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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 12

John Torode

Gregg Wallace

Charles Campion

Tracey MacLeod

Jay Rayner

William Sitwell

Katie Attwood

David Crerar

Lucy Davis

Neil Wilmer

Tom Savage

Ross Booker

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MasterChef: Series 12: Episode 21

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Episode 21

BBC One - MasterChef, Series 12, Episode 21

In the last semi-final the cooks prepare an outstanding dish for the restaurant critics.

In the last semi-final the cooks prepare an outstanding dish for four of Britain's most feared restaurant critics. Then John and Gregg decide who goes to the finals.

It's the last of the semi-finals and it's do or die for the best six amateurs as they cook-off to win a coveted place in the prestigious MasterChef Finals.

The contestants have just one challenge to win a place in the final five; to cook an outstanding dish to win over four of Britain's most feared restaurant critics, Charles Campion, Tracey MacLeod, Jay Rayner and William Sitwell. Serving food to these masters of the dining room is a daunting task for the most adept chefs, and these talented home cooks now have to put their skills and palates on the line. Any mistake could cost them the competition, so with the pressure firmly on, it is a tense and thrilling battle. 

At the end judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace face a difficult decision, who to take through to MasterChef Finals week?

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John Torode and Gregg Wallace search for the country's next master chef.

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

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