MasterChef - Season 12

Episode 1

Audition Battles (1)

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, MA

Episode 2

Audition Battles (2)

The audition battles continue this week on the most competitive season of MASTERCHEF yet. For those who fell short in past seasons, these auditions are a chance to fulfill their culinary dreams. This

Episode 3

Audition Battles (3)

With only six aprons left, the judges round out auditions and give a lucky few chefs a chance to return to the MasterChef kitchen. Each 45-minute audition battle brings the contestants one step closer

Episode 4

Dish That Sent You Home

In the first elimination round of the season, all 20 chefs must cook something inspired by the dish that originally sent them home. The chef that recreates their elimination dish in the most elevated,

Episode 5

Winners Mystery Box - Spirit of Vegas

This week, the chefs face their first mystery box challenge of the season. Season Seven winner, Vegas restaurant owner and cocktail connoisseur Shaun O'Neale, returns to the MASTERCHEF kitchen to dish

Episode 6

Feeding the U.S. Coast Guard

For their first team challenge, the top 18 travel to the U.S. Coast Guard Base in Los Angeles. The chefs must collaborate to create a hearty and delicious lunch for more than 100 brave women and men.

Episode 7

Gordon Ramsay Loves Vegans!

Chef Gordon Ramsay shares his secret love for meatless, dairy-free dishes by demonstrating his famous Beef Wellington transformed into a vegan dish made out of beets. Chef Ramsay then challenges the c

Episode 8

Southern Fusion with Guest Chef Tiffany Derry

The 16 remaining chefs are challenged to cook a Southern cuisine dish inspired by complex flavors from countries around the world. Award-winning chef and Southern fusion restaurateur Tiffany Derry als

Episode 9

Bake to Win

One chef selects a dessert for each of his or her fellow competitors to bake to perfection. Anything less will force the contestants to face elimination.

Episode 10

Cooking for Horse Town U.S.A.

More than 100 cowboys and cowgirls in Horse Town, U.S.A., gather for the MasterChef rodeo, where the Top 14 chefs divide into two teams to create the best steak and sides. The team that doesn't live u

Episode 11

Winners Mystery Box - Christine Ha

The remaining chefs are challenged with a "Winner's Mystery Box," curated by the Season 3 Champion, Christine Ha. The contestants are tasked with creating a Michelin-starred Vietnamese dish, but there

Episode 12

Tag Team

The Top 12 chefs are challenged to a tag-team cook-off, as they approach the halfway point in the competition. They're tasked with choosing a partner and cooking three menu items from Gordon Ramsay's

Episode 13

GrubHub Challenge

In order to secure a spot in the Top 10, the remaining chefs partner with GrubHub to elevate a traditional take-out dish into a gourmet concoction.

Episode 14

Gas Station Gourmet

Keeping up with culinary trends and tapping into nostalgia, Chef Ramsay brings a new challenge to the kitchen. The Top 10 chefs are tasked with elevating traditional gas station and road trip snacks i

Episode 15

Winners Mystery Box - Gerron Hurt

The Top Nine chefs are faced with another Winner's Mystery Box challenge, this time from MasterChef Season Nine winner Gerron Hurt. With no more immunity pins up for grabs, each contestant must create

Episode 16

The Wall

The top eight chefs are paired together and must communicate on opposite sides of a wall to create identical dishes.

Episode 17

Restaurant Takeover - Spago

The chefs must take over Wolfgang Puck's kitchen at Spago restaurant in Los Angeles.

Episode 18

Semi Finals

The top five chefs are faced with tow separate elimination challenges in the semifinals: a baked Alaska and an intricate lobster tortellini.

Episode 19

Finale - Special Guest Graham Elliot (1)

The chefs who advance to the finals prepare an appetizer and entree with the support of Graham Elliot.

Episode 20

Finale - Special Guest Christina Tosi (2)

The three remaining chefs rush against the clock to complete their final entree and whip up a gourmet dessert with the help of former judge Christina Tossi; a new champion is crowned.