Mar 1, 2021 · 30m
In the first heat, five amateur cooks compete for two quarter-final places. This year's competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient.

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Mar 1, 2021 · 30m
In the first heat, five amateur cooks compete for two quarter-final places. This year's competition features a new round in which each cook must showcase their favourite ingredient.
Mar 3, 2021 · 30m
Five amateur cooks compete in the second heat. To win a quarter-final place, they must impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace along with former champions Saliha Mahmood Ahmed and Kenny Tutt.
Mar 4, 2021 · 30m
The four winners from the first week of heats return to compete in the first quarter-final. They are challenged by food critic Grace Dent to prepare a great British pudding.
Mar 8, 2021 · 30m
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Irini Tzortzoglou and Jane Devonshire.
Mar 10, 2021 · 30m
In the second heat of the second week, five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals.
Mar 11, 2021 · 30m
The week's four heat winners return for the quarter-final, chasing a place in knockout week. They face a Critic's Test set by one of the country’s toughest food critics, William Sitwell.
Mar 15, 2021 · 30m
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the first heat of the second week, they cook for former champions Shelina Permalloo and Mat Follas.
Mar 17, 2021 · 30m
Five more amateur cooks compete for places in the quarter-finals. In the second heat of the second week, they cook for former champion Steven Wallis and 2006 finalist Dean Edwards.
Mar 18, 2021 · 30m
It’s the third quarter-final and the four talented heat winners return to fight for a place in the semi-final.
Mar 22, 2021 · 30m
In the last week of heats, five more hopefuls try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Mar 24, 2021 · 30m
In the last of this year's heats, five contestants cook for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace and two previous MasterChef champions.
Mar 25, 2021 · 30m
In the last of this year's quarter-final, four talented heat winners return to fight for a semi-final place in the Critic's Test. The challenge is to cook a dish inspired by global street food, and it will be judged by one of the country's toughest food critics, Grace Dent.
Mar 29, 2021 · 30m
Just 10 chef's remain. Split into two groups of five, they now face the pressure of cooking in a professional kitchen for the first time.
Apr 1, 2021 · 30m
The second group of five semi-finalists experience the pressure of a professional kitchen for the first time.
Apr 2, 2021 · 30m
It's the last challenge of the semi-finals, and the six remaining amateurs must cook-off in front of three esteemed food critics to win a coveted place in the finals.
Apr 5, 2021 · 30m
For the first challenge of finals week, the five finalists cook a five-course lunch at the resplendent Plaisterers Hall in the City of London.
Apr 8, 2021 · 30m
The final four amateur cooks interpret a classic dish of their choice before the best three face a Chef's Table challenge at Michel Roux Jr's acclaimed restaurant Le Gavroche.
Apr 14, 2021 · 30m
The final three chefs must produce the best three dishes of their lives to stand a chance of being crowned MasterChef champion 2021.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
MasterChef Season 17 premiered on March 1, 2021.
MasterChef Season 17 has 18 episodes.
The season opens with Season 17 Episode 1, "Episode 1". It aired on March 1, 2021.
Go to Season 17 Episode 1