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      • Episode Title
      • Description
      • Air Date
      • Expires
      • 2/20
      • Winner(42:02)
      • America's best home cook is revealed.
      • 08/16/2011
      • 20 days

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      • The judges announce today's final challenge. Each contestant will need to prepare a 3-course meal.
      • Adrien and Jennifer prepare to compete for the title of MasterChef.
      • Adrien and Jennifer are surprised by their families, who will cheer them on through the final challenge.
      • Adrien heads into the pantry to collect ingredients for his meal.
      • Jennifer decides to make pan-seared scallops, stuffed quail, and poached pears and cider apples. Adrien will make a prawn starter, beer-braised short ribs, and a chocolate tart.
      • Gordon thinks that Jennifer has achieved a near perfect sear on her scallops, but that poached fruit seems boring.
      • The judges feel that Adrien is using too much chili throughout his meal.
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      • 2/19
      • Top 3 Compete(42:06)
      • The top 3 fight for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/16/2011
      • 20 days

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      • The next Mystery Box Challenge will bring everything full circle, the contestants are given only chicken. The judges want to see how far the contestants have come in the 26 challenges since they began.
      • Adrien is determined to make it to the final two. He is tired of Christian's mouth and wants to "take him down."
      • Adrien often has trouble with limited ingredients. To help set him apart, he decides to use the dark meat from his chicken.
      • Jennifer decides to make chicken two ways. She will braise the thighs and make a stuffed breast rolled with bacon.
      • The judges think Christian has too much butter going on with his dish; the onions are in butter, the carrots are in butter, and the chicken is in butter.
      • Adrien's "cheap" but delicious dish of dark meat is the winning dish of the Mystery Box Challenge. He will get an advantage in the Elimination Challenge.
      • The judges reveal 3 protein choices for the Elimination challenge, all of which are Joe's favorite foods: mushrooms, veal, and a sea creature collection featuring squid, octopus, and cuttlefish.
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      • 2/18
      • Top 4 Compete(41:55)
      • The top 4 fight for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/15/2011
      • 19 days

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      • The judges announce that the final 4 contestants will be split into two teams. Each team will be serving judges from the global MasterChef family.
      • As the winner of the last challenge, Suzy is able to choose her teammate. She thinks that Christian can help her win this challenge, but in the end, can beat him.
      • Jennifer and Adrien decide to make spot water prawns over seasoned American accompaniments with pepper and blood orange coulis.
      • Suzy and Christian can't agree on a plan. Eventually, he reluctantly agrees to go with Suzy's Thanksgiving theme.
      • Gordon wonders why Christian is staying quiet and not pressing his seafood ideas.
      • Adrien and Jennifer work well as a team, staying calm and managing their time wisely.
      • Joe and Chef Elliot check in with Adrien as he purees his roasted peppers.
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      • 2/17
      • Top 5 Compete(41:55)
      • The top 5 fight for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/09/2011
      • 13 days

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      • The judges introduce the elimination challenge. The chefs will have to recreate one of Gordon's famous dishes.
      • Ben, winner of the Mystery Box Challenge, gets to taste each dish and decide which one the chefs will need to recreate in the elimination challenge.
      • Ben chooses roasted loin of venison with braised red cabbage and parsnip chips.
      • As another advantage, Ben was able to ask 3 questions about the dish before gathering ingredients.
      • The chefs learn that while the judges looked for originality in the past, this time whoever strays farther from the original dish will be sent home.
      • The chefs become nervous as they will prepare this dish based on taste only.
      • Jennifer chose the wrong dairy products for the parsnip puree and is nervous about never having cooked venison before.
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      • 2/16
      • Top 6 Compete(42:11)
      • The top 6 fight for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/08/2011
      • 12 days

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      • The owner/chef and executive chef of Patina welcome the contestants to their next Field Challenge.
      • The remaining six contestants are split into two teams.
      • The contestants receive a demo on how to prepare and plate two appetizers and two entrees.
      • The Red Team makes notes to assist them through the challenge.
      • Chef Ramsay urges Suzy, the Red Team leader, to change her dessert plans.
      • Ben immidiately starts prepping banana pudding.
      • Tracy, team leader for the Blue Team, works on the risotto dish and scallops.
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      • 2/15
      • Top 8 Compete Again(42:00)
      • The top 8 fight again for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/02/2011
      • 6 days

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      • In the next challenge, contestants will need to create a dish with these Mystery Box ingredients.
      • Chef Ramsay talks with Jennifer about the Mystery Box challenge.
      • Adrien continues to work as Chef Ramsay talks to him.
      • The chefs loved Adrien and Suzy's dishes, but feel that Jennifer's was the best.
      • Each judge reveals their favorite childhood meal. The contestants will have to create one of those dishes.
      • Jennifer, the winner of the last Mystery Box Challenge, gets to choose which dish the contestants with create in the elimination challenge.
      • The contestants each hold up photos of themselves as children.
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      • 2/14
      • Top 8 Compete(42:00)
      • The top 8 fight for a spot in the next round.
      • 08/01/2011
      • 5 days

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      • The judges announce today's block party challenge.
      • The 8 remaining chefs are split into two teams. Each must prepare meals for the 200 children attending the block party.
      • Christine and Tracy begin grilling hamburgers for the Red Team.
      • Adrien masters the cheeseburger station for the Blue Team.
      • Derrick and Jennifer pass out apple slices to the children.
      • Tracy hands out food at the Red Team's station.
      • Chef Ramsay gets feedback from the children.
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      • The judges announce the second challenge of the evening.
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      • Chef Gordon Ramsay and Restauranteur and wine maker Joe Bastianich judge the Top 100 amateur cooks.
      • Chef Gordon Ramsay judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 amateur cooks.
      • Chef Gordon Ramsay judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 amateur cooks.
      • Restauranteur and wine maker Joe Bastianich judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 amateur cooks.
      • Chef Graham Elliot judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 amateur cooks.
      • Joe Bastianich, Chef Graham Elliot, and Chef Gordon Ramsay must select the Top 38 amatuer chefs.
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      • 2/2
      • Audition #2(42:11)
      • The search continues for America's best amateur cook..
      • 06/07/2011
      • 316 days

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      • The judges rate dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
      • Chef Graham Elliot judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
      • Joe Bastianich judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
      • Chef Gordon Ramsay judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
      • Joe Bastianich judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
      • Chef Gordon Ramsay judges dishes prepared by the Top 100 home cooks.
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