Sveriges Mästerkock

Season premiere. The audition tour starts in Stocholm, where passionate chefs have gathered to have a shot at a new carrier. Among the competitors is Paul, who loves to frie, and Catarina who seeks revensch. The question is just who will impress the judges enough to qualify further.

The hunt for swedens best amateur chef continues south in Gothenburg and Helsingborg. The jury is served impressive dishes and amongst the competitors is an ambulance-nurse, a construction-worker and a tailor, who all dreams of a new career.

The jury's 40 favorites from the audition shall now compete in the final qualifying in Gävle. They're facing three hard challenges where creativity and speed is of essence when egg, sauce and a swedish classic is on the menu. The pressure is huge when the jury has to settle for the top 25 competitors.

The 25 remaining amateur chefs is faced with a final challenge - to cook a chicken dish of their choice. A task many appreciate, but it's important not to be too confident when the time goes quickly and the difference lies in the small details. Then it's time for the jury to appoint the twelve finalists.

Twelve amateur chefs steps into the kitchen and now the competition really starts. In the first assignment, they are to present themselves on the plate, but the judges has a surprise that can cause trouble. The ones who can't convince the jury is facing elimination where they're making pasta.

The competitors are facing new challenges and in the first they're to create a dish out of yesterdays leftovers. The creativity is flowing for some of the competitors, while others struggle. The ones not convincing the jury are facing elimination where they'll be copying a dish that Leif Mannerström has cooked.

It's time for a team-competition located at a brewery where the teams will create two dishes where beer sets the tone. The losing team is facing elimination, where time is put against the number of ingredients of choice, as each ingredient gives a time-penalty.

The competitors makes three different tacos. Time's short and everyone is stressed until the end to finish with the details. The ones not meeting the jurys criteria are facing elimination where they're given a mystery box. Every single ingredient in the box should be used to create one dish. If you fail, you're out.

It's time for yet another team competition and this time, at a luxury restaurant in Stockholm. The theme is white and the contenders shall create a starter and a main course for well known and picky guests. The loosing team is facing elimination where they'll create a dessert based on citrus.

Renée Voltaire, pionere in the swedish vegetarian kitchen, is guesting the participants, and their challenge is to create a vegetarian dish. It appears to be a hard challenge and the ones who doesn't succeed is facing elimination. There, the challenge is to create a dish with a distinct coffee-flavour.

Markus Aurally shows the amateur chefs how to create a dish based on dove, and their challenge is to recreate his dish. The best submission get to choose the main ingredient for the competitors in the elimination round, where intestines is on the menu. One failure leads to a tearful goodbye.