After last week’s double elimination, MasterChef: Global Gauntlet’s 12 remaining competitors continued the race to win the grand prize of $250,000 and the trophy awarded by host/judge Gordon Ramsay, judge Joe Bastianich and judge Tiffany Derry.
As this is the Global Gauntlet season, the teams are divided up into regions of the world: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and The Americas.
Tonight, the Top 12 home cooks headed to Castle Loma to cater the MasterChef Winter Wonderland Royal Wedding of Season 15 winners JesseRosenwald and Jessica Bosworth. With 50 guests deciding their fate, the red and blue teams had to deliver a feast worthy of the crown.
Check out our spoiler-filled recap below to find out who went home on MasterChef tonight.
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Who went home on MasterChef tonight?
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Aghata Sunsi
Representing: Spain
Current Residence: Westminster, CO
Advancing contestants tonight on MasterChef: Global Gauntlet Night 7 of Eliminations
TEAM EUROPE
Basia Newman
Representing: Poland
Current Residence: Asbury Park, NJ
Julia Cili
Representing: Italy
Current Residence: Miami, FL
TEAM ASIA-PACIFIC
Foo Nguyen
Representing: Vietnam
Current Residence: Irvine, CA
Aishu Challa
Representing: India
Current Residence: Georgetown, MA
Jaime Tan
Representing: Malaysia
Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA
TEAM AFRICA
Peter Egede
Representing: Nigeria
Current Residence: Dallas, TX
Dave Patera
Representing: Morocco
Current Residence: Chicago, IL
Heidi Muston
Representing: South Africa
Current Residence: Plantation, FL
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TEAM AMERICAS
Tkaiya Dryden
Representing: Jamaica
Current Residence: Jamaica Queens, NY
Jake Kelley
Representing: Mexico
Current Residence: Mount Pleasant, MI
Maria Bourland
Representing: Brazil
Current Residence: Miami Beach, FL
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Who won the MasterChef: Global Gauntlet challenge tonight?
The home cooks were divided into two teams. Each team had to produce an appetizer and an entrée.
“Being from Boston, seafood is near and dear to our hearts, so we think scallops is the perfect way to start,” Jesse said.
For the entrée, Jessica said, “We’re feeling duck. We want that perfectly rendered crispy skin and combined with that perfect medium rare, there’s nothing better when you nail it.”
Since Maria won the Immunity Pin last week, she was given the choice of deciding which other team she wanted to join with her Americas team for the cook. She selected Africa, which became the Blue Team. That meant that Europe and Asia-Pacific were the Red Team. Peter was named team captain for Team Blue, and Aishu for Team Red.
Red Team: Appetizer: Seared scallops with crispy pancetta and creamy polenta
Entrée: Duck a l’orange with roasted asparagus and cauliflower purée
Blue Team: Seared Scallops with crispy pancetta, golden beet frisee salad and citrus beurre Blanc
Entrée: Pan-seared duck breast, parsnip purée, sautéed mushrooms, green beans and cherry reduction.
The winning team was the Blue Team.
“We won, let’s go,” said Peter. “Another win for Team Africa and Team Americas. As a combination, it feels that the top cooks are showing themselves.”
Who was in the MasterChef: Global Gauntlet bottom three this week?
When it came to elimination, Gordon told the Red Team they had two weak links in their kitchen: Jamie and Aghata, but it was Aghata who was eliminated as she scored the duck in correctly, causing it to dry out, and her polenta didn’t have enough seasoning.
“Getting to know people who have the same passion that I have was definitely my favorite part,” Aghata said. “It doesn’t feel great to be walking away tonight, but I am very proud of myself. I came to MasterChef to pursue my food passion and I know I have so much to learn. It has been overall an amazing experience. I am very grateful for the journey.”
MasterChef airs Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX. Streams next day on Hulu.
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