7.0/1073 votes#1 - Battle for a White Apron, Part 1
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2016
Forty of the best home cooks in America travel to Los Angeles to compete in the Battle of the Apron challenge and attempt to move forward to compete for the title, a cookbook deal, and the $250,000 grand prize. Judging the battle rounds will be Ramsay and Tosi.
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7.1/1061 votes#2 - Battle for a White Apron, Part 2
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2016
The chefs have use their culinary skills as the Battle of the Apron challenge continues.
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7.4/1061 votes#3 - Wolfgang Puck
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2016
After the Battle of the Apron concludes, the Top 20 home cooks in America meet the first guest judge of the season – culinary icon Wolfgang Puck..
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7.1/1060 votes#4 - A MasterChef Wedding
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2016
The Top 18 home cooks prepare appetizers and entrees for season 6 contestant Nick Nappi on his wedding day!
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7.1/1060 votes#5 - A Mexican Mystery
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2016
The remaining 17 home cooks are greeted by Chefs Ramsay and Tosi, as well as Season 6 winner Claudia Sandoval and guest culinary judge Aarón Sánchez.
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7.5/1055 votes#6 - Gordon Ramsay Masterclass
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2016
The remaining 16 home cooks get a very special treat leading into the next challenge as Chef Ramsay demonstrates how to properly deconstruct a lobster.
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7.4/1058 votes#7 - Vets, Jets, and Home Cooks
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2016
The Top 15 home cooks are challenged to serve 101 hungry veterans!
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6.7/1057 votes#8 - The Good, the Bad and the Offal
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/2016
The contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Edward Lee, chef and owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY.
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6.8/1057 votes#9 - A Piece of Cake
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 7/27/2016
The remaining 12 contestants are broken up into two teams to prep, cook and plate 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their Sweet 16 birthdays.
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6.5/1062 votes#10 - The Weakest Links
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2016
The losing sweet-16 team members must bake a three-layer birthday cake in 90 minutes, and then the remaining contestants are taken to a vegetable patch for their next team challenge, where they'll cook for and serve 100 farmers.
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7.3/1056 votes#11 - Sweet Surprise
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 8/3/2016
The Top 10 cooks have one hour to make breakfast using a chocolate-hazelnut spread, and the winner gets to choose the dish for the next elimination challenge.
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7.0/1053 votes#12 - 5 Star Food
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 8/24/2016
Guest judge Kevin Sbraga cooks alongside the Top 9 in the next Mystery Box Challenge, as they create an impressive dish using unique upscale ingredients. The contestants then go head-to-head in the elimination challenge, cooking with either fresh salmon or canned salmon.
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7.3/1051 votes#13 - Hot Potato
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2016
The Top Eight remaining contenders must battle through a three-part potato proficiency challenge.. Guest judge Kevin Sbraga.
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7.7/1051 votes#14 - Tag Team
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 8/31/2016
Three basic utensils are used by the Top 7 contestants in a mystery-box challenge.
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- 7.4/1050 votes
#15 - Pop-Up Restaurant
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 8/31/2016
The 6 remaining contestants compete in the series' classic pop-up restaurant challenge.
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- 7.2/1048 votes
#16 - Family Drama
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 9/7/2016
The 5 remaining contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Richard Blais – chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author – who reveals the seventh Mystery Box challenge. The winner will avoid competing in the elimination challenge and the remaining contestants are given five minutes to shop for a basket full of twenty ingredients. With an unexpected twist in the competition, one is eliminated.
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- 6.9/1052 votes
#17 - Critics Choice
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 9/7/2016
The 4 remaining contestants are given 90 minutes to prepare either a halibut or duck entrée for VIP food critics in the Studio Box challenge. The winning team will be exempt from the elimination challenge and the losing team will face the Pressure Test to recreate three pork dishes.
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- 7.7/1050 votes
#18 - The Finale (1)
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 9/13/2016
In the next challenge, with help from some familiar home cooks, the remaining 3 will have one hour to prepare an amazing appetizer dish. The contestants will then have one hour to create entrees and one hour to create a dessert. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MasterChef, and the deserving home cook will walk away with the trophy, a book deal, and the $250,000 grand prize.
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- 6.8/1057 votes
#19 - The Finale (2)
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 9/14/2016
The contestants will have one hour to create entrees and an hour to create a dessert. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MASTERCHEF, and the deserving home cook will walk away with a MASTERCHEF trophy, a book deal and the $250,000 grand prize.
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The Best Episodes of MasterChef Season 7
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Battle for a White Apron, Part 1" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef" season 7. It scored 7/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/1/2016. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Battle for a White Apron, Part 2".