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Top 5 Compete
MasterChef - S5 - E16
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.
MasterChef: Season 5 - 19 Episode s
5x1 - Top 30 Compete
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.
5x2 - Top 22 Compete
June 2, 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.
5x3 - Top 20 Compete
June 9, 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.
5x4 - Top 18 Compete
June 16, 2014
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimination round.
5x5 - Top 17 Compete
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.
5x6 - Top 16 Compete
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.
5x7 - Top 15 Compete
July 7, 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.
5x8 - Top 14 Compete
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.
5x9 - Top 13 Compete
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.
5x10 - Top 12 Compete
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.
5x11 - Top 11 Compete
August 4, 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.
5x12 - Top 10 Compete
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.
5x13 - Top 8 Compete
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.
5x14 - Top 7 Compete
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.
5x15 - Top 6 Compete
September 1, 2014
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
5x16 - Top 5 Compete
September 8, 2014
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rare protein dishes.
5x17 - Top 4 Compete
September 8, 2014
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
5x18 - Top 3 Compete
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.
5x19 - Winner Chosen
September 15, 2014
In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and a ,000 grand prize.
MasterChef: All seasons
S0: Specials
4 Episode s
S1: Season 1
11 Episode s
S2: Season 2
20 Episode s
S3: Season 3
20 Episode s
S4: Season 4
25 Episode s
S5: Season 5
19 Episode s
S6: Season 6
20 Episode s
S7: Season 7
19 Episode s
S8: Season 8
21 Episode s
S9: Season 9
23 Episode s
S10: Season 10
25 Episode s
S11: Legends
18 Episode s
S12: Back to Win
20 Episode s
S13: United Tastes of America
20 Episode s
S14: Generations
19 Episode s