Season 5
(2014)
Cast
Episodes
Top 30 Compete 7.0
May 26, 2014
Host award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham E…
Top 22 Compete 0.0
June 2, 2014
The contestants must prepare a unique dish in the first mystery box challenge -- which features ingredients typically u…
Top 20 Compete 7.0
June 9, 2014
The cooks compete to feed 500 male and female troops on a desert Army base; the losing team faces a pressure test featu…
Top 18 Compete 0.0
June 16, 2014
The contestants tackle a seafood challenge, with the winner choosing what dessert the others will prepare in the elimin…
Top 17 Compete 0.0
June 23, 2014
The contestants prepare a seafood menu for a beachfront wedding; one team faces a challenge featuring a meal with steak…
Top 16 Compete 0.0
June 30, 2014
A mystery-box challenge has the Top 16 chefs preparing dishes using canned foods. The winner will work with former "Mas…
Top 15 Compete 0.0
July 7, 2014
The contestants must put aside their difference as they pair up to create a surf-and-turf dish; the challenge losers fa…
Top 14 Compete 0.0
July 14, 2014
The remaining 14 cooks work in two sets of teams at a busy, iconic diner in Los Angeles; the members of the losing team…
Top 13 Compete 0.0
July 21, 2014
The cooks must create a dish using Alaskan king salmon; during the elimination round, the cooks create a dish using one…
Top 12 Compete 0.0
July 28, 2014
The cooks prepare romantic dinners for couples celebrating anniversaries; Ramsay's wife joins him for dinner; the losin…
Top 11 Compete 0.0
August 4, 2014
For the first time, the contestants get to choose between two mystery boxes: one filled with high-end ingredients and o…
Top 10 Compete 0.0
August 11, 2014
The home cooks split into two teams and create menus of healthy football game concessions for an entire stadium; the co…
Top 8 Compete 0.0
August 18, 2014
The cooks split into teams of two and prepare a poultry dish using different parts of the chicken; two pairs face a pre…
Top 7 Compete 0.0
August 25, 2014
The remaining contestants receive hometown encouragement as they prepare savory apple dishes; while the challenge winne…
Top 6 Compete 0.0
September 1, 2014
Ramsay works alongside the cooks as they take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles; croquembouche pressure test.
Top 5 Compete 0.0
September 8, 2014
Joined by VIP kitchen guests, the cooks prepare dishes inspired by loved ones; the cooks face a challenge involving rar…
Top 4 Compete 0.0
September 8, 2014
A final team challenge establishes who will move on to the top three.
Top 3 Compete 0.0
September 15, 2014
The Top 3 contestants create dishes for a panel of judges from all 50 U.S. states. The winner earns an automatic spot i…
Winner Chosen 0.0
September 15, 2014
In the Season 5 finale, the winner is chosen after the Top 2 compete for the trophy, a book deal and a $250,000 grand p…