MasterChef: Series 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 17, 2012 · 60 min
MasterChef returns for its eighth series, with more fantastically talented amateur cooks who want to test their kitchen skills and take a shot at lifting the coveted MasterChef Cha
Episode 2
Jan 18, 2012 · 60 min
It is the second of the heats, as the next eight hopefuls pick up their knives and show off their culinary skills. Who will prove that they have what it takes to line up with the s
Episode 3
Jan 19, 2012 · 60 min
It is the final heat, and the last eight hopefuls fight for the remaining coveted aprons and a place in the next round. Who will prove that they have what it takes to line up with
Episode 4
Jan 24, 2012 · 60 min
MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace set a truly daunting challenge for the contestants as they continue their search for this year's best amateur cook. The remaining 12
Episode 5
Jan 25, 2012 · 60 min
Only 10 contestants remain in the cookery competition, and now they must face the Great British public for the first time. Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace set the exceptionall
Episode 6
Feb 1, 2012 · 60 min
MasterChef continues its eighth series, as more fantastically talented amateur cooks put their culinary skills to the test and take a shot at lifting the coveted MasterChef Champio
Episode 7
Feb 8, 2012 · 60 min
Over the last few weeks the contestants have been battling to keep their place in the MasterChef kitchen, and now only the best eight remain. In this episode, judges John Torode an
Episode 8
Feb 15, 2012 · 60 min
Over the last few weeks the contestants have been battling to keep their place in the MasterChef kitchen, and now only the best seven remain. Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace e
Episode 9
Feb 22, 2012 · 60 min
John Torode and Gregg Wallace lead the contestants in their first foray into fine dining in large numbers. They have to prepare a delectable three-course meal for over 200 guests a
Episode 10
Feb 29, 2012 · 60 min
The pressure is mounting as the country's best five amateurs enter the seventh week of the cooking competition of their lives. John Torode and Gregg Wallace set the contestants the
Episode 11
Mar 1, 2012 · 60 min
The pressure is mounting as the country's best four amateurs continue in the seventh week of their incredible, culinary, competitive journey. The heat is on in more ways than one a
Episode 12
Mar 7, 2012 · 60 min
Only four exceptional amateur cooks remain in the culinary battle to become this year's MasterChef. Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace ask them to tackle one of the hardest culin
Episode 13
Mar 13, 2012 · 60 min
John and Gregg send the cooks to test their skills at the finest restaurants in Europe.
Episode 14
Mar 14, 2012 · 60 min
The cooks face their penultimate and most terrifying challenge - The Chef's Table.
Episode 15
Mar 15, 2012 · 60 min
It is the MasterChef final. One cook will be crowned as the MasterChef Champion 2012.