The Best Episodes of MasterChef Season 5

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7.2/10(84 votes)
#1 - Top 30 Compete
S5:E15/26/2014
Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for Season Five, putting the latest group of contestants through a series of challenging elimination rounds and turning one home cook into a culinary master.
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7.3/10(77 votes)
#2 - Top 22 Compete
S5:E26/2/2014
The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingredients typically used in desserts; in the next round, the contestants prepare a classic American dish.
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7.4/10(77 votes)
#3 - Top 20 Compete
S5:E36/9/2014
The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a pressure test featuring blueberry pie.
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7.6/10(74 votes)
#4 - Top 18 Compete
S5:E46/16/2014
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.
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7.2/10(76 votes)
#5 - Top 17 Compete
S5:E56/23/2014
The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featuring a meal with steak and fries.
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7.3/10(76 votes)
#6 - Top 16 Compete
S5:E66/30/2014
A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will work with former "MasterChef" champion Luca Manfe and "MasterChef Junior" winner Alexander Weiss to select a specialty dish for the elimination round.
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7.1/10(66 votes)
#7 - Top 15 Compete
S5:E77/7/2014
The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the challenge losers face a pressure test featuring spring rolls.
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7.2/10(68 votes)
#8 - Top 14 Compete
S5:E87/14/2014
The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members of the losing team must make a three-layer red velvet cake during a pressure test.
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7.3/10(77 votes)
#9 - Top 13 Compete
S5:E97/21/2014
The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks create a dish using one judge's favorite ingredients.
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7.3/10(74 votes)
#10 - Top 12 Compete
S5:E107/28/2014
The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him for dinner; the losing team create their own truffle recipes for a box of chocolates.
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7.1/10(69 votes)
#11 - Top 11 Compete
S5:E118/4/2014
For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-end ingredients and one containing ordinary items; the winner of the challenge chooses which type of stuffed pasta the remaining cooks make.
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7.4/10(72 votes)
#12 - Top 10 Compete
S5:E128/11/2014
The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an entire stadium; the cooks on the losing team must create three unique prawn dishes in a pressure test.
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7.2/10(67 votes)
#13 - Top 8 Compete
S5:E138/18/2014
The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; two pairs face a pressure test with eggs.
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7.1/10(68 votes)
#14 - Top 7 Compete
S5:E148/25/2014
The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while the challenge winner is safe from elimination, the other contestants form teams of two and make a variety of potstickers.
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7.2/10(65 votes)
#15 - Top 6 Compete
S5:E159/1/2014
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
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6.8/10(67 votes)
#16 - Top 5 Compete
S5:E169/8/2014
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.
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7.6/10(39 votes)
#17 - Top 4 Compete
S5:E179/8/2014
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
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6.5/10(65 votes)
#18 - Top 3 Compete
S5:E189/15/2014
The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns an automatic spot in the Top 2, while the other two chefs face a pressure test involving desserts.
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5.6/10(85 votes)
#19 - Winner Chosen
S5:E199/15/2014
In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and a $250,000 grand prize.
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