MasterChef: The Professionals: Season 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: The Professionals 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
Nov 4, 2013 · 30 min
Michel Roux Jr, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace begin their search for a 2013 winner.
Episode 2
Nov 5, 2013 · 30 min
Four of the chefs face three daunting tests and meet Michel Roux Jr for the first time.
Episode 3
Nov 6, 2013 · 30 min
The next four chefs are tested and must create a classic dish with no weights or measures.
Episode 4
Nov 7, 2013 · 30 min
The six best chefs return for the quarter-finals. Only two will progress to next level.
Episode 5
Nov 11, 2013 · 30 min
The eight chefs must concoct a dish using a selection of just seven ingredients.
Episode 6
Nov 12, 2013 · 30 min
The chefs return to face Monica's Skills test and cook two classic dishes for Michel.
Episode 7
Nov 13, 2013 · 30 min
The second set of four chefs face Monica's Skills Test then cook two classics for Michel.
Episode 8
Nov 14, 2013 · 30 min
The pressure is on as the week's six best chefs are cut down to only two.
Episode 9
Nov 18, 2013 · 30 min
It is the third week of heats. Eight chefs begin by facing Monica's Invention Test.
Episode 10
Nov 19, 2013 · 30 min
The first four chefs from this week's heat are challenged to create a savoury sabayon.
Episode 11
Nov 20, 2013 · 30 min
The remaining four chefs in this week's heat face a test of their bread-making skills.
Episode 12
Nov 21, 2013 · 30 min
The week's six best chefs must first impress Michel and Monica, then a panel of critics.
Episode 13
Nov 25, 2013 · 30 min
Monica challenges the eight chefs to make a dish using a selection of seven ingredients.
Episode 14
Nov 26, 2013 · 30 min
Monica challenges the chefs to debone a saddle of lamb and roll and tie it for roasting.
Episode 15
Nov 27, 2013 · 30 min
The chefs are given 15 minutes to make a creme patissiere to use as base for a souffle.
Episode 16
Nov 28, 2013 · 30 min
The week's six best chefs face a tough battle for just two semi-final places.
Episode 17
Dec 2, 2013 · 30 min
The eight remaining chefs are given two hours to prepare a dish to impress Gregg Wallace.
Episode 18
Dec 3, 2013 · 30 min
The first two semi-finalists do battle at London restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal.
Episode 19
Dec 4, 2013 · 30 min
The second pair of semi-finalists take charge of courses at The Latymer in Surrey.
Episode 20
Dec 5, 2013 · 30 min
The last pair of semi-finalists are sent into service at Sat Bains in Nottingham.
Episode 21
Dec 9, 2013 · 30 min
The finalists must create dishes from a selection of kitchen scraps and leftovers.
Episode 22
Dec 10, 2013 · 30 min
The finalists are sent to cook at the celebrated Osteria Francescana restaurant in Italy.
Episode 23
Dec 11, 2013 · 30 min
The finalists hope to impress thirty of the world's greatest chefs at a unique dinner.
Episode 24
Dec 12, 2013 · 30 min
In the final, the chefs have three hours to create an exceptional three-course meal.