The BEST episodes of MasterChef season 11
Every episode of MasterChef season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef season 11!
John Torode and Gregg Wallace are looking for the country's next star chef. Those who make it through to the quarter-final must prove their knowledge and passion for food. The heats have produced four exceptional cooks, but only one of them will make it through today to become a semi-finalist. Initially named MasterChef Goes Large, the series changed its name to MasterChef in 2008.
#1 - Episode 24
Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/24/2015
It's the MasterChef final. After a formidable seven-week competition, the search for the country's best amateur cook reaches its climax. The finalists have to push themselves to the limit for one last time before Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace crown one of the three highly talented amateur cooks the champion. This is their final chance to pull out all the stops, show everything they have learned, and in three hours demonstrate what sort of cook they have become. They must produce three exceptional courses, push their culinary boundaries and give the judges an awe-inspiring tasting like never before. It's a night packed with culinary highlights, as one of these three exceptional amateur cooks lifts the trophy and becomes the 11th MasterChef Champion.
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#2 - Episode 4
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2015
As the second week of heats begins, five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also three MasterChef Champions - 2014 champion Ping Coombes, 2013 champion Natalie Coleman and MasterChef's first winner Thomasina Miers return to give their verdicts. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#3 - Episode 6
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2015
It's the second quarter-final of the series and the four talented heat winners have no time to rest on their laurels as they continue to fight for their place in the competition. The week's best amateurs are put through the mill with a seriously daunting test - the critic's brief. The home cooks have to impress just one food critic with two dishes. They are given the critic's brief and must create a main and a pudding based on it. Tonight's brief has been set by the respected and discerning Tracey MacLeod, who asks them to cook a main course based on the following instruction: 'I am looking for a cook who can successfully create an all-vegetable or a vegetable-led dish where it is the main player - it doesn't mean it has to be vegetarian, the vegetable just has to be the star.' After cooking their savoury dish based on this brief, but without knowing who has set it, the contestants are finally introduced to their critic and must stand before them with their dish. Face to face, they will hear exactly what Tracey MacLeod, as well as John and Gregg, thinks of the main and how well they have kept to the brief. After this searing honesty, the quarter-finalists must return to the kitchen and prepare a dessert that fulfills Jay's brief - 'fruit and spice, and all things nice.' At the end of tonight's quarter-final, three cooks will go through to Knockout Week, taking another step closer to being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015. For one, their MasterChef dream will be over.
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#4 - Episode 8
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/26/2015
Five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists. In this episode 2014 finalist Angela Langford joins 2010 finalist Alex Rushmer and 2006 champion Peter Bayless to give their verdicts. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#5 - Episode 9
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/27/2015
The week's best amateurs are put through the mill with a seriously daunting test - the critic's brief. The home cooks have to impress just one food critic with two dishes. They are given the critic's brief and must create a main and a pudding based on it. The brief has been set by the candid food critic and ex-chef Charles Campion, who asks them to cook a main based on the following instructions: 'I am looking for a cook who can successfully make either a classic British dish or a genuine Indian one. Someone who can do simple dishes well, without over-elaborate presentation.' After cooking their savoury dish based on this brief, but without knowing who has set it, the contestants are finally introduced to their critic and must stand before them with their dish. Face to face, they will hear exactly what Charles Campion, as well as John and Gregg, thinks of the main and how well they have kept to the brief. After this searing honesty, the quarter-finalists must return to the kitchen and prepare a dessert that fulfills Charles' brief: 'One should be overwhelmed by a good pud!' At the end of tonight's quarter-final, three cooks will go through to Knockout Week, taking another step closer to being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015. For one, their MasterChef dream will be over.
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#6 - Episode 11
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/2015
In the final heat, five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists. This time, last year's final three are back! 2014 champion Ping Coombes and finalists Jack Lucas and Luke Owen return to give their verdicts. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#7 - Episode 13
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/2015
The competition is about to get serious as Knockout Week begins. At the end of this week only the best eight cooks will become semi-finalists. After four weeks of fierce competition only the 12 best cooks remain, and the battle is on as they come together for the first time. Their fate now rests on a daunting cook-off and one dish that they must design around briefs given by John and Gregg. John's brief asks for, 'a main course with true origin - it has a reason, a story, a reality - and must be a true and proper classic from any culture'. Gregg's pudding instruction is to 'make it thick, make it sticky and make it brown!' The cooks must each decide which brief to follow and deliver just one dish that stands out from the crowd and proves to judges that they have a future in the competition. Afterwards, John and Gregg choose the best nine chefs to go straight through to the next stage, leaving the weakest three to cook off again. In the most pressured hour of their lives, the three remaining chefs must cook their show-stopper dish in a fight for the two remaining places in the competition, knowing that nothing less that perfection is required to survive.
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#8 - Episode 20
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/2015
It's the last of the semi-finals, and it's do or die for the best six amateurs as they cook off to win a coveted place in the prestigious MasterChef final week. The contestants have just one challenge to win a place in the final five - to cook an outstanding dish to win over three of the country's most feared restaurant critics - Charles Campion, Tracey MacLeod and William Sitwell. Serving food to these masters of the dining room is a daunting task for the most adept chefs and these talented home cooks now have to put their skills and palates on the line. At the end, judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace face a difficult decision - who to take through to next week's MasterChef finals week?
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#9 - Episode 21
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2015
It's the final week of MasterChef 2015. Over the past six weeks, the country's most promising amateur cooks have been whittled down to the best five. All of them have just one goal: to lift the coveted MasterChef Champion trophy. Tonight, the final five become the final four. The final five travel to Cambridge University's Churchill College, where they have the immense task of cooking a five-course dinner in honour of the man regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century - Sir Winston Churchill. It is 50 years since he passed away, and historians, biographers and members of his family are gathering to remember him. The dinner will be overseen by legendary chef Michael Caines, one of only a handful of British chefs to have held two Michelin stars for over 15 years. Michael has devised a five-course menu for the dinner and the amateurs will be challenged like never before to replicate his exquisite food for this important occasion. The guests all have a strong connection to Winston Churchill. They include Celia Sandys, one of Churchill's ten grandchildren, Churchill's great-grandson Randolph Churchill, renowned Churchill academics Cita Stelzer and David Reynolds, and the evening's host, head of the Churchill Archives Allen Packwood. Can the MasterChef final five blow these guests away with some amazing food worthy of the great man himself? But it doesn't stop there. Back at the MasterChef kitchen, the finalists are challenged to cook a dish inspired by a hero of theirs. It's high drama as the amateurs push themselves to the limit to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Who can impress enough to make it through to the final four and keep alive their dream of winning MasterChef 2015?
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#10 - Episode 22
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/22/2015
Finals Week continues on MasterChef 2015. Over the past six weeks, the country's most promising amateur cooks have been whittled down to the best four. All of them have just one goal: to lift the coveted MasterChef Champion trophy. Tonight the final four become three. First, the four talented amateur cooks embark on a culinary odyssey to Sweden, where they will face a series of challenges they will remember for the rest of their lives. Here a whole new culinary movement is taking hold. Young, ingenious chefs are gaining global attention by bucking the trend of a scientific approach to food and returning to thousand-year-old cooking techniques. Over the 48 hours the finalists will experience two very different restaurants leading this revolution. The first has no menu and invents dishes on the day with whatever ingredients their suppliers bring in. The second cooks with no electricity or gas and puts its faith in the most primitive cooking method of all - open fire. Tonight, these amateurs are about to experience a baptism of fire as they return to the cookery techniques of the culinary Stone Age. Out of their comfort zone, the final four are in a world like no other where every ounce of passion, understanding and character must be used to see them through. With their Swedish adventure over and the MasterChef final just two days away, they return to London to fight for their place in the competition. Tonight's final challenge is to cook an exceptional fish dish for John, Gregg and a guest judge, two-Michelin-starred Nathan Outlaw, renowned for his expertise with fish and seafood. Only three can go through to the penultimate and final MasterChef challenges, so the pressure is on to keep their dream of winning the competition alive.
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#11 - Episode 1
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2015
MasterChef is back for its eleventh year with more fantastically talented amateur cooks who want to take a shot at the coveted MasterChef Champion title. Out of the hundreds that auditioned, forty amateur cooks are through to battle it out over four weeks of heats, producing some of the most inspiring, exceptional, unusual and disastrous food ever seen on the series. Tonight, the first five amateur cooks try to prove to Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be the 2015 MasterChef Champion. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. After tasting all five dishes, John and Gregg, without telling each other, each pick their favourite dish. If they both choose the same dish then they will select their second preference. The two lucky cooks will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish, as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient, they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. They have one hour and fifteen minutes to cook a dish good enough to keep them in the competition. The stakes are high - it's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off, as one of the amateurs will be sent home. The four remaining cooks now have one more challenge standing between them and a quarter-final place. To earn their place they have to cook an impressive menu that will excite not just John and Gregg but also some very special guests. Once again, some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists return to judge the food of this year's new
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2015
The week's best amateurs are put through the mill with a seriously daunting test - the critic's brief. The home cooks have to impress just one food critic with two dishes. They are given the critic's brief and must create a main and a pudding based on it. The brief has been set by eagle-eyed and astute food critic William Sitwell, who asks them to cook a main based on the following instructions: 'I enjoy spicy dishes and I am looking for a cook who understands how to get the best out of ingredients. I want to see a light touch - a cook who is being guided by the ingredient and what the ingredient calls out for, not what he or she thinks is trendy or will impress.' After cooking their main dish based on this brief, but without knowing who has set it, the contestants are finally introduced to their critic and must stand before him with their dishes. Face to face, they will hear exactly what William Sitwell, as well as John and Gregg, thinks of the mains and how well they have kept to the brief. After this searing honesty, the quarter-finalists must return to the kitchen and prepare a dessert that fulfills William's brief: 'I love classic English puddings - blackberry and apple crumble, treacle tart. I love a good tarte tatin.' At the end of tonight's quarter-final, three cooks will go through to Knockout Week, taking another step closer to being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015. For one, their MasterChef dream will be over.
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#13 - Episode 7
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/2015
As the third week of heats begins, five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists. In this episode 2008 champion James Nathan, 2011 champion Tim Anderson and 2007 champion Stephen Wallis are back to give their verdicts. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#14 - Episode 3
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2015
It's the first quarter-final of the series and the four talented heat winners have no time to rest on their laurels as they continue to fight for their place in the competition. The week's best amateurs are put through the mill with a seriously daunting test - the critic's brief. The home cooks have to impress just one food critic with two dishes. They are given the critic's brief and must create a main and a pudding based on it. Tonight's brief has been set by the straight-talking and incisive Jay Rayner, who asks them to cook a main based on the following instructions - 'I am looking for a dish that uses just a few ingredients, i.e. essentially three things on the plate, plus a sauce, if I'm being generous.' After cooking their savoury dish based on this brief, but without knowing who has set it, the contestants are finally introduced to their critic and must stand before them with their dish. Face to face, they will hear exactly what Jay Rayner, as well as John and Gregg, thinks of the main and how well they have kept to the brief. After this searing honesty, the quarter-finalists must return to the kitchen and prepare a dessert that fulfills Jay's brief - 'A good dessert should appeal to the greedy child inside every adult.' At the end of tonight's quarter-final, three cooks will go through to Knockout Week, taking another step closer to being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015. For one, their MasterChef dream will be over.
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#15 - Episode 5
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/19/2015
As the second week of heats begins, five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists. 2013 champion Natalie Coleman, 2006 finalist Daksha Mistry and 2014 semi-finalist Michael Sanders give their verdicts. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#16 - Episode 15
Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/2015
As Knockout Week continues, the second group of amateurs get their first taste of professional cooking. They head to Theo Randall at the Intercontinental, a London restaurant awarded Best Italian in Britain in 2013, where they will be responsible for serving up every dish on the menu for a busy lunch service. As the competition hots up, who will sink and who will swim? Afterwards, it's back to the MasterChef kitchen for an invention test to show John and Gregg just what they have learnt. In a last-chance bid to stay in the competition, each contestant must demonstrate they can invent a dish from scratch that looks and tastes exceptional. They can choose from a plentiful array of seasonal produce that ranges from the everyday to top-end ingredients. In an unexpected twist, MasterChef Professionals judge and formidable perfectionist Monica Galetti returns to help John and Gregg assess the six amateurs. After this, another contestant will be going home. Who will crumble under the pressure and who will make it through to Friday's challenge - the gateway to this year's semi-finals? In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to stand out to survive - taking another precious step towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#17 - Episode 16
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/10/2015
At the end of Knockout Week, the competition has been whittled down to nine extremely talented amateur cooks - all of whom are desperate to reach the MasterChef semi-finals. At MasterChef HQ, they have only one challenge: to cook one superb show-stopper dish to completely wow the judges and secure their semi-final place. The nine have one-and-a-half hours to create their masterpiece. Failure now is not an option. Only the eight best amateurs will become semi-finalists, inching closer to being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#18 - Episode 23
Season 11 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/23/2015
In tonight's penultimate show, the final three amateur cooks face the most iconic and terrifying challenge yet - the Chef's Table. This year's Chef's Table is mentored by one of the century's most influential culinary talents - the brilliant and eccentric Italian maestro Massimo Bottura. From humble beginnings, he rose to become the driving force behind Osteria Francescana in northern Italy, which holds three Michelin stars and has been awarded third-best restaurant in the world. His revolutionary modern food has its roots firmly in the traditional heart of Italian cuisine and is based on the philosophy that every dish should tell a story. Before they get to cook with Massimo, there is one last chance for the final three to hone their skills and push their imaginations. John and Gregg challenge the final three to work as a team to create a fine dining menu from a selection of seasonal vegetables, duck and rhubarb. Massimo has designed an exquisite three-course menu for the Chef's Table. Each contestant will cook one course. Their guests are a table of the country's finest chefs - Michelin-starred legends Marcus Wareing, Daniel Clifford, Andrew Fairlie and Anthony Demetre, as well as renowned Italian chef Francesco Mazzei - a set of diners to strike fear into the heart of any professional chef, let alone three amateurs. Massimo's food is anything but basic - each dish requires complex techniques and skill to produce it. The finalists battle with unfamiliar methods and dishes that demand precision cooking, a flawless palate and perfect timing. For the final three it's their last chance before the final to prove they have what it takes to win the MasterChef title.
#19 - Episode 19
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/2015
The MasterChef semi-finals continue, and the pressure is on as tonight one more chef leaves the competition. First, the seven remaining amateurs face a challenge that will really put their skills to the test. They must cook the judges just one dish... but this time using scraps, trimmings and leftovers. Their choice of ingredients for the challenging scraps test includes chicken giblets and skin, bones, a pig's ear, fish heads and bones, roes, potato peelings, vegetable offcuts, stale bread and cheese rind. The cooks have to rely on their ingenuity and skill rather than quality cuts to push their dish to the forefront. Who will make a pig's ear of it, and who will show they have what it takes to make it to the top? It's imperative they step up to the plate and perform to their best, because after this test John and Gregg will send another cook home. The remaining best six semi-finalists are then pushed even further when they must cook for five of the world's most expert palates: the Supertasters. This highly esteemed gathering make a living out of their ability to analyze food and drink: one guest has his tastebuds insured for over a million pounds; two are masters of wine and one is an acclaimed professor in the science of taste. Working in teams of two, the contestants have just three hours to cook a six-course tasting menu that pushes the boundaries and stimulates the minds and senses of their special table of diners.
#20 - Episode 2
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2015
Five amateur cooks try to prove to Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be the 2015 MasterChef Champion. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. After tasting all five dishes, John and Gregg, without telling each other, each pick their favourite dish. If they both choose the same dish then they will select their second preference. The two lucky cooks will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish, as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient, they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. They have one hour and fifteen minutes to cook a dish good enough to keep them in the competition. The stakes are high it's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off, as one of the amateurs will be sent home. The four remaining cooks now have one more challenge standing between them and a quarter-final place. To earn their place they have to cook an impressive menu that will excite not just John and Gregg but also some very special guests. Once again, some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists return to judge the food of this year's new contenders to the throne. In tonight's heat, last year's final three are back! The contestants must attempt to impress 2014 champion Ping Coombes and finalists Jack Lucas and Luke Owen when they return to give their verdict. After the four hopefuls have cooked, John and Gregg will decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final.
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#21 - Episode 14
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/8/2015
Knockout Week continues as the remaining 11 contestants are split into two groups and get their first taste of professional cooking when they have to run an entire lunchtime service on their own. In this episode, the first group head to Typing Room, a London restaurant over seen by Lee Westcott, a protégé of Jason Atherton and Rene Redzepi's Noma. During a busy service, the five amateurs are responsible for serving up every dish on the menu to paying customers. Who will falter as they cook in a completely unfamiliar and demanding environment? Then, it's back to MasterChef HQ for an invention test to show John and Gregg just what they have learnt. In a last-chance bid to stay in this year's competition, each contestant has to show they can invent a dish from scratch that looks and tastes exceptional. They can choose from a plentiful array of seasonal produce that ranges from the everyday to top-end ingredients. In an unexpected twist, the contestants discover that they not only have to present their food to John and Gregg, but also a guest judge who will be helping John and Gregg evaluate the five amateurs - renowned Professional MasterChef judge and formidable perfectionist Monica Galetti. After this, one of them will be going home. Who will crumble under the pressure and who will make it through to Friday's challenge - the gateway to this year's semi-finals? In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to stand out to survive - taking another precious step towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#22 - Episode 17
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/2015
It's the first of the semi-finals, and tonight the eight best cooks come together to battle in a team challenge, the relay invention test. Split into two teams of four, both groups must create one dish between them, using the humble chicken, as well as a range of vegetables, herbs and spices. Each team member has just 20 minutes to make their contribution to the dish, and they must do so without communicating with one another. It's vital the team leaves clues for each other, as each cook needs to decipher what the dish is supposed to be through the hints left behind. The first team member is responsible for designing and starting to cook the dish, with the second and third cooks contributing towards the main body of the dish and the fourth finishing and presenting it. Will the contestants be able to produce a dish that impresses John and Gregg within the time limit set? It's the semi-finals and the judges' expectations are sky high, as these amateurs battle to prove they've got what it takes to be crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#23 - Episode 18
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/2015
The MasterChef semi-finals continue with a spectacular challenge as the eight remaining cooks head to Lincolnshire for an event they will never forget. They must cook a 50th anniversary celebration lunch for some of the most well-loved members of the British armed forces - 90 pilots and the support crew of the Red Arrows. Split into two teams of four, for the first time the semi-finalists have to run their own kitchens in specially constructed catering tents beside the Red Arrows' main runway. As they cook with the Red Arrows practising their daredevil moves over their tents, will the contestants be able to rise to the challenge and produce a lunch worthy of the occasion? With less than four hours to create 100 plates of food, organisation and teamwork is essential for success. It's vital the two teams perform at their absolute best because after judging their food, John and Gregg pick the weakest team to return to the MasterChef kitchen, where they must cook off against each other in a special palate test. Here they must rely on their sense of smell and palate to decipher exactly what's in a dish cooked by John - before having to replicate the dish themselves. With one more contestant going home after this, the fight is on to stay in the competition and take another step towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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#24 - Episode 10
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/2015
As the final week of heats begins, five more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2015. Firstly, the contestants are given just one hour and fifteen minutes to dazzle the judges when they are asked to cook their calling card, a practised dish that represents just who they are as a cook and showcases their talent. The two lucky cooks who do best will be safe - for now - and sail straight through to the third test. The remaining three contestants must cook again in a twist on the infamous invention test - the reinvention test. The hopefuls are given the main ingredient from their calling card dish as well as access to the larder. Using that same ingredient they must reinvent the dish to create a brand new plate of food that will sway the judges and earn them a place in the next round. It's the end of the road for one person after this cook-off. To earn their place in the quarter-final, the four remaining cooks have to cook a menu that will impress not just John and Gregg but also some of the competition's most inspiring winners and finalists. In this episode 2005 champion Thomasina Miers, 2014 semi-finalist Robert Austin and 2010 finalist Tim Kinnaird give their judgments. After the four contestants have cooked, John and Gregg decide which two will take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final. In a competition where only the food matters, these amateurs will need to be good to survive - taking their first steps towards being crowned MasterChef Champion 2015.
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