MasterChef Canada (season 2)

Mystery Box 1: This first challenge features a selection of sweet and savoury ingredients. The top three dishes were Line's, Jon's, and Kevin's. Jon was declared as the winner of the mystery box.

Team Challenge 1: The competitors have to cook for the cast and crew of Cirque du Soleil. Andrew was the Red Team Captain, and Line was the Blue Team captain. Andrew chose David, Kevin, Jon, Cody, Kristen and Kwasi, while Line chose Tammy, Sabrina, Debra, Christopher, Michael and Jennifer. The teams had to serve a nice and healthy buffet style meal. The Red Team was declared as the winner, sending the Blue Team to the pressure test.

Mystery Box 2: Before the challenge, Line returned to the MasterChef Kitchen after last week. For this challenge, the cooks had to create a pizza from scratch. The best three dishes were David's, Jennifer's, and Cody's. Cody won the Mystery Box.

Team Challenge 2: For this team challenge, this was a special three-way team challenge in a university campus, serving poutine with the last two teams going into the pressure test. David and Sabrina were team captains of the Red and Blue Team respectively. David chose Line as the Green Team captain. David chose Andrew, Christopher, Michael for the Red Team. Sabrina chose Jon, Cody, Kwasi for the Blue Team. Line chose Tammy, Kristen, Jennifer, for the Green Team. Each team had to create a dish from different proteins selected by David, with pork for Red, beef for Blue and chicken for Green. Line's Green Team emerges victorious by a margin of seven votes.

Mystery Box 3: The cooks were tasked to bake a four-layered birthday cake. The judges also announced that two cooks will be the winners of the mystery box and will receive an advantage in the upcoming elimination challenge. The best four birthday cakes are Michael's, Christopher's, David's, and Andrew's. Christoper and David were declared as the joint winners of this Mystery Box.

Team Challenge 3: The top ten home cooks had to create canapes and French-inspired dishes for a harbor cruise wedding for the next challenge. Michael and Andrew were the captains of the Red and Blue Team respectively. With the first pick, Michael chose Christopher, Sabrina, Tammy and Jennifer, while Andrew chose David, Cody, Line and Jon. The Red Team emerged as the winner.

Mystery Box 4: Chef Graham Elliot from MasterChef U.S. appeared as a guest judge for this Mystery Box. The theme of this mystery box was small ingredients. The top four dishes are Tammy's, Sabrina's, Jon's, and David's. David is declared as the winner.

Reinstation: Three of the eliminated cooks (Cody, Kevin and Andrew) were called back for a chance to win back a spot in the competition. The three cooks were required to cook egg dishes. Cody won a spot back in the competition.

Mystery Box 5: The contestants were given a mystery box, and the top three dishes were Sabrina's, Line's, and David's. The judges declared Sabrina as the winner.

Team Challenge 4: Line and Cody were team captains of two teams in a "Restaurant Takeover" in Michael Bonacini's restaurant, Canoe in Toronto's Financial District. Line selected Sabrina and Michael, forming the Red Team. Cody selected David and Christopher, forming the Blue Team. After consulting the diners' comments, Cody's Blue Team is declared as the winner.

Mystery Box 6: The Top 5 were visited by members of their families. The protein was chosen by their families. The top three dishes were made by David, Cody, and Line. Line was declared as the winner.

Elimination Test 8: In the Season 2 Top 4 semifinals, the final four remaining semifinalists arrived at Cave Spring Vineyard, an off-site farm and vineyard in the Niagara region of Ontario's rural countryside to cook individually for 18 farmers and the 3 judges. The semifinalist with the best dish will advance straight to the finale, while the semifinalist with the weakest dish will be eliminated and sent home. The remaining two will battle it out in the last pressure test of the season. David will be assigning the main proteins to the contestants including himself. David chooses venison for himself, and gives pickerel to Cody, rabbits to Sabrina and squab to Line. Returning to the kitchen the next morning, David was deemed to have the best dish, advancing to the finale. Despite his excellence in beautiful plating skills and flawlessly nailing the cook on his fish to perfection, Cody's unseasoned dish was deemed to be the weakest, he was eliminated and sent home once again.