This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
MasterChef (Season 4)

Auditions No. 1 (Episode 1) 10.0
Air date: 2013-05-22
Overview: Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

Auditions No. 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2013-05-22
Overview: Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

Top 19 Revealed (Episode 3)
Air date: 2013-05-29
Overview: The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

Top 19 Compete (Episode 4)
Air date: 2013-05-29
Overview: The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

Top 18 Compete (Episode 5)
Air date: 2013-06-05
Overview: The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.

Top 17 Compete (Episode 6)
Air date: 2013-06-05
Overview: The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.

Top 16 Compete (1) (Episode 7)
Air date: 2013-06-12
Overview: The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.

Top 16 Compete (2) (Episode 8)
Air date: 2013-06-12
Overview: Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.

Top 15 Compete (Episode 9)
Air date: 2013-06-19
Overview: A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.

Top 14 Compete (Episode 10)
Air date: 2013-06-19
Overview: The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.

Top 13 Compete (Episode 11)
Air date: 2013-06-26
Overview: The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.

Top 12 Compete (Episode 12)
Air date: 2013-06-26
Overview: A meal is prepared for a wedding party.

Top 11 Compete (Episode 13)
Air date: 2013-07-10
Overview: Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.

Top 10 Compete (Episode 14)
Air date: 2013-07-10
Overview: The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.

Top 9 Compete (Episode 15)
Air date: 2013-07-17
Overview: The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.

Top 8 Compete (Episode 16)
Air date: 2013-07-24
Overview: The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.

Top 7 Compete (Episode 17)
Air date: 2013-07-31
Overview: The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.

Top 6 Compete (Episode 18)
Air date: 2013-08-07
Overview: Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.

Top 7 Compete Again (Episode 19)
Air date: 2013-08-14
Overview: The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.

Top 6 Compete (Episode 20)
Air date: 2013-08-21
Overview: The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.

Top 5 Compete (1) (Episode 21)
Air date: 2013-08-28
Overview: The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.

Top 5 Compete (2) (Episode 22)
Air date: 2013-08-28
Overview: Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.

Top 4 Compete (Episode 23)
Air date: 2013-09-04
Overview: The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.

Top 3 Compete (Episode 24)
Air date: 2013-09-04
Overview: The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.

Winner Chosen (Episode 25)
Air date: 2013-09-11
Overview: The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.

Seasons

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Episodes 20

Episodes 20

Episodes 25

Episodes 19

Episodes 20

Episodes 19

Episodes 21

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Episodes 25

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Episodes 20

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Episodes 19

Episodes 4