In this heat, the last group of seven amateur cooks try to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to be the 2018 MasterChef Champion. This year sees the return of the MasterChef Market, stocked full of the best quality produce from across the world including meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts, pulses, grains and dairy. The featured ingredients include lamb lion, chicken thighs, scallops, salmon fillets and prawns. The stakes are high in this round and it is important to choose wisely because after tasting all seven dishes, John and Gregg will decide which four cooks are good enough to stay, while three cooks will be sent straight home. The four remaining cooks now have to cook an impressive menu for MasterChef champion Ping Coombes and 2011 finalists, Tom Whittaker and Jackie Kearney. John and Gregg then decide who has what it takes to go through to Friday's quarter-final.