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MasterChef Canada Invitational

Episode number: 1

Overview: The judges personally invite 18 of Canada's best home cooks to audition for a white apron and a chance at winning the 'MasterChef Canada' title.

Home Cooks, Your Roots Are Showing

Episode number: 2

Overview: The home cooks face their first Mystery Box Challenge, and a meaty Elimination Challenge puts some of them in jeopardy.

Top Hats and Tails

Episode number: 3

Overview: The remaining home cooks face their first Team Challenge as they prepare a Caribbean meal for 121 wedding guests.

Tastes Like Teen Spirit

Episode number: 4

Overview: This week’s Mystery Box presents a blast from the past and at least one home cook’s journey comes to a spicy end.

School Lunch!

Episode number: 5

Overview: The home cooks go back to school to compete in the biggest Team Challenge in MasterChef Canada history.

Risk and Reward

Episode number: 6

Overview: The home cooks learn whether taking a risk is worth the reward, and at least one is eliminated after cooking with extravagant Asian ingredients.

Knife Fight!

Episode number: 7

Overview: Home cooks put their knife skills to the test through a series of challenges.

Immunity Challenge – Donovan Cooke

Episode number: 8

Overview: Matt Sinclair mentors the Immunity cook which uses only equipment from a typical office kitchen. Best dish enters Round 2, where they will compete against culinary legend Donovan Cooke.

Wheel of Fruit

Episode number: 9

Overview: The home cooks are presented with a giant Mystery Box offering up a taste of home. Then, the Elimination Challenge causes the cooks to take a chance on tropical flavors when they spin a wheel to determine the fate of their dish.

Gifts From the Earth

Episode number: 10

Overview: The Top 4 home cooks travel to the Canadian Canoe Museum for a team challenge, and Indigenous guest chefs join the judges in tasting the teams' menus. Then, the losing team fights it out in the most challenging Pressure Test to date.

Fire and Ice

Episode number: 11

Overview: In a fiery Mystery Box challenge, the top three chefs compete for a spot in the finale.

Final Showdown

Episode number: 12

Overview: In a three-hour, three-course showdown the two remaining chefs face off for the title of MasterChef Canada.