Forty home cooks from across the country compete for a spot in the Top 14.

Eighteen home cooks get a second chance, competing in two culinary challenges.

The cooks face their first Mystery Box Challenge and the winner selects one of three international cuisines and some cooks get lost in translation.

In the first team challenge, the remaining cooks honour firefighting heroes in a rib cook-off.

A Mystery Box Challenge requires the cooks to work together and the winners give the assignments in the pantry challenge.

The teams use a fashion collection as inspiration for a fancy lunch; a surf and turf test sends one cook home.

A Mystery Box Challenge has the cooks baking from the heart.

The remaining cooks compete in teams for a gourmet sausage challenge in celebration of Oktoberfest.

The remaining eight cooks take on intimidating nursery rhyme-inspired ingredients.

Astronaut Chris Hatfield inspires the cooks for a Mystery Box Challenge.

The cooks compete in a team challenge at Alvin's Chinatown restaurant. An elimination challenge pits the losing team against each other in a tough baking task.

Following a Mystery Box Challenge inspired by judge Michael Bonacini's techniques, the cooks create cocktail-inspired sweet and savoury dishes.

The top four cooks reunite with their families and then shop for a meal.

The three remaining cooks battle for a spot in the finale by preparing a meal for some of Canada's most influential chefs using Canadian ingredients.

The two finalists compete in a three-course challenge to determine the winner of the competition.

The top 16 cooks face off in a team challenge, which involves cooking lunch for first responders; two cooks from the losing team get eliminated.

In the first team challenge, the cooks prepare a meal for 105 new Canadians.

The top 10 cooks are blindfolded while working in pairs in honour of Canada's upcoming 150th birthday.

The remaining home cooks are divided into three teams and are challenged to create gourmet burgers and fries for hungry motorcyclists.

Chef Jamie Oliver challenges the cooks to create an appetizer for his new chain of Canadian restaurants.

The Top 7 compete in an egg battle – working their way through a series of challenges that get progressively more difficult.

Two teams face off in a special restaurant takeover to celebrate the 30th anniversary of judge Michael Bonacini's iconic Auberge du Pommier, an Oliver & Bonacini restaurant.

The Top 5 emulate the judges favourite cooking techniques while creating unique salmon dishes.

The final four cooks split into teams to create elegant family dinners for their loved ones; the members of the losing team face a dessert test.

The final elimination challenge will determine who makes it to the finale, as the home cooks create a dish using one luxury ingredient.