Season 8
21 episodes · May 30, 2017
Throughout Season Eight, award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and renowned pastry chef Christina Tosi will be joined by celebrated chef and restaurateur Aarón Sánchez on the judges’ panel, as they put the Top Forty contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
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S8E1Battle for a White Apron, Pt. 1
May 31, 2017In the Season Eight premiere episode, 40 of America's best home cooks travel to Los Angeles to compete in the MASTERCHEF Battle for a White Apron challenge, during which they will face off against each other to try to earn a place in the Top 20. Judging the battle rounds will be Gordon Ramsay, Christina Tosi, and new judge and award-winning chef Aarón Sánchez, who will taste for flavor, creativity and presentation. After each battle, the judges will decide whom they think deserves to make it to the next round and a chance to compete for the coveted title.
S8E2Battle for a White Apron, Pt. 2
Jun 7, 2017In Part Two of the Battle for a White Apron, the remaining chefs compete for a spot in the Top 20. Only nine aprons remain and it will be up to the judges to decide who makes it and who goes home.
S8E3America's Grocery Bag
Jun 14, 2017Top 20 will have to take 12 of the most popular ingredients found on any American home cook’s shopping list and make the judges a MASTERCHEF-worthy dish.
S8E4Feeding the Lifeguards
Jun 21, 2017The top 19 chefs will have to prepare and cook fresh fish for 101 lifeguards who will then vote on their favorite dish.
S8E5Shell-Shocked & Scrambled
Jun 28, 2017The Top 18 home chefs must cook some of the world's finest shellfish for their mystery box challenge.
S8E6Silenced by the Lambs
Jul 12, 2017This week on MASTERCHEF, the cooks take part in a challenging skills test, during which they must prepare racks of lamb with fine artistry. Those who fail to impress the judges will face an elimination challenge that includes recreating Gordon Ramsay's signature lamb chop dish. It is then up to the judges to decide who will leave the kitchen.
S8E7Breakfast, Lunch & Winner
Jul 19, 2017The home cooks travel for The Belvedere restaurant in Beverly Hills, to take over the dining room breakfast service in two teams.
S8E8Whole-y Cow!
Jul 26, 2017The Top 15 are given a mystery box challenge that tasks them with creating a dish featuring a different body part of a cow.
S8E9Holy Cannoli
Aug 2, 2017The kitchen is transformed into a full dining room to welcome purveyors of local ingredients, including butchers, vegetable farmers, beekeepers and herb growers, when the contestants split up for a team challenge using their guests' products. Later, the losing team must prepare cannoli as part of a pressure test.
S8E10The MasterChef Returns
Aug 9, 2017Reigning champion Shaun O'Neale returns and chooses ingredients from his cookbook to be part of the mystery-box challenge. The winner will receive an advantage moving forward, while the other chefs to battle in a coconut-theme elimination challenge.
S8E11Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks
Aug 16, 2017The Top 12 head to Las Vegas for a team challenge in which they serve 50 VIPs in entertainment and hospitality at Caesars Palace for its 50th Anniversary party. Each guest will taste both teams' dishes and then cast a vote for their favorite dish.
S8E12In a Pinch
Aug 23, 2017The Top 11 are given a bag of live crawfish and have to cook them in order to extract the most meat possible. The six weakest cooks go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, during which they make a crawfish dish created by Gordon Ramsay. Then, the Top 10 face a chicken-and-potato team challenge.
S8E13Gordon’s Game of Chicken
Aug 23, 2017The six weakest cooks go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, during which they make a crawfish dish created by Gordon Ramsay. Then, the Top 10 face a chicken-and-potato team challenge.
S8E14A Mexican Tag Team Challenge
Aug 30, 2017In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top Nine must create a dish that is reminiscent of their favorite family breakfast, using Nutella as the key ingredient. The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the rest of the chefs to pair up for a Mexican-themed tag team challenge.
S8E16Chopsticks & Pasta
Sep 6, 2017In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top 7 must create an Asian-inspired dish that centers around one of the most prominent utensils in culinary history - chopsticks! The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the remaining home cooks to compete in a pasta-themed elimination challenge.
S8E17Pop-Up Restaurant
Sep 6, 2017The Top 6 split up in teams for a classic MasterChef challenge - to cook for food critics, writers, and chefs at a pop-up restaurant in a Southern California vineyard.
S8E18Something Fishy
Sep 13, 2017In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top 6 get a special treat as their family members join them in the MasterChef kitchen. The contestants will then have to cook a dish inspired by their families before competing in an elimination test that will send one or more of them home.
S8E19The Semi-Finals
Sep 13, 2017The remaining home cooks will face a series of skills tests that will determine who will make it to the finale.
S8E20The Finale (1)
Sep 20, 2017The remaining chefs compete for the trophy and the $250,000 prize with guest judge Joe Bastianich.
S8E21The Finale (2)
Sep 20, 2017The remaining chefs compete for the trophy and the $250,000 prize with guest judge Joe Bastianich.