MasterChef: The Professionals
MasterChef: The Professionals is a food & cooking program on BBC2. The hunt for the the next superstar chef. Professional cooks are put through their paces. Who will cope and who will crack? The popular program has been available since 2023. A total of 43 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2024.
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MasterChef: The Professionals
The last four chefs taking part in this year’s competition hit the stoves. Awaiting them are two challenges that would have any professional chef quivering in the wings.
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Four more chefs are excited to start their MasterChef journey, which, in this episode, begins with two infamous challenges that will test their ability to cope with the pressure.
It’s the third heat week and time to give four more chefs the opportunity of a lifetime. Landing a place in this week’s quarter-final is their aim, but getting there won’t be easy.
It’s the final week of the heats, and four more chefs don their whites to confront two demanding tasks. Those that hit the MasterChef standard might just find themselves in the last quarter-final.
It’s quarter-final time, and that can only mean more pressure for this week’s most talented professionals as they return to the kitchen ready to battle for a place in knockout week.
It’s quarter-final time, and the week’s best chefs are back to fight it out for a place in knockout week.
The second batch of this week’s professionals are waiting in the wings, ready to prove themselves in the MasterChef kitchen.
Thirty-two of the country’s most ambitious chefs are invited to battle it out in the MasterChef kitchen, in a bid to become the 2024 champion.
Four more fearless chefs face the pressure of the MasterChef kitchen. If they manage to impress the judges, they might just find themselves with a place in this week’s quarter-final.
It’s the first quarter-final of the series, which will see the week’s best competitors don their chef whites to compete for a place in knockout week. Two challenges stand in their way.
It’s heat two, and a second group of four chefs arrive to kick-start their MasterChef adventure. It will take every ounce of chef know-how to deliver across two tough challenges.
Series 12
The final three chefs face one last challenge - to cook the best three courses of their lives.
The four finalists are challenged to create a single exceptional and evocative dish inspired by a place that is special to them.
Only the four most talented chefs out of the original 48 remain. The first challenge they face is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to cook at the chef’s table.
The first three semi-finalists battle it out for a place in the finals. They are given the opportunity to work alongside one of the UK's most exciting chefs.
The remaining eight chefs brace themselves to cook up a storm as they face a double beast of a challenge in the MasterChef kitchen.
As knockout week continues, the second group of five chefs face two intense challenges set by Monica and Marcus in a bid to become semi-finalists.
Only ten chefs remain in the competition. In a new event, the chefs must show off their versatility and style, creating and serving a dish that will win over the judges and specially invited guests.
12 chefs remain from the initial 48. They face the most intense invention test of the competition in a kitchen stripped of all the modern gadgets.
Series 17, Episode 12
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It’s the last quarter-final, and the week’s best chefs return to do battle once more for a place in knockout week. But to get there they’ll have to impress the judges and some special guest diners.