It's the fourth week of heats, and the judges are mixing it uponce again. They have a set of challenges the contestants mustcomplete in order to progress in the competition.Nine homecooks arrive with both their dreams and ingredients ready fortheir first test, the Audition Round. This year's auditioneescome from all over the UK - cooking a range of dishes that notonly aim to challenge the palettes of the judges, but to maketheir tastebuds dance. Cooking their Family Favourite dish andmaking it MasterChef worthy, the hopefuls must show John andGregg who they are as a cook and how good they could become.John and Gregg don't witness them cook in the MasterChefkitchen. Instead, they taste each dish in the Tasting Room.Just like diners in a restaurant, they judge each contestant'sfood solely on the plate that is put in front of them.Aftertasting all nine plates, John and Gregg pick their threefavourite dishes, giving those cooks a well-earned MasterChefapron and immunity from cooking in the next round. However,for the remaining six contestants, the competition is notover. Faced with an invention test, they must pull out all thestops to cook a dish – sweet or savoury – good enough toget them into the competition, and this time, John and Greggare in the kitchen witnessing their every move. The pressure isintense, and the stakes are high, as at the end, only fourcooks can join the three already fast-tracked in the next roundof challenges. For two, their MasterChef dream is over.
