Competition based series where amateur cooks progress through by successfully creating dishes that show off their technical skill and understanding of flavour. Guest judges include food critics and Michelin star chefs.
Episodio 1In the first heat, five amateur cooks compete for two quarter-final places. This year's competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient.
Episodio 2
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Episodio 2Five amateur cooks compete in the second heat. To win a quarter-final place, they must impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace along with former champions Saliha Mahmood Ahmed and Kenny Tutt.
Episodio 3
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Episodio 3The four winners from the first week of heats return to compete in the first quarter-final. They are challenged by food critic Grace Dent to prepare a great British pudding.
Episodio 4
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Episodio 4Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Irini Tzortzoglou and Jane Devonshire.
Episodio 5
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Episodio 5In the second heat of the second week, five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals.
Episodio 6
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Episodio 6The week's four heat winners return for the quarter-final, chasing a place in knockout week. They face a Critic's Test set by one of the country’s toughest food critics, William Sitwell.
Episodio 7
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Episodio 7Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Shelina Permalloo and Mat Follas.
Episodio 8
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Episodio 8Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the second heat of the second week, they cook for former champion Steven Wallis and 2006 finalist Dean Edwards.
Episodio 9
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Episodio 9It’s the third quarter-final and the four talented heat winners return to fight for a place in the semi-final.
Episodio 10
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Episodio 10In the last week of heats, five more hopefuls try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Episodio 11
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Episodio 11In the last of this year's heats, five contestants cook for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace and two previous MasterChef champions.
Episodio 12
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Episodio 12In the last of this year's quarter-final, four talented heat winners return to fight for a semi-final place in the Critic's Test. The challenge is to cook a dish inspired by global street food, and it will be judged by one of the country's toughest food critics, Grace Dent.
Episodio 13
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Episodio 13Just 10 chef's remain. Split into two groups of five, they now face the pressure of cooking in a professional kitchen for the first time.
Episodio 14
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Episodio 14The second group of five semi-finalists experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time.
Episodio 15
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Episodio 15It's the last challenge of the semi-finals, and the six remaining amateurs must cook-off in front of three esteemed food critics to win a coveted place in the finals.
Episodio 16
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Episodio 16For the first challenge of finals week, the five finalists cook a five-course lunch at the resplendent Plaisterers Hall in the City of London.
Episodio 17
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Episodio 17The final four amateur cooks interpret a classic dish of their choice before the best three face a Chef's Table challenge at Michel Roux Jr's acclaimed restaurant Le Gavroche.
Grand Finale 2021
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Grand Finale 2021The final three chefs must produce the best three dishes of their lives to stand a chance of being crowned MasterChef champion 2021.
