MASTERCHEF (2010)

E1 - Top 30 Compete

Aired: May 26, 2014

Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for Season Five, putting the latest group of contestants through a series of challenging elimination rounds and turning one home cook into a culinary master.

E2 - Top 22 Compete

Aired: June 02, 2014

The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingredients typically used in desserts; in the next round, the contestants prepare a classic American dish.

E3 - Top 20 Compete

Aired: June 09, 2014

The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a pressure test featuring blueberry pie.

E4 - Top 18 Compete

Aired: June 16, 2014

The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.

E5 - Top 17 Compete

Aired: June 23, 2014

The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featuring a meal with steak and fries.

E6 - Top 16 Compete

Aired: June 30, 2014

A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will work with former "MasterChef" champion Luca Manfe and "MasterChef Junior" winner Alexander Weiss to select a specialty dish for the elimination round.

E7 - Top 15 Compete

Aired: July 07, 2014

The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the challenge losers face a pressure test featuring spring rolls.

E8 - Top 14 Compete

Aired: July 14, 2014

The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members of the losing team must make a three-layer red velvet cake during a pressure test.

E9 - Top 13 Compete

Aired: July 21, 2014

The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks create a dish using one judge's favorite ingredients.

E10 - Top 12 Compete

Aired: July 28, 2014

The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him for dinner; the losing team create their own truffle recipes for a box of chocolates.

E11 - Top 11 Compete

Aired: August 04, 2014

For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-end ingredients and one containing ordinary items; the winner of the challenge chooses which type of stuffed pasta the remaining cooks make.

E12 - Top 10 Compete

Aired: August 11, 2014

The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an entire stadium; the cooks on the losing team must create three unique prawn dishes in a pressure test.

E13 - Top 8 Compete

Aired: August 18, 2014

The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; two pairs face a pressure test with eggs.

E14 - Top 7 Compete

Aired: August 25, 2014

The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while the challenge winner is safe from elimination, the other contestants form teams of two and make a variety of potstickers.

E15 - Top 6 Compete

Aired: September 01, 2014

Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.

E16 - Top 5 Compete

Aired: September 08, 2014

Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.

E17 - Top 4 Compete

Aired: September 08, 2014

A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.

E18 - Top 3 Compete

Aired: September 15, 2014

The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns an automatic spot in the Top 2, while the other two chefs face a pressure test involving desserts.

E19 - Winner Chosen