Episode 17

Semi-finals week continues as Gregg Wallace, Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing search for this year's MasterChef: The Professionals champion. The first three semi-finalists are sent to work alongside former professional golfer and self-taught chef James Close, whose County Durham restaurant was the only new restaurant in the UK to be awarded two Michelin stars in 2017. The chefs' first challenge is to each take responsibility for one dish from the tasting menu, delivering complex two-star standard dishes during a packed lunchtime service. James then sets the chefs the task of recreating one of his signature dishes - a seasonal salad of up to 50 ingredients. Finally, the inspired chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen, where they face the challenge of cooking their own dishes for a two-course menu which Marcus, Monica and Gregg will taste.