Just five amateur cooks remain, and John Torode and Gregg Wallace give the contestants the fearful challenge of cooking for three leading restaurant critics. The five have to pull out all the stops as they make their own finest three-course meals and try to impress the hypercritically-honed palates of their guests.

With one contestant due to leave at the end of the show, the pressure is intense in the MasterChef kitchen as timings go awry, emotions take over, and dishes either explode with flavour or crash and burn.

Only the best will keep their place and have the chance to become MasterChef Champion 2011. Show less