The heat is on as 15 home cooks enter the kitchen, but only 12 will move forward.

Mystery box mayhem erupts as the Top 12 take on Canadian classics and surprise flavour combos for a powerful advantage.

In their first Innovation Challenge, the home cooks must reimagine a pantry staple, and Mary Berg dons her apron for a hands-on demo.

The Top 10 join forces for a team challenge that has them serving family-friendly, plant-based plates in the MasterChef Canada restaurant.

Its time vs. ingredients as the Top 9 home cooks race for chicken cuts in a high stakes challenge where only one can rule the roost.

The Top 8 pair up for a Tag Team Challenge to prepare classic Italian dishes, tagging in and out under pressure.

In the series' 100th episode, the Top Seven must bake it to the top with show-stopping cakes; one home cook wins big, while another goes home.

In a secret showdown, the home cooks reimagine a series of takeout favourites, and a doughnut Pressure Test awaits those who don't deliver.

It's sink or swim for the final five who must craft two dishes - one raw and one cooked - using their freshly filleted fish.

The semi-finalists vie to go viral and are faced with an egg-ceptionally technical pressure test.

Three finalists have three hours to plate their dream three-course menus but only one will claim the MasterChef Canada title and prize.