SEASON - 8 - DINO

EPISODE #1 & 2:  Battle for the White Apron Part I & II

HOSTS:  Gordon Ramsey,
                Christina Tosi,
                Aaron Sanchez.

PRIZE:  Cookbook
              Title of Masterchef.
              Cash.  $250,00
              Spot on the Next Masterchef Cruise
              Trophy

PLAYERS ( 40 down to 20)
1.  NEWTON  53  Ranch Owner                                                     Lipan, TEXAS
2.  EBONI  33  Addition Counselor                                                Chicago, ILL.
3.  DINO  28  Ballet Dancer                                                            Bensonhurst, NY.
4.  YACHECIA  43  Minister                                                          Detroit, MICHIGAN
5.  SHAWN  34  Pastor                                                                    Yakima, WA.
6.  JASON  34  High School Music Teacher.                                  Newton, MASS.
7.  TY  28  Model                                                                            Oklahoma City, OK.
8.  JULIA  22  Food Truck Promoter.                                             Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN
9.  ADAM  21  Harvard Student                                                     Cambridge, MASS.
10.  GABRIEL  19  Fast Food Server                                             Oklahoma City, OK
11.  DAVID  50  Wedding Singer.                                                   Springfield, MASS.
12.  PAOLA  27  Dentist.                                                                Clearwater, FLA.
13.  REBA  48  Stay at Home Mom                                                Carthage, TEXAS
14.  JOSH  36  Political Consultant.                                                Cincinnati, OHIO
15.  TAYLOR  29  Digital Marketing   (return)                               Austin, TEXAS
16.  CATE  25  Receptionist (return)                                               Chicago, ILL.
17.  MICHAEL  30  Former Startup COO                               North Arlington, NJ.
18.  BRIEN  32  Magazine Sales Ads.                                            Redding, CA.
19.  DANIEL  31  Substitute Teacher                                             Medford, MASS.
20.  AAKASH  31 Client Manager.                                               Alexander, VA.
21.  HEATHER                                                                              Miami, FL
22.  JENNIFER  25  Debt Collector                                             Chalmette, LA
23.  TOM  Draftsman                                                                    Pahoa, HAWAII.
24. PAIGE                                                                                    Honolulu, HI.
25. SAM  37  Creative Writing Teacher                                       Washington, D.C.
26.  MARK                                                                                   Portland, OREGON

BATTLES SHOWN:
- Yachecia vs. Shawn - Fried Chicken
- Julia,David, Adam   & Gabriel - Tocas.
- Paola vs. Reba - Duck Breast.
- Josh vs. Dino - Veal.
- Taylor vs. Cate - Salmon.
- Michael,Brian,  Daniel& Aakash. - Steak.
- Newtown vs. Tom - Cupcakes.

EPISODE #3:  America's Grocery Bag.
MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  grocery bag with items most people buy.

WORST:  Sa, Heather,  & Mark.
BEST:  Yachecia, Jennifer, Brien.
WINNER:  Brien.
- Everyone safe except the worst 3. Re-do the grocery bag. in 45 minutes instead of 1 hr.
ELIMINATED:  Mark.

EPISODE #4:  FEeding the Lifeguards
FIRST TEAM CHALLENGE;  Feed 101 lifeguards at hunting Beach, CA.

CAPTAIN:  Jennifer chose Rockfish:  Daniel, Gabriel, Reba, Dino, Jeff, Paige, Caitlin & Jenny.
CAPTAIN:  Brien - Sea Bass:  Eboni, Jason, Heather, Newton, Necco, Yacheccia, Adam, Sam & Cate.
WINNER:  Red Team.

SAFE:  Jeff.
PRESSURE  TEST:  Cook Chef Aaron Pork Chop dish in 45 minutes.
- WINNER:  Dino.  SAFE:  Gabriel, Catlin & Jenny.
- WORST:  Jennifer & Paige.
ELIMINATED:  Paige.

EPISODE #5:  Shell-Shocked & Scrambled.
MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  Shell Seafoods.

- Prize:  a huge advantage. 60 minutes.
TOP:  Jeff, Necco, & Jason.
WINNER:  Jason.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Gordon Ramsey' Classic - Scrambled Eggs.  15 minutes.
SAFE:  Gabriel, Jennifer, Daniel, Newton, Jenny, Eboni, Brien, Necco.
NOT SAFE:  Sam, Heather, Yachecia, Cailin, Jeff, & Dino.
RE-ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  do it again BUT 10 minutes.
-BOTTOM:  Sam & Heather.
ELIMINATION:  Heather.

EPISODE #6:  Silenced by the Lambs.

SKILL TEST:  Butchery - Colorado Lamb
- butchered a rack of lamb.
-  SAFE:  Jason, Cate, Jeff, Brien, Gabriel, Daniel, Yachecia, Reba, Necca, Adam, & Dino.
- BEST:  Cate & Yachecia.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Create Ramsey's dish in 60 minutes from your piece of meat from above.
- Eboni, Jenny, Jennifer, Sam, Newton, & Caitlin.
BEST:  Eboni & Caitlin.
SAFE:  Jenny & Jennifer.
BOTTOM:  Newton & SAm.
ELIMINATED:  Sam.

EPISODE #7:  Lunch,  Breakfast & Winner.
ARRIVED AT:  Beverly Hills - The Peninsula Hotel Restaurant 5 Stars.
  BLUE TEAM:  Yachecia - Capt.:  Jason, Jenny, Jennifer, Dino, Jeff, Cailin, & Reba.
  RED TEAM:  Cate - Capt.:  Brien, Eboni, Daniel, Gabriel, Necco, Newton, & Adam.
CHALLENGE:  run the kitchen & prepare breakfast in a 5 Stars Restaurant.
GUEST MENTOR:  David Codney, Executive Chef,  The Belvedere.
- Red Change captain to Eboni & Won.

PRESSURE TEST:  Red Team.

- Yachecia CAN either Save herself or Save 6 Members of her team.
- She Choose 6 Members:  Jason, Caitlin, Jenny, Reba, Dino & Jeff.
- Fish -N- Chips in 45 minutes.
ELIMINATED:  Jennifer.

EPISODE #8:  Whole-Y Cow.   Top 15
SPECIAL GUEST:  Daisy the Cow.

MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  cook every part of the cow in 60 minutes.
- TOP 3:  Newton, Jeff & Brien.
- WINNER:  Newton.
-7 SAFE:  Strongest Cook:  Cate, Jeff, Necco, Eboni, Jason, Yachecia & Gabriel.
- 7 Weakest Cook:  Jenny, Caitlin, Dino, Reba, Adam, Daniel & Brien.
- ADVANTAGE: according to Newton get to choose which group goes to pressure test.

PRESSURE TEST:  the strongest will go.  Hanger Steak in 60 minutes.

SAFE:  Cate, Yachecia, Jeff & Eboni.
BOTTOM:  Jason, Gabriel & Necco.
ELIMINATED:  Necco.

EPISODE #9:  Holy Cannoli.
       RED vs.  BLUE.
TEAM CHALLENGE:  Each team must prepare the vendors of their ingredients.
RED TEAM:  Captain - Adam. Brien, Eboni, Newton, Yachecia, & Jeff.
BLUE TEAM:  Captain - Caitlin.  Daniel, Jenny, Cate, Gabriel, & Reba.
- WINNER:  Blue Team.

PRESSURE TEST:
- SAFE:  Yachecia, Dino & Newton.
- Cannoli.
- BOTTOM:  Brien, Adam & Jeff.
ELIMINATED:  Brien.

EPISODE #10:  The Masterchef Returns
- Shaun, Winner of Season #7 Returns.
MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  Vegetables & Venison Tenderloin.
- Shaun will cook along side the chefs.
- TOP 3:  Caitlin, Yachecia & Cate.
WINNER:  Cate - Safe - will make the choice on what kind of dish they will make in Pressure Test.

PRESSURE TEST:  Coconut. & Savory or Sweet

- SWEET:  Jeff, Yachecia, Adam, Jason,  Dino.
- SAVORY:  Caitlin, Daniel, Eboni, Reba, Gabriel & Newton.
BEST:  Daniel & Dino.
WORST:  Caitlin, Jeff, REba & Newton.
ELIMINATED:  REba.

EPISODE #11:  Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shuck      12 left.
ARRIVED:  Las Vegas, Caesars Palace 50th Anniversary.

DINO - Capt. choose his team:  Jason, Eboni, Adam, Jenny, & Cate.
DANIEL:  Capt.  Choose Seabass.  Team:  Caitlin, Yachecia, Jeff, Gabriel, & Newton.
WINNER:  Red Team.

PRESSURE TEST:  Yachecia & Newton.
- Champagne Oysters.
ELIMINATED:   ???????????????????

EPISODE #12:  In a Pinch:  Gordon's Game of Chicken.
BACK IN LOS ANGELES: with only 10 Chefs.

Who will Return?
- Yachecia Returns.
CHALLENGE:  Working with Crawfish, pull the meat in 20 minutes.

SAFE:  Yachecia, Jason, Daniel, Cate & Dino.
NOT SAFE:  Gabriel, Adam, Jenny, Eboni, Caitlin, & jeff.
PRESSURE TEST:  Use the meat from the crawfish to make dumplings.
SAFE:  Eboni, Gabriel, Jeff & Cate.
TO BE ELIMINATED:  Adam or Jenny.
ELIMINATED:  Jenny.

PART II:
CHALLENGE:  working in pairs make a chicken & potato dish,

-Winner will appeared in Family Circle magazine Oct. issue.
- working along  side Chefs Christina & Aaron.
- Gabriel & Yachecia,  Caitlin & Adam, Jason & Daniel, Cate & Eboni  and Dino & Jeff.
- WINNER:  Eboni & Cate.
SAFE:  Dino & Jeff, Daniel & Jason and Yachecia & Gabriel.
PRESSURE TEST:  Adam vs. Caitlin.
- Chicken Supreme Dish by Gordon.
ELIMINATED:  Adam.

EPISODE #14:  A Mexican Tag Team Challenge.   9 left.
MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  Fruit & Nutella.

- Cook a Nutella Breakfast reminding you of your family.
SAFE:  Gabriel, Jason & Cate.
WINNER:  Jason has an advantage & SAFE from Elimination.

NEXT CHALLENGE:  Jason will pick the pairs for Mexican Tag Team.
- Cate & Dino.
- Yachecia & Eboni.
- Jeff & Caitlin.
- Daniel & Gabriel.
- Making Mexican Food.
WINNING TEAM:  Cate & Dino.
SAFE:  Daniel & Gabriel,    Eboni & Yachecia.
TO BE ELIMINATED:  Jeff or Caitlin.
ELIMINATED:  Caitlin.

EPISODE #15:  Great Outdoors     8 left.

ARRIVED AT:  The Wilderness:  Big Bear Lake.
CHALLENGE:  2 teams of 4.
 - CATE:  Captain:  Jason, Eboni, & Gebriel.
- DINO:  Captain:  Daniel, Yachecia & Jeff.
-  Rainbow Trout.  Create 3 plates per team in 60 minutes in the wilderness.

TWIST:  judging only 1 dish.  Jeff was upset that they didn't picked his dish which would had won.
- WINNING TEAM:  Red Team.

PRESSURE TEST:  Christina's choice: Chocolate Trussells.
-  WINNING & SAFE:  Dino.
ELIMINATED:  Daniel.

EPISODE #16:  Chopsticks & Pasta.      7 left.
MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  Chopsticks.  Create a dish using Asian food & chopsticks.

TOP 3:  Dini, Jason & Jeff.
WINNER:  Dino will have an advantage.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Pasta.

- Dino have the choice of giving out the pasta.
- Pappardelle - Jason
- Farfalle - Eboni.
- Cannelloni - Gabriel.
- Cavatelli - Cate.
- Tortellini - Yachecia.
- Egg Yolk Ravioli - Jeff.
- Make 1 pasta from scratch & turn it into a dish.
- WINNER:  Eboni.
ELIMINATED:  Gabriel.

EPISODE #17:  Pop Up Restaurant.       6 left.
ARRIVED AT:  Triunfo Creek Vineyards.

CHALLENGE:  Create a pop-up restaurant.
-EBONI - Captain:  Cate & Jeff.
- JASON - Captain:  Dino & Yachecia.
- Create 2 Appt & Entrees.
-WINNING TEAM:  Red Team.

PRESSURE TEST:  Chocolate Souffle.

SAFE:  Jeff, Eboni & Cate.
ELIMINATED:  No One.

EPISODE #18:  Something Fishy.
FINAL MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE:  letters from home.
- Make a dish that extraordinary for your family will be proud of.
- While they were in the pantry their family arrived at there station.
TOP 3 DISHES:  Eboni, Yacheci, & Cate.
- WINNER:  Cate.

ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:  Salmon.

- Create a Salmon dish.  BUT Cate will determine the TIME which they have to cook.
- 1 hour - Jason, 50 minute - Eboni, 40 minutes Yachecia,  30 minutes - Dino & 20 minutes - Jeff.
TO BE ELIMINATED:  Jeff or Yachecia.
ELIMINATED:  Yachecia & Jeff.

EPISODE #19:  The Semi Finals.
- FINAL FOUR:  Cate, Eboni, Dino & Jason.
RELAY SKILL TESTS:  All-Purpose Flour

- TEST #1:  Dessert - Figueroles. in 45 minutes.
- WINNER:  Jason.
-TEST #2:  Latin Molten Lava Dessert in 25 minutes.
- WINNER:  Eboni.
- TEST #3:  3 Cheese Souffle in 30 minutes.
- WINNER:  Dino.
ELIMINATED:  Cate.

EPISODE #20:  The Finale Part I
GUEST JUDGE:  Joe Bastianich.
FINAL CHALLENGE:  Must prepare 1 Appetizer, 1 Entree & 1 Dessert.  3-Course Dinner.

EPISODE #21:  Part II
Challenge Continue

THE WINNER IS:  DINO.