After cooking their way through the heats, the quarter-finals and this week’s knockout round, the eight remaining cooks – Robert, Luke, Angela, Dani, Jack, Michael, Ping and David – discovered who has made it through to the semi-finals of Masterchef 2014.

After their experiences of cooking in a professional kitchen over the past couple of days, the eight cooks had one more meal to prepare today before knowing their fate.

They had to cook a superb show-stopper dish to wow the judges – Gregg Wallace and Johan Torode – to secure their semi-final place for the final two weeks of the competition.

They were given one and a half hours to create their masterpiece.

After cooking their hearts out and presenting their food to the judges, it was time for the judges to deliberate on what they had seen and tasted. When the verdict came in, it was Dani and David that fell at the hurdle. Robert, Luke, Angela, Jack, Michael and Ping booked their place in the Masterchef 2014 semi-finals.