WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

[EDITOR'S NOTE: An audio description (AD) for tonight's episode of MASTERCHEF is available on the SAP Audio Channel.]

**TWO-HOUR EPISODE** - "MASTERCHEF" - (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) CC-AD-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

COOKING UP COMPETITION WITH BASKETS OF DRAMA & THE CRITICS' CHOICE ON AN ALL-NEW "MASTERCHEF" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ON FOX

Chef Richard Blais is Special Culinary Guest Judge

The five remaining contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Richard Blais - chef, restaurateur and cookbook author - who reveals the seventh Mystery Box challenge. The winner will avoid competing in the elimination challenge and the remaining contestants are given five minutes to shop for a basket full of twenty ingredients. With an unexpected twist in the competition, one is eliminated. Then, the four remaining contestants are given 90 minutes to prepare either a halibut or duck entrée for VIP food critics in the Studio Box challenge. The winning team will be exempt from the elimination challenge and the losing team will face the Pressure Test to recreate three pork dishes. Find out which contestants prove they have what it takes to be in the finale in the all-new, two-hour "Family Drama/Critics Choice" episode of MASTERCHEF airing Wednesday, Sept. 7 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (MCH-716/17) (TV-14 L)

Host/Judge: Gordon Ramsay

Judge: Christina Tosi