MasterChef Canada (season 3)

Mystery Box 1: This Mystery Box contained thirteen iconic Canadian ingredients, one from each province and territory. The top three dishes were Shawn's, Mary's, and Veronica's. Shawn was declared as the winner of the Mystery Box.

Team Challenge 1: The cooks were tasked to serve 121 firefighters with a baby pork rib entree, along with two sides and a sauce. Matthew and Michelle were the captains of the Red and Blue Teams respectively. Matthew got to choose all five members of his team before Michelle. He chose Mary, Sean, Jeremy, Vince and Jacqueline to join him, forming the Red Team. This left Michelle with April Lee, Jennifer, Julia, Shawn, Terry and Veronica, forming the Blue Team. With a difference of 20 votes, the Blue Team was declared as the winner of the challenge.

Mystery Box 2: This Mystery Box required the home cooks to work in pairs. The pairs were Mary and Matthew; Jeremy and Jacqueline; Terry and Jennifer; Julia and April Lee; Michelle and Veronica; and Sean and Shawn. The top three dishes were Julia and April Lee's; Jeremy and Jacqueline's; and Terry and Jennifer's. Terry and Jennifer were declared as the winning pair.

Team Challenge 2: For this team challenge, the cooks were tasked to cook a three-course lunch for sixteen fashion elites. Each team had to create one vegetarian, one seafood, and one meat dish for the guests to share. Veronica and Jacqueline were the Red and Blue Team captains respectively. Veronica chose Matthew, Michelle, Julia and April Lee for her Red Team. Jacqueline chose Mary, Jeremy, Shawn and Jennifer for her Blue Team. The judges gave Terry the option to choose which team to join. Terry chose to join Veronica's Red Team. Jacqueline's Blue Team was declared as the winner.

Mystery Box 3: This Mystery Box contained basic ingredients needed to produce a baked dessert and a heart-shaped tin. The top three dishes were Veronica's, Terry's, and Shawn's. The judges declared Veronica to be the winner, and her recipe was also featured in a Becel advertising campaign.

Team Challenge 3: For this three-way team challenge, the cooks arrived at Mississauga's Hansa Haus and had to cook gourmet sausage dishes with a topping and a side for their 250 guests in celebration of Oktoberfest. The team with the most sales was safe from elimination. Shawn, Mary and Terry were the captains of the Red, Blue and Green Teams respectively. Shawn chose pork for his sausages, while Mary chose lamb, leaving Terry with beef. Shawn chose Jeremy and Jacqueline for his Red Team, Mary chose Veronica and Matthew for her Blue Team, while Terry chose April Lee and Jennifer for his Green Team. Terry's Green Team was declared as the winner of the challenge.

Team Challenge 4: The home cooks were split into two teams and were tasked to create a menu of four dishes each using the heads, shoulders, knees and toes of various animals in 90 minutes. In a random draw of selections, the Blue Team consisted of April Lee, Jennifer, Jeremy and Mary, while the Red Team consisted of Matthew, Shawn, Terry and Veronica. There were no team captains in this challenge. The Red Team decided on an Asian themed menu, while the Blue Team created elevated versions of old favourite recipes. The judges decided the Red Team to be the winner of this team challenge.

Mystery Box 4: Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield was a special guest for this Mystery Box Challenge. This Mystery Box involved the cooks to create one dish using space food in 45 minutes. The top three dishes belonged to Matthew, Veronica, and Mary. Matthew was declared to have the best dish.

Team Challenge 5: The top six home cooks took part in the annual restaurant takeover in Eric Chong's restaurant located in Toronto's Chinatown: R&D, co-founded with MasterChef Canada judge Alvin Leung. The guests consisted of MasterChef Canada alumni, including season two winner David Jorge. Mary led the Red Team with Veronica and April Lee, while Jeremy led the Blue Team with Matthew and Shawn. The judges decided that the women on the Red Team have performed better overall.

Mystery Box 5: The home cooks were tasked to create a dish containing a protein, vegetables and a purée. The top three dishes were Veronica's, Matthew's, and Mary's. Matthew is declared as the winner.

Individual Challenge: The final four remaining cooks were surprised in the kitchen by their families, who also joined them for a trip to Toronto's St. Lawrence Market. The cook with the best dish will automatically be advanced straight to the top three semifinals, leaving the remaining cooks to battle it out in a replication pressure test where one cook will be eliminated. The judges decide that Mary's dish was the best of the challenge.

Mystery Box 6: In the Season 3 Top 3 semifinals, the final 3 remaining semifinalists were tasked to prepare sixteen individual plates of an entrée for the 3 judges and thirteen of Canada's most influential professional chefs/restaurateurs in 90 minutes. The ingredients were the exact same Canadian ingredients from the first Mystery Box challenge in this season. The winner of the challenge will advance straight to the finale, while the remaining two semifinalists will go head to head in the final replication pressure test of the season. Mary was declared as the winner of the challenge, winning her a spot in the finale.