MasterChef

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.

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.

In their first MASTERCHEF field challenge, the Top 18 home cooks are divided in to two teams where they will have to prepare appetizers and entrees for a very special guest.

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 Aaron Sanchez.

This week, the remaining 16 home cooks get a very special treat leading into the next challenge, as Chef Ramsay demonstrates how to properly deconstruct a lobster.

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 13 remaining contestants are introduced to culinary guest judge Edward Lee, chef and owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY, who reveals the third Mystery Box challenge.

The remaining 12 contestants are broken up into two teams to prep, cook and plate 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their Sweet 16 birthdays.

The losing contestants from the Sweet 16 Challenge in last week’s episode are faced with the Birthday Cake pressure test and will have 90 minutes to bake a 3 layer birthday cake.

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.

Guest judge Kevin Sbraga cooks alongside the Top Nine in the next Mystery Box Challenge, as they create an impressive dish using unique upscale ingredients.

The Top Eight face a three-part potato skill test.

The seven remaining cooks compete in their next Mystery Box Challenge using three basic utensils to prepare two dishes.

The six remaining contestants compete in the series’ classic pop-up restaurant challenge.

The five remaining contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Richard Blais chef, restaurateur and cookbook author – who reveals the seventh Mystery Box challenge.

The four remaining contestants are given 90 minutes to prepare either a halibut or duck entrée for VIP food critics in the Studio Box challenge.

In the next challenge, with help from some familiar home cooks, the remaining three will have 60 minutes to prepare an amazing appetizer dish.

In Part Two of the season finale, the contestants will have one hour to create entrees and an hour to create a dessert. After evaluation the judges will reveal the next MASTERCHEF.