Judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich crown the next MasterChef champion.
The final three home cooks take on their last challenge in the MasterChef kitchen in front of a live audience. Each chef has to whip up a spectacular three-course meal, knowing only one deliberation stands between them and the $250,000 prize.
The remaining five home cooks take on two rounds of challenges that determine who moves on to the finals.
The top six chefs face the ultimate challenge of taking over the world's largest Hell's Kitchen restaurant.
The chef with immunity must pair contestants to cook on opposite side of the wall, where they must rely on great communication to save themselves from elimination.
The remaining nine home cooks must prepare a restaurant quality barbecue plate.
The Contestants must cater to the average sports fan while incorporating elements from their region to elevate their dish.
The chefs face their toughest mystery box challenge yet -- fish.
The remaining home chefs must tackle a classic MasterChef test -- the tag team challenge; the contestants take turn preparing a delicious three-course meal.
The chefs must prepare a gourmet meal out of Army rations. Chef Andre Rush guest judges.
The chefs split into two teams to prepare a lunch for over 100 kids at Dodger Stadium; the chef with immunity gets to choose one member from each team who must swap sides and work with the other regions.
The remaining home chefs face the hardest challenge yet in this celebration of "MasterChef's" 250th episode; the kitchen heats up when the chef with immunity is tasked to assign each contestant with an iconic cake to re-create.
The top 17 home chef's return to the kitchen for their second mystery box challenge, but this time with a twist -- one region begins the challenge 10 minutes behind the rest.
The home chefs face their first team challenge when they're tasked with pairing up with another region and grilling a delicious meal for 101 firefighters and emergency personnel.
The remaining home chefs face their first mystery box challenge -- apples; with both sweet and savoury flavours on the table, the chef with immunity is tasked with assigning each region which kind of dish to cook.