MasterChef: Series 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of MasterChef Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 18, 2010 · 90 min
Top chef and restaurateur John Torode, and food writer and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace are searching for the country's best amateur cook. The first batch of contestants, pick
Episode 2
Feb 19, 2010 · 60 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's best amateur cook. Six more cooks face high-pressure tests, including the challenges of the Indian restaurant Zeen.
Episode 3
Feb 24, 2010 · 60 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's best amateur cook. Contestants face high-pressure tests including challenges at 1901 and Bar Trattoria Semplice.
Episode 4
Feb 25, 2010 · 60 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's best amateur cook. Contestants face high-pressure tests including challenges at the Eastside Inn and Sophie's Steakhouse.
Episode 5
Feb 26, 2010 · 30 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace continue their search for the country's best amateur cook, as the winners of the week's heats battle to reach the semi-finals.
Episode 6
Mar 3, 2010 · 60 min
The contestants face the pressure of the professional kitchen at the Winter Garden in London, and attempt to master Indian cuisine at Moti Mahal in Covent Garden.
Episode 7
Mar 4, 2010 · 60 min
The contestants face the pressure of the professional kitchen at Turkish restaurant Ozer, and in the second they must master modern British cuisine at Kettners.
Episode 8
Mar 5, 2010 · 30 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace continue their search for the country's best amateur cook, as the winners of the week's heats battle to reach the semi-finals.
Episode 9
Mar 10, 2010 · 60 min
The search for the country's best amateur cook. The contestants face the pressure of the professional kitchen at Le Pont De La Tour, and attempt to master Indian tapas at Imli.
Episode 10
Mar 11, 2010 · 60 min
The search for the country's best amateur cook continues. The heat winners reach the quarter final, where they must design an exceptional three course meal to impress the judges.
Episode 11
Mar 12, 2010 · 30 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace continue the search for the country's best amateur cook. The semi-finalists must design an exceptional three course meal that will impress the judges.
Episode 12
Mar 17, 2010 · 60 min
The search for the country's best amateur cook continues, as twelve contestants face challenges at Axis in Covent Garden and Osteria Dell'Angolo.
Episode 13
Mar 18, 2010 · 60 min
The search for the country's best amateur cook continues, as twelve contestants face challenges at the Criterion restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and fish restaurant Catch.
Episode 14
Mar 22, 2010 · 30 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's best amateur cook. The contestants must design an exceptional three-course meal that will impress the judges.
Episode 15
Mar 24, 2010 · 60 min
It's comeback week and eight contestants that didn't quite make the grade last year face four high-pressure tests to see who has improved in the past twelve months.
Episode 16
Mar 25, 2010 · 60 min
Eight contestants who didn't quite make the grade last year attempt to qualify for the quarter-finals, before competing for the last remaining place in the semi-finals.
Episode 17
Mar 26, 2010 · 30 min
It's the first of the semi-finals as the eight exceptional amateur cooks who have made it from the heats, battle against each other for the first time.
Episode 18
Mar 31, 2010 · 60 min
Cookery challenge. The six remaining contestants face two tough challenges, including cooking a three-course lunch for 20 members of the Women's Institute.
Episode 19
Apr 1, 2010 · 60 min
Cookery challenge hosted by John Torode and Gregg Wallace. The five most talented cooks in the country remain. They are put through their paces as the competition gets tougher.
Episode 20
Apr 2, 2010 · 30 min
Cookery challenge. The four semi-finalists face just one daunting challenge - to serve their best two courses to three of the country's most renowned, and toughest, food critics.
Episode 21
Apr 5, 2010 · 60 min
The Final Three (1) Cookery challenge. The three remaining cooks travel to the Indian city of Jodhpur to compete in three different challenges, including one that involves cooking
Episode 22
Apr 6, 2010 · 60 min
The Final Three (2) Cookery challenge. It's the penultimate test for the three finalists, as they cope with taking over a top London restaurant on a busy Friday night, and cook fo
Episode 23
Apr 7, 2010 · 60 min
The Final Three (3) Cookery challenge. It's the final and the competitors compete in three challenges, including cooking a busy lunch service at three different European Michelin