
MasterChef: The Professionals
- 2008 – 2026
- Returning Series
- Reality
- ~30m / ep
- 18 seasons
- 7.9/10
The hunt for a young chef who wants to make it to the top of the culinary world.
Latest: Series 18 · 2026
View all seasonsE1. Episode 1
Feb 10, 2026 · 58m
2016 winner Gary Maclean, who has gone on to become the first National Chef of Scotland, sets the challenges for four chefs seeking to make it through to the quarter-finals.
E2. Episode 2
Feb 11, 2026 · 58m
The challenges for another group of contestants aiming for a place in the quarter-finals include preparing a dish of steamed razor clams and a dessert with authentic cranachan cream.
E3. Episode 3
Feb 15, 2026 · 57m
It's the first quarter-final, and the chefs face an invention test demanding that they do something magical with an ingredient they will all have probably worked with before – king prawns!
E4. Episode 4
Feb 17, 2026 · 58m
2020 professional finalist Philli Armitage-Mattin sets the contestants a Korean-inspired skills test to make it through to the quarter-finals.
E5. Episode 5
Feb 18, 2026 · 58m
Philli Armitage-Mattin sets the chefs a skills test challenge, using her own recipes. Two must recreate chicken wings stuffed with pork mince, the others, souffle pancakes with sake-poached plums.
E6. Episode 6
Feb 20, 2026 · 58m
The chefs are challenged to create their own special twist on rice pudding, before serving up two plates of food to impress restaurant critics Jimi Famurewa, Jay Rayner and William Sitwell.
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