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The Best Episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18

Every episode of MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

    S18:E1

    2016 winner Gary Maclean, who has gone on to become the first National Chef of Scotland, sets the challenges for four chefs seeking to make it through to the quarter-finals.

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  2. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #2 - Episode 2

    S18:E2

    The challenges for another group of contestants aiming for a place in the quarter-finals include preparing a dish of steamed razor clams and a dessert with authentic cranachan cream.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S18:E3

    It's the first quarter-final, and the chefs face an invention test demanding that they do something magical with an ingredient they will all have probably worked with before – king prawns!

    Director:Unknown
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  4. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

    S18:E4

    2020 professional finalist Philli Armitage-Mattin sets the contestants a Korean-inspired skills test to make it through to the quarter-finals.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    #5 - Episode 5

    S18:E5

    Philli Armitage-Mattin sets the chefs a skills test challenge, using her own recipes. Two must recreate chicken wings stuffed with pork mince, the others, souffle pancakes with sake-poached plums.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #6 - Episode 6

    S18:E6

    The chefs are challenged to create their own special twist on rice pudding, before serving up two plates of food to impress restaurant critics Jimi Famurewa, Jay Rayner and William Sitwell.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    #7 - Episode 7

    S18:E7

    2022 champion Nikita Pathakji sets the week's new group of chefs the task of recreating her dish of king prawns served in a coconut and lemongrass broth.

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  8. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    #8 - Episode 8

    S18:E8

    The chefs have just 20 minutes to prepare and cook a bavette steak served with a papaya and noodle salad, and crispy noodles.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    #9 - Episode 9

    S18:E9

    This week's quarter-finalists are faced with an invention test that must scream chicken, but which only includes off-cuts.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    #10 - Episode 10

    S18:E10

    2018 finalist Matthew Ryle sets the competing chefs skills tests inspired by French classic cookery, highlighting just what you can achieve with red mullet and roasted poussin.

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  11. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    #11 - Episode 11

    S18:E11

    2018 finalist Matthew Ryle sets the skills test challenges: raviolo stuffed with pea and ricotta and poached pear mille-feuille with a hazelnut praline cream.

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  12. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    #12 - Episode 12

    S18:E12

    The last group of quarter-finalists must do something magical with mince if they are to make it through to knockout week.

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  13. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    #13 - Episode 13

    S18:E13

    Knockout week has arrived. It will see the best 13 chefs who have cooked their way through the heats and quarter-finals face an invention test.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 14 - Episode 14
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    #14 - Episode 14

    S18:E14

    Knockout week continues as the ten remaining professional chefs are split into two groups. The first five head to Boxhall in central London to meet Marcus and Monica for their first challenge.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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    #15 - Episode 15

    S18:E15

    It's the end of knockout week and time for the second group of five professional contestants to enter the world of pop-ups as they head out of the MasterChef kitchen for the first time in the competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 16 - Episode 16
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    #16 - Episode 16

    S18:E16

    The semi-finals begin with the remaining eight chefs challenged to deliver a dish that uses all the chosen ingredients, with absolutely nothing wasted.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 17 - Episode 17
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    #17 - Episode 17

    S18:E17

    The six semi-finalists are asked to cook their own Thai-style dish from a larder of ingredients selected by John Chantarasak.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 18 - Episode 18
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Episode 18

    S18:E18

    The semi-finalists are whisked off to the stunning Scottish Highlands, where maestro Mark Donald puts them to work at The Glenturret Lalique, a two-Michelin-star restaurant.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 19 - Episode 19
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Episode 19

    S18:E19

    Finals week has arrived, along with the biggest challenge the four remaining in the competition have faced in their careers: cooking for 27 of the UK and Ireland's leading chefs at the Goring Hotel.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 20 - Episode 20
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Episode 20

    S18:E20

    The three chefs left standing head off for an Italian culinary adventure in South Tyrol, where they help prepare a lunch service at the three-Michelin-starred Atelier Moessmer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. MasterChef: The Professionals Season 18 Episode 21 - Episode 21
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Episode 21

    S18:E21

    Just one cook-off stands between the three remaining chefs and the title of MasterChef: The Professionals 2026 champion.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 18 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef: The Professionals" season 18. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/10/2026. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".