The second set of cooks entered the MasterChef kitchen tonight to produce food fit for a king in their bid to reach the MasherChef quarter-finals on series 10.

Standing in their way are three challenges and two judges – John Tordoe and Gregg Wallace.

The cooks who are cooking for survival on the second day of the series are:

Trina, 41, Mum of three
Stephen, 50, IT Manager
Dani, 29, Deputy Pub Manager
Kate, 27, Customer Services Representative
Greg, 47, Van Salesman

For their first challenge, the contestants were asked to cook their calling card, a practiced dish that represents who they are as a cook. They had just one hour to dazzle the judges with one plate of food that showed just what they can do.

They then faced the infamous invention test, choosing between two sealed boxes of ingredients – one sweet and one savoury. Chef John Torode also takes on this challenge himself, showing the viewers at home just what is possible with the few ingredients. He makes an impressive thyme sables biscuits dessert that would grace any dinner table.

Today’s sweet ingredients are popped rice, coffee granules, eggs, pastry, dark chocolate, walnuts, thyme and beetroot, while the savoury box contains pork tenderloin, steak, parma ham, butternut squash, figs, a lettuce, calvados apple brandy and black-eyed beans.

The amateur cooks had just one hour to prepare a dish good enough to keep them in the competition before two is sent home.

The four remaining cooks faced one more challenge to obtain a place in the quarter-final. They have to cook an impressive menu for some very special guests: 2011 MasterChef champion, Tim Anderson, 2013 champion Natalie Coleman and 2010 finalist Tim Kinnaird.

After the invited guests gave their verdict on the food prepared by the remaining cooks, John and Gregg decided on the two cooks who will take the next step in the competition and go through to the quarter-finals.

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See who managed cooked their way to the next round here.