Masterchef (UK) Show Summary, Upcoming Episodes and TV Guide

Season 12 of MASTERCHEF is all about redemption, when All-Star competitors from the last 11 seasons return to the show to see if they have learned from their past mistakes. For the first time ever, MASTERCHEF is re-opening the door to some of the most memorable and talented cooks in the competition's history, including two MASTERCHEF Junior Edition cooks now competing as adults! 40 chefs get called back to audition, but only 20 will claim a coveted white apron. The returning chefs compete in groups of four in head-to-head audition battles. In each round, the two chefs that create the most impressive comeback dish will secure a spot this season.

Legendary Chef Curtis Stone returns as a guest judge for the semifinals when the Top Three battle for a spot in the finale in the appetizer round. Then, Michelin star chef Michael Cimarusti is the final legend to grace the MASTERCHEF kitchen and it's the finalists last chance to impress with their entree and dessert dishes. Only one will be crowned the winner and earn the coveted title of 'MasterChef'.

The remaining four semi-finalists are challenged to a '3 Chef Showdown' -- a brand-new culinary triathlon that sees the home cooks making three dishes back-to-back -- alongside three different Legendary chefs. This is a window into the fast-paced world of a professional chef, with each round's prize being a guaranteed spot in the finale. The cooks must keep up with Nyesha Arrington, Michelin Star chef Suzette Gresham, and finally, the biggest culinary legend of them all, Chef Ramsay.

Four legendary chefs grace the MASTERCHEF kitchen for a one-of-a-kind Chef's Table team challenge that pits boys against girls. It's an intimidating Michelin Star lineup as Val Cantu, Jonathan Yao, Sherry Yard and Tanya Holland take a seat in the MASTERCHEF restaurant, to judge a two-course menu created by the home cooks.

Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in America to attain three Michelin Stars, visits the MASTERCHEF kitchen with a brand-new team challenge - the cooks must pair up and make the same exact dish..without being able to see one another. Then, legendary chef Niki Nakayama gives the cooks a taste of Japan.

The pioneering king of the food truck revolution, Roy Choi, tasks the home cooks with making a street food dish worthy of a Michelin star restaurant. This week, the home cooks are fighting for immunity in the next challenge.

With the top 10 at their fingertips and an elimination on the table, Michelin Star chef Nancy Silverton challenges the home cooks with a fresh pasta challenge. The cooks must prove they can master this Italian staple and impress with a pasta dish of their own.

One of the world's most influential pastry chefs, Sherry Yard, visits the MASTERCHEF kitchen. With elimination on the line, this dessert challenge puts the spotlight on the home cooks' baking skills for the first time.

It's the final audition round of the season and only five of the 15 white aprons remain unclaimed for the season. The undeniable queen of Southern cuisine, Paula Deen is this week's legendary guest judge, alongside Gordon, Joe & Aarón.

MASTERCHEF is back - this time with an incredible season of Legends! Every week, one of the world's biggest culinary legends visit the MASTERCHEF kitchen to inspire this season's contestants. With only 15 aprons up for grabs, home cooks from across the country serve up their signature dishes to judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Aarón Sánchez and guest judge Emeril Lagasse to try to win a spot in the MASTERCHEF kitchen.

Returning from their home towns after a whirlwind trip across the pond, the Top Three home cooks are ready to tackle their final dishes in hopes of crossing the finish line and coming out on top!

The top six chefs travel to London and must feed 36 diners; two chefs face elimination.

TV host Daphne Oz reveals the contents of the week's mystery box challenge to the top eight, leaving the contestants 60 minutes to create an elevated one-pan dish using the cast iron pan.

The cooks are introduced to Grant Achatz, who shows the them the art of unconventional plating.

The top 10 contestants test their speed in a special team challenge at the Irwindale Speedway, where they have 75 minutes to cook for 101 race car crew members.

In under 75 minutes, the contestants must replicate a cake for the judges.

The top 13 must break down Alaskan king crabs; the contestants cook for chef Masaharu Morimoto.

The home cooks split into two teams to prepare 45 meals for the wedding of Gerron Hurt.

The top 16 cooks fight for immunity in a challenge to create an authentic three-course Italian meal.

Model Alessandra Ambrosio offers input for the Top 17's next mystery box challenge, which includes an additional twist that throws some cooks off balance, but only 15 home cooks can be chosen to continue on to the next round.

In two teams of nine cooks, the Top 18 prepare for a 10th anniversary-themed pool party by preparing food for 100 important guests that include former 'MasterChef' winners and contestants, but only one team can earn immunity.

Only eight aprons are left for the hopeful home cooks to earn so they can pass through the audition rounds, where they have less than 45 minutes to prepare their signature dish and leave the judges wanting for more before the Top 20 are chosen.

The home cook with the best overall menu will be crowned the winner.

The final four are split into two teams, and will need to cook one incredible entrée for the judges' mentors – Chefs Daniel Boulud, Jonathan Waxman and Lidia Bastianich. The judges will choose which winning team will move on, leaving the final two to battle it out in a do-or-die pressure test.

The remaining five receive a heart-warming mystery box challenge, in which contestants will create a dish inspired by their loved-ones.

The six remaining contestants face a Mystery Box challenge filled with waste – literally. The home cook who makes the best dish from food scraps will be safe in the elimination challenge, during which they'll take on another Mystery Box Challenge – but, this time, with all the best and freshest ingredients.

The contestants are told they will be competing in the dreaded Tag Team Challenge.

The Top 12 face their third skills test in the MASTERCHEF kitchen and replicate the proper way to break down a halibut. Those who fail to impress the judges are then tasked with creating a stunning original dish using their broken-down fish. Some contestants yield a bountiful filet, while others offer up a poor portion of protein. Ultimately, the judges will decide who will be left floundering and sent home.

The Top 14 contestants are split into two teams to compete in a fine dining challenge and are to cook 39 dishes for a group of very discerning judges who have big expectations. Contestants are surprised when diners are revealed and forced to scramble and alter their dishes to accommodate the guests. Ultimately the winning team's recipe will be printed in Family Circle Magazine. The losing team will compete in a cupcake pressure test with special guest and pastry chef Christina Tosi. The judges will decide who will stay and who will be sent home.

In this week's first challenge, the contestants face a mystery box filled with fresh seafood and must create a dish using two items from it. The chefs who fail to impress the judges will face an elimination challenge and be asked to upgrade one of the most popular frozen dinner dishes, Salisbury Steak.

The contestants face a mystery box challenge where they must create a dish using one common ingredient – walnuts. The winner will receive three huge advantages. Later, the MASTERCHEF kitchen welcomes American soccer legend and FOX Sports Soccer Analyst, Alexi Lalas, who will introduce a street food themed elimination challenge that involves popular food among soccer fans in various countries. Then, it is up to the judges to decide who will head home.

In the first skills test of the season, MASTERCHEF host/judge/executive producer Gordon Ramsay teaches the home cooks how to properly break down a crab, before the contestants must replicate his work. The contestants whose skills don't cut it, face an elimination challenge during which Ramsay will show them how to make his signature Crab Benedict dish. It is then up to the judges to decide who stays and who goes home.

Forty-three of America's finest home cooks compete in the MASTERCHEF Battle of the Apron challenge, during which they will face off against each other to earn a spot in the Top 24. Then, in the first mystery box challenge of the season, the Top 24 must prep, cook and plate one dish featuring an ingredient unique to each of their home states. Find out who will be heading home.

Judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich each will have eight aprons to hand out to the home cooks whom they deem worthy – and they then will mentor those contestants throughout the competition.

After countless mystery box, team and skills challenges, it all comes down to this. The final three home cooks will each prepare a three-course meal with ingredients of their choosing. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MASTERCHEF, who will walk away with a MASTERCHEF trophy and a check for $250,000.

In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top 6 get a special treat as their family members join them in the MASTERCHEF kitchen. The contestants will then have to cook a dish inspired by their families before the cooks compete in an elimination test that will send one or more of them home.

In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top Seven must create an Asian-inspired dish that centers around one of the most prominent utensils in culinary history - chopsticks! The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the remaining home cooks to compete in a pasta-themed elimination challenge.

In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top Nine must create a dish that is reminiscent of their favorite family breakfast, using Nutella as the key ingredient. The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the rest of the chefs to pair up for a Mexican-themed tag team challenge. Then, the Top Eight head to Big Bear Lake to cook fresh fish. Find out which contestants will be eliminated.

In this week's skills test, The Top 11 are given a bag of live crawfish and will have to carefully cook them in order to extract the most meat possible. The six weakest cooks will go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, during which they will make a crawfish dish created by none other than Gordon Ramsay. Then, the Top 10 face a chicken-and-potato team challenge. Find out which contestants will be eliminated.

Reigning champion Shaun O'Neale returns to the MASTERCHEF kitchen, as he chooses ingredients from his new cookbook to be part of the mystery box challenge. The winner will receive a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the other chefs to battle it out in a coconut-themed elimination challenge. It is then up to the judges to decide who will head home.

The Top 15 face a mystery box challenge in which they randomly will choose from boxes containing a different body part of a cow and use it as the star of a dish. The winner will receive a huge advantage moving forward, while those who didn't impress must face off in an elimination challenge. It is then up to the judges to decide who will leave the kitchen.

This week on MASTERCHEF, the cooks take part in a challenging skills test, during which they must prepare racks of lamb with fine artistry. Those who fail to impress the judges will face an elimination challenge that includes recreating Gordon Ramsay's signature lamb chop dish. It is then up to the judges to decide who will leave the kitchen.

The Top 19 take it to the sandy shore, where they will compete in their first team challenge of the season. The chefs will have to prepare and cook fresh fish for 101 lifeguards who will then vote on their favorite dish. The losing team will have to compete in a pressure test before the judges send one chef home.

The remaining nine chefs compete for a spot in the Top 20.

The contestants have one hour to create entrees and one hour to create a dessert. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges reveal America's next MasterChef, and the deserving home cook walks away with the trophy, a book deal, and the $250,000 grand prize.

The 4 remaining contestants are given 90 minutes to prepare either a halibut or duck entrée for VIP food critics in the Studio Box challenge. The winning team is exempt from the elimination challenge and the losing team faces the Pressure Test to recreate three pork dishes.

The 6 remaining contestants compete in the series' classic pop-up restaurant challenge.

The Top 8 remaining contenders must battle through a 3-part potato proficiency challenge. Guest judge Kevin Sbraga.

The Top 10 contestants have 60 minutes to prep, cook and plate a Nutella breakfast dish. The winner, who is safe from the next elimination challenge, also gets to choose what dish the other contestants must prepare for the challenge. Is it paella, bibimbap, or risotto?

The remaining 12 contestants are broken up into two teams to prep, cook and plate 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their Sweet 16 birthdays. Each team receives a surprise box with 16 different ingredients and one protein. They'll have 60 minutes to prepare and present their dishes to the diners, who then will vote on their favorite dish. To kick off the challenge, judge Christina Tosi exhibits her signature three-layer cake for the contestants. Find out who bakes their way through the pressure and who melts down.

The remaining 15 home cooks will separate into two teams for the second major field challenge of the competition, cooking for 101 hungry veterans! The two teams will have 75 minutes to prep, and one hour to serve a dish consisting of a steak, two sides and a sauce. After a dramatic day out in the field, the veterans will have the power to vote for their favorite dish. The team with the most votes will be safe in the competition, while the team with the least amount of votes will face the pressure test. Find out who is safe and who survives.

After a dramatic elimination, the remaining 17 home cooks are greeted by Chef Ramsay and Tosi, as well as special guests Season Six winner Claudia Sandoval and guest culinary judge Aarón Sánchez, as they reveal the next mystery box challenge. Each contestant will have 60 minutes to create his/her own unique dish using a number of Sandoval's favorite ingredients. The winner of the challenge will not only be safe from the next elimination round, but will also help in deciding the fate of three other contestants in the elimination. Find out who is saved and who survives elimination.

After the Battle of the Apron concludes, the Top 20 home cooks in America meet the first guest judge of the season - culinary icon Wolfgang Puck, who will introduce the season's first Mystery Box Challenge. Each contestant will have 60 minutes to create a dish of their choice that features one of the world's most fundamental ingredients - potatoes! The winner of the Mystery Box Challenge is rewarded with a significant decision going into the season's first elimination challenge, during which they will have to replicate one of Chef Ramsay's signature dishes in less than 60 minutes.

In the season premiere episode, 40 of the best home cooks in America travel to Los Angeles to compete in the MASTERCHEF Battle of the Apron challenge, during which they will attempt the to earn a coveted white apron and move forward to compete for the MASTERCHEF title, a cookbook deal and the $250,000 grand prize. Judging the battle rounds will be Ramsay and Tosi, who will taste for flavor, creativity and presentation. In order to move to the next round of the competition, the home cooks must display culinary skills, as well as an immense passion for food, and be determined to out-cook their rivals.

In the next challenge, with a little help from a few other home cooks, the remaining three contestants will create dishes for 30 restaurant guests who serve an important role in the judges' culinary world. The home cook with the most number of votes will move on in the competition, while the remaining two home cooks will face the next pressure test, during which they must complete three classic MASTERCHEF dishes. The home cook with the best dishes will move on to the finals.

The Top Five home cooks must create a dish using pear, blue cheese, tomato, portabella mushroom and chocolate.

The cooks need to make a dish that features coffee as one of the central ingredients. The pressure test sees the contestants teaming up to re-create an elaborate party platter.

The contestants must prepare a flambe; the challenge winner selects which Southern dish the contestants will cook.

The remaining home cooks enter the Wild West when they must cook for 101 cowboys and ranchers.

The chefs must taste and then attempt to re-create Gordon's signature beef Wellington.

The home cooks must create an elevated breakfast dish in 45 minutes; the challenge winner receives advantages that include immunity in the mystery box challenge, in which the contestants must make TV dinners.

The cooks compete to prepare the best crab dish, with the winner gaining a significant advantage before the elimination; the cooks create versions of dishes using corn.

The contestants are faced with their first mystery box challenge that includes ingredients that could be found in the average home; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare their version of an apple pie.

Forty of America's best home cooks present their signature dishes to the judges: Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and the newest addition to the panel, Christina Tosi.

One chef moves on to the finals after impressing a panel of judges representing all 50 states and a second finalist is determined based on a challenge involving three classic American desserts.

Each cook creates a dish inspired by one of their loved ones after they meet with some VIP kitchen guests and all but the winner prepre rare protein dishes to stay in the game.

The 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 dim sum.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The contestants prepare a dish using canned foods; MasterChef winner Luca Manfe and MasterChef Junior winner Alexander Weiss help determine what dish the contestants cook in the elimination round.

The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner chooses what dessert the others prepare in the elimination round.

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 advantage in the next round, deciding which classic American dish the remaining contestants will have to prepare in the elimination round. Find out who will rise to the occasion and whose dream of becoming America's next MASTERCHEF will come to an end.

The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.

The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.

The judges get some very special help from their sons, who stop by the MASTERCHEF kitchen to judge the next mystery box challenge. Then, the contestants face the daunting task of recreating one of the greatest dishes the judges ever tasted. Later, in a field challenge, the remaining five home cooks visit a ranch where they will each prepare one Southern-inspired dish as part of a special summer luncheon for local charity volunteers. After the first part of the competition, two home cooks will advance to the finals and the Top Four, while the bottom three contestants will face a pressure test that will end the competition for one home cook.

The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.

The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.

The masterschefs begin this episode with a mystery box challenge where they must create their own sausage from a wide assortment of meats and use it to create a dish for the judges. A winner is chosen and allowed to choose the protein for the rest of the chefs to use in the elimination challenge. The choices for this elimination was Ham, Mushrooms, or Shrimp. Mushrooms were selected by the mystery box winner. The judges then allowed the winner of the mystery box challenge to select four of the contestants who would cook with delicious wild mushrooms, and four who could only cook with canned mushrooms. Winners and losers were chosen by the judges and a contestant was sent home.

The masterchefs begin this episode with a mystery box challenge that tasks the chefs with creating a dish for Eva Longoria who chose the ingredients and helps judge this mystery box. After a winner is selected as usual the winner is given immunity from the elimination challenge and also allowed to pick what her fellow contestants will have to cook and a chance to burn one of her competitors. A winning dish was selected and a losing dish sent its creator home.

The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha introduces the the three proteins for tonight's elimination challenge, and the judges allow the winner of the mystery box challenge the chance to choose from chicken, catfish, or live dungeons crab for one cook to use, and then one of the other two proteins for the rest of the challengers to cook with. Christine Ha helps judge the elimination challenge and one contestant is sent home.

A mystery-box challenge involving exotic foreign ingredients from all over the world takes place. Later Joe Bastianich's mother, Chef Lydia Bastianich is invited into the Masterchef kitchen to help judge and to demonstrate the technique involved in cooking Agnolotti to some of the Masterchef contestants while two are excluded. Agnolotti is a stuffed pasta dish. Then all of the chef contestants except the winner of the Mystery Box challenge are judged on their Agnolotti. A contestant leaves the Masterchef kitchen.

The remaining 16 home cooks compete in a team challenge and cook a hearty and balanced steak meal for 101 firefighters. The losing team will face a pressure test and cook their best eggs benedict dish. Later, the bottom four contestants from the previous challenge will try their luck in Las Vegas for the first time in MASTERCHEF history. The four home cooks will split into two teams to prepare their most impressive burger dish at Gordon Ramsay BurGR at Planet Hollywood. The losing team will go head to head in a cook-off that will send one contestant home for good.

In their first team challenge, the Top 18 home cooks face their pickiest judges yet when they visit a local elementary school and are tasked to create a healthy, balanced meal for over 300 school children. Later the losing team assembles in the Masterchef kitchen where six members of the losing team are chosen by the team leader to participate in the dreaded pressure test. A contestant is sent home

The judges continue to winnow down the competition in the final round of auditions, but the stakes are raised as the remaining hopefuls are put to the ultimate test in an intense lamb challenge. Then, the Top 19 contestants compete in their first mystery box challenge of the season and must create an exceptional dish using the most basic mystery box ingredients. Later, the contestants participate in the season's first emotional elimination round.

Home cooks present dishes to the judges in the season premiere. 100 homecooks from around the country compete for a Masterchef apron and their chance of winning $250,000.00.

The final three contestants face their last mystery box challenge where they are allowed to pick their own ingredients and make a dish they would include in their cookbook if they are selected the winner of Masterchef. The judges pick the winner and the loser and all three contestants go to the Masterchef pantry where they are shown the topic of this elimination test, Legs. The contestants are shown Leg of Lamb, Chicken legs, and Frog Legs. Each contestant must cook one of the three choices. The winner of the Mystery Box challenge is allowed to choose first and the loser had to accept what was left after the runner up chose their protein. Two contestants are chosen to go on to the finale.

The final five contestants open their mystery box to find it empty and then told to pick ingredients they would like to use to make an incredible entree of their choosing for the judges. After selecting their ingredients with glee the contestants are given the inevitable twist, it is just not that easy. After the mystery Box challenge the winning contest is taken to the pantry and given a huge advantage in the elimination test. The winner is allowed to pick from a selection of dishes created by Graham Elliot for all the contestants to prepare. A white tuna dish Graham Elliot had prepared for President Barrack Obama was selected and all contestants were given 30 minutes to recreate the dish. Winners and losers were selected and a losing contestant was sent home.

The judges challenge the remaining seven amateur cooks to use their imagination in the next mystery box challenge, which features shrimp. The hopefuls will have a very limited pantry and little time to create a standout dish that will impress the judges. The winner of the mystery box challenge will determine which savory ingredient the remaining hopefuls must incorporate into a dessert dish in the elimination round. Find out whose savory treat will please the judges and who will be on the chopping block.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen joins the MASTERCHEF judging panel and selects the mystery box ingredients, which include traditional Southern staples and a comforting surprise - a family photo and a letter from home. The amateur cook who prepares the most delicious Southern-inspired dish will earn a priceless reward. Later, the winner of the previous challenge will couple the remaining six contestants who will work in pairs to cook a Japanese dish. Find out which amateur cooks will be on the chopping block in another emotional elimination round.

The remaining nine amateur cooks are faced with one of the most intimidating mystery box ingredients to date - 'uni,' otherwise known as sea urchin. In a surprising twist, the contestants must incorporate the spiky culinary delicacy into their creations, and the amateur cook who presents the most exceptional uni dish will earn a significant advantage in the next round. Later in the elimination challenge, the winner of the mystery box challenge will assign each of the remaining contestants one of eight different types of fish. Find who will impress the judges and whose culinary dreams will sink.

The amateur chefs find themselves on Venice Beach where they are divided into three teams and asked to prepare a seven dollar meal for the crowds of Venice Beach. The teams each have their own food truck from which each team will sell a different cuisine, Indian, Mexican, or American. The teams are judged by the amount of money they generate from food sales. The four members of the losing team return to the Masterchef kitchen where they are given a demonstration on how to make a tortellini and then given sixty minutes to prepare ten tortellini in a simple broth. The contestant with the least favorite dish is sent home.

The fourteen remaining amateur chefs divide up into two teams to cook room service breakfast for 130 hungry hotel guests. The losing team returns to the Masterchef kitchen to face the always dreaded prssure test challenge. Tonight the three judges select the four worst performing team members from the losing team to participate in the pressure test where they must cook a Molten Lava cake in 45 minutes. A loser is sent home.

The chefs are divided into two teams and told to cook a hearty meal for 201 hungry soldiers who will be their judges. The two teams get their meals out to the troops who vote for the winners and the losers. Back in the Masterchef kitchen the losers are given only 75 minutes to prepare an exquisite apple pie. A losing contestant is sent home.

The judges continue to winnow down the competition in the final round of auditions, but the stakes are raised as the 36 remaining hopefuls are put to the ultimate test in an intense ground beef challenge. Those who impress the judges will earn a spot in the Top 18 and join the nation's best crop of amateur cooks in the MASTERCHEF kitchen.

Amateur cooks from across the country compete during the first day of auditions to win a place as a masterchef contestant.