Episode
MasterChef: Top 18 Compete
Overview
The Top 18 must create gourmet dishes using duck and bananas. Later, they're challenged to cook with unusual and intimidating ingredients.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2012-06-12
Episode context
Top 18 Compete is Episode 4 in Season 3 of MasterChef. It aired on 2012-06-12.
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Episode 3: Auditions (3) and Top 36 Bootcamp
The final round of auditions is held in Los Angeles. Then, the 36 remaining hopefuls compete in a ground-beef challenge in hopes of earning a spot in the Top 18.
Episode 5: Top 16 Compete
Culinary boot camp awaits the 16 remaining hopefuls at California's Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, where they'll work in teams to prepare a healthy, balanced meal for 200 servicemen and women.
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Episode 7: Top 14 Compete
The judges split the cooks into teams to prepare breakfast for hotel guests; the members of the losing team must prove they deserve to stay in the competition.
Episode 8: Top 13 Compete
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Episode 9: Top 12 Compete
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Episode 10: Top 11 Compete
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Episode 11: Top Nine Compete
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Episode 12: Top 8 Compete
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Episode 13: Top 7 Compete
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