White Is the New Black

Out of thousands of applicants, 50 Canadian home cooks are chosen to present dishes for the judges.

Chicken Little

Auditions for the Top 50 home cooks reach a dramatic conclusion as the final aprons are handed out. The cooks enter their first challenge, a Stress Test, where they must prepare a stunning chicken dish with very limited access to equipment. After a dramatic round of tasting, the judges choose the final group of home cooks moving forward to the MasterChef Canada kitchen.

First Kick at the Box

The first Mystery Box Challenge gives the winner an advantage in the Elimination Challenge.

The Puck Drops Here

The teams prepare lunch for the Toronto Maple Leafs; a contestant is sent home after a challenging pasta dish.

Where's the Beef?

A mystery box challenge with Canadian ingredients and beer.

Edible Art

The cooks must cater an exclusive art gallery event, and the losers bake to save their lives.

Brains before Beauty

A Mystery Box Challenge takes the contestants back to their roots; an Alberta Beef challenge.

Major Steaks

The top 10 cooks face off at Canadian Forces Base Trenton and the losing team goes to war.

Great Canadian Bake Off

The contestants get creative with leftovers; upscale versions of common bake sale items.

Meals on Wheels

The cooks compete in a team challenge at Toronto City Hall and the losers face a challenging Pressure Test.

Claws Out

The remaining cooks duel with a tank of lobsters in a tag-team challenge with the winner receiving two advantages.

Line of Fire

The cooks take over one of the judges' restaurants and the losers face a pressure test.

Family Style

The cooks prepare a family reunion dinner and in the pressure test, they face the most difficult challenge yet.

Not-Your-Average-Joe

The cooks use judge Joe Bastianich's favourite ingredient in the hopes of moving on to the finale.

And Then There Were Two

The final two compete in a three-course battle for the grand prize and the title of MasterChef.

Fit to Be Tied

The final home cooks audition for a spot in the kitchen.

Patriotic Pantry

The remaining cooks fight to keep their white aprons and their dreams alive.

Constant Cravings

The cooks face their first mystery-box challenge; the winner will choose an Asian dish for the other cooks to make.

Juggling Act

In the first team challenge, the cooks prepare lunch for the Cirque du Soleil cast and crew.

Slice of Life

The remaining home cooks face an Italian-influenced Mystery Box Challenge; a season one winner Eric Chong-inspired elimination.

One Potato, Two Potato

The home cooks prepare meals for students; a fresh pasta Pressure Test.

No Piece of Cake

The cooks are faced with a birthday cake mystery box; the cooks combine odd ingredients in the elimination challenge.

Wedding on the Waves

The cooks cater a wedding and the losing team competes in a pastry challenge that sends at least one cook home.

Good Things in Small Packages

The home cooks are surprised with a mystery box; one cook is sent home.

Walking on Eggshells

Three eliminated cooks try to get back in the competition; one cook is sent home.

Tea for Two

The remaining cooks face a cook-along challenge; an afternoon tea tag-team challenge.

Fine Dining Under Fire

The cooks face the restaurant takeover; a comfort food dish challenge.

From Home, with Love

The cooks compete in an emotional Mystery Box and a strategic Elimination Challenge.

The Trip Bountiful

The cooks compete in an off-site challenge and a chocolate dessert Pressure Test.

Ring of Fire

The final two cooks compete for the title of MasterChef Canada.

Yes, No, Maybe So

Forty home cooks from across the country compete for a spot in the Top 14.

A Cut Above

Eighteen home cooks get a second chance, competing in two culinary challenges.

At Home and Abroad

The cooks face their first Mystery Box Challenge and the winner selects one of three international cuisines and some cooks get lost in translation.

Trial by Fire

In the first team challenge, the remaining cooks honour firefighting heroes in a rib cook-off.

Off the Hook

A Mystery Box Challenge requires the cooks to work together and the winners give the assignments in the pantry challenge.

Feast Your Eyes

The teams use a fashion collection as inspiration for a fancy lunch; a surf and turf test sends one cook home.

From the Heart

A Mystery Box Challenge has the cooks baking from the heart.

Oktoberfest Feast

The remaining cooks compete in teams for a gourmet sausage challenge in celebration of Oktoberfest.

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

The remaining eight cooks take on intimidating nursery rhyme-inspired ingredients.

Out of This World

Astronaut Chris Hatfield inspires the cooks for a Mystery Box Challenge.

Demon at the Pass

The cooks compete in a team challenge at Alvin's Chinatown restaurant. An elimination challenge pits the losing team against each other in a tough baking task.

Cooking with Cocktails

Following a Mystery Box Challenge inspired by judge Michael Bonacini's techniques, the cooks create cocktail-inspired sweet and savoury dishes.

Meals and Wheels

The top four cooks reunite with their families and then shop for a meal.

Only the Best

The three remaining cooks battle for a spot in the finale by preparing a meal for some of Canada's most influential chefs using Canadian ingredients.

Finale

The two finalists compete in a three-course challenge to determine the winner of the competition.

Special Delivery

Twenty-four home cooks compete to earn an apron and a spot in the top 12.

Kitchen Emergencies

The top 16 cooks face off in a team challenge, which involves cooking lunch for first responders; two cooks from the losing team get eliminated.

True Patriot Love

In the first team challenge, the cooks prepare a meal for 105 new Canadians.

The Blind Leading the Blind

The top 10 cooks are blindfolded while working in pairs in honour of Canada's upcoming 150th birthday.

Burgers For Bikers

The remaining home cooks are divided into three teams and are challenged to create gourmet burgers and fries for hungry motorcyclists.

Jamie in the House

Chef Jamie Oliver challenges the cooks to create an appetizer for his new chain of Canadian restaurants.

Egg Showdown!

The Top 7 compete in an egg battle – working their way through a series of challenges that get progressively more difficult.

Auberge Anniversary

Two teams face off in a special restaurant takeover to celebrate the 30th anniversary of judge Michael Bonacini's iconic Auberge du Pommier, an Oliver & Bonacini restaurant.

Take Five

The Top 5 emulate the judges favourite cooking techniques while creating unique salmon dishes.

Harvest Family Dinner

The final four cooks split into teams to create elegant family dinners for their loved ones; the members of the losing team face a dessert test.

Sweet Francaise

The final elimination challenge will determine who makes it to the finale, as the home cooks create a dish using one luxury ingredient.

Finale

The final two cooks face off in a three course battle in the hope of becoming the next "Masterchef Canada"

Opportunity Knocks

Home cooks from across the country audition for a spot in the top 12.

How Do You Take Your Mystery Box?

The top 12 face their first Mystery Box Challenge and a budget-inspired elimination challenge sends one of the home cooks packing.

Building An Appetite

The home cooks face their first team challenge as they prepare a hearty meal for 101 hungry Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

Fast and Epicure-ious

The top 10 are given a mere 30 minutes to tackle a mystery box and must create an original recipe featuring fresh ingredients. Then, a fungi-inspired elimination challenge puts an end to one home cook's food dream.

Barker's Dozen

A Team Challenge finds the home cooks tasked with making donuts for dog owners who frequent an off-leash dog park in Toronto. The losing team must face a Pressure Test, resulting in at least one home cook being eliminated.

Vive La Pressure Test

The remaining top 8 home cooks face an intense series of three consecutive French-inspired pressure tests that will reveal their strengths, skills and weaknesses.

The Magnificent Seven

Eight MasterChef Canada home cooks – the remaining seven plus the home cook that emerges as the Redemption winner – gather for an off-site Team Challenge in Kleinburg, Ont., at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, home to the iconic Group of Seven. The teams are tasked with preparing a tasting menu for seven esteemed recipients of the Order of Canada, including Marc Kielburger, co-founder of international youth charity Free The Children; and renowned Canadian television icon, CTV News Special Correspondent Lloyd Robertson. After consulting the distinguished dinner guests, the MasterChef Canada Judges determine the winning team. The losing home cooks face a Pressure Test, and potential elimination.

Cooking with (Corner) Gas

The home cooks are presented with a massive Mystery Box Challenge and must prepare a diner dish inspired by the cast of Corner Gas Animated.

On the Line of Fire

The Top 6 home cooks face a super-charged Restaurant Takeover Team Challenge with the losing team facing an Elimination Challenge.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

The pressure intensifies as former MasterChef Canada winners drop by for a surprise visit.

Pop- Up Star

The remaining three cooks face the first ever Pop-Up Restaurant Challenge.

Three Courses, One Crown

The Top 2 home cooks vie for the title of “MasterChef Canada” Season 5 and the reward of $100,000 in prize money to launch their culinary dreams.

MasterChef Canada Invitational

The judges personally invite 18 of Canada's best home cooks to audition for a white apron and a chance at winning the 'MasterChef Canada' title.

Home Cooks, Your Roots Are Showing

The home cooks face their first Mystery Box Challenge, and a meaty Elimination Challenge puts some of them in jeopardy.

Top Hats and Tails

The remaining home cooks face their first Team Challenge as they prepare a Caribbean meal for 121 wedding guests.

Tastes Like Teen Spirit

This week’s Mystery Box presents a blast from the past and at least one home cook’s journey comes to a spicy end.

School Lunch!

The home cooks go back to school to compete in the biggest Team Challenge in MasterChef Canada history.

Risk and Reward

The home cooks learn whether taking a risk is worth the reward, and at least one is eliminated after cooking with extravagant Asian ingredients.

Knife Fight!

Home cooks put their knife skills to the test through a series of challenges.

Immunity Challenge – Donovan Cooke

Matt Sinclair mentors the Immunity cook which uses only equipment from a typical office kitchen. Best dish enters Round 2, where they will compete against culinary legend Donovan Cooke.

Wheel of Fruit

The home cooks are presented with a giant Mystery Box offering up a taste of home. Then, the Elimination Challenge causes the cooks to take a chance on tropical flavors when they spin a wheel to determine the fate of their dish.

Gifts From the Earth

The Top 4 home cooks travel to the Canadian Canoe Museum for a team challenge, and Indigenous guest chefs join the judges in tasting the teams' menus. Then, the losing team fights it out in the most challenging Pressure Test to date.

Fire and Ice

In a fiery Mystery Box challenge, the top three chefs compete for a spot in the finale.

Final Showdown

In a three-hour, three-course showdown the two remaining chefs face off for the title of MasterChef Canada.

The Dish That Haunts You

Twelve of the best former competitors from previous seasons are back to win for a second chance at the life changing title.

Japanese Showdown

The remaining competitors take on the artful cuisine of Japan throughout three grueling rounds of challenges.

MCC4U

The remaining competitors face their first Team Challenge as they prepare takeout orders for at-home diners.

Pressure, Italian Style

The competitors face a Pressure Test with more than one surprise twist, and a special guest

Plant Based Paradise

The competitors face a Mystery Box challenge to bring a modern, plant-based twist to classic comfort dishes.

Kitchenary!

The top cooks compete in a new culinary-themed game show, 'Kitchenary,' then face an Elimination Challenge based on their answers.

Food of the Future

The remaining competitors receive a Mystery Box challenge based on the foods of the future with a special surprise twist.

Seafood Extravaganza

The remaining competitors partner up for a classic tag-team challenge, filled with complex seafood dishes.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

The top competitors are tasked with preparing food for a high-end dinner party for eight culinary insiders

The Sweet Taste of Success

This week the judges ask the competitors to pursue the sweet smell of victory with legendary desserts.

Ordinary to Extraordinary

The remaining competitors face a three-round skills test, and one final cook to determine who will earn a spot in the finale.

Back to Win Finale

The finalists vie for the title of season 7's MasterChef Canada and the biggest prize ever awarded to the winner.

Black Apron Battle

The heat is on as 15 home cooks enter the kitchen, but only 12 will move forward.

Mystery Box Mayhem

Mystery box mayhem erupts as the Top 12 take on Canadian classics and surprise flavour combos for a powerful advantage.

Tortilla Takedown

In their first Innovation Challenge, the home cooks must reimagine a pantry staple, and Mary Berg dons her apron for a hands-on demo.

Plant Power

The Top 10 join forces for a team challenge that has them serving family-friendly, plant-based plates in the MasterChef Canada restaurant.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Its time vs. ingredients as the Top 9 home cooks race for chicken cuts in a high stakes challenge where only one can rule the roost.

Tag, You're It!

The Top 8 pair up for a Tag Team Challenge to prepare classic Italian dishes, tagging in and out under pressure.

Let Them Make Cake

In the series' 100th episode, the Top Seven must bake it to the top with show-stopping cakes; one home cook wins big, while another goes home.

Takeout Face Off

In a secret showdown, the home cooks reimagine a series of takeout favourites, and a doughnut Pressure Test awaits those who don't deliver.

Filet-Your-Way

It's sink or swim for the final five who must craft two dishes - one raw and one cooked - using their freshly filleted fish.

The Viral Semi-Final

The semi-finalists vie to go viral and are faced with an egg-ceptionally technical pressure test.

The Finale

Three finalists have three hours to plate their dream three-course menus but only one will claim the MasterChef Canada title and prize.

Battle Wellington

Battle lines are drawn as 16 home cooks face two daunting challenges in a quest to claim one of only 12 White Aprons.

Rice Rice Baby

Big Box Showdown

Game Day

Canada’s elite pro athletes enter the MasterChef Canada Sports Bar hungry for a feast prepared by the Top 10 in an iconic Team Challenge

There Will Be Blood

The Wall

The home cooks must execute identical dishes while divided by The Wall, in a daunting test of communication and their cooking instincts

Let Them Make Cake

In this milestone 100th episode, the remaining Top 7 home cooks face a high-stakes baking challenge to craft show-stopping cakes, with one contestant winning the challenge and another being eliminated