MasterChef: The Professionals
MasterChef: The Professionals is a food & cooking program on BBC2. The hunt for the the next superstar chef. Professional cooks are put through their paces. Who will cope and who will crack? The most recent episode is from 13 November 2026.
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MasterChef: The Professionals
It’s the first quarter-final, and the four chefs who have fought their way through the heats return to the kitchen with everything to play for.
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The standout chefs from the week’s heats battle it out again in the quarter-final. The stakes are higher, the challenges more demanding, and the judges’ expectations are greater than ever.
The remaining five chefs return to the kitchen for two demanding challenges that will push their skills, creativity and ambition to the limit as they battle for a place in the quarter-final.
Marcus and Monica are joined by special guest Alex Claridge, the chef behind The Wilderness in Birmingham, who sets the contestants the challenge of recreating a dish that demands great precision.
Six ambitious chefs enter the MasterChef kitchen ready to prove they have what it takes to succeed in the competition. Across two demanding challenges, they’ll need to demonstrate their skills.
In the second week of the heats, a fresh group of professional chefs wait in the wings of the kitchen ready to demonstrate their exceptional talent.
Series 18
Just one cook-off stands between the three remaining chefs and the title of MasterChef: The Professionals 2026 Champion.
The three chefs left standing head off for an Italian culinary adventure in South Tyrol, where they help prepare a lunch service at the three-Michelin-starred Atelier Moessmer.
Finals week has arrived, along with the biggest challenge the four remaining in the competition have faced in their careers: cooking for 27 of the UK and Ireland's leading chefs at the Goring Hotel.
The semi-finalists are whisked off to the stunning Scottish Highlands, where maestro Mark Donald puts them to work at the Glenturret Lalique, a two-Michelin-star restaurant.
The six semi-finalists are asked to cook their own Thai-style dish from a larder of ingredients selected by John Chantarasak.
The semi-finals begin with the remaining eight chefs challenged to deliver a dish that uses all the chosen ingredients, with absolutely nothing wasted.
Five more chefs take on the pop-up challenge of a lifetime as they prepare tacos, octopus and custard tarts.
Knockout week continues as the ten remaining professional chefs are split into two groups. Five of them head to Boxhall in central London to meet Marcus and Monica for their first challenge.
Knockout week has arrived. It will see the best 13 chefs who have cooked their way through the heats and quarter-finals face an invention test.
The last group of quarter-finalists must do something magical with mince if they are to make it through to knockout week.
2018 finalist Matthew Ryle sets the skills test challenges: raviolo stuffed with pea and ricotta and poached pear mille-feuille with a hazelnut praline cream.
2018 finalist Matthew Ryle sets the competing chefs skills tests inspired by French classic cookery, highlighting just what you can achieve with red mullet and roasted poussin.
This week's quarter-finalists are faced with an invention test that must scream chicken, but which only includes off-cuts.
The chefs have just 20 minutes to prepare and cook a bavette steak served with a papaya and noodle salad and crispy noodles.