MasterChef
MasterChef is a food & cooking program on BBC2. Into the kitchen and under the spotlight. Amateur cooks duel it out for the right to be called the MasterChef UK Champion. The popular program has been available since 2025. A total of 42 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2026.
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It’s knockout week, and there are just 14 amateur cooks left in the competition. The judges are increasing the pressure to see which contestants can hold their nerve.
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It’s semi-finals time, and the eight remaining cooks are ready to battle it out for a chance at victory. Anna and Grace ramp things up with their biggest challenges yet.
It’s time for the week’s six best cooks to dig deep and deliver in the last quarter-final of the competition.
Knockout week is coming to an end, but not before a few more cooks have to say goodbye. Ten contestants remain, and there is only room in the semi-finals for eight.
A brand new batch of amateur cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen, ready to compete in the first round and take their shot at culinary stardom.
It’s the last round of heats. A new batch of amateur cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen ready to show off their culinary skills, hoping to get through to the next round.
Knockout week continues, and the chefs must prove themselves enough to make it into their first professional kitchen.
It’s time for the second heat of the week, with six more home cooks putting themselves in the culinary spotlight, ready to show the judges that they have what it takes.
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 second quarter-final is here, and the six best cooks of the week return to prove they have more culinary skill in the tank, starting with an invention test.
A fresh set of hopeful home cooks serve up their signature dishes and precision cooking in a bid to impress the MasterChef judges and get through to the quarter-finals.
A new set of incredible amateur cooks take on the MasterChef heats hoping to secure a quarter-final place. Their first task is to serve up an impressive signature dish.
It's the first quarter-final, where this week’s six most talented amateurs gather to face off against each other for the first time.
Six more amateurs work to secure a place in this week’s quarter-final as they are put through their paces by Grace and Anna in the second heat of the week.
It’s the first heat of this year’s competition, and six talented cooks are braced for culinary battle. Their first goal is to secure one of four gleaming MasterChef aprons.
Past winners Natalie Coleman, Thomas Frake, Chariya Khattiyot and Brin Pirathapan compete to be crowned MasterChef Champion of Champions 2025.
Series 21
This is the big one. The 21st MasterChef grand final. Weeks of hard graft have led to this moment when one of the three finalists will come out on top.
Finals week continues, and the last four compete to become three and make it through to cook at one of the most exciting Chef’s Tables in MasterChef history.
Series 22, Episode 17
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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.