
After eight gruelling weeks of intense competition, the final three return to the MasterChef kitchen for the very last time as the search for the country’s best amateur cook reaches its climax.\n\nNothing short of exceptional will cut it. The finalists have one last chance to pull out all the stops, show everything they’ve learned along the way and in three hours demonstrate the kind of cook they have become. Tonight, they must produce the best three dishes of their lives, push their culinary boundaries and produce jaw-droppingly good food for the judges.\n\nTo stand out, they must push themselves to the absolute limit and showcase their very best in what will be the biggest cook-off of their lives.\n\nIt’s now or never, as at the end only one will lift the trophy and become MasterChef Champion 2023.
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Series 22: 21. The Final
MasterChef 2026 has seen seven weeks of competition, all leading to this one moment: it’s the final, and one of the three exceptional cooks remaining will take home the tr ...
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Series 22: Episode 18
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Series 22: Episode 20
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Series 22: Episode 17
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Series 22: Episode 19
Six weeks of fraught competition have produced four exceptional amateur cooks, who all stand a chance of being enlisted into the MasterChef hall of fame. They are about to embar ...
03-06-2026
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Series 22: Episode 16
It’s semi-finals time, and the eight remaining cooks are ready to battle it out for a chance at victory. As Anna and Grace ramp things up with their biggest challenges yet ...
03-06-2026
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Series 22: Episode 15
Knockout week is coming to an end, but not before a few more cooks have to say goodbye. Ten incredible contestants remain in the competition, but there is only room in the semi- ...
29-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 14
Knockout week continues, and it’s a chance for seven chefs to prove themselves enough to make it into their first professional kitchen. However, to get there they need to ...
28-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 13
It’s knockout week, and there are just 14 amateur cooks left in the competition. Judges Anna and Grace increase the pressure to see which contestants can hold their nerve. ...
27-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 12
It’s time for the week’s six best cooks to dig deep and deliver in the last quarter-final of the competition. Their next goal is a place in knockout week, but there ...
22-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 7
Heat 3 is upon us, which means one thing: six exciting new amateur cooks have left their home kitchens ready to compete for one of four coveted MasterChef aprons. The lucky few ...
13-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 11
The last heat of this year’s competition has arrived, and the final group of six amateurs have been patiently waiting for their shot at culinary stardom. As always, four M ...
21-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 13
It’s knockout week, and there are just 14 amateur cooks left in the competition. Judges Anna and Grace increase the pressure to see which contestants can hold their nerve. ...
27-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 17
The semi-finals continue, and just seven extraordinary home cooks remain in the competition. It’s time for them to dig even deeper into their culinary books of tricks, as ...
04-06-2026
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Series 22: Episode 5
A fresh batch of excited home cooks have arrived at MasterChef’s Birmingham HQ for the second heat of the week, but there’s only space for three of them in the quart ...
07-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 16
It’s semi-finals time, and the eight remaining cooks are ready to battle it out for a chance at victory. As Anna and Grace ramp things up with their biggest challenges yet ...
03-06-2026
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Series 22: Episode 14
Knockout week continues, and it’s a chance for seven chefs to prove themselves enough to make it into their first professional kitchen. However, to get there they need to ...
28-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 15
Knockout week is coming to an end, but not before a few more cooks have to say goodbye. Ten incredible contestants remain in the competition, but there is only room in the semi- ...
29-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 9
The week closes with the third quarter-final as the six best cooks of the week return to prove they have the nerve and skill to go even further. To get to knockout week, they ne ...
15-05-2026
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Series 22: Episode 10
It’s the final week of heats, which leaves just 12 amateur cooks still with a chance of storming their way to MasterChef stardom. It’s no easy journey as the first g ...
20-05-2026
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