Top 19 Revealed was the final audition episode of Season 4.
Summary[]
In the beginning of the episode, Howard, with his peach cobbler, and Jonny, with his lobster crackerjack, gain the white apron. For the next stage of the competition, the remaining contestants are asked to prepare a meal in an hour using various cuts of lamb at their choice. Once there are fifteen minutes left, Joe starts to take off some aprons due to many mistakes (namely those of Gabriella, James Ladd, and Brian Baum). At the end of time, all but 8 contestants are divided into 2 groups. One group is eliminated while the other group consisting of Adriana, Bethy, Bime, Eddie, Howard, James, Jessie, Jordan, Kathy, Krissi, Lynn, Natasha, Sasha and Savannah advances straight to the MasterChef kitchen. After that, the remaining 8 contestants: Beth, Bri, Brian Kohler, Jonny, Luca, Malcolm, Nanci and Seymira, will have their dishes tasted in order to decide who is advancing into the next stage. Malcolm and Seymira was the first pair called forward. Malcolm's lamb trio of sausage, rib and loin salad was deemed delicious, but Graham thought each part of the dish isn't perfect and can be improved. Seymira's cotes d'agneau chermoula with casablanca cousous was deemed a little bland and underseasoned. In the end, Malcolm advanced over Seymira. The next pair to face the judges is Brian Kohler and Jonny. Jonny's lamb rangoon with Tzatziki coleslaw was deemed delicious, though a little simple, while Brian's southwest liver and onions with cactus salad was heavily criticized for its presentation by Gordon (Brian still believed that the dish was the most beautiful dish he had plated and that he would advance over Jonny, but Gordon said the plating looked like Brian had "murdered" the lamb "splat splat splat"). The judges then advanced Jonny, and sent Brian home. Nanci and Bri (a claimed vegetarian) were up next. Nanci's lamb chop with red pepper and artichoke was deemed to taste good, but Joe thought her sauce was too garlicky while Graham commented her puree was grainy. Bri's four seasons lamb was deemed to have an intelligent plating despite having never cooked lamb before, but Gordon told her that "less is more" and rather see her focusing cooking the lamb one way. In the end, it was Bri who was advanced by the judges. Lastly, the pair remaining is Beth and Luca. Luca's lamb loin roulade stuffed with sweetbread, endive and goat sweet was called out for its strange concept with Joe and Gordon saying he's playing a very risky idea, though his lamb was cooked well nonetheless. Beth's lavender hay roasted loin with fried sweetbreads and celeric puree was deemed delicious with only minor flaws in her techniques. Gordon said it was a very difficult decision as he believed both Beth and Luca to be very talented home cooks that could go far in the competition. Gordon then announced that Beth will be the next home cook to advance into the next stage of the competition, leaving Luca in tears in the belief that he will be send home once again. However, Gordon declared that Luca will also be going into the Masterchef kitchen, bringing the total of competitors to 19. Thus, Adriana, Beth, Bethy, Bime, Bri, Eddie, Howard, James, Jessie, Jonny, Jordan, Kathy, Krissi, Luca, Lynn, Malcolm, Natasha, Sasha, and Savannah advanced to the top 19 and made it into the Masterchef kitchen
20th contestant[]
The 20th contestant appears in the upper right corner wearing a black shirt and black armbands
The 20th contestant above Kathy
The 20th contestant between Luca and Krissi
The 20th contestant between Bethy and Kathy
- A 20th contestant can be seen in the winner's group. This contestant's name is unknown, but he can be seen cheering for Luca when he joins the group at the end of the episode. The 20th contestant is presumed to have left the competition before the competition in the MasterChef kitchen began