S5 E1 • Top 30 Compete

Amateur cooks prepare their signature dishes for the judges in hope of earning a white apron.

Première diffusion : 26 mai 2014

S5 E2 • 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.

Première diffusion : 2 juin 2014

S5 E3 • 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.

Première diffusion : 9 juin 2014

S5 E4 • Top 18 Compete

The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner chooses what dessert the others prepare in the elimination round.

Première diffusion : 16 juin 2014

S5 E5 • 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.

Première diffusion : 23 juin 2014

S5 E6 • Top 16 Compete

The contestants prepare a dish using canned foods; MasterChef winner Luca Manfe and MasterChef Junior winner Alexander Weiss help determine what dish the contestants cook in the elimination round.

Première diffusion : 30 juin 2014

S5 E7 • 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.

Première diffusion : 7 juillet 2014

S5 E8 • 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.

Première diffusion : 14 juillet 2014

S5 E9 • 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.

Première diffusion : 21 juillet 2014

S5 E10 • 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.

Première diffusion : 28 juillet 2014

S5 E11 • 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.

Première diffusion : 4 août 2014

S5 E12 • 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.

Première diffusion : 11 août 2014

S5 E13 • 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.

Première diffusion : 18 août 2014

S5 E14 • 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 dim sum.

Première diffusion : 25 août 2014

S5 E15 • Top 6 Compete

The remaining six cooks compete in teams and take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles. The losing team competes individually in a unique croquembouche pressure test.

Première diffusion : 1 septembre 2014

S5 E16 • Top 5 Compete

Each cook creates a dish inspired by one of their loved ones after they meet with some VIP kitchen guests and all but the winner prepre rare protein dishes to stay in the game.

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 2014

S5 E17 • Top 4 Compete

A final team challenge establishes who moves on to the top three.

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 2014

S5 E18 • Top 3 Compete

One chef moves on to the finals after impressing a panel of judges representing all 50 states and a second finalist is determined based on a challenge involving three classic American desserts.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 2014

S5 E19 • Winner Chosen

The two top chefs compete in a final pressure test and the judges choose a winner.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 2014