In the last week of heats, seven more contestants vie for a place in the quarter-final.

Grace Dent challenges the amateur cooks to make their best comfort food dish.

Featured ingredients in the MasterChef Market include pork mince and tiger prawns.

Some of MasterChef's most inspiring winners and finalists return to judge.

Jay Rayner instructs the contestants to make an exceptional pie.

The contestants must impress previous MasterChef champions to advance to the next round.

It's the second week of heats, and seven more hopefuls try to impress John and Gregg.

In the first quarter-final the contestants must impress food critic William Sitwell.

The finalists from 2010 return to help John Torode and Gregg Wallace with the judging.

A new series of the cookery competition begins.

One of the three amateur cooks lifts the trophy and becomes the 13th MasterChef champion.

The final three amateur cooks face the most terrifying challenge yet, The Chef's Table.

The final four amateur cooks embark on a culinary adventure to South Africa.

The remaining cooks must impress with a five-course menu with an American theme.

In the last semi-final, the remaining cooks must impress four feared restaurant critics.

The contestants must cook a fish lunch for some of the country's biggest fish experts.

The eight remaining cooks must prepare lunch for 120 people at the BBC studios at Elstree.

The remaining contestants must cook a dish which showcases their favourite ingredient.

The ten remaining cooks must cook one dish to secure their semi-final place.

The second group of contestants head to Roux at Parliament Square.

The remaining 12 contestants get their first taste of professional cooking.

The red group now face the challenge of cooking a dish inspired by a family favourite.

The 14 remaining cooks are split into two groups and compete across two episodes.

In this quarter-final, the six cooks face a test set by restaurant critic Jay Rayner.

On offer in the market are venison, lamb mince, kidneys, scallops and langoustines.