MasterChef: The Professionals - Season 5

MasterChef: The Professionals - Season 5

Season 5

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DatesNov 5, 2012 - Dec 13, 2012
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 5Episode 160 min

Episode 1

Ten chefs from kitchens all over Britain begin this year's competition. The chefs must make one dish using a selection of just seven ingredients.
Nov 5, 2012
Episode 2
Season 5Episode 260 min

Episode 2

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges decide who will be eliminated.
Nov 6, 2012
Episode 3
Season 5Episode 360 min

Episode 3

Each chef has to make honeycomb and then mould it into three different dessert decorations, with only 15 minutes to show off their skill.
Nov 7, 2012
Episode 4
Season 5Episode 460 min

Episode 4

The six best chefs from this week's heats return for this week's quarter final. First they must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes with a dish of their own invention.; the best four then showcase their skill to three of the UK's toughest restaurant critics.
Nov 8, 2012
Episode 5
Season 5Episode 560 min

Episode 5

In this heat, ten chefs plucked from kitchens across Britain arrive at the Masterchef kitchen to face the first of two tests. They must prove to Monica and Gregg that they have skills and palate required to cook for Michel. In today's seven ingredient invention test, the ten chefs must put nerves aside and create a dish from a selection that includes puy lentils, goats cheese and peaches, in just one hour. The pressure is on if they are to impress the palate of Monica and stand a chance of cooking for Michel. For now, they are all safe but tomorrow night five of these ten chefs must return and face their final test before Monica and Gregg decide who will cook for Michel Roux Jr.
Nov 12, 2012
Episode 6
Season 5Episode 660 min

Episode 6

Five of the ten chefs from the previous heat face Monica and Gregg in a skills test. Only the best four chefs will get through to cook for Michel Roux Jr.
Nov 13, 2012
Episode 7
Season 5Episode 760 min

Episode 7

The five chefs from the first heat face Monica and Gregg in a skills test; the best four then meet Michel Roux who demonstrates how to prepare foie de lotte, monkfish liver three ways and asks them to recreate the dishes.
Nov 14, 2012
Episode 8
Season 5Episode 860 min

Episode 8

8/24 The best four chefs showcase their skill to the UK's hardest to please restaurant critics.
Nov 15, 2012
Episode 9
Season 5Episode 960 min

Episode 9

Ten chefs are challenged to create a dish from a selection of seven ingredients.
Nov 19, 2012
Episode 10
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Episode 10

To begin, the remaining four chefs are challenged to prepare three different sauces.
Nov 20, 2012
Episode 11
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Episode 11

The remaining five chefs from the last heat are challenged to prepare a beef kidney.
Nov 21, 2012
Episode 12
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Episode 12

The week's five best chefs must create a dish of their own invention.
Nov 22, 2012
Episode 13
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Episode 13

In this heat, ten chefs face their first test, to create a dish from a selection of beef mince, wild mushrooms, aubergine, red wine, pears, brioche and almonds.
Nov 26, 2012
Episode 14
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Episode 14

The remaining five chefs are challenged to make a crepe soufflé.
Nov 27, 2012
Episode 15
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Episode 15

The remaining five chefs face a skills test to prepare and serve sea urchin.
Nov 28, 2012
Episode 16
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Episode 16

The week's six best chefs must create a dish of their own invention.
Nov 29, 2012
Episode 17
Season 5Episode 1760 min

Episode 17

Hoping to progress to the last six, the chefs make a show-stopping dish for the judges.
Dec 3, 2012
Episode 18
Season 5Episode 1860 min

Episode 18

The first pair of semi-finalists go head to head as they face three grueling challenges.
Dec 4, 2012
Episode 19
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Episode 19

The second pair of semi-finalists go head to head in service at Midsummer House with double Michelin starred Daniel Clifford who has run the restaurant for 15 years. They must meet the exacting standards of two Michelin star cuisine, making a highly complex dish executed with precision, finesse, delicacy - and it has to be on time. The bar is then raised higher as they compete again, recreating one of Daniel Clifford's signature dishes: rosemary smoked rump of lamb, courgette and basil puree, piquillo pepper puree and a courgette and yogurt dressing. Finally, the chefs return to the studio where they must deliver a main and dessert inspired by their Michelin experience. They simply have to wow the judges. After Michel and Gregg have judged their two courses, they decide who will leave the competition.
Dec 5, 2012
Episode 20
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Episode 20

The last pair of semi-finalists go head to head in service at the UK's only two Michelin starred pub, The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, as they fight for a place in the final. Working under chef-patron Tom Kerridge, the contestants must compete in the heat of service and reach the exacting standards of Michelin star cuisine. They are each responsible for a highly complex dish that must be executed with precision, finesse and on time. Then the chefs must compete again, recreating one of Tom Kerridge's signature dishes: duck breast, duck fat chips and gravy. The two semi-finalists return to the studio for one last challenge - they must produce a main and dessert inspired by their Michelin experience. Once Michel and Gregg have judged their two courses, they must decide who will win a place in the final.
Dec 6, 2012
Episode 21
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Episode 21

Michel Roux Jr and Masterchef Judge Gregg Wallace are on the hunt for an ambitious talented chef who wants to make it to the top of the culinary world. After five weeks of competing the most talented contestants have made it through to the finals week and are one step closer to winning the Professional MasterChef title. But there is one more task standing between them and the amazing culinary adventures ahead. The chefs have to invent two courses from a range of ingredients. But to really push their creativity and inventiveness, they are given no fish, no meat and no poultry. Who is versatile enough to cook a daring, flavoursome and delicious meal for the judges without some of the most common ingredients at their disposal? And who will fall by the wayside at this crucial stage?
Dec 10, 2012
Episode 22
Season 5Episode 2260 min

Episode 22

The three chefs cook a three course menu for one, two, and three-Michelin-starred chefs including culinary godfathers, Anton Mosimann and Michel Roux.
Dec 11, 2012
Episode 23
Season 5Episode 2360 min

Episode 23

The three finalists compete at the one restaurant which has been more influential to its generation than any other in the world - Heston Blumenthal's.
Dec 12, 2012
Episode 24
Season 5Episode 2460 min

Episode 24

It's the final of professional MasterChef and there is just one challenge left.
Dec 13, 2012

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