MasterChef USA

In the Season Premiere episode, 40 of the best home cooks in America will travel to Los Angeles to present their signature dishes to the distinguished judging panel: Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and new judge Christina Tosi.

In order to move to the next round, the home cooks must have an immense passion for food and be determined to out-cook their rivals in a series of head-to-head battles.

After the Battle for the Apron concludes, the Top 22 home cooks in America will face their first Mystery Box Challenge.

After the apple pie elimination test, the remaining 20 home cooks will face their first team challenge of the season at an amusement park.

In the next mystery box challenge, the home cooks will have to come out of their shells when they must prepare unique crab dishes for the judges.

In the second field challenge of the season, the home cooks will take a surprise trip to Las Vegas, where they will be split into two teams to take over Drai's Nightclub and feed 101 Las Vegas performers.

In the next challenge, it's proven that Breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day when the home cooks are each tasked to create an elevated breakfast dish in 45 minutes.

In the next team challenge, the remaining home cooks will celebrate a MasterChef milestone, the 100th episode! Each team will prepare a two-course menu for the 100th episode celebration, during which VIP guests will dine on oyster and caviar appetizers and a duck breast entrée, followed by a special surprise dish by judge Christina Tosi.

In the next challenge, the remaining home cooks will learn from the best as they enter a special taste-it-and-make-it challenge. Each contestant must recreate Gordon Ramsay's signature Beef Wellington.

In the next mystery box challenge, the remaining home cooks will be faced with an assortment of rice. Each contestant must create a rice dish in 60 minutes.