MasterChef: The Professionals (2008)

Episode Overview

Five of the ten chefs return to face Monica and Gregg in a critical skills test that will lead to one contestant's elimination. Only the top four will advance to cook for the esteemed Michel Roux Jnr. In this challenge, Monica tasks the chefs with filleting a whole monkfish in just 15 minutes, before serving a beautifully cooked fillet accompanied by sauce. As they strive to impress the judges with their knife skills and culinary finesse, the tension escalates. After deliberation, Monica and Gregg will determine who must leave the competition. With only four chefs left, the stakes are high as they prepare to impress Michelin-starred icon Michel Roux Jnr. He demonstrates his classic 'Tarte aux pralines roses avec poires au caramel' (pink praline tart with caramelised pears) and challenges them to replicate it in an hour. The atmosphere is charged as the chefs aim for perfection. Following this, they must create their own classic dish within another hour, with only three spots