MasterChef (2010)
This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
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Episode 1 - Top 30 Compete
Release Date: 2014-05-26Host 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 elimination rounds and turning one home cook into a culinary master.
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Episode 2 - Top 22 Compete
Release Date: 2014-06-02The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingredients typically used in desserts; in the next round, the contestants prepare a classic American dish.
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Episode 3 - Top 20 Compete
Release Date: 2014-06-09The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a pressure test featuring blueberry pie.
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Episode 4 - Top 18 Compete
Release Date: 2014-06-16The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.
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Episode 5 - Top 17 Compete
Release Date: 2014-06-23The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featuring a meal with steak and fries.
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Episode 6 - Top 16 Compete
Release Date: 2014-06-30A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will work with former "MasterChef" champion Luca Manfe and "MasterChef Junior" winner Alexander Weiss to select a specialty dish for the elimination round.
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Episode 7 - Top 15 Compete
Release Date: 2014-07-07The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the challenge losers face a pressure test featuring spring rolls.
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Episode 8 - Top 14 Compete
Release Date: 2014-07-14The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members of the losing team must make a three-layer red velvet cake during a pressure test.
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Episode 9 - Top 13 Compete
Release Date: 2014-07-21The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks create a dish using one judge's favorite ingredients.
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Episode 10 - Top 12 Compete
Release Date: 2014-07-28The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him for dinner; the losing team create their own truffle recipes for a box of chocolates.
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Episode 11 - Top 11 Compete
Release Date: 2014-08-04For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-end ingredients and one containing ordinary items; the winner of the challenge chooses which type of stuffed pasta the remaining cooks make.
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Episode 12 - Top 10 Compete
Release Date: 2014-08-11The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an entire stadium; the cooks on the losing team must create three unique prawn dishes in a pressure test.
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Episode 13 - Top 8 Compete
Release Date: 2014-08-18The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; two pairs face a pressure test with eggs.
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Episode 14 - Top 7 Compete
Release Date: 2014-08-25The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while the challenge winner is safe from elimination, the other contestants form teams of two and make a variety of potstickers.
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Episode 15 - Top 6 Compete
Release Date: 2014-09-01Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
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Episode 16 - Top 5 Compete
Release Date: 2014-09-08Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.
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Episode 17 - Top 4 Compete
Release Date: 2014-09-08A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
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Episode 18 - Top 3 Compete
Release Date: 2014-09-15The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns an automatic spot in the Top 2, while the other two chefs face a pressure test involving desserts.
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Episode 19 - Winner Chosen
Release Date: 2014-09-15In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and a $250,000 grand prize.