5.1/10101 votesLoading...#1 - The Finale
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 9/16/2015
In the final challenge in the MasterChef kitchen, the Top Two home cooks will have one last chance to prove to the judges that they deserve the MasterChef title by creating a three-course meal. 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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- 5.3/1093 votesLoading...
#2 - The Finale (2)
Season 10 Episode 25 - Aired 9/18/2019
The finalists must execute a superior three-course meal for the judges. Only one will win the title of MASTERCHEF, an opportunity to learn hands-on in each of the judges’ restaurants and the $250,000 grand prize.
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- 5.6/1077 votesLoading...
#3 - 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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6.3/1066 votesLoading...#4 - Jonathan Waxman: California Mystery Box
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/2021
The top 10 home cooks take on a Californian Mystery Box Challenge, with Michelin Star Chef Jonathan Waxman as guest judge. It's the highest stakes challenge yet with an elimination no one sees coming.
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6.5/1073 votesLoading...#5 - Winner Revealed
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 8/16/2011
The Top 3 chefs face off in a grueling final challenge, and the judges determine the winner in the Season 2 finale. At stake is $250,000 and the coveted title of MasterChef.
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6.5/1062 votesLoading...#6 - 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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6.6/10121 votesLoading...#7 - Auditions (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2010
The search for a culinary master begins.
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6.6/1079 votesLoading...#8 - Top 16 Compete (2)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/2013
Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
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- 6.6/1059 votesLoading...
#9 - 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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6.7/1057 votesLoading...#10 - 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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6.7/1052 votesLoading...#11 - Whole-y Cow!
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2017
The Top 15 are given a mystery box challenge that tasks them with creating a dish featuring a different body part of a cow.
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6.7/1049 votesLoading...#12 - The MasterChef Returns
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2017
Reigning champion Shaun O'Neale returns and chooses ingredients from his cookbook to be part of the mystery-box challenge. The winner will receive an advantage moving forward, while the other chefs to battle in a coconut-theme elimination challenge.
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6.7/1049 votesLoading...#13 - Millennials Auditions
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2024
Season 14 of MasterChef brings together amateur cooks from four generations - Millennials, Baby Boomers, Gen Z and Gen X - to prove that age does not matter in the kitchen. In the first round of auditions, the Millennial chefs prepare their signature dishes for judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich and guest judge Priya Krishna. Five home cooks will receive a coveted white apron and move on in the hopes of claiming the title of the next MasterChef champion, a trophy and $250,000.
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6.8/1078 votesLoading...#14 - Top 18 Revealed
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/2011
The contestants must show the judges that they can pass two culinary stress tests before moving onto the next round. First, slicing apples consistently, and with as little waste as possible, and second, creating the best chicken dish they can in order to impress the judges, and move onto the next round.
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6.8/1076 votesLoading...#15 - Top 14 Compete
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2011
The remaining contestants compete in order to advance to the next round.
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6.8/1071 votesLoading...#16 - Top 13 Compete
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 7/5/2011
Vegetarian meals are made by the 13 remaining hopefuls. Then, Season 1 winner Whitney Miller shows up and challenges the wannabe chefs to prepare a dish from her cookbook.
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6.8/1066 votesLoading...#17 - Top 3 Compete
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 8/16/2011
The Top 3 chefs face off in a grueling final challenge, and the judges determine the winner in the Season 2 finale. At stake is $250,000 and the coveted title of MasterChef.
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6.8/1074 votesLoading...#18 - Top 6 Compete, Pt. 2
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 7/24/2012
Part 2 of 3. The seven remaining hopefuls find shrimp in the mystery basket, and must make standout dishes with a very limited pantry. The winner then determines which savory ingredient the others will have to incorporate into desserts in the elimination round.
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6.8/1078 votesLoading...#19 - Top 16 Compete (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/12/2013
The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
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6.8/1074 votesLoading...#20 - Top 11 Compete
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 7/10/2013
Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
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6.8/1074 votesLoading...#21 - Top 10 Compete
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 7/10/2013
The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.
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#22 - Top 7 Compete Again
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 8/14/2013
The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
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6.8/1071 votesLoading...#23 - Top 6 Compete
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 8/21/2013
The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.
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6.8/1072 votesLoading...#24 - Top 5 Compete (2)
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 8/28/2013
Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
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6.8/1059 votesLoading...#25 - 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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The Worst Episodes of MasterChef
Every episode of MasterChef ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of MasterChef!
This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Finale" is the worst rated episode of "MasterChef". It scored 5.1/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/2015. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Finale (2)".