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The Top 3 duos must perform the best they ever have as a pair. Across a three course menu, every plate has to be exacting Michelin star standards and the victor be crowned as ‘America’s MasterChefs’.
The Top 3 duos must perform the best they ever have as a pair. Across a three course menu, every plate has to be exacting Michelin star standards and the victor be crowned as ‘America’s MasterChefs’.
Celebrating the highs and lows of the season with a look at the finalists.
In the Tag Team challenge, each duo make Gordon’s Michelin star dishes at the same speed as he makes it whilst taking turns to cook. It’s a chaotic culinary gauntlet that will send the duos flying.
The Top 5 duos face a MasterChef rite of passage - The Wall. Both cooks in each duo must make the exact same dish while divided by a high wall, meaning their only means of communication is shouting over it.
The three duos from last week’s losing team face the final Pressure Test of the season. It’s the toughest one yet, as each duo is challenged to make a daunting three course meal.
The MasterChef garden is decked out for a sunny backyard BBQ and the Top 6 duos feel the burn in their final team challenge. Split into two teams, they must serve a garden full of BBQ aficionados.
Tonight's challenge is all about mastering one of the toughest desserts in the world - the beloved macaron. Not just a dozen macarons, but a giant tower of perfectly formed delicacies.
The four duos on the losing team last time fight for survival in a Pressure Test. In a Gordon Ramsay style food auction, the duos must bid for their ingredients for their dish with time.
The Top 8 duos face another intimidating team challenge - it’s a VIP dining experience with a difference - they must prepare dishes aboard a moving steam train and keep things from running off the rails.
The Top 9 duos face a brand new challenge ‘Recipe Telephone’. In a culinary relay, each duo is split up and one person must cook for the first half and they swap places with their partner to complete the dish.
The five duos on the losing team from the previous challenge face the first pressure test of the season; dessert mystery box challenge.
The Top 10 duos, in a stunning pier-side setting, are tasked with feeding over 100 local fishermen and women; the worst performing team faces the dreaded pressure test.
In the first Mystery Box challenge of the season, the top 11 duos enter the kitchen to find two boxes at their station - one filled with sweet ingredients, the other with spicy ones.
No one knows how to throw a dinner party better than couples! For their first challenge of the season, the Top 12 duos must impress the judges with their finest dinner party dish.
The duos who failed to get white aprons in the audition rounds, get a surprise second chance; four duos redeem themselves and join the top eight white apron winners, securing a prized place in the top 12.
The remaining eight pairs of home cooks go head-to-head in the audition battles, for a chance to win coveted white aprons.
Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich welcome new judge, Award winning chef Tiffany Derry, as they embark on their search for America’s best home cook duos. And it all starts with Audition Battles, as eight pairs of home cooks go head-to-head fighting to win legendary white aprons.
Teaser: This Season The Judges Do Battle | Season 9 | MASTERCHEF
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Description
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 elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
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Genres
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CastGordon RamsayJoe BastianichTiffany Derry
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Channel
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Premiere DateJuly 27, 2010
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Rating7.076 (284)
