Episodes List
Ep.1 Episode 1
Air Date: 2021-03-01
In 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.
Ep.2 Episode 2
Air Date: 2021-03-03
Five 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.
Ep.3 Episode 3
Air Date: 2021-03-04
The 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.
Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 2021-03-08
Five 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.
Ep.5 Episode 5
Air Date: 2021-03-10
In the second heat of the second week, five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals.
Ep.6 Episode 6
Air Date: 2021-03-11
The 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.
Ep.7 Episode 7
Air Date: 2021-03-15
Five 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.
Ep.8 Episode 8
Air Date: 2021-03-17
Five 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.
Ep.9 Episode 9
Air Date: 2021-03-18
It’s the third quarter-final and the four talented heat winners return to fight for a place in the semi-final.
Ep.10 Episode 10
Air Date: 2021-03-22
In the last week of heats, five more hopefuls try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Ep.11 Episode 11
Air Date: 2021-03-24
In the last of this year's heats, five contestants cook for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace and two previous MasterChef champions.
Ep.12 Episode 12
Air Date: 2021-03-25
In 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.
Ep.13 Episode 13
Air Date: 2021-03-29
Just 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.
Ep.14 Episode 14
Air Date: 2021-04-01
The second group of five semi-finalists experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time.
Ep.15 Episode 15
Air Date: 2021-04-02
It'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.
Ep.16 Episode 16
Air Date: 2021-04-05
For the first challenge of finals week, the five finalists cook a five-course lunch at the resplendent Plaisterers Hall in the City of London.
Ep.17 Episode 17
Air Date: 2021-04-08
The 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.
Ep.18 Episode 18
Air Date: 2021-04-14
The final three chefs must produce the best three dishes of their lives to stand a chance of being crowned MasterChef champion 2021.
