MasterChef Canada Season 5 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Opportunity Knocks

Home cooks from across the country audition for a spot in the top 12.

2. How Do You Take Your Mystery Box?

The top 12 face their first Mystery Box Challenge and a budget-inspired elimination challenge sends one of the home cooks packing.

3. Building An Appetite

The home cooks face their first team challenge as they prepare a hearty meal for 101 hungry Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

4. Fast and Epicure-ious

The top 10 are given a mere 30 minutes to tackle a mystery box and must create an original recipe featuring fresh ingredients. Then, a fungi-inspired elimination challenge puts an end to one home cook's food dream.

5. Barker's Dozen

A Team Challenge finds the home cooks tasked with making donuts for dog owners who frequent an off-leash dog park in Toronto. The losing team must face a Pressure Test, resulting in at least one home cook being eliminated.

6. Vive La Pressure Test

The remaining top 8 home cooks face an intense series of three consecutive French-inspired pressure tests that will reveal their strengths, skills and weaknesses.

7. The Magnificent Seven

Eight MasterChef Canada home cooks – the remaining seven plus the home cook that emerges as the Redemption winner – gather for an off-site Team Challenge in Kleinburg, Ont., at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, home to the iconic Group of Seven. The teams are tasked with preparing a tasting menu for seven esteemed recipients of the Order of Canada, including Marc Kielburger, co-founder of international youth charity Free The Children; and renowned Canadian television icon, CTV News Special Correspondent Lloyd Robertson. After consulting the distinguished dinner guests, the MasterChef Canada Judges determine the winning team. The losing home cooks face a Pressure Test, and potential elimination.

8. Cooking with (Corner) Gas

The home cooks are presented with a massive Mystery Box Challenge and must prepare a diner dish inspired by the cast of Corner Gas Animated.

9. On the Line of Fire

The Top 6 home cooks face a super-charged Restaurant Takeover Team Challenge with the losing team facing an Elimination Challenge.

10. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

The pressure intensifies as former MasterChef Canada winners drop by for a surprise visit.

11. Pop- Up Star

The remaining three cooks face the first ever Pop-Up Restaurant Challenge.

12. Three Courses, One Crown Finale

The Top 2 home cooks vie for the title of “MasterChef Canada” Season 5 and the reward of $100,000 in prize money to launch their culinary dreams.