Contestants take on Sin City with a burger challenge at Gordon's BurGR restaurant. Then there's another butter poached lobster challenge on the top of Caesars Palace.

Episode 9 | Top 15 Chefs Compete

The home cooks face a tough pasta critic and a mystery box of bizarre international ingredients.

Episode 10 | Top 14 Compete

The contestants face another team challenge as they prepare three dishes for the cast and crew of Glee.

Episode 11 | Top 13 Compete

The contestants had ninety minutes to cook a dish with parts from a pig's head specifically the ears tongue, cheek, snout using other ingredients from the pantry and cook in any style and using any technique they preferred.

Episode 12 | Top 12 Compete

In the next team challenge, the remaining contestants cooked for a wedding reception where they cooked the entrée and Graham cooked the appetizer and Gordon cooked the desert. The menu was created from the likes and dislikes of th...

Episode 13 | Top 11 Compete

A celebrity guest judge created a Mystery Box filled with ingredients from Mexico. They had sixty minutes to create a dish using only these ingredients.

Episode 14 | Top 10 Compete

For their next team challenge the contestants cooked fish tacos for one hundred and one hungry surfers at Huntington Beach, California.

Episode 15 | Top 9 Compete

The remaining nine contestants had ninety minutes to make a sausage dish from scratch using a meat grinder.

Episode 16 | Top 8 Compete

The Top 8 chefs are taken to a remote field for an overnight challenge in which they must cook for sustenance and create lunch for the judges using limited ingredients. Later, the losing team competes in a spun-sugar-dessert press...

Episode 17 | Top 7 Compete

The Top 7 chefs compete in a mystery-box challenge in which they create dishes inspired by their loved ones. Later, an elimination round featuring a tag-team sushi challenge takes place.

Episode 18 | One Chef Wins Right to Return

The previously eliminated contestants were given a second chance to win back their white apron.

Episode 19 | Top 7 Compete (+ 1 Returnee)

The contestants were required to cook a T bone steak in forty five minutes using any technique and cook in any style they preferred.

Episode 20 | Top 6 Compete

The remaining six contestants cooked one dinner service at WP24, an Asian inspired restaurant in Los Angeles owned by Wolfgang Puck. The dinner service included two appetizers and two entrées done by teams.

Episode 21 | Top 5 Compete: Part 1

The judges' invited their sons to create a mystery box consisting of fifteen items. The contestants then had sixty minutes to create a restaurant worthy dish using these items and items in a limited pantry.

Episode 22 | Top 5 Compete: Part 2

The remaining 5 contestants had to cook 50 portions for a charity lunch hosted by guest judge Paula Deen. The dish consisted of 1 protein and 2 sides. Deen would select the top 2 dishes and those two would be safe from the Pressur...

Episode 23 | Top 4 Compete

The four contestants were divided into two teams and had two mystery boxes containing fifty ingredients each and were required to make a three course menu consisting of an appetizer, entreé and dessert.

Episode 24 | The Semi-Final

The remaining three contestants were given the same exact ingredients they used to create the dish they cooked and presented for their first audition.

Episode 25 | Winner Chosen

For the finale the contestants had to cook a three course meal, one hour for each course.The decision was close enough where the judges were considering a draw.