Forty home cooks from across the country compete for a spot in the Top 14.

Eighteen home cooks get a second chance, competing in two culinary challenges.

In the first team challenge, the remaining cooks honour firefighting heroes in a rib cook-off.

A Mystery Box Challenge requires the cooks to work together and the winners give the assignments in the pantry challenge.

The teams use a fashion collection as inspiration for a fancy lunch; a surf and turf test sends one cook home.

A Mystery Box Challenge has the cooks baking from the heart.

The remaining cooks compete in teams for a gourmet sausage challenge in celebration of Oktoberfest.

The remaining eight cooks take on intimidating nursery rhyme-inspired ingredients.

Astronaut Chris Hatfield inspires the cooks for a Mystery Box Challenge.

The cooks compete in a team challenge at Alvin's Chinatown restaurant. An elimination challenge pits the losing team against each other in a tough baking task.

Following a Mystery Box Challenge inspired by judge Michael Bonacini's techniques, the cooks create cocktail-inspired sweet and savoury dishes.

The top four cooks reunite with their families and then shop for a meal.

The three remaining cooks battle for a spot in the finale by preparing a meal for some of Canada's most influential chefs using Canadian ingredients.

The two finalists compete in a three-course challenge to determine the winner of the competition.