The BEST episodes of MasterChef (US) season 1
Every episode of MasterChef (US) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef (US) season 1!
Award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, acclaimed chef Aarón Sánchez and renowned restaurateur Joe Bastianich put a new batch of talented home cooks through a series of challenges and elimination rounds.
#1 - Winner Revealed (2)
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/15/2010
The winner is revealed.
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#2 - Winner Revealed (1)
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/2010
After enduring pressure tests and grueling challenges, the remaining chefs compete for $250,000 and a cookbook-publishing deal.
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#3 - 6 Chefs Compete (2)
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2010
The contestants go fishing, and use their catches for their entrees. Another chef is eliminated.
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#4 - 9 Chefs Compete (2)
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2010
The contestants must cater a high-end wedding, and things go awry when the main course goes missing. The losing team goes back to the MasterChef kitchen to face a pressure test, and one more chef is eliminated.
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#5 - 9 Chefs Compete (1)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2010
In their first challenge of the day, the chefs are asked to make a dish with dungeness crab
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#6 - 6 Chefs Compete (1)
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2010
The contestants undergo a Mystery Box challenge and an Invention Test.
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#7 - 14 Chefs Compete (1)
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/18/2010
One team is safe from elimination after winning a challenge where they spend the day feeding hundreds of Marines; the losing team faces a pressure test.
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#8 - 11 Chefs Compete (1)
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/2010
The contestants are asked to make a single cupcake; chef Cat Cora and the contestants cook at a truck stop.
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#9 - 14 Chefs Compete (2)
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2010
The cooks prepare their best dishes in hopes of impressing the judges.
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#10 - 11 Chefs Compete (2)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2010
The remaining chefs need to feed 100 truckers at a remote California truck stop. The losing team returns to the kitchen to face a pressure test, which consists of naming as many foods as they can from a table of farmer's market ingredients.
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#11 - Top 14 Revealed
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2010
The cooks must prove that they have mastered basic kitchen techniques; the judges reveal which cooks have made it into the top 14.
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#12 - Auditions (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2010
Auditions continue as amateur cooks try to impress the judges.
#13 - Auditions (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2010
Cooks share their signature dishes with the judges in hopes of advancing to the next round of the competition.