Franc Roddam
Director
MasterChef (2010)
Season 5
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.
Released July 27, 2010
Episode 46 min
14+
Genres: Game Show, Reality, Reality TV
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Watch Providers: Hulu, Tubi TV, Fox
Production Companies: Endemol Shine North America, One Potato Two Potato
Network: FOX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
7.0
S5E1 - Top 30 Compete
Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for Season Five, putting the latest group of contestants through a series of challenging elimination rounds and turning one home cook into a culinary master.
May 26, 2014, midnight
7.0
S5E2 - Top 22 Compete
The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingredients typically used in desserts; in the next round, the contestants prepare a classic American dish.
June 2, 2014, midnight
7.0
S5E3 - Top 20 Compete
The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a pressure test featuring blueberry pie.
June 9, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E4 - Top 18 Compete
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.
June 16, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E5 - Top 17 Compete
The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featuring a meal with steak and fries.
June 23, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E6 - Top 16 Compete
A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will work with former "MasterChef" champion Luca Manfe and "MasterChef Junior" winner Alexander Weiss to select a specialty dish for the elimination round.
June 30, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E7 - Top 15 Compete
The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the challenge losers face a pressure test featuring spring rolls.
July 7, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E8 - Top 14 Compete
The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members of the losing team must make a three-layer red velvet cake during a pressure test.
July 14, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E9 - Top 13 Compete
The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks create a dish using one judge's favorite ingredients.
July 21, 2014, midnight
S5E10 - Top 12 Compete
The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him for dinner; the losing team create their own truffle recipes for a box of chocolates.
July 28, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E11 - Top 11 Compete
For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-end ingredients and one containing ordinary items; the winner of the challenge chooses which type of stuffed pasta the remaining cooks make.
Aug. 4, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E12 - Top 10 Compete
The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an entire stadium; the cooks on the losing team must create three unique prawn dishes in a pressure test.
Aug. 11, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E13 - Top 8 Compete
The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; two pairs face a pressure test with eggs.
Aug. 18, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E14 - Top 7 Compete
The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while the challenge winner is safe from elimination, the other contestants form teams of two and make a variety of potstickers.
Aug. 25, 2014, midnight
S5E15 - Top 6 Compete
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
Sept. 1, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E16 - Top 5 Compete
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.
Sept. 8, 2014, midnight
8.0
S5E17 - Top 4 Compete
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
Sept. 8, 2014, midnight
S5E18 - Top 3 Compete
The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns an automatic spot in the Top 2, while the other two chefs face a pressure test involving desserts.
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight
S5E19 - Winner Chosen
In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and a $250,000 grand prize.
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight
Network: FOX
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 13570 min.
Released: July 27, 2010
Last Air Date: Sept. 17, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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