MasterChef - Season 5
Episodes
E1: Top 30 Compete
Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and accl
E2: Top 22 Compete
The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingr
E3: Top 20 Compete
The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a
E4: Top 18 Compete
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will pr
E5: Top 17 Compete
The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featurin
E6: Top 16 Compete
A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will wo
E7: Top 15 Compete
The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the
E8: Top 14 Compete
The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members
E9: Top 13 Compete
The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks crea
E10: Top 12 Compete
The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him fo
E11: Top 11 Compete
For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-en
E12: Top 10 Compete
The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an ent
E13: Top 8 Compete
The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; t
E14: Top 7 Compete
The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while
E15: Top 6 Compete
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouc
E16: Top 5 Compete
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a chal
E17: Top 4 Compete
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
E18: Top 3 Compete
The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns
E19: Winner Chosen
In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and