MasterChef

10 Best Episodes of MasterChef - Season 1

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 10, 2023.

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MasterChef - S1E1

#13 - Auditions #1 (Season 1 - Episode 1)

Cooks share their signature dishes with the judges in hopes of advancing to the next round of the competition.

The episode was rated 7.37 from 223 votes.

MasterChef - S1E2

#12 - Auditions #2 (Season 1 - Episode 2)

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Auditions continue as amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

The episode was rated 7.47 from 178 votes.

MasterChef - S1E3

#11 - Top 14 Revealed (Season 1 - Episode 3)

The home cooks will have to prove that they have mastered basic kitchen skills such as cutting an onion and cooking an egg perfectly, and at the end fifteen of the thirty will be sent home.

The episode was rated 7.54 from 183 votes.

MasterChef - S1E9

#10 - 9 Chefs Compete (2) (Season 1 - Episode 9)

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The contestants must cater a high-end wedding, and things go awry when the main course goes missing. The losing team goes back to the MasterChef kitchen to face a pressure test, and one more chef will be eliminated.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 52 votes.

MasterChef - S1E8

#9 - 9 Chefs Compete (1) (Season 1 - Episode 8)

In their first challenge of the day, the chefs are asked to make a dish with dungeness crab

The episode was rated 7.67 from 109 votes.

MasterChef - S1E6

#8 - 11 Chefs Compete (1) (Season 1 - Episode 6)

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In their first challenge of the day, the chefs are asked to make one cupcake, which turns out to be harder then any of them expect. Cat Cora visits the MasterChef kitchen, and puts the contestants' cooking skills to the test.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 130 votes.

MasterChef - S1E4

#7 - 14 Chefs Compete (1) (Season 1 - Episode 4)

The contestants enter the kitchen for the first time.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 167 votes.

MasterChef - S1E13

#6 - Winner Revealed (2) (Season 1 - Episode 13)

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The conclusion to the series finale, the announcement of the winner of the $250,000 prize.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 52 votes.

MasterChef - S1E11

#5 - 6 Chefs Compete (2) (Season 1 - Episode 11)

The contestants go fishing, and use their catches for their entrees. Another chef will be eliminated.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 54 votes.

MasterChef - S1E10

#4 - 6 Chefs Compete (1) (Season 1 - Episode 10)

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The contestants undergo a Mystery Box challenge and an Invention Test.

The episode was rated 7.92 from 101 votes.

MasterChef - S1E12

#3 - Winner Revealed (1) (Season 1 - Episode 12)

The remaining contestants face off for the title of MasterChef USA.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 107 votes.

MasterChef - S1E7

#2 - 11 Chefs Compete (2) (Season 1 - Episode 7)

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The remaining chefs need to feed 100 truckers at a remote California truck stop. The losing team returns to the kitchen to face a pressure test, which consists of naming as many foods as they can from a table of farmer's market ingredients.

The episode was rated 7.97 from 65 votes.

MasterChef - S1E5

#1 - 14 Chefs Compete (2) (Season 1 - Episode 5)

The remaining 14 chefs enter the MasterChef kitchen for the first time in order to prepare for their first team challenge: feeding hundreds of Marines at Camp Pendleton. The team that wins is safe from elimination, while the team that loses returns to the kitchen to compete during the first pressure test.

The episode was rated 8.03 from 61 votes.

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