MasterChef

The hopefuls prepare their signature dishes for the judges.

The judges critique the food and eliminate contestants.

The contestants compete in a ground beef challenge.

The top 18 contestants must create a dish using duck and bananas; the judges challenge the cooks to use unusual ingredients.

The contestants travel to Camp Pendleton, Calif., where they work in teams to prepare a meal for 200 servicemen and women.

The cooks must create a unique dish using unconventional cuts of meat.

The judges split the cooks into teams to prepare breakfast for hotel guests; the members of the losing team must prove they deserve to stay in the competition.

The cooks must prepare a high quality dish using $20 worth of ingredients; during the elimination round the cooks try to recreate their favorite desserts.

The contestants are divided into three teams for a food truck challenge; the challenge losers face a pressure test.

Graham Elliot joins the amateur cooks in a mystery box challenge; two contestants are eliminated.

The cooks must incorporate sea urchin into their creations; the winner of the mystery box challenge assigns the others one of eight different types of fish.

The eight finalists must prepare, cook and serve a hearty meal to 101 cowboys; the challenge losers must prepare six eggs four different ways in only 20 minutes.

Chef Paula Deen selects items for the mystery box challenge, which includes Southern staples and a surprise for the contestants.

Eight previously eliminated contestants return to compete for a chance to rejoin the competition.

The cooks face a mystery box challenge featuring shrimp, with the winner choosing a savory item the hopefuls will have to use in a dessert dish.

The cooks split into two teams to replicate signature dishes at an award-winning restaurant; the contestants must prepare steak three ways.

The cooks select mystery box ingredients that represent who they are; judges surprise the cooks with a twist; the cooks re-create a dish that Graham Elliot served to the president.

The final four home cooks will split into two teams to prepare an exquisite three-course meal for the judges and three world-renowned chefs.

The Top Two finalists have one last chance to prove to the judges that they have the passion, skill and drive worthy of the MASTERCHEF title.