MasterChef Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

Top 40 Compete

Wed, May 20, 2015 42 mins

The hunt for a chef who wants to make it to the top of the culinary world.

Episode 2

Top 22 Compete

Wed, May 20, 2015 42 mins

Episode 3

You're the Apple of My Pie

Wed, May 27, 2015 42 mins

A mystery-box challenge finds the Top 22 chefs using 20 common ingredients to prepare a dish for the judges, and the winner gets a leg up in the first pressure test of making apple pies.

Episode 4

Cinnamon Roll-er Coaster

Wed, Jun 3, 2015 42 mins

The first team challenge for the Top 20 cooks takes place at an amusement park, where they must prepare burgers and fish-and-chips dishes for thousands of patrons. Later, the losing team make cinnamon rolls in a pressure test.

Episode 5

Clawing to Victory

Wed, Jun 10, 2015 42 mins

The cooks prepare crab dishes for the judges. Later, the contestants make sweet or savory creations using corn as the common ingredient.

Episode 6

What Happens in Vegas Steaks in Vegas

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 42 mins

The cooks go to Las Vegas, where they split into two groups and take over a nightclub to prepare a meal for 101 performers. Later, the losing team participate in two steak challenges that test temperature and taste, and one contestant goes home.

Episode 7

Bring Home the Bacon

Wed, Jun 24, 2015 42 mins

An elevated breakfast dish is created by the cooks, but they only have 45 minutes to do so, and the winner gets extra credit in addition to having immunity in the next mystery box challenge, which involves making TV dinners.

Episode 8

Happy Birthday MasterChef

Wed, Jul 1, 2015 42 mins

A two-course menu is prepared to celebrate the show's 100th episode as VIP guests feast on oyster and caviar appetizers, and a duck breast entrée, as well as a surprise dish by judge Christina Tosi. Later, the losing team bakes a three-layer birthday cake in a pressure test.

Episode 9

Gordon's Greatest Hits

Wed, Jul 8, 2015 42 mins

Beef Wellington is prepared after the contestants taste Gordon's signature dish, but the contestants with the worst re-creations compete in the next pressure test, which involves a recipe for scallops with a puree of English peas, bacon and quail eggs, and finished with shaved truffles.

Episode 10

Rice Rice Baby

Wed, Jul 15, 2015 42 mins

A rice dish is created in 60 minutes in a mystery box challenge, and the winner will be featured in Family Circle magazine and gets to skip the next elimination challenge, which involves preparing dishes based on two dynamic ingredients.

Episode 11

Moo-vers and Bakers

Wed, Jul 22, 2015 42 mins

The top 10 home cooks prepare steak meals for 101 cowboys and ranchers. The team that receives the most winning votes moves on, while the remaining cooks face a pressure test that includes baking tarts.

Episode 12

Family Reunion

Wed, Jul 29, 2015 42 mins

The Top 10 cooks prepare meals for VIP diners who turn out to be their own family members, and the winning team is safe from the next pressure test, which involves making gnocchi with brown butter and sage sauce.

Episode 13

A Little Southern Flare

Wed, Aug 5, 2015 42 mins

The cooks prepare a flambé in a mystery box challenge, and the winner is safe from elimination and also gets to choose which Southern dish the contestants will make.

Episode 14

Getting A-Head in the Competition

Wed, Aug 12, 2015 42 mins

Vegetarian meals are prepared for guests of the show's restaurant, and the winning team is safe from elimination, while the losing group faces the next pressure test of creating dishes from various cuts of animal head.

Episode 15

A Storm's a Brewing

Wed, Aug 19, 2015 42 mins

Coffee is a main ingredient when the remaining cooks compete in the next mystery box challenge. Later, the contestants pair up for a pressure test to create an elaborate party platter.

Episode 16

The Restaurant Takeover

Wed, Aug 26, 2015 42 mins

The Top 6 cooks split up into teams to take over a Los Angeles restaurant, where they prepare two appetizers and two entrées for dining customers. Later, the losing team take part in a pressure test that involves creating three different pasta dishes.

Episode 17

Return of the Champions

Wed, Sep 2, 2015 42 mins

The Top 5 cooks compete in a mystery-box challenge that includes pear, tomato, portobello mushroom and chocolate, and the winner, who is safe from elimination, helps assemble four different baskets of ingredients with three "MasterChef" champions for the other four contestants.

Episode 18

Think Inside the Box

Wed, Sep 9, 2015 42 mins

The Top 4 cooks pair off to create an appetizer and an entrée—and then repeat it twice—using ingredients provided by judges Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot. The winners advance to the Top 3, but the losing team compete in the next pressure test, which involves preparing judge Christina Tosi's chocolate-malted layer cake.

Episode 19

Team Gordon Ramsay

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 42 mins

The Top 3 contestants create dishes for 30 restaurant guests who are in the judges' culinary orbits, and the winner earns an automatic spot in the Top 2, while the other two chefs face a pressure test involving three classic recipes.

Episode 20

The Finale

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 42 mins

The Season 6 winner is chosen after the Top 2 contestants compete by creating a three-course meal to see who will claim the trophy, a book deal and a $250,000 grand prize.