Multi-Michelin star Chef Gordon Ramsay, award-winning chef Aarón Sánchez, and restaurateur Joe Bastianich invite celebrities and their family members into the MASTERCHEF kitchen, where they'll show off their culinary skills in exciting challenges for charity. Olympic Figure Skating Broadcast Team Johnny Weir, cooking with his brother, Boz, for Alzout will go head-to-head with Tara Lipinski and her husband, Todd, in a fish dish showdown to compete for the Boys & Girls Club. Then, in a reality TV Blind Taste Test, four epic personalities duke it out to replicate one of Joe Bastianich's dishes from taste alone. The reality television personality stars Lisa Vanderpump and her daughter, Pandora, compete for their very own Vanderpump Dogs, while "Jersey Shore's" Snooki cooks with her co-star, JWoww, for Kulture City.

Thirty-six home cooks arrive with the intent of being placed in the Top 20, but the contestants must pass the audition rounds and impress the judges to earn the coveted apron; the contestants hope to earn a valuable "Judges' Pass."