MasterChef — Season 15

In this first episode, the first seven hopefuls need to pull out all the stops to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to rise above the rest to become MasterChef 2019 Champion.

Seven more amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be the 2019 MasterChef Champion.

In this first quarter-final of the series, the six winners of the heats must impress food critic William Sitwell to keep their place in the competition.

It's the second week of heats and seven more hopefuls need to pull out all the stops to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have potential.

The four remaining cooks must prepare an impressive menu before John and Gregg decide who has what it takes to go through to the quarter-final.

It's the quarter-final, and the six talented heat winners face a daunting test set by one of the country's toughest food critics, Grace Dent.

Seven more hopefuls pull out all the stops to prove to the judges they have what it takes as the third week of heats gets under way.

Seven more amateurs try to prove that they have what it takes in the hope of being put through to the quarter-final.

It is the quarter-final and the six heat winners continue to fight for their place.

It's the last week of heats and even cooks compete for a place in the quarter-finals.

In the final heat, the last group of seven amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

Six talented heat winners compete in the last quarter-final. Amol Rajan challenges them to prepare their version of a classic British afternoon tea.

After four weeks of heats, the amateur cooks have been whittled down to just 16. Now they come together for the first time to cook against each other across two shows.

Knockout week continues as the 16 remaining chefs continue their high-pressure cook-off.

Knockout week continues as the 16 remaining chefs continue their high-pressure cook-off.

Knockout week continues with 12 remaining chefs vying to become semi-finalists at the end of the week.

It's the end of knockout week and the competition has now been whittled down to ten extremely talented amateur cooks.

Last week, five contestants were guaranteed a semi-finals place. Now, the other five remaining cooks are going head-to-head to fight for their place alongside them in the semi-finals.Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace are joined by renowned chef Alexis Gauthier, whose London restaurant now offers a completely plant-based menu. The five contestants are set a brief by Alexis to prep and cook one outstanding plant-based dish in just 90 minutes.

The nine remaining cooks battle it out in the semi-finals at Glyndebourne opera house in Sussex.

The MasterChef semi-finals continue with the remaining eight contestants challenged to create a dish inspired by someone they admire. After this challenge, one more cook will be leaving the competition while the others move on to a daunting challenge of cooking a three-course lunch at Grocers Hall, home to one of the oldest companies in the City of London. Then its back to the MasterChef kitchen for the last challenge of the semi-finals: to cook an outstanding dish to win over five of the country's most feared restaurant critics.

The final five head to the Royal Society in London. They have the immense task of cooking a five-course tasting menu to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Transglobe expedition.

The final four amateur cooks embark on a culinary adventure in Hong Kong where they will face three challenges, including recreating dim sum dishes at the Lung King Heen restaurant.

Raymond Blanc and his executive chef Gary Jones demonstrate one of the dishes on the menu of their Oxfordshire restaurant, which the contestants must then recreate.

The search for the show's 15th champion reaches its climax, as the remaining three amateur cooks produce the three courses they hope will secure them the title.