Eighth Home Cook of Season 5 Exits the MASTERCHEF CANADA Kitchen on CTV

– Vancouver, B.C.'s, Kaegan Donnelly is the eighth home cook eliminated from the competition –
– Previously eliminated in Episode 3, Kaegan rejoined the home cooks after emerging as the MASTERCHEF CANADA: REDEMPTION winner –
– The pressure intensifies in an all-new episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA as former winners drop by for a surprise visit, Tuesday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET /  8 p.m. MT on CTV and CTV GO –

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TORONTO, May 29, 2018 /CNW/ - The competition continues to boil as esteemed MASTERCHEF CANADA judges Michael Bonacini, Claudio Aprile, and Alvin Leung revealed that Kaegan Donnelly, a software sales representative from Vancouver, B.C., is the next home cook eliminated from the competition. Tonight's episode marked the second time Keagan was eliminated from the MASTERCHEF CANADA Kitchen after rejoining the home cooks as the MASTERCHEF CANADA: REDEMPTION winner. With five home cooks remaining in the competition, MASTERCHEF CANADA returns Tuesday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. MT on CTV and CTV GO.

Tonight's episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA saw the Top 6 home cooks take on a daunting Restaurant Takeover Team Challenge at MASTERCHEF CANADA judge Claudio Aprile's downtown Toronto restaurant, Copetin. The home cooks were asked to team up and prepare two technically demanding appetizers and two entrées for a restaurant full of discerning dinner guests.

In the next all-new episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" (Tuesday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. MT on CTV and CTV GO), the remaining home cooks must reimagine and rework their signature ingredient from their MASTERCHEF CANADA audition. The pressure of the competition intensifies as former MASTERCHEF CANADA winners drop by for a surprise visit, and the judges announce that a double elimination will lead to the Top 3 being determined.

The remaining Top 5 home cooks vying for the title of MASTERCHEF CANADA and the $100,000 cash prize are:

• Eugene Cheng, Financial Advisor and Rowing Coach from Vancouver, B.C.
• Michael Griffiths, Mathematician from Richmond Hill, Ont.
• Andy Hay, Small Business Owner from Dartmouth,
• Nadia Rehman, Account Executive from Markham, Ont.
• Beccy Stables, Tile Setter Assistant from Sherwood Park, Alta.

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Jessica Charbonneau, CTV Networks, 416.333.1612 or [email protected]; Marin Pollock, CTV Networks, 416.384.2989 or [email protected]