MasterChef Canada (season 3)
| MasterChef Canada (season 3) | |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Original release | February 14 – June 19, 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of MasterChef Canada started airing on February 14, 2016. Mary Berg is the winner of this third season of MasterChef Canada, becoming the first female and vegetarian winner of the series.
Top 14
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status | Winnings |
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| Mary Berg | 25 | Toronto, Ontario | Insurance Broker | Winner, June 19 | 8 |
| Jeremy Senaris | 34 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Building Plan Examiner | Runner-Up, June 19 | 3 |
| Matthew Astorga | 25 | Pitt Meadows, British Columbia | Digital Design Consultant | Eliminated June 12 | 4 |
| Veronica Cham | 35 | Toronto, Ontario | Lawyer | Eliminated June 5 | 5 |
| April Lee Baker | 38 | Calgary, Alberta | Homemaker | Eliminated May 29 | 3 |
| Shawn Karls | 29 | Montréal, Québec | Doctor | Eliminated May 8 | 5 |
| Terrance "Terry" Adido | 33 | Edmonton, Alberta | PhD Law Student | Eliminated May 1 | 5 |
| Jennifer Baglione | 23 | Maple, Ontario | Salon Manager | Eliminated April 24 | 4 |
| Jacqueline Clark | 29 | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Accountant | Eliminated April 17 | 2 |
| Michelle Nault | 37 | Bolton, Ontario | Teacher | Eliminated April 10 | 2 |
| Julia Mark | 30 | Burnaby, British Columbia | Makeup Artist | Eliminated March 27 | 1 |
| Sean Hickey | 47 | London, Ontario | Auto Worker | Eliminated March 20 | 0 |
| Vincent "Vince" Spitale | 41 | Pickering, Ontario | Contractor | Eliminated March 13 | 0 |
| David Young | 32 | Moncton, New Brunswick | Carpenter | Eliminated March 6 | 0 |
Elimination table
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| 1 | Mary | HIGH | IN | PT | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | PT | LOW | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IMM | WINNER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jeremy | IN | IN | NPT | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | NPT | PT | IN | WIN | PT | IN | WIN | IN | PT | IN | PT | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Matthew | IN | WIN | NPT | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | IMM | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | LOW | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Veronica | HIGH | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | PT | WIN | IMM | NPT | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | April Lee | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | PT | IN | LOW | WIN | PT | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Shawn | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | IMM | WIN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Terry | IN | IMM | WIN | WIN | IMM | LOW | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Jennifer | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Jacqueline | IN | IN | PT | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michelle | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | NPT | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Julia | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IMM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sean | IN | IN | LOW | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Vince | IN | IMM | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | David | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test).
- (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was directly advanced to the next round.
- (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the Mystery Box Challenge, but did not win, or received considerable praise during an Elimination Test.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a team challenge.
- (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
- (IMM) The cook was selected by Mystery Box Challenge winner and did not have to compete in the Elimination Test.
- (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
- (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, but was exempted from the Pressure Test
- (RET) The cook was eliminated but come back to compete to return to the competition.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, but was not the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, and was the last person to advance.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and they were the only person from their team to advance.
- (WDR) The cook withdrew from the competition due to illness or personal reasons.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes
Season 3 of MasterChef Canada started airing on January 30, 2016
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Production code |
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| 31 | 1 | "Yes, No, Maybe So" | February 14, 2016 | 301 |
| Of the top 40 home cooks, six of them (April Lee, Jennifer, Jeremy, Mary, Terry and Vince) cook a dish that earns a "yes" from all three judges, immediately earning them a place in the top 14. | ||||
| 32 | 2 | "A Cut Above" | February 21, 2016 | 302 |
| The 18 home cooks that earned at least two yeses from the judges are tasked to create a Mise en place to earn a spot in the top 14. Sean's is deemed to be the best of all and he earns a place. Robyn, Ernie, Fanassa, Domingo, Alawn and Kendra are all eliminated, while Jacqueline, Julia and Matthew are advanced. For the remaining eight cooks (David, Elizabeth, Les, Michelle, Reno, Shawn, Travis and Veronica), their next challenge is to create a dish with the ingredients from the mise en place for the final four spots. Shawn and Michelle are advanced into the top 14. David is also advanced, while Reno is sent home. Veronica is then advanced into the top 14. | ||||
| 33 | 3 | "At Home and Abroad" | March 6, 2016 | 303 |
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Mystery Box 1: The box contains thirteen iconic Canadian ingredients. The top three dishes are Shawn's, Mary's, and Veronica's. Shawn is declared as the winner of the Mystery Box. Elimination Challenge 1: Shawn receives immunity from elimination, and then is shown the judges' heritage cuisine. He picks Claudio Aprile's South American ingredients as the task of the elimination challenge. For his third advantage, he is able to save two cooks from elimination. He picks Terry and Vince. The best two dishes were Matthew's and Michelle's. The worst three dishes belong to Jennifer, David and Veronica. David is eliminated. | ||||
| 34 | 4 | "Trial By Fire" | March 13, 2016 | 304 |
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Team Challenge 1: The cooks are tasked to serve 121 firefighters with a baby pork rib entree, along with two sides and a sauce. Matthew and Michelle are the captains of the Red and Blue Teams respectively. Matthew gets to choose all five members of his team before Michelle. He chooses Mary, Sean, Jeremy, Vince and Jacqueline to join him, forming the Red Team. This leaves Michelle with April Lee, Jennifer, Julia, Shawn, Terry and Veronica, forming the Blue Team. With a difference of 20 votes, the Blue Team is declared as the winner of the challenge. Pressure Test 1: For the pressure test, the cooks are tasked to bake a tower of 24 cupcakes with at least three different flavors. Matthew was given the option to save himself and one of his teammates. Matthew saves Jeremy from the pressure test. Jacqueline and Mary are both sent to safety, with Mary's cupcakes being deemed the best, leaving Sean and Vince as the bottom two. Vince is eliminated. | ||||
| 35 | 5 | "Off the Hook" | March 20, 2016 | 305 |
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Mystery Box 2: This Mystery Box requires the home cooks to work in pairs. The pairs are Mary and Matthew; Jeremy and Jacqueline; Terry and Jennifer; Julia and April Lee; Michelle and Veronica; and Sean and Shawn. The top three dishes are Julia and April Lee's; Jeremy and Jacqueline's; and Terry and Jennifer's. Terry and Jennifer are declared as the winning pair. Elimination Challenge 2: Terry and Jennifer are immune from the upcoming elimination, and are shown eight different fishes to which they will assign for the other contestants to cook. Terry and Jennifer can also choose 2 home cooks to receive immunity and they choose Shawn and Julia. The two best dishes are Veronica's and Jacqueline's, making them team captains for the next team challenge. Mary and Sean are called out for having the two worst fish dishes. Sean is eliminated. | ||||
| 36 | 6 | "Feast your eyes" | March 27, 2016 | 306 |
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Team Challenge 2: For this team challenge, the cooks are tasked to cook a three-course lunch for sixteen fashion elites. Each team had to create one vegetarian, one seafood, and one meat dish for the guests to share. Veronica and Jacqueline are the Red and Blue Team captains respectively. Veronica chooses Matthew, Michelle, Julia and April Lee for her Red Team. Jacqueline chooses Mary, Jeremy, Shawn and Jennifer for her Blue Team. The judges give Terry the option to choose which team to join. Terry chooses to join Veronica's Red Team. Jacqueline's Blue Team is declared as the winner. Pressure Test 2 The home cooks from the Red Team are tasked to cook a butter-poached lobster dish in only 20 minutes. Veronica is given the option to save herself or one of her teammates. She decides to exempt Michelle. Matthew, April Lee and Veronica are all sent to safety. This leaves Julia and Terry as the bottom two. The judges announce that there will be a second pressure test to determine which of them will be sent home today. The second pressure test requires Julia and Terry to recreate a dish of steak au poivre in only 15 minutes. Terry is deemed to have performed better and Julia is sent home. | ||||
| 37 | 7 | "From the Heart" | April 10, 2016 | 307 |
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Mystery Box 3: This Mystery box contains basic ingredients needed to produce a baked dessert and a heart-shaped tin. The top three dishes are Veronica's, Terry's, and Shawn's. The judges declare Veronica to be the winner, and her recipe will also be featured in a Becel advertising campaign. Elimination Challenge 3: Veronica is safe from elimination. Veronica is allowed to choose four home cooks that will be cooking with the canned version of the theme ingredient instead of fresh. She decides to give the canned ingredient to Jeremy, Mary, Jacqueline and April Lee. The special ingredient is revealed to be pumpkin. Shawn's is named as the winning dish. Jennifer, April Lee and Michelle are called out for having the worst three dishes. The judges decide to send Michelle home. | ||||
| 38 | 8 | "Oktoberfest Feast" | April 17, 2016 | 308 |
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Team Challenge 3: For this three-way team challenge, the cooks arrived at Mississauga's Hansa Haus and will be cooking gourmet sausage dishes with a topping and a side for their 250 guests in celebration of Oktoberfest. The team with the most sales will be safe from elimination. Shawn, Mary and Terry will be the captains of the Red, Blue and Green Teams respectively. Shawn chooses pork for his sausages, while Mary chooses lamb, leaving Terry with beef. Shawn chooses Jeremy and Jacqueline for his Red Team, Mary chooses Veronica and Matthew for her Blue Team, while Terry chooses April Lee and Jennifer for his Green Team. Terry's Green Team is declared as the winner of the challenge. Pressure Test 3: The judges announce that one member each from the Red and Blue Teams will be exempted from the pressure test, and that all members from both teams will be deciding who will be safe. The Red Team decides to save Jeremy, while the Blue Team decides to send Veronica to safety. The rest must prepare freshly made ricotta cheese and then create two pasta dishes all within one hour. Mary is the first to be sent to safety. This leaves Jacqueline, Shawn and Matthew to face elimination. Jacqueline is eliminated. | ||||
| 39 | 9 | "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" | April 24, 2016 | 309 |
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Team Challenge 4: The home cooks are split into two teams and are tasked to create a menu of four dishes each using the heads, shoulders, knees and toes of various animals in 90 minutes. In a random draw of selections, the Blue Team consists of April Lee, Jennifer, Jeremy and Mary, while the Red Team consists of Matthew, Shawn, Terry and Veronica. There will be no team captains in this challenge. The judges decide the Red Team to be the winner of this team challenge. Pressure Test 4: April Lee, Jennifer, Jeremy and Mary are tasked to bake four éclairs in 90 minutes which must consist of four different toppings. Jeremy and April Lee are sent to safety, leaving Jennifer and Mary to face elimination. Jennifer is eliminated. | ||||
| 40 | 10 | "Out of This World" | May 1, 2016 | 310 |
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Mystery Box 4: Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield is a special guest for this Mystery Box Challenge. This Mystery Box involves the cooks to create one dish using space food in 45 minutes. The top three dishes are Matthew's, Veronica's, and Mary's. Matthew is declared to have the best dish. Elimination Challenge 4: Matthew will be deciding the teams in the upcoming tag team challenge, where the cooks are tasked to replicate an exquisite platter consisting of five different hors d'oeuvres. He chooses to pair up Mary with Jeremy, Veronica with April Lee, leaving Shawn and Terry as the final team by default. Mary and Jeremy manage to create the best hors d'oeuvres platter, making them team captains in the upcoming restaurant takeover. Shawn and Terry are the losing team of the challenge. The judges send Terry home. | ||||
| 41 | 11 | "Demon at the Pass" | May 8, 2016 | 311 |
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Team Challenge 5: The top six home cooks will be taking part in the annual restaurant takeover in Alvin Leung's restaurant in Chinatown: R&D, co-founded with MasterChef Canada season one winner Eric Chong. Mary leads the Red Team with Veronica and April Lee, while Jeremy leads the Blue Team with Matthew and Shawn. The judges decide that the girls on the Red Team have performed better overall. Pressure Test 5: Jeremy, Matthew and Shawn are tasked to bake their own customized version of a Charlotte cake in one hour. Jeremy is the first to be sent to safety. Matthew is then sent to safety, meaning Shawn is sent home. | ||||
| 42 | 12 | "Cooking With Cocktails" | May 29, 2016 | 312 |
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Mystery Box 5: The home cooks are tasked to create a dish containing a protein, vegetables and a purée. The top three dishes are Veronica's, Matthew's, and Mary's. Matthew is declared as the winner. Elimination Challenge 5: Matthew is immune from elimination. The remaining four home cooks are required to recreate two dishes in 90 minutes, one savory and one sweet, using the key ingredient in four classic cocktails. As his second advantage, Matthew will be assigning one of the cocktails to each home cook. Matthew assigned Bloody Mary to Mary, Mint Julep to Veronica, Piña Colada to April Lee, and Irish Coffee to Jeremy. Mary and Jeremy are judged to have performed well enough to advance. This leaves April Lee and Veronica as the bottom two. April Lee is eliminated. | ||||
| 43 | 13 | "Meals and Wheels" | June 5, 2016 | 313 |
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Individual Challenge: The home cooks are surprised in the kitchen by their families, who also join them for a trip to Toronto's St. Lawrence Market. The cook with the best dish will be advanced straight to the top three, leaving the remaining cooks to battle it out in a pressure test where one cook will be eliminated. The judges decide that Mary's dish is the best of the challenge. Pressure Test 6: After bidding goodbyes to their families, Jeremy, Matthew and Veronica are tasked to recreate three sea scallop dishes. They are tasked to open the sea scallop straight from the shell, and are given only the exact number of fresh sea scallops required to replicate all three dishes. Jeremy is the first to be sent to safety. This leaves Matthew and Veronica. Veronica is sent home. | ||||
| 44 | 14 | "Only the Best" | June 12, 2016 | 314 |
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Mystery Box 6: The top three cooks are tasked to prepare sixteen individual plates of an entrée for the judges and thirteen of Canada's most influential chefs in 90 minutes. The ingredients are the exact same Canadian ingredients from the first Mystery Box challenge in this season. The winner of the challenge will advance straight to the finale, while the remaining two cooks will go in the final pressure test of the season. Mary is declared as the winner of the challenge, winning her a spot in the finale. Pressure Test 7: Jeremy and Matthew will go head-to-head in the last pressure test of the season. The theme is citrus-infused desserts, in which Jeremy and Matthew are tasked to replicate three very technically challenging desserts in 90 minutes. The judges decide that Matthew's performance just falls short of the mark, and Jeremy will be joining Mary in the finale. | ||||
| 45 | 15 | "Season 3 Finale" | June 19, 2016 | 315 |
| Mary and Jeremy compete in a three-course challenge in the grand finale to determine the winner. For appetizers, Mary has golden beet borscht with horseradish goat's cheese mousse, beet-cured trout, and caraway crumb, while Jeremy has bison tataki with uni cream, lotus chips, and tataki sauce. For entrées, Jeremy has sushi boat consisting of a deconstructed spider roll with soft shell crab, a marinated baby octopus with mushrooms, a tuna crunch roll with wasabi mayo and crispy salmon skin, and a ginger papaya salad, while Mary has surf and turf with beef tenderloin, fried oysters, and arugula and sea asparagus pesto. For desserts, Jeremy has milk tea panna cotta with coconut tapioca, fried plantains, and jackfruit ice cream, while Mary has blueberry financier with brown butter crumb, kettle corn, blueberry sauce, and buttermilk corn ice cream. Mary is declared as the season three winner, becoming the first female and vegetarian winner of MasterChef Canada. | ||||
References
- Richards, Gwendolyn (18 January 2016). "Five from Southern Alberta vying for chance to compete on MasterChef Canada". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- Slotek, Jim (12 February 2016). "'MasterChef Canada' Season 3 promises to throw curveballs at home cooks". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 14 February 2016.