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The BBC cooking show that tests the culinary skills of a group of amateur chefs is making a return to our screens.
MasterChef has built up a following of loyal fans since the first season of the revived show aired in 2005.
Season 18 will see another 45 budding cooks tested with various head to head cooking challenges.
The first episode of MasterChef season 18 will air on 23 March at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Episode two and three will air on 25 March at 8pm and 9pm on BBC One.
There are 45 home cooks from across the UK taking part in the new season of the show.
Episode one will see the first set of nine contestants cook a signature dish with the hope of showing off their skills in the kitchen.
The chefs’ signature dishes should give the judges an idea of who they are as cooks and of course they should taste pretty good too.
This season, the cooks won’t be watched as they make their signature dish, and it will be tasted in the brand new MasterChef tasting room.
Judges John and Gregg will pick their three favourite dishes and award three MasterChef aprons to the cooks, allowing them a place in the competition.
The six contestants who did not wow with their signature dish will cook another meal, this time under the watchful eye of the judges.
Four more contestants will make it through to the next round of the competition while two will be sent home early.
The remaining seven chefs will be whittled down over the next two episodes until two are left to go on to the semi-finalists.
This process will be repeated with four more sets of contestants over five weeks until all of the semi-finalists have been found.
John Torode and Gregg Wallace are back to helm season 18 of the show, having become as much a part of the MasterChef furniture as the coveted aprons.
The pair replaced restaurateur and TV chef Gary Rhodes when the show was relaunched in 2005. They are also judges on Celebrity MasterChef.
Torode is an Australian-British celebrity chef who moved to the UK in the 1990s.
From 1996-2000 Torode cooked on This Morning and has presented several programmes for the Good Food Channel, including Korean Food Tour and John Torode’s Asia.
Wallace began his career selling vegetables at Covent Garden market before starting a successful greengrocers business.
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MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 04 Description Nine home cooks arrive for the second week of heats. Their first test is the Audition Round. Each must cook a signature dish, which John and Gregg judge solely on taste. Their three favourite dishes earn a MasterChef apron and immunity from having to cook in the next […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 03 Description In the first quarter-final, this week’s four most talented cooks return to fight for a place in the semi-finals. They must cook two courses that will excite not just John and Gregg, but also three previous MasterChef champions – Irini Tzortzoglou from 2019, Jane Devonshire from 2016 and […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 02 Description The seven home cooks who made it through the first episode return to face two more challenges designed to gauge both their creativity and culinary repertoire. The first is the Market Challenge, in which each of the seven is tasked with inventing a dish on the spot from […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 20 Description In the penultimate episode, the four remaining contenders face a single cooking task to earn a place in the final three and an opportunity to take part in a challenge of a lifetime. They are asked to prepare their interpretation of a classic dish that will showcase their […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 19 Description Over centuries, chefs have created dishes in honour of great people that have inspired them, from peach melba to beef wellington. This year’s five finalists must each create a dish inspired by a public figure or an artwork, film, song, TV series or book. This plate of food […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 18 Description The last semi-final challenge is a celebration of MasterChef’s surprise musical fame. Ten years after MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace were sampled on the hit single Buttery Biscuit Bass, this episode marks this momentous achievement by returning the favour. The final six contestants must prepare a […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 01 Description This year the judges are mixing it up – introducing a whole new set of challenges the passionate amateurs must complete in order to progress in the competition. Each week for five weeks, nine home cooks cook for the judges. This year their first test is the audition […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 17 Description The best eight remain semi-finalists take on a daunting Invention Test in which they must create a dish inspired by the chicken or the egg. The MasterChef market is open, and with a larder full of ingredients to choose from, they must create a dish worthy of being […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 16 Description To kick off semi-finals week, the ten remaining hopefuls are given their first taste of what it’s like to work in a restaurant setting. MasterChef turns into a professional kitchen for the day, with judge John Torode running the pass. Tables are laid in the dining room and […]
MasterChef UK Season 18 Episode 15 Description In the last of the quarter-finals, this week’s four most talented cooks face just one intense challenge. They must cook two courses that will excite not just John and Gregg but also three former MasterChef champions: Steven Wallis, Kenny Tutt and Thomasina Miers. With just two semi-final places […]