Season 15

2022 · 18 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1New judge Anna Haugh, Marcus Wareing and Gregg Wallace preside over the UK’s most revered cooking competition, as 32 ambitious chefs from across the country compete to become the 2022 champion.
2Episode 2Four more chefs face Skills Tests. Two must butterfly sardines with tomato and olive tapenade, while the others demonstrate their butchery skills as they prepare rose veal kidneys.
3Episode 3This year’s first quarter-final sees the strongest five chefs from the first two heats return to battle it out in the MasterChef Kitchen.
4Episode 4Four chefs face two challenges in this week's first heat. Marcus and Anna set skills tests involving ravioli and rainbow trout before the chefs prepare their signature menus.
5Episode 5Today's skills tests involve butchering a saddle of rabbit and removing the meat from a crab. The four contenders then try to impress the judges with their signature dishes.
6Episode 6In the second quarter-final, the four chefs must create dishes that showcase different textures. Then they cook two courses for food writers Leyla Kazim, William Sitwell and Grace Dent.
7Episode 7Four more chefs face Skills Tests set by Anna and Marcus. Two must prepare a pork chop with butter bean stew, while the other two cook tempura vegetables with nori seasoning.
8Episode 8Four more chefs face Skills Tests set by Anna and Marcus. Two must prepare sweet potato gnocchi with hazelnut pesto, while the other two serve up poached apricots with Chantilly cream.
9Episode 9The quarter-finals must prepare dishes based around the combination of orange and ginger. Then they cook for food critics Tom Parker Bowles, Tracy MacLeod and Grace Dent.
10Episode 10In the penultimate heat, the chefs are challenged to prepare steamed sea bream with Asian-style broth and beetroot tortellini with a goat's cheese and walnut filling.
11Episode 11In the final heat, two contenders cook pigeon in Madeira sauce, while the other two prepare a filo pastry mille feuille with layers of tropical fruit and piped coconut.
12Episode 12Four quarter-finalists design a savoury pastry dish and then cook for three of the UK's top restaurant critics. Only two can proceed to the semi-finals.
13Episode 13Ten contenders compete in the semi-finals. They must create showstopping dishes based on their favourite food memories.
14Episode 14Four semi-finalists cook in a pop-up restaurant environment for 20 of the UK's top food entrepreneurs.
15Episode 15The semi-finals conclude with the second group of four chefs cooking for 20 of the UK’s best pop up chefs and food entrepreneurs.
16Episode 16It’s Finals Week, and the six remaining chefs cook off against each other for the chance to cook for their culinary heroes at the Chef's Table event at London's Lanesborough Hotel
17Episode 17The last four chefs cook for some of the UK’s top food critics. Only three can progress to the final, so they need to cook the best food of their lives.
18Episode 18After six weeks of fierce competition, only the three best chefs remain. They must cook the three most spectacular courses of their lives for the MasterChef judges. Season finale