The three judges each choose eight home cooks to mentor throughout the competition.

The contestants prep, cook and plate one dish featuring an ingredient unique to their home states.

Gordon Ramsay teaches the home cooks how to properly break down a crab; the contestants must replicate his work; the cooks must make Ramsay's signature crab Benedict dish during an elimination challenge.

The cooks face off against one another to earn a spot in the top 24; the contestants prep, cook and plate one dish featuring an ingredient unique to their home states.

The top 20 chefs face the first team challenge of the season; teams must cook a beer-infused lunch for more than 100 employees.

The cooks craft desserts using natural sweeteners in place of sugar; each young contestant prepares a dish inspired by his or her family's heritage; the judges decide who to send home.

The chefs have 45 minutes to create dishes inspired by their families using farm fresh ingredients.

Forty-three home cooks compete to earn a spot in the top 24.

Three finalists must prepare a three-course meal; the winner is announced.

The junior chefs split up into pairs and must decorate as many doughnuts as they can in 10 minutes; Gordon's daughter teaches the chefs how to make her version of a hamburger and french fries; the chefs must replicate it to stay in the competition.

The junior chefs cook for 30 "MasterChef" alumni at a pop-up restaurant; the losing team faces a pressure test designed by Season 5 winner Jasmine Stewart; the remaining junior home cooks prepare dishes inspired by their grandmothers.

The junior cooks split into teams and take over the kitchen at an upscale hotel; they must run room service during breakfast for the hotel guests; using farm fresh ingredients, the chefs have 45 minutes to create dishes inspired by their families.

The winner is announced.

The chefs must create a unique dish using chocolate.

The junior home cooks prepare dishes inspired by their grandmothers.

The chefs must make as many eggs benedict dishes as they can in 15 minutes; they must prepare a difficult egg dish and create a unique dish using chocolate.

Twenty boys must prepare a perfect chicken breast dish, and 12 of them earn a chance to move on.

The kids cook dishes using ingredients that start with each letter of the alphabet, with the winner receiving a huge advantage in the elimination challenge; the contestants craft fruit tarts; elimination.

The top 20 compete in a team challenge in which they must prepare racks of lamb and pan-seared halibut for a wedding; an elimination.

The cooks break up into teams to prepare as many perfect-looking milkshakes as they can in 10 minutes; the kids put their own personal twist on a classic chicken-and-waffles dish; the judges decide who goes home.

A look back at Gordon's favorite moments so far.

Gordon Ramsay hosts a fiery cooking competition in which the winner receives a head chef position.

Aspiring chefs compete for their shot at culinary stardom.

Contestants compete to become America's best dancer.

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