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MasterChef: Season 4

Poster for MasterChef Season 4

25 episodes · first aired May 22, 2013

Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a premiere on Fox on May 22, 2013. Luca Manfè was the winner of this season, making him the first male contestant and previous season returnee to win MasterChef.

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  1. 1 Auditions No. 1 May 22, 2013 Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
  2. 2 Auditions No. 2 May 22, 2013 Home cooks present dishes to the judges.
  3. 3 Top 19 Revealed 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…
  4. 4 Top 19 Compete May 29, 2013 The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.
  5. 5 Top 18 Compete Jun 5, 2013 The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.
  6. 6 Top 17 Compete Jun 5, 2013 The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.
  7. 7 Top 16 Compete (1) Jun 12, 2013 The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.
  8. 8 Top 16 Compete (2) Jun 12, 2013 Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.
  9. 9 Top 15 Compete Jun 19, 2013 A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.
  10. 10 Top 14 Compete Jun 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. 11 Top 13 Compete Jun 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. 12 Top 12 Compete Jun 26, 2013 A meal is prepared for a wedding party.
  13. 13 Top 11 Compete Jul 10, 2013 Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.
  14. 14 Top 10 Compete Jul 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. 15 Top 9 Compete Jul 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. 16 Top 8 Compete Jul 24, 2013 The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.
  17. 17 Top 7 Compete Jul 31, 2013 The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.
  18. 18 Top 6 Compete Aug 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. 19 Top 7 Compete Again Aug 14, 2013 The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.
  20. 20 Top 6 Compete Aug 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…
  21. 21 Top 5 Compete (1) Aug 28, 2013 The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.
  22. 22 Top 5 Compete (2) Aug 28, 2013 Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.
  23. 23 Top 4 Compete Sep 4, 2013 The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.
  24. 24 Top 3 Compete Sep 4, 2013 The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.
  25. 25 Winner Chosen Sep 11, 2013 The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.