The BEST episodes of Celebrity MasterChef season 7

#1 - Episode 7

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2012

The celebrities pair up for a mass catering task at the Royal Holloway University. With hungry students descending upon them, they need to rely on their teamwork skills.

#2 - Episode 22

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/11/2012

The remaining six celebrity cooks prepare lunch on board a cross-channel ferry.

#3 - Episode 21

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/10/2012

The remaining celebrities must cook the judges a single show-stopping dish in one and a half hours.

#4 - Episode 20

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/7/2012

The battle for a place in the final eight reaches its climax. The three remaining celebrities must cook a two-course meal to wow both John and Gregg, and the guest judges.

#5 - Episode 19

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/6/2012

The three remaining celebrities face their first restaurant service, a busy lunchtime serving French food with a contemporary twist under head chef Allan Pickett.

#6 - Episode 18

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/5/2012

It's elimination day as one celebrity will be cooking their final dishes. The contestants are first tasked with cooking marinated poussin with flat bread and tzatziki.

#7 - Episode 17

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/4/2012

Zoe Salmon, Cheryl Baker, Danny Mills and Richard McCourt are paired into teams and assigned a mass-catering challenge of mammoth proportions, serving 120 portions.

#8 - Episode 16

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/3/2012

Zoe Salmon, Cheryl Baker, Danny Mills and Richard McCourt begin a week of culinary challenges. Their first challenge is a mystery box test, a test of imagination and creativity.

#9 - Episode 15

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/31/2012

The battle for a place in the final eight reaches its climax. To secure a place, the remaining celebrities must cook a faultless two-course meal to impress three guest judges.

#10 - Episode 13

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/29/2012

#11 - Episode 12

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/28/2012

#12 - Episode 11

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/27/2012

#13 - Episode 10

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/24/2012

The battle for a place in the final eight reaches its climax.

#14 - Episode 9

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/23/2012

The celebrities take on fine Indian cuisine and must carefully spice and balance flavours.

#15 - Episode 8

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2012

On elimination day the celebrities must cook the classic apple tarte tatin with crème anglaise in only one hour, then a dish of their own design again in under one hour.

#16 - Episode 6

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/20/2012

Holby's Laila Rouass, singer Gareth Gates, actor George Layton and author and actress Emma Kennedy join the second round with a Mystery Box test and a tomato bruschetta trial.

#17 - Episode 14

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/30/2012

#18 - Episode 3

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/15/2012

It's elimination day, and Jamie Theakston, Anne Charleston, Javine Hylton and Steve Parry are challenged to cook a classic recipe and a dish of their own creation.

#19 - Episode 1

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/13/2012

The first batch of celebrities undertake two tough culinary challenges. Amongst the contestants are radio DJ Jamie Theaksto, actress Anne Charleston, singer Javine Hylton, and former Olympic swimmer Steve Parry.

#20 - Episode 5

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2012

The celebrities must cook a faultless two-course meal, judged not only by John Torode and Gregg Wallace but also by two past Celebrity MasterChef champions and a finalist.

#21 - Episode 2

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2012

Jamie Theakston, Anne Charleston, Javine Hylton and Steve Parry are paired into teams and challenged to cook for students at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

#22 - Episode 4

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2012

The three remaining celebrities are sent to top London restaurant Coq d'Argent. Under the pressure of the professional kitchen, cracks begin to appear.

#23 - Episode 23

Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/12/2012

The six remaining celebrity cooks must create a dish inspired by someone close to them.

#24 - Episode 24

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2012

The four remaining chefs each cook a lunchtime service in a top London restaurant.

#25 - Episode 25

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/14/2012

The contestants cook a three-course meal for three tough food critics.