Episode
MasterChef: Wolfgang Puck
Overview
After the Battle of the Apron concludes, the Top 20 home cooks in America meet the first guest judge of the season – culinary icon Wolfgang Puck..
Details
- Series
- MasterChef
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2016-06-15
Episode context
Wolfgang Puck is Episode 3 in Season 7 of MasterChef. It aired on 2016-06-15.
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Episode 1: Battle for a White Apron, Part 1
Forty of the best home cooks in America travel to Los Angeles to compete in the Battle of the Apron challenge and attempt to move forward to compete for the title, a cookbook deal, and the $250,000 grand prize. Judging the battle rounds will be Ramsay and Tosi.
Episode 5: A Mexican Mystery
The remaining 17 home cooks are greeted by Chefs Ramsay and Tosi, as well as Season 6 winner Claudia Sandoval and guest culinary judge Aarón Sánchez.
Episode 6: Gordon Ramsay Masterclass
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Episode 7: Vets, Jets, and Home Cooks
The Top 15 home cooks are challenged to serve 101 hungry veterans!
Episode 8: The Good, the Bad and the Offal
The contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Edward Lee, chef and owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY.
Episode 9: A Piece of Cake
The remaining 12 contestants are broken up into two teams to prep, cook and plate 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their Sweet 16 birthdays.
Episode 10: The Weakest Links
The losing sweet-16 team members must bake a three-layer birthday cake in 90 minutes, and then the remaining contestants are taken to a vegetable patch for their next team challenge, where they'll cook for and serve 100 farmers.
Episode 11: Sweet Surprise
The Top 10 cooks have one hour to make breakfast using a chocolate-hazelnut spread, and the winner gets to choose the dish for the next elimination challenge.
Episode 12: 5 Star Food
Guest judge Kevin Sbraga cooks alongside the Top 9 in the next Mystery Box Challenge, as they create an impressive dish using unique upscale ingredients. The contestants then go head-to-head in the elimination challenge, cooking with either fresh salmon or canned salmon.
Episode 13: Hot Potato
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