MasterChef - Season 4
1 - Auditions No. 1
Air Date: May 22, 2013
Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
2 - Auditions No. 2
Air Date: May 22, 2013
Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
3 - Top 19 Revealed
Air Date: May 29, 2013
The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
4 - Top 19 Compete
Air Date: May 29, 2013
The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
5 - Top 18 Compete
Air Date: June 5, 2013
The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.
6 - Top 17 Compete
Air Date: June 5, 2013
The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.
7 - Top 16 Compete (1)
Air Date: June 12, 2013
The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
8 - Top 16 Compete (2)
Air Date: June 12, 2013
Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
9 - Top 15 Compete
Air Date: June 19, 2013
A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.
10 - Top 14 Compete
Air Date: June 19, 2013
The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.
11 - Top 13 Compete
Air Date: June 26, 2013
The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.
12 - Top 12 Compete
Air Date: June 26, 2013
A meal is prepared for a wedding party.
13 - Top 11 Compete
Air Date: July 10, 2013
Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
14 - Top 10 Compete
Air Date: July 10, 2013
The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.
15 - Top 9 Compete
Air Date: July 17, 2013
The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.
16 - Top 8 Compete
Air Date: July 24, 2013
The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.
17 - Top 7 Compete
Air Date: July 31, 2013
The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.
18 - Top 6 Compete
Air Date: August 7, 2013
Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.
19 - Top 7 Compete Again
Air Date: August 14, 2013
The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
20 - Top 6 Compete
Air Date: August 21, 2013
The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.
21 - Top 5 Compete (1)
Air Date: August 28, 2013
The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.
22 - Top 5 Compete (2)
Air Date: August 28, 2013
Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
23 - Top 4 Compete
Air Date: September 4, 2013
The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.
24 - Top 3 Compete
Air Date: September 4, 2013
The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.
25 - Winner Chosen
Air Date: September 11, 2013
The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.