MasterChef - Series 21: Episode 1 (original) (raw)
MasterChef Series 21: Episode 1
MasterChef - Series 21: Episode 1
It's the start of the 2025 competition, bringing together the UK's best amateur cooks, but only one can win the coveted MasterChef trophy.
- Duration58 mins
- First shown8pm 6 Aug 2025
- Available for over a year
Series 21 Episodes
- This episode
- It's the second heat of the week, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.
- It's the first quarter-final, with six chefs competing for a place in knockout week.
- The next group of home cooks are ready for a culinary battle in the second week of heats.
- New hopefuls battle for a place in this week's second heat.
- Grace Dent sets the brief for the quarter-finalists.
- It's week 3 of the heats, and the latest home cooks are ready to bring their A-game.
- Another cohort of brave cooks battle it out in the second heat of the week.
- The challenge in the quarter-final is to cook up some modern American classics.
- A fresh batch of ambitious cooks, including a fishmonger and a data scientist, compete.
- The second heat of the week begins with new contenders ready to cook in the kitchen.
- Jay Rayner sets the brief for the week's quarter-final.
- It’s the fifth and final week of the heats.
- It's the final heat of the competition.
- It’s the last quarter-final.
- Knockout week has arrived. Sixteen amateurs compete for the final ten places.
- Knockout week continues as the second group of eight hopefuls return to the kitchen.
- Knockout week comes to a head. Success could mean a place in the semi-finals.
- It's semi-finals time, and the challenges include catering for the Jane Austen Society.
- Heston Blumenthal sets the brief for the six cooks remaining in the competition.
- The last challenge before finals week is for the amateurs to use an ingredient they hate.
- Finals week on MasterChef has arrived, and the remaining cooks are off to Athens!
- Finals week continues, with the competition down to the last four.
- This is the big one. The 21st MasterChef grand final.
- Festive Extravaganza: Champion of ChampionsFour past winners compete again to be crowned MasterChef Champion of Champions 2025.