Episode 1 | Top 30 Compete

Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for Season Five, putting the latest group of contestants through a series of challenging eliminati...

Episode 2 | Top 22 Compete

In the first mystery box challenge of the season, the Top Finalists will have 90 minutes to prep and cook a unique and impressive dish, using mainly dessert ingredients. The winner of the mystery box will have a significant advant...

Episode 3 | Top 20 Compete

It's the ultimate culinary war when the remaining 20 home cooks compete in the biggest field challenge in MASTERCHEF history: feeding an army of 500 servicemen and women on a desert army base. In their first team challenge, the co...

Episode 4 | Top 18 Compete

For their second Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants had sixty minutes to create a dish with live seafood.

Episode 5 | Top 17 Compete

For their 2nd team challenge the contestants were divided into two teams and had two hours to cook for 120 wedding guests.

Episode 6 | Top 16 Compete

The 3rd Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants were given 52 unlabeled aluminum and tin cans, and a limited pantry. They can use any amount of cans they preferred, in 60 minutes to create a restaurant quality dish.

Episode 7 | Top 15 Compete

For the 3rd team challenge, for 1 hour the contestants worked in pairs cook with seafood and red meat. The teams with the worst dishes would compete in the Pressure Test.

Episode 8 | Top 14 Compete

The Restaurant Takeover took place at Dinah's Family Restaurant in Culver City, California.

Episode 9 | Top 13 Compete

Thirteen chefs compete in a mystery-box challenge involving wild Alaskan king salmon. In the second round, the home cooks create dishes using a judge's favorite ingredients.

Episode 10 | Top 12 Compete

for their 5th Team Challenge, the contestants were divided into 2 teams of 6 and had to cook a romantic entrée and desert for seventeen couples, including Gordon and his wife Tana.

Episode 11 | Top 11 Compete

For their 5th Mystery Box Challenge, the judges presented 2 Mystery Boxes, one box had cheap ingredients and the other had expensive ingredients, the contestants had 60 minutes to create a dish using only one of the boxes.

Episode 12 | Top 10 Compete

For their 6th Team Challenge, the cooks were divided into 2 teams and had 1 hour to make a turkey burger and fish taco for 1000 football players and fans. Tension rises. The players and fans would vote and the losing team will fac...

Episode 13 | Top 8 Compete

For their next team challenge the cooks chose who they wanted to partner up with forming 4 teams of 2, each team would cook with a different body part of the chicken and the body part was randomly chosen.

Episode 14 | Top 7 Compete

For the 6th Mystery Box Challenge, the contestants had 60 minutes to create an entrée using only apples. They can also include ingredients from the pantry.

Episode 15 | Top 6 Compete

The remaining 6 contestants cooked dinner at plush restaurant with 50 guests. They had to replicate 2 appetizers and 2 entrees from the restaurant's menu. They have 1 hour to prep and 2 hours to serve the customers. Tempers flare.

Episode 16 | Top 5 Compete

In 60 minutes the remaining contestants and their loved ones picked the ingredients they needed to make their loved one's favorite dish.

Episode 17 | Top 4 Compete

Team Challenge: The final four cooks were divided into two pairs. Courtney chose Elizabeth as her teammate on the Red Team, leaving Cutter and Leslie as the Blue Team. Each pair had to choose a box of ingredients from one of their...

Episode 18 | Top 3 Compete

The last 3 cooks cooked an entrée for 50 chefs, symbolizing the 50 states of America. The 3 cooks randomly selected the eliminated contestants to help prepare the 50 portions. The cook with the most votes will advance to the finale.

Episode 19 | The Finale

For the finale, Elizabeth and Courtney were required to cook a three course meal for each of the judges.