The BEST episodes of Celebrity MasterChef season 5
Every episode of Celebrity MasterChef season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Celebrity MasterChef season 5!
Chef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace search for the country's top celebrity chef.
#1 - Knockout rounds one
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2010
Actor Neil Stuke, athlete Tessa Sanderson, Dragon's Den entrepreneur Richard Farleigh, Brookside actress Alex Fletcher and Radio 1 DJ Nihal Arthanayake are put through a series of gruelling cooking challenges. Only two of them can go through to the week's quarter final, taking them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef.
#2 - Knockout rounds two
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2010
Former world champion athlete Colin Jackson, actress Tricia Penrose, Christine Hamilton and TV presenters Martin Roberts and Jenny Powell are put through a series of gruelling cooking challenges. Only two of them can go through to the week's quarter final, taking them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef. Can former Strictly Come Dancing runner-up Colin Jackson cook better than he can dance?
#3 - Quarterfinal one
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2010
The four best celebrity chefs from the week's heats battle it out in the kitchen and have to impress some harsh critics - three cookery judges from the Women's Institute. Only three celebrities can go through to the next round. One will go home.
#4 - Knockout rounds three
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2010
Star of It's Not Easy Being Green, Dick Strawbridge, presenter Jennie Bond, actor Marcus Patrick, soul singer Kym Mazelle and former Olympic decathlete Dean Macey are put through a series of gruelling cooking challenges as they try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Only two of them can go through to the week's quarter final, taking them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef.
#5 - Knockout rounds four
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2010
Actors Chris Walker and Lisa Faulkner, comedian Mark Little, Radio DJ Mark 'Chappers' Chapman and model Danielle Lloyd battle it out in the kitchen as they try and impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Only two of the celebrities can go through to the quarter finals: who can stand the heat of the professional kitchen, and whose Hollandaise sauce will end in disaster?
#6 - Quarterfinal two
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/30/2010
The four best celebrity chefs from the week's heats battle it out in the kitchen and have to impress some harsh critics - three cookery judges from the Women's Institute. Only three celebrities can go through to the next round. One will go home.
#7 - Quarterfinal three
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2010
Three celebrities are put through a series of gruelling challenges, including cooking a lunchtime service at Asia de Cuba. MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace will have to decide who stays and who goes.
#8 - Quarterfinal four
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2010
Three celebrities are put through a series of gruelling challenges, including cooking a lunchtime service at Iberica. MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace must decide who stays and who goes.
#9 - Quarterfinal five
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/6/2010
The final five celebrities cook one dish for their MasterChef lives. Only four can become semi-finalists. Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace must decide who has what it takes.
#10 - Semifinal day one
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/11/2010
The four best celebrity cooks remain and face three mammoth tasks. First they are sent to battle - to cater for soldiers of the Sealed Knot, then it's back to school to cater for 800 schoolboys at Harrow School. Finally they have to cook an exquisite dinner hosted by the headmaster of Harrow.
#11 - Semifinal day two
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/12/2010
The four semi-finalists face an Olympian challenge: catering for hundreds of workers on the Olympic Stadium, then cooking an exquisite 'Best of British' dinner, hosted by Lord Coe of London 2012. Guests include Dame Kelly Holmes and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson.
#12 - Semifinal day three
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2010
The four semi-finalists must cook their best two-course meal to impress three world-class caterers. The pressure's really on as at the end of the show judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace decide which one of the celebrities must leave the competition.
#13 - Final day one
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/18/2010
The Celebrity MasterChef finals begin, and the three celebrities are set their toughest challenge yet - impressing the French! They must cook for dancers at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, before catering an exclusive Chateau dinner for the Champagne masters of France.
#14 - Final day two
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/19/2010
It's the penultimate Celebrity MasterChef, and the three finalists are challenged to create two fine dining menus. They must cater for travellers on the Orient Express, before preparing a three-course meal for five of the country's best chefs at the Michelin-starred L'autre Pied.
#15 - Grand final
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/20/2010
The three finalists have to cook their best three-course meal for one final judgement from judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. At the end of the show one of them will be crowned Celebrity MasterChef Champion.