MasterChef Canada (season 3)

The third season of ''MasterChef Canada'' originally aired on February 14, 2016 and concluded on June 19. Open casting call audition tryouts were held in mid-summer 2015. Filming began in early September of 2015 and wrapped up in November 2015. Torontonian Mary Berg won this season to become the first female winner of MasterChef Canada. Following her victory, Berg pursued her passion for food through catering, confections, recipe development and as a cooking expert on CTV's ''Your Morning'', '' The Social'', and ''The Marilyn Denis Show''. Berg also guest starred in episodes of seasons four, five and seven. She has since hosted her own original cooking television shows, ''Mary's Kitchen Crush'' (2019-2020) and '' Mary Makes It Easy'' (2021–present) for CTV and CTV Life Channel. Berg also hosts ''The Good Stuff with Mary Berg'', a daytime talk show on CTV.

This season's competition featured only 14 contestants as opposed to the previous 2 season's 16 competitors. The audition format was changed, requiring the contestants to receive an affirmative thumbs-up from all three judges unanimously to instantly earn a spot in the competition, while others that received less than three "yes" votes had to compete in a second chance battle. This is also the last season in which the finale format had the finalists join the judges in the private dining room at the end of each cook-off round for the tasting and critiques of their dishes.

Runner-up Jeremy Senaris and April Lee Baker, who finished in fifth place, both returned to Season 7's ''MasterChef Canada: Back to Win''. April Lee withdrew from the competition in 11th place while Jeremy came in 6th place.

Top 14

Elimination table

: (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
: (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
: (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge'', ''Pressure Test'' or ''Elimination Test).
: (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was directly advanced to the next round.
: (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the Mystery Box Challenge, but did not win, or received considerable praise during an Elimination Test.
: (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge or did not win the individual challenge, but won the Pressure Test.
: (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
: (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a team challenge.
: (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
: (IMM) The cook was selected by Mystery Box Challenge winner and did not have to compete in the Elimination Test.
: (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
: (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, but was exempted from the Pressure Test
: (RET) The cook was eliminated but come back to compete to return to the competition.
: (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge or pressure test advanced.
: (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and they advanced.
: (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes

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2016 Canadian television seasons