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Season 4
May 22, 2013

Season 4

Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a premiere on Fox on May 22, 2013.

Luca Manfè was the winner of this season, making him the first male contestant and previous season returnee to win MasterChef.

01. Auditions No. 1

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

May 22, 2013

02. Auditions No. 2

Home cooks present dishes to the judges.

May 22, 2013

03. Top 19 Revealed

The judges pare down the competition in the final round of auditions; the cooks take on a lamb challenge; the top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

May 29, 2013

04. Top 19 Compete

The top 19 contestants face a mystery box challenge; the contestants face elimination.

May 29, 2013

05. Top 18 Compete

The cooks must create a healthy meal for over 300 school children.

June 5, 2013

06. Top 17 Compete

The cooks must prepare a dish using mystery box ingredients, which include cod; two contestants are sent home.

June 5, 2013

07. Top 16 Compete (1)

The cooks prepare a steak meal for firefighters; the challenge losers cook eggs benedict.

June 12, 2013

08. Top 16 Compete (2)

Four cooks prepare burger dishes at Gordon Ramsay BurGR in Las Vegas.

June 12, 2013

09. Top 15 Compete

A mystery-box challenge involving foreign ingredients takes place; chef Lidia Bastianich judges pasta dishes.

June 19, 2013

10. Top 14 Compete

The contestants prepare a meal for the cast and crew of "Glee." Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison serve as judges.

June 19, 2013

11. Top 13 Compete

The contestants deal with a mystery-box challenge that involves an unusual ingredient and a limited pantry; Season 3 winner Christine Ha surprises the chefs.

June 26, 2013

12. Top 12 Compete

A meal is prepared for a wedding party.

June 26, 2013

13. Top 11 Compete

Restaurateur Eva Longoria selects Mexican-inspired ingredients for a mystery box challenge.

July 10, 2013

14. Top 10 Compete

The contestants must prepare fish tacos for hungry surfers; in a pressure test, contestants must prepare a perfect chicken breast three different ways.

July 10, 2013

15. Top 9 Compete

The nine remaining contestants make sausage link dishes using a sausage maker, with the winner choosing the ingredient to be used in the canned versus fresh challenge.

July 17, 2013

16. Top 8 Compete

The cooks compete in an overnight challenge; the losing team faces a spun sugar dessert pressure test.

July 24, 2013

17. Top 7 Compete

The cooks create dishes inspired by loved ones; tag-team sushi challenge.

July 31, 2013

18. Top 6 Compete

Previously eliminated contestants get the chance to get back in the competition by perfectly frying an egg and preparing a salmon dish.

August 7, 2013

19. Top 7 Compete Again

The cooks must prepare a T-bone steak dish; the challenge winner assigns a type of poultry to the other contestants.

August 14, 2013

20. Top 6 Compete

The cooks must re-create popular dishes served at a fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; the losing team must prepare a perfect plate of fried calamari with a side of marinara sauce.

August 21, 2013

21. Top 5 Compete (1)

The judges are joined by their sons, who help critique a mystery box challenge; re-creating a dish.

August 28, 2013

22. Top 5 Compete (2)

Two cooks advance to the finals while the remaining three face a pressure test.

August 28, 2013

23. Top 4 Compete

The cooks split into two teams for the mystery box challenge.

September 4, 2013

24. Top 3 Compete

The remaining three contestants cook more sophisticated versions of the dishes they made in their initial auditions.

September 4, 2013

25. Winner Chosen

The final two cooks prepare three-course meals; the judges choose the winner.

September 11, 2013