Where is airing: FOX
How many episodes in 15 season: 8 episodes
Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich welcome new judge, Award winning chef Tiffany Derry, as they embark on their search for America's best home cook duos. And it all starts with Audition Battles, as eight pairs of home cooks go head-to-head fighting to win legendary white aprons.
The remaining eight pairs of home cooks go head-to-head in the audition battles, for a chance to win coveted white aprons.
Tonight, the duos who failed to get white aprons in the audition rounds, get a surprise second chance. Having already failed once to make it into the competition, the returning duos must convince the judges that they deserve aprons by making not one, but three identical, restaurant worthy dishes. Just four duos will redeem themselves and join the top eight white apron winners, securing a prized place in the Top 12.
The top 12 duos must impress the judges with their finest dinner party dish.
In the first Mystery Box challenge of the season, the Top 11 duos enter the kitchen to find not one, but two boxes at their station. They lift them to discover one box contains sweet ingredients and the other, spicy ingredients. Each pair of cooks must combine the two boxes of ingredients to make a harmonious, MasterChef-worthy dish. The duo with the winning dish will get an advantage in the next challenge, while the duo with the worst dish will be out of the competition.
The Top 10 duos head out of the MasterChef kitchen for their first team challenge. In a stunning pier-side setting, the two teams are tasked with feeding over 100 local fishermen and women. Both teams find themselves in choppy waters as the weather takes a turn for the worse and relationships start to show strain. The team with the most votes from the diners remain safe from elimination, while the worst performing team face the dreaded pressure test.
The five duos on the losing team from the previous challenge face the first Pressure Test of the season. The pairs enter the MasterChef kitchen to find a Mystery Box with a mallet inside. Gordon reveals the Mystery Box IS their ingredient. The box is made completely out of chocolate! In this first dessert challenge of the season, each duo must smash up their box and use the chocolate to make a stunning sweet dish to avoid elimination.
In a MasterChef first, the Top 9 duos face a brand-new challenge of 'Recipe Telephone'. In a culinary relay, each duo is split up: one teammate begins cooking while the other waits in a separate room. Halfway through the challenge, the duo's swap places, and the second teammate must complete the dish. It's a high-stake, high-pressure challenge that tests just how well each duo really knows each other. Teamwork and intuition will need to be enough for the duos to plate a winning dish.
