MasterChefSeries 17Season 17 · 2021 · 18 episodesEpisodes1Episode 1In the first heat, five amateur cooks compete for two quarter-final places. This year's competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient.2Episode 2Five amateur cooks compete in the second heat. To win a quarter-final place, they must impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace along with former champions Saliha Mahmood Ahmed and Kenny Tutt.3Episode 3The four winners from the first week of heats return to compete in the first quarter-final. They are challenged by food critic Grace Dent to prepare a great British pudding.4Episode 4Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Irini Tzortzoglou and Jane Devonshire.5Episode 5In the second heat of the second week, five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals.6Episode 6The week's four heat winners return for the quarter-final, chasing a place in knockout week. They face a Critic's Test set by one of the country’s toughest food critics, William Sitwell.7Episode 7Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Shelina Permalloo and Mat Follas.8Episode 8Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the second heat of the second week, they cook for former champion Steven Wallis and 2006 finalist Dean Edwards.9Episode 9It’s the third quarter-final and the four talented heat winners return to fight for a place in the semi-final.10Episode 10In the last week of heats, five more hopefuls try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.11Episode 11In the last of this year's heats, five contestants cook for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace and two previous MasterChef champions.12Episode 12In the last of this year's quarter-final, four talented heat winners return to fight for a semi-final place in the Critic's Test. The challenge is to cook a dish inspired by global street food, and it will be judged by one of the country's toughest food critics, Grace Dent.13Episode 13Just 10 chef's remain. Split into two groups of five, they now face the pressure of cooking in a professional kitchen for the first time.14Episode 14The second group of five semi-finalists experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time.15Episode 15It's the last challenge of the semi-finals, and the six remaining amateurs must cook-off in front of three esteemed food critics to win a coveted place in the finals.16Episode 16For the first challenge of finals week, the five finalists cook a five-course lunch at the resplendent Plaisterers Hall in the City of London.17Episode 17The final four amateur cooks interpret a classic dish of their choice before the best three face a Chef's Table challenge at Michel Roux Jr's acclaimed restaurant Le Gavroche.18Episode 18The final three chefs must produce the best three dishes of their lives to stand a chance of being crowned MasterChef champion 2021.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16Season 18Season 19Season 20Season 21Season 22
