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Amateur cooks compete to win the coveted MasterChef title.

Into the kitchen and under the spotlight. Amateur cooks duel it out as John Torode and Gregg Wallace turn up the heat.

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MasterChef: Series 7

John Torode

Gregg Wallace

Dave Crerar

Antonia Lloyd

MasterChef: Series 7: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 7

BBC One - MasterChef, Series 7, Episode 1

John Torode and Gregg Wallace audition amateur cooks from all over Britain.

John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's best amateur cook. In this audition show, hopefuls plucked from their home kitchens arrive in London from across Britain.

Sizzling from the outset, the latest MasterChef fires up with a tough audition round as the hunt for the country's best amateur cook begins.

With tens of thousands of applicants this year, MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace's immense task is to eat and judge a vast assortment of dishes, and then fill the 20 coveted places in this year's competition. Only the lucky ones who become contestants and win a MasterChef apron will have the right to cook in the state-of-the-art cathedral to culinary hopes and dreams: the brand-new MasterChef kitchen.
 
In this one-hour show, hopefuls plucked from their home kitchens arrive in London from across Britain for the auditions. One by one, they cook their hearts and souls out for the judges before they hear their fate. With only the most delicious morsels leading to a place, emotions are running high for the amateurs and their accompanying family and friends.
 
Only the best will win a place, taking their first step to winning MasterChef 2011.

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John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's next masterchef

Restaurateur John Torode and fruit and veg man Gregg Wallace look for the country's next masterchef.

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