All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Letter A

    • July 6, 2013

  • S01E02 Letter B

    • July 13, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter B. Highlights include Levi Roots' beef pepperpot stew and Nigel Slater's spiced bread and butter pudding.

  • S01E03 Letter C

    • July 20, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter C. Highlights include Jamie Oliver's celery, celeriac and pomegranate salad and Raymond Blanc's cafe creme.

  • S01E04 Letter D

    • July 27, 2013

  • S01E05 Letter E

    • August 3, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter E. Tony and Giorgio cook eels and mash and Raymond Blanc shows us how to make Chocolate eclairs.

  • S01E06 Letter F

    • August 24, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter F. The Hairy Bikers cook a focaccia and Nigel Slater cooks roast figs with honey and marsala.

  • S01E07 Letter G

    • August 31, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter G. Lorraine Pascale cooks pan-fried mascarpone gnocchi with dreamy basil pesto and Rachel Khoo makes grapefruit meringue tartlets.

  • S01E08 Letter H

    • September 7, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter H. Tony and Giorgio cook hambone soup and Jamie Oliver shows us how to make a pinenut and honey tart.

  • S01E09 Letter I

    • September 14, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter I.Ching-He Huang cooks her instant noodle soup and Mary Berry makes her lemon meringue ice-cream with fresh lemon balm.

  • S01E10 Letter J

    • September 21, 2013

    John Torode's alphabetical journey through the BBC's culinary archive continues as he reaches the letter J. Highlights featured include Rick Stein cooking pan-fried John Dory, and the Hairy Bikers preparing their own version of jam roly-poly.

  • S01E11 Letter K

    • September 28, 2013

  • S01E12 Letter L

    • October 5, 2013

  • S01E13 Letter M

    • October 12, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter M. Featuring a mozzarella and chilli salad prepared by Jamie Oliver and a mousakka from the Hairy Bikers.

  • S01E14 Letter N

    • October 19, 2013

    John Torode sifts through archive cookery clips linked by the letter N. Featuring Nigel Slater's prawn and noodle soup and Raymond Blanc's greengage nougatine.

  • S01E15 Letter O

    • October 26, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter O. Jamie Oliver cooks baked onions, plus Michel Roux cooks us a pear omlette souffle with salted butter and caramel sauce.

  • S01E16 Letter P

    • November 2, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter P. The Hairy Bikers cook paella and Nigel Slater bakes a plum pudding cake.

  • S01E17 Letter Q

    • November 9, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter Q. Little Paris Kitchen's Rachel Khoo cooks a quiche lorraine and Raymond Blanc prepares quail egg ravioli.

  • S01E18 Letter R

    • November 16, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter R. Nigel Slater cooks ribs while Raymond Blanc shows us how he cooks rice pudding.

  • S01E19 Letter S

    • December 7, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter S. Mary Berry prepares salmon with a fresh sorrel and spinach sauce while Nigel Slater shows his sea salt chocolate snaps.

  • S01E20 Letter T

    • December 29, 2013

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs. This show features recipes and ingredients linked by the letter T. Rachel Khoo cooks trout in a parcel and Raymond Blanc cooks Tarte Tatin.

  • S01E21 Letter U

    • January 11, 2014

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs. This show features recipes and ingredients linked by the letter U, and feature an 'unusual' category, with dishes including Heston Blumenthal's snail porridge and Nigel Slater's black pudding sausage roll.

  • S01E22 Letter V

    • January 18, 2014

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs. This show features recipes and ingredients linked by the letter V. Indian Food Made Easy's Anjum Anand cooks up a vindaloo and Sophie Dahl bakes a victoria sponge.

  • S01E23 Letter W

    • January 25, 2014

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs. This show features recipes and ingredients linked by the letter W. Highlights include Rick Stein's potato and watercress soup and the Hairy Bikers' white chocolate cheesecake.

  • S01E24 Letter X, Y and Z

    • February 1, 2014

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs. This show features recipes and ingredients linked by the letters X, Y and Z. Highlights include Raymond Blanc's exotic fruit ravioli, Levi Root's yams and Lorraine Pascale's zebra cake.

  • S01E25 Christmas Special

    • December 21, 2013

    A Christmas special that sees John Torode digging through the archives and serving up a range of festive recipes from some of the nation's best-loved television chefs, including Fanny Craddock's Christmas cake and Lorraine Pascale's turkey.

  • S01E26 Best Of

    • February 2, 2014

    Having reached the end of his alphabetical search through the cookery archives, John Torode selects some of his favourite moments and recipes from the series.

Season 2

  • S02E08 Shorts : Letter H

    • May 14, 2014

    Masterchef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouth-watering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter H.

  • S02E11 Shorts : Letter K

    • March 20, 2015

    MasterChef's John Torode sifts through the archives and serves up a selection of mouthwatering dishes from some of the nation's favourite television chefs, featuring recipes and ingredients linked by the letter K.