Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in America to attain three Michelin Stars, visits the MASTERCHEF kitchen with a brand-new team challenge - the cooks must pair up and make the same exact dish...without being able to see one another.
The chefs arrive on the West Coast to start the competition.
Host Alton Brown gives the 9 remaining chefs their next challenges: Simplicity & Interpretation. The chefs are asked to reinvent some of the best-known dishes in the world.
After seeing their first fellow chef sent home, the competition among the remaining 9 chefs escalates.
The four remaining chefs travel to Tokyo, Japan, to learn how to enhance the flavor profiles of ingredients. They'e challenged to use different cooking styles to highlight the five tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.