Episode
MasterChef: In a Pinch
Overview
The Top 11 are given a bag of live crawfish and have to cook them in order to extract the most meat possible. The six weakest cooks go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, during which they make a crawfish dish created by Gordon Ramsay. Then, the Top 10 face a chicken-and-potato team challenge.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2017-08-23
Episode context
In a Pinch is Episode 12 in Season 8 of MasterChef. It aired on 2017-08-23.
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Episode 11: Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks
The Top 12 head to Las Vegas for a team challenge in which they serve 50 VIPs in entertainment and hospitality at Caesars Palace for its 50th Anniversary party. Each guest will taste both teams' dishes and then cast a vote for their favorite dish.
Episode 13: Gordon’s Game of Chicken
The six weakest cooks go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, during which they make a crawfish dish created by Gordon Ramsay. Then, the Top 10 face a chicken-and-potato team challenge.
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Episode 14: A Mexican Tag Team Challenge
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Episode 9: Holy Cannoli
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Episode 15: The Great Outdoors
The Top Eight head to Big Bear Lake to cook fresh fish.
Episode 8: Whole-y Cow!
The Top 15 are given a mystery box challenge that tasks them with creating a dish featuring a different body part of a cow.
Episode 16: Chopsticks & Pasta
In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top 7 must create an Asian-inspired dish that centers around one of the most prominent utensils in culinary history - chopsticks! The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the remaining home cooks to compete in a pasta-themed elimination challenge.
Episode 7: Breakfast, Lunch & Winner
The home cooks travel for The Belvedere restaurant in Beverly Hills, to take over the dining room breakfast service in two teams.
Episode 17: Pop-Up Restaurant
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Episode 6: Silenced by the Lambs
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Episode 18: Something Fishy
In this week's mystery box challenge, the Top 6 get a special treat as their family members join them in the MasterChef kitchen. The contestants will then have to cook a dish inspired by their families before competing in an elimination test that will send one or more of them home.