MasterChef UK, the highly popular BBC TV cooking show, has been running in its current format since 2005. In three different competitions a year - the main MasterChef series, MasterChef: the Professionals, and Celebrity MasterChef - home cooks, restaurant chefs and celebrities battle it out to impress John Torode, Greg Wallace, Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti. As the contestants progress through the gruelling competition, their technique, innovation, ambition and tenacity are tested to the full - and their cooking is raised to levels of which they had never dreamed.