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20 this season · 318 totals06e01 Let the Battle Commence (Top 40) 2015-05-21 00:00
Let the Battle Commence (Top 40)
Forty of America's best home cooks present their signature dishes to the judges: Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and the newest addition to the panel, Christina Tosi.
s06e02 The Battle Continues (Top 22) 2015-05-21 01:00
The Battle Continues (Top 22)
Some of America's best home cooks present their signature dishes to the judges: Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and the newest addition to the panel, Christina Tosi.
s06e03 100th Episode: You're the Apple of My Pie (Top 22 Compete Again!) 2015-05-28 00:00
100th Episode: You're the Apple of My Pie (Top 22 Compete Again!)
The contestants are faced with their first mystery box challenge that includes ingredients that could be found in the average home; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare their version of an apple pie.
s06e04 Cinammon Roll-er Coaster (Top 20) 2015-06-04 00:00
Cinammon Roll-er Coaster (Top 20)
The teams create their own versions of an amusement park burger and a fish and chips dish for park guests; the losing team faces a cinnamon roll pressure test.
s06e05 Clawing to Victory 2015-06-11 00:00
Clawing to Victory
The cooks compete to prepare the best crab dish, with the winner gaining a significant advantage before the elimination; the cooks create versions of dishes using corn.
s06e06 What Happens in Vegas Steaks in Vegas 2015-06-18 00:00
What Happens in Vegas Steaks in Vegas
The cooks travel to Las Vegas and split into two teams to prepare food for 101 performers; the better-received team is safe from the pressure test; the cooks face steak challenges that measure temperature and taste.
s06e07 Bring Home the Bacon 2015-06-25 00:00
Bring Home the Bacon
The home cooks must create an elevated breakfast dish in 45 minutes; the challenge winner receives advantages that include immunity in the mystery box challenge, in which the contestants must make TV dinners.
s06e08 Happy Birthday, MasterChef! 2015-07-02 00:00
Happy Birthday, MasterChef!
Each team has to create a two-course menu and they must also make a three-layer birthday cake.
s06e09 Gordon's Greatest Hits 2015-07-09 00:00
Gordon's Greatest Hits
The chefs must taste and then attempt to re-create Gordon's signature beef Wellington.
s06e10 Rice Rice Baby 2015-07-16 00:00
Rice Rice Baby
The remaining home cooks must create a rice dish in 60 minutes.
s06e11 Moo-vers and Bakers 2015-07-23 00:00
Moo-vers and Bakers
The remaining home cooks enter the Wild West when they must cook for 101 cowboys and ranchers.
s06e12 Family Reunion 2015-07-30 00:00
Family Reunion
The cooks prepare family-style meals for special diners; the cooks create a gnocchi-in-brown-sage-butter-sauce dish for the pressure test challenge.
s06e13 A Little Southern Flare 2015-08-06 00:00
A Little Southern Flare
The contestants must prepare a flambe; the challenge winner selects which Southern dish the contestants will cook.
s06e14 Getting A-Head in the Competition 2015-08-13 00:00
Getting A-Head in the Competition
The cooks split into teams to prepare vegetarian meals; the pressure test has the cooks creating meals composed of cuts from an animal's head.
s06e15 A Storm's a Brewing 2015-08-20 00:00
A Storm's a Brewing
The cooks need to make a dish that features coffee as one of the central ingredients. The pressure test sees the contestants teaming up to re-create an elaborate party platter.
s06e16 The Restaurant Takeover 2015-08-27 00:00
The Restaurant Takeover
The remaining chefs are put into teams to take over a Los Angeles restaurant, where they have to come up with two appetizers and two entrées for dining customers. The losing team take part in a pressure test that sees them having to come up with three different pasta dishes.
s06e17 Return of the Champions 2015-09-03 00:00
Return of the Champions
The Top Five home cooks must create a dish using pear, blue cheese, tomato, portabella mushroom and chocolate.
s06e18 Think Inside the Box 2015-09-10 00:00
Think Inside the Box
The teams must create a unique appetizer and entree three times by using special ingredients; the pressure test has the chefs re-creating Christina Tosi's chocolate malted layer cake.
s06e19 Team Gordon Ramsay 2015-09-17 00:00
Team Gordon Ramsay
In the next challenge, with a little help from a few other home cooks, the remaining three contestants will create dishes for 30 restaurant guests who serve an important role in the judges' culinary world. The home cook with the most number of votes will move on in the competition, while the remaining two home cooks will face the next pressure test, during which they must complete three classic MASTERCHEF dishes. The home cook with the best dishes will move on to the finals.
s06e20 The Finale 2015-09-17 00:00
The Finale
In the final challenge in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the Top Two home cooks will have one last chance to prove to the judges that they deserve the MASTERCHEF title by creating a three-course meal. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MASTERCHEF, and the deserving home cook will walk away with a MASTERCHEF trophy, a book deal and the $250,000 grand prize.