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MasterChef: The Professionals: Season 4

24 episodes Premiered Nov 7, 2011 Updated Oct 4, 2026
Previously on MasterChef: The Professionals

Season 4 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: The Professionals Season 3.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Nov 7, 2011 · 30 min

Legendary double Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr and MasterChef dining expert Gregg Wallace are joined by Michel's trusted sous chef Monica Galetti as they hunt for Britain's

S4·E2 Core

Episode 2

Nov 8, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E3 Core

Episode 3

Nov 9, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E4 Core

Episode 4

Nov 10, 2011 · 30 min

It is the first of the quarter finals and the six best chefs from the first heats must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes by making a dish of their own invention. Ch

S4·E5 Core

Episode 5

Nov 14, 2011 · 30 min

Ten chefs must deal with the pressure of an elimination round. In front of the watching Monica and Gregg, they must earn the right to cook for Michel. In the six-ingredient-inventi

S4·E6 Core

Episode 6

Nov 15, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E7 Core

Episode 7

Nov 16, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E8 Core

Episode 8

Nov 17, 2011 · 30 min

In another quarter-final, the six best chefs from the first heats must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes by making a dish of their own invention. Choosing from a fa

S4·E9 Core

Episode 9

Nov 21, 2011 · 30 min

Ten chefs must deal with the pressure of an elimination round. In front of the watching Monica and Gregg, they must earn the right to cook for Michel. In the six-ingredient-inventi

S4·E10 Core

Episode 10

Nov 22, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E11 Core

Episode 11

Nov 23, 2011 · 30 min

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test before the judges must decide who will be eliminated. Only the best four chefs will cook for legendary Michel

S4·E12 Core

Episode 12

Nov 24, 2011 · 30 min

In another quarter-final, the six best chefs from the first heats must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes by making a dish of their own invention. Choosing from a fa

S4·E13 Core

Episode 13

Nov 28, 2011 · 30 min

It is the last of the heat weeks. The final set of ten chefs plucked from kitchens across Britain arrive at the MasterChef kitchen to face their first test. They have just one chal

S4·E14 Core

Episode 14

Nov 29, 2011 · 30 min

In this show, five of the ten chefs from the previous day's heat return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test: Monica asks them to tunnel bone a leg of lamb and tie it ready fo

S4·E15 Core

Episode 15

Nov 30, 2011 · 30 min

In this show, the remaining five chefs from Monday's heat return to face Monica and Gregg in a skills test. Monica asks them to make a swiss meringue to pipe on to a lemon tart, be

S4·E16 Core

Episode 16

Dec 1, 2011 · 30 min

For the week's six best chefs, this is where the battle really begins. First they must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes with a dish of their own invention. Choosin

S4·E17 Core

Episode 17

Dec 5, 2011 · 30 min

After four weeks of competing, only 8 exceptionally talented young chefs remain. The competition now fires up with one extraordinary challenge: making a show stopping dish for judg

S4·E18 Core

Episode 18

Dec 6, 2011 · 30 min

Double-Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jnr and MasterChef dining expert Gregg Wallace ask two of their skilful semi -finalists to step up to service at London's two star L'Atelie

S4·E19 Core

Episode 19

Dec 7, 2011 · 30 min

Double-Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jnr and MasterChef dining expert Gregg Wallace throw their semi -finalists in to the white heat of service at Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles.

S4·E20 Core

Episode 20

Dec 8, 2011 · 30 min

Double-Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jnr and MasterChef dining expert Gregg Wallace ask the last pair of semi-finalists to step up to service at Pied a Terre. Working under hea

S4·E21 Core

Episode 21

Dec 12, 2011 · 30 min

It's Final Week on MasterChef: The Professionals and only four exceptional chefs remain to battle it out for the title. Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace will really push the finali

S4·E22 Core

Episode 22

Dec 13, 2011 · 30 min

It's Final Week on MasterChef: The Professionals and only three exceptional chefs remain to battle it out for the title. It's time for Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace to turn the

S4·E23 Mytharc

Episode 23

Dec 14, 2011 · 30 min

It's Final Week on MasterChef: The Professionals and only three exceptional chefs remain to battle it out for the title and Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace have turned the heat up

S4·E24 Mytharc

Episode 24

Dec 15, 2011 · 30 min

It's the Grand Final of MasterChef: The Professionals. After six weeks of fierce culinary jousting, one of the three exceptional finalists will be crowned Professional MasterChef C

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