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.

The cooks face their first Mystery Box Challenge and the winner selects one of three international cuisines and some cooks get lost in translation.

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.

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.