MasterChef — Season 12
All 20 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 01
Back to Win - Audition Battles
Former "Masterchef" contestants return; chefs compete in head-to-head audition battles.
- 02
Back to Win - Audition Battles (Part 2)
Three chefs who competed in the junior edition return to compete for the first time as adults.
- 03
Back to Win - Audition Battles (Part 3)
With only six aprons left, the judges give a lucky few chefs a chance to return to the kitchen.
- 04
All 20 chefs must cook something inspired by the dish that originally sent them home.
- 05
Winners Mystery Box - Spirit of Vegas
Cocktail connoisseur Shaun O'Neale gives the chefs their first mystery box challenge.
- 06
Back to Win: Feeding the U.S. Coast Guard
The top 18 travel to the U.S. Coast Guard base in Los Angeles for the first team challenge.
- 07
Gordon Ramsay transforms his infamous beef wellington into a vegan dish made out of beets.
- 08
Southern Fusion with Guest Chef Tiffany Derry
The remaining chefs must cook a Southern dish inspired by flavors from countries around the world.
- 09
One chef selects a dessert for each of their fellow competitors to bake to perfection.
- 10
More than 100 cowboys and cowgirls gather for a rodeo; the chefs divide into two teams.
- 11
Winners Mystery Box - Christine Ha
The chefs face a "Winner's Mystery Box," curated by the Season 3 champion, Christine Ha.
- 12
The top 12 chefs are challenged to a tag-team cook-off.
- 13
The chefs partner with GrubHub to elevate a traditional take-out dish into a gourmet concoction.
- 14
The chefs are challenged to turn traditional gas station and road trip snacks into gourmet dishes.
- 15
Winner's Mystery Box - Gerron Hurt
The top nine chefs face a Mystery Box Challenge from Season 9 winner Gerron Hurt.
- 16
The top eight chefs are paired together and must communicate on opposite sides of a wall to create identical dishes.
- 17
The chefs must take over chef Wolfgang Puck's kitchen at Spago restaurant in Los Angeles.
- 18
The top five chefs are faced with two separate elimination challenges in the semifinals: a baked Alaska and an intricate lobster tortellini.
- 19
Finale Part 1 - Special Guest Graham Elliot
The top three chefs have made it to the finals and are one challenge away from being crowned the "MasterChef" champion; each chef has to prepare an appetizer and entrée in front of a live audience with the support of former judge Graham Elliot.
- 20
Finale Part 2 - Special Guest Christina Tosi
The three remaining chefs must complete their final entree and whip up a gourmet dessert.
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