Knockout Week

MasterChef 2023 episode 18: As we bid farewell to an intensely heated Knockout Week, the once bustling kitchen now showcases only the crème de la crème, the ten finest amateur chefs, each armed with a unique culinary arsenal. Their talents, honed through countless hours behind the stove, have propelled them thus far into this rigorous competition. All ten competitors share one common attribute – a desperate hunger for success, a burning ambition to march onward to the prestigious stage of the MasterChef semi-finals.     Ahead of them lies a challenge that will test not just their cooking skills but

MasterChef 2023 episode 17: Knockout Week continues, and last time, two more contestants left the competition. At the end of this week, only the best ten cooks will remain. Tonight, the second group of seven amateurs return to compete for the chance to experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time. They must cook a dish that they would have on the menu of their own restaurant, pop-up or feature in their cookbook. With Gregg away, guest judge Monica Galetti joins John in the MasterChef kitchen to decide which five contestants will go on to cook at

MasterChef 2023 episode 16: After five weeks of fierce competition in the heats, the amateur cooks have been whittled down to just 14 to kick off Knockout Week. Well, folks, we’ve made it! After five weeks of sizzling competition and culinary showdowns, our fantastic amateur chefs have been trimmed down to a hearty bunch of 14 as we step into Knockout Week. Each of these kitchen warriors has one dream – to hoist the much-admired MasterChef trophy high. Let’s remember, though, only the crème de la crème will advance to the semi-finals by week’s end. Over the next couple of

MasterChef 2023 episode 15: It’s the last quarter-final, with this week’s most talented four cooks returning to fight for a place in Knockout Week. They face a single intense challenge. They must cook two courses that will excite not just John and Gregg but also some of MasterChef’s most inspiring winners, finalists and contestants, who have all gone on to careers in the food industry.     Their fate is in the hands of two MasterChef champions, 2014’s Ping Coombes and 2015’s Simon Wood, and one of the finalists from 2020, Claire Fyfe. With just two Knockout Week places up

MasterChef 2023 episode 14: This week’s seven best home cooks from the first rounds return to test their culinary wits and try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be MasterChef Champion 2023. The contestants face two more challenges designed to gauge both their creativity and culinary repertoire. The first is their most difficult test so far – cooking a dish to a brief set by one of the country’s toughest food critics, Grace Dent. Grace has asked them to put their finest plates forward by cooking the ultimate pot luck supper

MasterChef 2023 episode 13: It’s the fifth and final week of the heats, and once more the judges have a set of challenges the passionate amateurs must complete in order to progress in the competition. Nine home cooks arrive with both their dreams and ingredients ready for their first test, the Audition Round. This year’s contestants come from all over the UK, cooking a range of dishes that not only aim to challenge the palettes of the judges but make their taste buds dance too. Cooking their Family Favourite Dish and making it MasterChef worthy, the hopefuls must show John