MasterChef: Series 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 16, 2011 · 60 min
Sizzling from the outset, the latest MasterChef fires up with a tough audition round as the hunt for the country's best amateur cook begins. With tens of thousands of applicants th
Episode 2
Feb 17, 2011 · 60 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace continue to whittle down thousands of applicants as they search for the amateur cooks who will fill the remaining nine places in this year's competiti
Episode 3
Feb 23, 2011 · 60 min
With the selection process behind them, the 20 chosen candidates are shown around the new kitchen where they face their first challenge - to prepare in one hour a dish containing a
Episode 4
Feb 24, 2011 · 60 min
The remaining 12 contenders face a daunting challenge as they cook for previous finalists and winners of the competition, working under head chef John Torode in their first restaur
Episode 5
Mar 2, 2011 · 60 min
The remaining contestants must prepare a hearty lunch at the Invercharron Highland Games.
Episode 6
Mar 9, 2011 · 60 min
The nine remaining contestants cook for the paying public at leading London restaurants.
Episode 7
Mar 16, 2011 · 60 min
The contestants are stripped of meat and fish, and asked to cook a vegetarian meal.
Episode 8
Mar 23, 2011 · 60 min
The remaining cooks prepare a dish for the critical palate of Bertie de Rougemont.
Episode 9
Mar 30, 2011 · 60 min
The remaining contestants prepare a three-course meal for 150 students in Oxford.
Episode 10
Apr 6, 2011 · 60 min
Just five amateur cooks remain, and John Torode and Gregg Wallace give the contestants the fearful challenge of cooking for three leading restaurant critics.
Episode 11
Apr 13, 2011 · 60 min
With four amateur cooks remaining, and John Torode and Gregg Wallace ask the contestants to overcome their greatest weakness - pastry - and set them three pastry challenges.
Episode 12
Apr 20, 2011 · 60 min
The remaining contestants are sent to Madrid to learn the art of molecular gastronomy, then it's back to London to prepare a four-course extravaganza for the Royal Society.