7.1/1076 votes#1 - Top 30 Compete
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 5/26/2014
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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7.3/1069 votes#2 - Top 22 Compete
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2014
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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- 7.4/1069 votes
#3 - Top 20 Compete
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2014
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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- 7.5/1066 votes
#4 - Top 18 Compete
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2014
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.
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- 7.2/1068 votes
#5 - Top 17 Compete
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2014
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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- 7.3/1068 votes
#6 - Top 16 Compete
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2014
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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- 7.0/1059 votes
#7 - Top 15 Compete
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/7/2014
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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7.2/1060 votes#8 - Top 14 Compete
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 7/14/2014
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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7.3/1069 votes#9 - Top 13 Compete
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/2014
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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7.2/1068 votes#10 - Top 12 Compete
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 7/28/2014
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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7.0/1061 votes#11 - Top 11 Compete
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 8/4/2014
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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7.4/1063 votes#12 - Top 10 Compete
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 8/11/2014
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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7.2/1059 votes#13 - Top 8 Compete
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 8/18/2014
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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7.1/1060 votes#14 - Top 7 Compete
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 8/25/2014
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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7.2/1058 votes#15 - Top 6 Compete
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 9/1/2014
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
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6.8/1059 votes#16 - Top 5 Compete
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 9/8/2014
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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7.6/1032 votes#17 - Top 4 Compete
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 9/8/2014
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
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- 6.6/1059 votes
#18 - Top 3 Compete
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 9/15/2014
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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- 5.6/1077 votes
#19 - Winner Chosen
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 9/15/2014
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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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Top 30 Compete" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef" season 5. It scored 7.1/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/26/2014. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Top 22 Compete".