MasterChef - Season 17
Season 17
Episodes
Episode 1
In the first heat, five amateur cooks compete for two quarter-final places. This year's competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient.
Episode 2
Five amateur cooks compete in the second heat. To win a quarter-final place, they must impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace along with former champions Saliha Mahmood Ahmed and Kenny Tutt.
Episode 3
The four winners from the first week of heats return to compete in the first quarter-final. They are challenged by food critic Grace Dent to prepare a great British pudding.
Episode 4
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Irini Tzortzoglou and Jane Devonshire.
Episode 5
In the second heat of the second week, five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals.
Episode 6
The week's four heat winners return for the quarter-final, chasing a place in knockout week. They face a Critic's Test set by one of the country's toughest food critics, William Sitwell.
Episode 7
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Shelina Permalloo and Mat Follas.
Episode 8
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the second heat of the second week, they cook for former champion Steven Wallis and 2006 finalist Dean Edwards.
Episode 9
It's the third quarter-final and the four talented heat winners return to fight for a place in the semi-final.
Episode 10
In the last week of heats, five more hopefuls try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Episode 11
In the last of this year's heats, five contestants cook for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace and two previous MasterChef champions.
Episode 12
In the last of this year's quarter-final, four talented heat winners return to fight for a semi-final place in the Critic's Test. The challenge is to cook a dish inspired by global street food, and it will be judged by one of the country's toughest food critics, Grace Dent.
Episode 13
Just ten chefs remain. Split into two groups of five, they now face the pressures of cooking in a professional kitchen for the first time. With guest judge Anna Haugh.
Episode 14
The second group of five semi-finalists experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time. With guest judge Marcus Wareing.
Episode 15
It's the last challenge of the semi-finals, and the six remaining amateurs must cook-off in front of three esteemed food critics to win a coveted place in the finals.
Episode 16
For the first challenge of finals week, the five finalists cook a five-course lunch at the resplendent Plaisterers Hall in the City of London.
Episode 17
The final four amateur cooks interpret a classic dish of their choice before the best three face a Chef's Table challenge at Michel Roux Jr's acclaimed restaurant Le Gavroche.
Episode 18
It's the MasterChef final. After an arduous six-week journey, the search for the country's best amateur cook reaches its climax. The finalists have to push themselves to the limit one last time before judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace crown one of the three talented cooks the MasterChef champion 2021.
Tonight, they must produce the best three dishes of their lives, push their culinary boundaries and produce jaw-droppingly impressive food for the judges.
It's now or never for these exceptional amateur cooks, as only one of them can lift the trophy and become the 17th MasterChef champion.
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