MasterChef Australia

1. Sydney Sizzles

Air Date: 2009-04-27

The auditions begin!

2. Audition 2

Air Date: 2009-04-28

Brisbane and Perth Deliver.

3. Audition 3

Air Date: 2009-04-29

Melbourne

4. Top 50 (1) - Taste Test

Air Date: 2009-04-30

In the first ever Masterchef Australia elimination challenge, 12 contestants fighting for their place in the competition choose from a large variety of fresh ingredients and have just 45 minutes to be as creative as possible to impress the judges.

5. Top 50 (2) - Fish Market Frenzy

Air Date: 2009-05-01

Two seafood dishes in two hours is the elimination challenge

6. The Top 20 Revealed

Air Date: 2009-05-03

The mystery box challenge gives the judges all the clues they need. Top 20 Revealed

7. 20 Ways with Chicken

Air Date: 2009-05-04

The contestants cook up a storm in the new MasterChef kitchen. Top 20 Cooking Challenge

8. Sam And The Sausage

Air Date: 2009-05-05

Celebrity Chef Challenge 1 - Manu Feildel

9. Sushi Stress

Air Date: 2009-05-06

Sushi Restaurant Team Challenge

10. The First Cut

Air Date: 2009-05-07

Team Elimination - Having lost the challenge, the blue team contemplated who to eliminate

11. Cooking With The Masters

Air Date: 2009-05-08

Masterclass 1 - Cooking with the masters - Lamb Rack with Pomme Puree, Pain Perdu with Chocolate Mousse.

12. Rabbit Season

Air Date: 2009-05-10

Invention Test 1 - Italian theme

13. The Tarte Tatin Test

Air Date: 2009-05-11

Pressure Test Elimination - Julie, Aaron and Linda landed in the Bottom 3 for their disasters in the invention test.

14. Brent vs Boetz

Air Date: 2009-05-12

Celebrity Chef Challenge 2 - Martin Boetz

15. Banquet Wars

Air Date: 2009-05-13

The teams each prepare a feast for guest judge, Curtis Stone.

16. A Blow for Brent

Air Date: 2009-05-14

Team Elimination - The Blue Team, headed by Brent, faced elimination

17. Class Is In

Air Date: 2009-05-15

Masterclass 2 - Class is in - Poached Egg Salad with Tomato Tea (consume), Roast Saddle of Rabbit with White Bean Puree.

18. Julia's Divine Dumplings

Air Date: 2009-05-17

Invention Test 2 - Chinese theme

19. Attack of the Killer Squid

Air Date: 2009-05-18

Pressure Test Elimination - Michelle, Sam and Kate had to cook squid in their challenge.

20. Julia and the Duck

Air Date: 2009-05-19

The MasterChef contestant takes on the celebrity chef at his own game.

21. Aisle Panic

Air Date: 2009-05-20

A three course meal for three food critics has the contestants in a tizz.

22. An Emotional Elimination

Air Date: 2009-05-21

The blue team’s decision leaves more than one contestant upset.

23. Soufflés and Stir-fries

Air Date: 2009-05-22

Masterclass 3 - Soufflés and stir-fries - Chilli and Fennel Squid, Chinese Mushroom Stir-fry with Tofu, Chocolate and Jaffa Soufflé

24. The Steaks are Raised

Air Date: 2009-05-24

The contestants impress the judges with their challenge efforts.

25. Sweet Success

Air Date: 2009-05-25

Celebrity Chef Challenge 4 - Alex Herbert

26. Chris vs Alex Herbert

Air Date: 2009-05-26

Celebrity Chef Challenge 4 - Alex Herbert

27. Feeding Frenzy

Air Date: 2009-05-27

The teams race to feed the hungry hordes.

28. Kate's Tough Decision

Air Date: 2009-05-28

The team captain has the final say as to who should go.

29. The Perfect Chip

Air Date: 2009-05-29

Masterclass 4 - The perfect chip - Snapper in a Bag and Chunky Chips, Risotto with Pumpkin and Goat’s Cheese, Rib Eye Steak with Red Wine Sauce and Spinach

30. Best of British

Air Date: 2009-05-31

John Torode from the UK MasterChef rates the contestants.

31. Paella Pain

Air Date: 2009-06-01

Pressure Test Elimination - Aaron, Sandra and Julie faced elimination and had to make paella.

32. Justine vs Guy Grossi

Air Date: 2009-06-02

Celebrity Chef Challenge 5 - Guy Grossi

33. Fishy Business

Air Date: 2009-06-03

Fresh Seafood Team Challenge

34. The Great Bait Debate

Air Date: 2009-06-04

The blue team decides whether to send their captain home.

35. Lemon Goodness

Air Date: 2009-06-05

Masterclass 5 - Lemon Goodness - Lobster Bisque, Tuscan Vegetable Soup, Roast Chicken with Buttery Potatoes, Lemon Diva cupcakes.

36. Double Trouble

Air Date: 2009-06-07

Invention Test 5

37. Not So Sweet

Air Date: 2009-06-08

Pressure Test Elimination - Tom, Poh, Chris and Julie had to make Croquembouche.

38. Lucas vs Ben O’Donoghue

Air Date: 2009-06-09

Celebrity Chef Challenge 6 with Ben O'Donoghue

39. Canape Frenzy

Air Date: 2009-06-10

Martini Club Team Challenge

40. And Then There Were Seven

Air Date: 2009-06-11

The blue team say goodbye to another contestant.

41. Sweet Treats

Air Date: 2009-06-12

Masterclass 6 - Sweet treats - Fetta Blini with Smoked Beetroot, John Dory on the Bone with Vvegetables, Coffee éclairs with Vanilla Cream Filling

42. Hits and Misses

Air Date: 2009-06-14

Invention Test 6 - Two course meal

43. Terrine Trauma

Air Date: 2009-06-15

Pressure Test Elimination - Geni, Poh and Andre were in the bottom three and had to make salmon terrine.

44. Justine vs Matt Moran

Air Date: 2009-06-16

Celebrity Chef Challenge 7 - Matt Moran

45. Here Comes the Bride

Air Date: 2009-06-17

The contestants cater a wedding on water.

46. Grain Pain

Air Date: 2009-06-18

Taste Test Elimination - Poh and Sam named ingredients in a pot of minestrone.

47. Cocktail Hour

Air Date: 2009-06-19

Masterclass 7 - Cocktail hour - Kingfish Skewers with Zucchini Salad, Piña Colada, Prawn Saganaki, Raspberry Tart

48. Hello Hong Kong!

Air Date: 2009-06-21

Hong Kong - Arrival/Dim Sum Challenge

49. Old Faces Return

Air Date: 2009-06-22

Hong Kong - High Tea/Rainbow Fish Challenge

50. Truffletastic!

Air Date: 2009-06-23

Celebrity Chef Challenge 8 - Tam Kin Pak

51. Battle of the Sexes

Air Date: 2009-06-24

Hong Kong - Mystery Steamer Challenge and Super Challengee.

52. Sweet and Sour

Air Date: 2009-06-25

Pressure Test Elimination - Justine and Julie landed in the bottom 2 and had to make a sweet and sour duck stir fry

53. Show and Tell

Air Date: 2009-06-26

Masterclass 8 - Fried Rice, Hot Salami Pizza, Seared Scallops with Braised Pork Belly, Lemon and Date Scones

54. Love is in the Air

Air Date: 2009-06-28

Invention Test 7 - Three course meal, 'Romance' theme

55. Vision Quest

Air Date: 2009-06-29

The contestants cook their dream menu for the judges.

56. Andre vs Emmanuel Stroobant

Air Date: 2009-06-30

Celebrity Chef Challenge 9 - Emmanuel Stroobant

57. All at Sea

Air Date: 2009-07-01

HMAS Kanimbla Challenge - Poh, Justine and Tom returned to the competition

58. Thyme Out

Air Date: 2009-07-02

Taste Test Elimination - Tom and Sam had to guess ingredients

59. Shanks and Soufflés

Air Date: 2009-07-03

Masterclass 9 - Crepes Suzette, Twice Baked Cheese Souffle, Braised Lamb Shanks, Open Beef Kofta

60. Christmas in July

Air Date: 2009-07-05

The contestants deliver some festive cheer.

61. Macaroon Madness

Air Date: 2009-07-06

Pressure Test Elimination - Sam, Poh, Chris and Andre had to cook a combination of panna cotta, passionfruit emulsion ("passionfruit slick") and filled macaroon biscuits.

62. Julie vs Adrian Richardson

Air Date: 2009-07-07

Celebrity Chef Challenge 10 - Adrian Richardson

63. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Air Date: 2009-07-08

Matt Preston's Formal Dinner Challenge - The contestants had to cook for a dinner party hosted by Matt Preston for four leaders of the Australian food industry, Armando Percuoco, Margaret Fulton, Jacques Reymond and Cheong Liew. The five of them assessed the contestants' dishes, with the two worst performers being nominated for elimination

64. Taste Test

Air Date: 2009-07-09

Taste Test Elimination - Andre and Chris, had to guess ingredients in a pot of Sri Lankan curry

65. Winter Warmers

Air Date: 2009-07-10

Master Class 10 - Pork and Fennel Sausages with Baked Beans, Roast Salmon and Artichokes with Red Wine Sauce, Chocolate Cigar with Sabayon

66. Finals Fever

Air Date: 2009-07-12

Invention Test 9 - In the first challenge of the Finals Week, the contestants were asked to cook a meal under ten dollars using ingredients bought from the pantry that was converted into a supermarket

67. Pie Wars

Air Date: 2009-07-13

Elimination Challenge 1 - The contestants had to make two pies - one sweet and one savoury, making their own pastry.

68. Poh's Advantage

Air Date: 2009-07-14

Elimination Challenge 2 - As Poh had won the pie challenge she designated Malaysian as the theme and picked coconut cream and ling fish for the core ingredients. The contestants had 90 minutes to make two courses.

69. No Piece of Cake

Air Date: 2009-07-15

Elimination Challenge 3 - The third elimination challenge emulated the pressure test challenge where the contestants had to make a several layered 'Chocolate Mousse' cake.

70. And Then There Were Two

Air Date: 2009-07-16

Elimination Challenge 4 - The final elimination round before the final saw the contestants cooking the dishes they would include in self-authored recipe books with cookbook writer Donna Hay acting as the guest judge

71. The Tables Are Turned

Air Date: 2009-07-17

Masterclass Reunion - The Top 20 contestants were reunited in the final Masterclass and revealed what they have been up to since leaving the show. Poh and Julie also challenged George and Gary to a Mystery Box Challenge.

72. The Grand Finale

Air Date: 2009-07-19

Finale Night - Poh and Julie competed against each other in three rounds consisting of a Taste Test, an Invention Test and a Pressure Test. Points would be earned for each test, with the winner decided based on the final tally after the three tests.

1. Top 50 Begins - BBQ Challenge

Air Date: 2010-04-19

The top 50 began with a barbecue challenge, with the freedom to cook whatever they wanted. The 10 worst performers were sent into a pavlova pressure test led by Donna Hay. The 5 contestants who produced the worst pavlovas were eliminated from the competition.

2. Signature Dish

Air Date: 2010-04-20

The remaining contestants were asked to prepare their signature dish. In a first for MasterChef Australia the contestants did the judging, with the men voting for their favourite dish from the women, and vice versa. The top 7 vote-getters (4 women, 3 men) were then put into a beef wellington pressure test, with the best man and woman progressing directly to the top 24. The winners, Claire and Jimmy, were the first pair to advance to the Top 24.

3. Bottom 10 Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-04-21

The 10 contestants who performed worst in Tuesday's signature dish challenge were split into 5 groups of 2 and given 7 hours to drive out to local farms, collect fresh produce, and return to the MasterChef kitchen to prepare a main and a dessert. One contestant, Andrea, found the challenge difficult, and realised that MasterChef was not for her; her withdrawal from the competition forced her partner in the challenge, Philip, to prepare both dishes on his own. Despite this setback, he and 4 others kept their spots in the competition, while 5 contestants were eliminated.

4. 10 More Spots with Matt Moran

Air Date: 2010-04-22

With 10 spots in the Top 24 on the line, the remaining contestants competed in a mise en place challenge. The challenge had 4 stages, with the worst performers in each stage removed by Gary and George. The first stage involved separating egg yolks and whites. The second asked the contestants to julienne carrots. In the third, the first 10 contestants to shuck 12 oysters satisfactorily moved onto the final stage, wherein Marion, Adele, Courtney and Daniel successfully cut 6 fillets of salmon weighing between 170g and 190g first, gaining their places in the Top 24. Following the mise en place challenge, the remaining contestants had to follow a recipe from Matt Moran, with poor performers gradually eliminated in stages. 10 contestants had their dishes tasted, with Jonathan, Peter, Aaron, Adam, Kate B. and Philip impressing the judges the most, winning their spots in the Top 24.

5. Masterclass 1

Air Date: 2010-04-23

The six contestants who won Top 24 spots cooking against Matt Moran are treated to a Masterclass with him in ARIA’s kitchen. Matt shows them how to make seafood canapés. The other contestants learn how to cook a dish of baby vegetables and techniques for grilling meat by George and Gary. George also makes a raspberry dessert with jelly, granita and champagne.

6. The Top 24 - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2010-04-25

After a mystery box challenge, 4 contestants will be through to the Top 24, and 4 will be sent home. The contestants cook a Neil Perry fish dish in a pressure test and Neil also judges the dishes.

7. Childhood Memory Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-04-26

The Top 24 arrived at the MasterChef house and then headed to the MasterChef kitchen. The contestants had 90 minutes to create a dish that was a childhood memory for them. The winner will now cook off against a celebrity chef and if they win, will be given an immunity prize, which can be uses to escape an elimination if need be.

8. Chef Challenge - Luke Nguyen

Air Date: 2010-04-27

Luke Nguyen

9. Italian Restaurant Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-04-28

The off site team challenge, to take over the running of two Italian restaurants, saw the Red Team conquer despite having a simpler menu. From the Blue Team, Jonathan and Devon were selected by the judges as the two worst performers and were up for elimination. Sarah withdrew from the competition to return to her family.

10. Eggy Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-04-29

As the Red Team enjoyed their reward: lunch and a mini MasterClass with Luke Mangan, Jonathan and Devon faced off in the Elimination Challenge; a best of three challenge with the theme: eggs. Jonathan won the first round; to correctly name different birds' eggs. The next round Jonathan and Devon raced to be the first to beat egg whites to stiff peaks.

11. Masterclass 2

Air Date: 2010-04-30

The judges share their own food memories in this week's MasterClass. A good old English Sunday Roast was Gary's dish of the day while George cooked up lasagne with a twist.

12. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-05-02

Japanese theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants making the "perfect burger", with only five selected to taste by the judges. Marion won the challenge and picked tuna as the core ingredient for the Invention Test. With a Japanese theme, Adam was favourite to win the challenge but it was Callum who triumphed.

13. Pressure Test - Peter Gilmore

Air Date: 2010-05-03

Carrie, Kate and Fiona faced off in the Pressure Test after cooking the three least impressive dishes in the Invention Test. They were asked to replicate a chicken dish from chef Peter Gilmore. Fiona had a slow start but she finished strongly and cooked the chicken perfectly but her dish lacked detail. Despite a strong start, Kate failed to read her recipe thoroughly, she wrapped up her chicken too much that it didn't cook properly and she ended up serving the judges raw chicken although her vegetables were perfectly cooked. Carrie struggled through the whole challenge, she cooked the chicken perfectly but all the flavour leaked out in the water bath because she left a hole in her chicken's skin and her vegetables were undercooked.

14. Chef Challenge - Philippa Sibley

Air Date: 2010-05-04

This dessert is no piece of cake

15. Kids Birthday Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-05

In an unprecedented twist, Callum as winner of the weeks Invention Test was granted the power to pick his entire team first. The off site challenge was to put on a children's birthday party for 150 people, who would vote for their favourite dish. The Blue Team proved to have too great an advantage and won easily.

16. Fix That Dish Elimination

Air Date: 2010-05-06

As the Blue Team enjoyed their reward at Sails on Lavender Bay with Nathan Darling, Jonathan and Adele faced off in a "fix the dish" challenge. They had to fix a poorly made dish (a bolognese sauce) in ten steps, each step adding their choice of a range of ingredients.

17. Masterclass 3

Air Date: 2010-05-07

Shaun Presland shows how simple Japanese is.

18. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-05-09

Indian theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants choosing between a main and a dessert, with Skye's Crispy Duck winning her the challenge and picking goat as key ingredient in the Invention Test. Jimmy was the favourite to win but in the end it was Jonathan whose invention impressed the judges the most.

19. Black Forest Cake Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-05-10

Dominic, Joanne and Matthew faced off in the Pressure Test; to make a black forest cake. Joanne was able to put off a shaky start and finish strongly, leaving the judges to pick the least impressive of the two men. Dominic's cake only had three layers instead of the five in the recipe, while Matthew left a cherry pit in his cake.

20. Chef Challenge - Justin North

Air Date: 2010-05-11

21. Classic French Meal Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-12

The two teams were tasked with preparing a Classic French 3-course meal for Matt Preston, Tetsuya Wakuda and Guillaume Brahimi. Michel Roux mentored the Red Team, Tony Bilson mentored the Blue Team.

22. Name That Herg Elimination

Air Date: 2010-05-13

While the Blue Team enjoyed their lunch with Giovanni Pilu, the Red Team faced off in a two-round Elimination challenge. The first challenge was to make a traditional Genovese Pesto completely by hand in ten minutes, from which, only Marion's was of an acceptable quality, with Sharnee, Courtney and Daniel as the worst of the rest. Those three then competed in the second round of the challenge: naming herbs.

23. Masterclass 4

Air Date: 2010-05-14

The judges serve up duck two ways and invite guest chef Kumar Mahadevan to cook a spicy prawn curry. Justin North also helps the contestants make crackling pork.

24. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-05-16

"Around the world" theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants tackle a complex range of ingredients and a time of just 25 minutes. Peter took out the challenge and was given a significant advantage in the Invention Test, which for the first time would see the contestants competing in trios. Peter was given the power to not only pick the core ingredient for each country's cuisine, but also to pick the members of each team.

25. Schnitzel & Chips Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-05-17

Alvin, Daniel and Fiona faced off in the Pressure Test; to recreate a Pork Schnitzel with chips and coleslaw with no recipe to follow. While each contestant cooked the correct meat, Daniel and Fiona were under the impression that they were cooking veal. Aside from that, each dish had its shortcomings: Alvin failed to flatten his meat and it was undercooked, Daniel's meat was overcooked and he used shop-bought mayonnaise in his coleslaw, and Fiona used packaged breadcrumbs instead of fresh.

26. Chef Challenge - Restaurant Arras

Air Date: 2010-05-18

Team "Restaurant Arras" (Adam Humphrey, Lovaine Allen, Aaron Eady) face off against Aaron, Joanne and Matthew.

27. Normal Family Meal Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-19

The two teams were tasked with preparing a 3 course meal for a normal family and judges Matt Preston and Curtis Stone, on a tight budget and time limit. In the end, the families rated each team equally and the judges could not agree on a winner, so the challenge was ruled a tie. Therefore, a bottom 2 was selected from each team,

28. Bouillabaisse Taste Test Elimination

Air Date: 2010-05-20

As the Blue Team and Red Team enjoyed their lunch at Sailor's Thai, the four contestants were asked to name the ingredients of a traditional Bouillabaisse in a taste test Elimination Challenge. Over half of the ingredients had been correctly named when a contestant incorrectly guessed "white wine" and was eliminated.

29. Masterclass 5

Air Date: 2010-05-21

Gary cooked braised BBQ’d ribs with homemade sauce and George offered up a Waldorf salad. Guest chef Peter Kuravita from Sydney restaurant Flying Fish, showed the contestants two completely different bug dishes– one with an accompanying shaved fennel and edamame salad and a main dish featuring a spicy ginger and chilli sauce.

30. Pizza Over Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-23

"Modern Australia" theme. There was no Mystery Box challenge this week, instead the contestants faced a pizza making challenge. Fiona was the victor and picked tropical fruit as the Invention Test's core ingredient. Many struggled with this sweet choice, while Marion's risky recipe paid off and she was declared the winner.

31. Duck Two Ways Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-05-24

Their task was to recreate a dish by Australian food icon, Stephanie Alexander, a confit duck-neck sausage with grilled duck breast in sour cherry sauce, potato crisps and buttered spinach. Peter, being from Melbourne, was able to source ingredients from Queen Victoria Market quickly and make his way to the Langham Hotel first, followed by Carrie and then Jimmy. In the end, each dish had its problems: Peter's sauce was too floury, Carrie's sauce was too thin, her sausage grainy and she failed to plate up the spinach, and Jimmy's spinach was gritty and his duck breast overcooked.

32. Chef Challenge - Frank Camorra

Air Date: 2010-05-25

33. The Press Club Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-26

The two teams were faced with their toughest challenge yet: to take over the running of George Calombaris' own restaurant The Press Club on its relaunch, serving a variety of Australian food royalty and celebrities. Each team struggled early with the stresses of running a restaurant.

34. Mystery Box Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-05-27

In a mystery box Elimination Challenge, the Blue Team members were tasked with creating a dish to complement a specific bottle of wine.

35. Masterclass 6

Air Date: 2010-05-28

Gary and George showed the contestants how to make the perfect pizza, while Gary also served up an English rice pudding, and George cooked up some chicken oysters with homous and fatoush.

36. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-05-30

Pasta theme. After a trying Mystery Box challenge featuring lambs' brains, Marion emerged as winner and picked seafood as the core ingredient for the Invention Test. Most contestants thrived in making their own pasta, leading the judges to award a Top 6, with Aaron wowing with his remarkable invention.

37. Seafood Platter Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-05-31

Jake, Jimmy and Matthew faced off in the Pressure Test; to recreate a Rick Stein seafood platter worth $350.

38. Chef Challenge - Maggie Beer

Air Date: 2010-06-01

Aaron cooked off against Maggie Beer, making her pheasant pie.

39. Pacific Jewel Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-02

In the biggest Off Site Challenge ever, contestants were faced with preparing 8000 canapés for 2000 guests on the P&O Pacific Jewel, who would vote for their favourite team's menu. Under the guidance of a P&O sous chef (plus an extra helper for the Red Team to make up the numbers), each team prepared 1000 of four different canapés. The Blue Team struggled early and opted to buy the help of another chef for 100 votes.

40. Taste Test Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-03

Marion, Jake and Joanne face an elimination taste test. They must identify 23 ingredients to stay in the competition. Will this be Marion's one and only chance to use her immunity? The red team goes to Red Lantern for lunch and a impromptu master class. They learn to make a quail entree. The 3 up for elimination have to taste a Thai green curry, naming ingredients that are contained within.

41. Masterclass 7

Air Date: 2010-06-04

George cooked up ravioli with potato and leek as well as a quail dolmatha with tahini and yoghurt dressing. Meanwhile guest chef Matt Moran had quesadillias on the menu and a berry and frangipane tart.

42. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-06-06

Vegetarian theme. In a meaty Mystery Box challenge, it was Claire who managed to impress the most and was given a significant advantage in the Invention Test, which would be contested in pairs. As well as picking the core ingredient, Claire was given the power to choose the pairs for the challenge. In a further twist, they would be cooking to impress six staunch meat-eaters, and the two judges, with their vegetarian meals. Aaron and Adam emerged as winners with their curry, and won the chance to face off in a mystery challenge for immunity.

43. Oyster Terrine Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-06-07

Callum, Joanne, Peter and Skye faced off in the Pressure Test; to recreate George Calombaris' oyster terrine. Callum's terrine was described as a dog's breakfast but was closest to George's dish in flavour.

44. Chef Challenge - Aaron vs Adam

Air Date: 2010-06-08

In a twist on the traditional format, Aaron and Adam competed against each other to win immunity. They had 1hr 45min to complete three dishes with three core ingredients for three Celebrity Chefs, Matt Moran, Kylie Kwong and Ian Curley. The Chefs would then pick their favourite of the two dishes, and the contestant with the most votes would win immunity.

45. Molecular Gastronomy Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-09

Teams were tasked with creating a dining experience using principles of molecular gastronomy. With the help of two leaders in innovative cooking, each team was tasked with a specific theme to shape their dining experience.

46. Chicken Korma & Name Spices Elimination

Air Date: 2010-06-10

In a two-round Elimination Challenge testing basic skills, members of the Blue Team were first asked to cook Chicken Korma. They were provided with all the ingredients but were left to choose which spices to use. Out of the six contestants, only Alvin's attempt was of an acceptable quality with Jonathan and Skye the worst of the rest. They were sent into a sudden death challenge to name spices.

47. Masterclass 8

Air Date: 2010-06-11

Callum and Sharnee were treated to a masterclass on Cheese by Australian cheese expert Will Studd, while the remaining contestants were treated to a steak and kidney sandwich by Gary Mehigan and stir-fried Aubergines in Chili sauce by Kylie Kwong. Chef Darren Purchese also demonstrated his 'fruit carnival'.

48. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-06-13

"Australian Food Icon" theme. The winner of Masterchef Australia 2009, Julie Goodwin, returned as a guest judge for the Mystery Box Challenge, the ingredients of which were also chosen by her. Marion won the challenge and she chose Chiko Rolls as the food icon contestants had to "re-invent". Jonathan's dish was the most impressive while Callum, Matthew and Sharnee were chosen as the Bottom 3 contestants.

49. Beef Stroganoff Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-06-14

Callum, Matthew and Sharnee faced off in the Pressure Test, where they had to recreate a Beef Stroganoff with Parsley Fettuccine without a recipe to follow. Each of the contestants identified the correct meat, but each contestant's dish had flaws; Callum's Stroganoff lacked enough sauce and his pasta was overcooked, Matthew put too much tomato paste in his Stroganoff and Sharnee incorrectly used nutmeg instead of paprika.

50. Chef Challenge - Josh Emett

Air Date: 2010-06-15

51. Qantas Business Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-16

Teams were tasked with creating a 3 course menu suitable for Qantas business class passengers. They were required to prepare the food at the MasterChef Kitchen and reheat it in the galley of a Qantas Airbus A380. The judging panel in addition to Gary and Matt included chef Neil Perry and Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.

52. Carrot Cake Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-17

In a taste test Elimination Challenge, all members of the Blue Team were asked to name the ingredients to a carrot cake.

53. Masterclass 9

Air Date: 2010-06-18

Aaron and Marion are treated to a masterclass in artisan baking by Michael Klausen, while Gary and George cook up a dish of lamb backstrap fillet cooked in a Barramundi skin with flesh from the fish, along with a shiitake mushroom sauce and hash browns. Julie Goodwin then returns to the MasterChef kitchen and conjures up a dish of scallops with bacon crunch and cauliflower puree, and Gary and George round it off with an extravagant dessert of bitter chocolate ganache with peanut ice cream, peanut toffee caramel and a honeycomb.

54. London Week Day 1: Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-06-20

"Afternoon Tea" theme. It was revealed to the contestants that this Invention Test would take place in London. After settling in at the Langham Hotel, the contestants first challenge for the week was to invent a pastry, drawing inspiration from one of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Callum won the challenge and was rewarded with a private MasterClass with Jamie Oliver as well as attending the announcement of the World's 50 Best Restaurants with Matt Preston. Jonathan was chosen by Callum to share the reward.

55. London Week Day 2: Heston Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-06-21

Contestants competed in pairs to recreate Heston Blumenthal's elaborate signature dishes. Heston praised the contestants' attempts at dishes he'd taken years to perfect with Alvin and Marion's recreation of "Sound of the Sea" deemed the most impressive.

56. London Week Day 2: Chef Challenge - Martin Blunos

Air Date: 2010-06-22

57. London Week Day 3: Super Off Site Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-23

In the first ever Super Challenge, contestants raced from London to Paris, France with the task to create a two-course meal based around the French favourite, the truffle. For the first time, the judges picked the teams: Callum and Marion (Yellow), Adam and Alvin (Red), Jonathan and Joanne (Green), and Aaron and Claire (Blue). Teams had to travel to Paris by the Eurostar, find the truffle shop, buy their ingredients from the market travelling via the Eiffel Tower, and prepare their meals on the banks of the Seine, all in 5 hours. Teams struggled with the language barrier, navigating a foreign city and finding necessary ingredients. In the end, each team faced criticism for their dishes.

58. London Week Day 4:Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-24

In the Elimination Challenge, Joanne and Jonathan both recreated one of Brett Graham's dishes. Although both dishes had positives and negatives.

59. Masterclass 10

Air Date: 2010-06-25

Back in Australia, George cooks up a seafood dish of Char Sui salmon with stir-fried winter melon and wood ear mushrooms, while Gary cooks a rhubarb and blackberry crumble souffle. Joanne returns for that masterclass. Later, the remaining seven contestants, without Joanne, visit Donna Hay for some styling tips.

60. Return Elimination Challenge 1

Air Date: 2010-06-27

Eleven of the 17 eliminated contestants returned to the MasterChef kitchen to compete for three second-chance spots. Devon, Kate, Courtney, Daniel, Philip, Jimmy, Jake, Peter, Skye, Sharnee and Matthew competed in four rounds testing basic skills. In the first round, the eleven contestants had to correctly peel 400 grams of prawns. Sharnee was slowest and was eliminated. The second round saw contestants making the perfect potato mash. Kate was slowest and was eliminated. In the third round, the remaining nine contestants had to make 10 French-style pancakes as quickly as possible. Matthew was eliminated. The final round saw the contestants making Eggs Benedict and Hollandaise sauce with a twenty-minute time limit.

61. Return Elimination Challenge 2

Air Date: 2010-06-28

Devon, Courtney, Philip, Jimmy, Jake and Peter competed in the final round for one of 3 spots back in the competition. They were faced with an Invention Test, with the freedom to choose from an extensive range of ingredients. In a twist, it was the Top 7 contestants who were unknowingly deciding their fate; judging the six dishes under the pretence of learning how to critique a dish. The seven plus Matt Preston were unanimous in their decision.

62. Chef Challenge - Mitchell Orr

Air Date: 2010-06-29

Unlike other Celebrity Chef Challenges, Orr was cooking against all of the remaining 10, with the amateur winner (should there have been one) to receive immunity.

63. CWA Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-06-30

Teams were faced with a seemingly simple challenge; to bake five traditional Australian afternoon tea staples made famous by the Country Women's Association. They had to impress a crowd of 100 CWA members as well as the judging panel which included CWA veteran Allison Mutton. Each team member was responsible for one dish with the judges picking which team made the best of each separate dish. The contestants struggled with this challenge, to the point where the judges granted them extra time to finish so as to not lose face. When it came to scoring the teams, Claire and Jonathan's Fruit Cakes and Peter and Marion's Neopolitan Cakes were judged to be of such poor standard as to not warrant scoring at all.

64. Taste Test Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-01

While the Red Team enjoyed their lunch at Bilson's, Aaron and Jimmy were required to "fix that dish", an unappetising coq au vin. George favoured Jimmy's finished dish but Gary preferred Aaron's.

65. Masterclass 11

Air Date: 2010-07-02

While the Red Team enjoyed their lunch at Bilson's, Aaron and Jimmy were required to "fix that dish", an unappetising coq au vin. George favoured Jimmy's finished dish but Gary preferred Aaron's.

66. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-07-04

"Home-style cooking" theme. Contestants were faced with snails under the Mystery Box, and it was Alvin who impressed the judges with his dish, creating a unique balance of complex flavours. He gained the power to pick the pairs for the Invention Test, and the core ingredient of chicken and oranges. Contestants had to impress renowned Australian cook Margaret Fulton with their home-style inventions and many struggled under the pressure. In the end, it was Adam and Claire who really impressed and Claire was nominated to take part in the Celebrity Chef Challenge

67. Macaron Tower Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-07-05

Alvin, Aaron, Marion and Peter faced off in the Pressure Test, where they had to recreate Adriano Zumbo's Macaroon Tower. Each contestants had to build their own tower consisting of 120 macaroons. Such a monumental challenge saw the contestants really struggle, each of them forced to cut corners. Half of Aaron's macaroons were "like cake batter" while half of Marion's were "hard as a rock".

68. Chef Challenge - Adam Melona

Air Date: 2010-07-06

69. Army Base Team Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-07

Teams were faced with preparing a hearty buffet lunch for 100 Australian soldiers. Starting at Holsworthy army base, contestants trekked to the field kitchen where they tackled creating a suitable menu. Teams came up with a few similar dishes and were forced to negotiate compromise in their menus. The Red Team struggled with their dessert, and Callum was chastised by the judges for his poor handling of the situation.

70. Thai Satay Sauce Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-08

Marion, Jonathan and Aaron were required to name a variety of nuts to progress to the next round. Jonathan won the first round and was safe. Marion and Aaron progressed to the second round where they had to recreate a Thai satay sauce. Although both dishes impressed the judges, Aaron's had better flavour and presentation, and Marion's was thicker and considered to be "gluggy" by the judges.

71. Masterclass 12

Air Date: 2010-07-09

72. Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-07-11

"Seven Deadly Sins" theme. Contestants struggled to produce stand-out dishes from a simple Mystery Box, with the two women left in the competition emerging as the strongest performers. Claire was declared the winner and won two big advantages: the power to skip the Invention Test, which would only have a Bottom 3, and the chance to face off in the Celebrity Chef Challenge. The Invention Test was based around the "seven deadly sins," with each contestant creating a dish based on one of the sins.

73. Pressure Test - Christine Manfield

Air Date: 2010-07-12

Guest chef Christine Manfield set the most technically difficult dish seen so far in a pressure test: spice roasted squab with a turnip cake, with a recipe including 55 ingredients. In a close elimination.

74. Chef Challenge - Shaun Presland

Air Date: 2010-07-13

75. Signature Dish Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-14

Contestants were tasked with creating a dish that represented themselves and their cooking philosophy. After planning overnight and shopping with a $250 budget, each contestant had two hours to cook their signature dishes on five plates for Matt Preston and four other guests: Alla Wolf-Tasker, Mark Best, Kylie Kwong and Jacques Reymond. Each contestant was determined to impress such an illustrious panel, and the intense pressure lead to some potentially fatal mistakes. Overall, the judges were very impressed with the calibre of the dishes put forward, but only four contestants would automatically win their spot in the final week and a reward at Marque restaurant.

76. Guess that Fish Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-15

Aaron, Alvin and Jimmy faced a Basic Skills Test in a two-round Elimination Challenge. The first round saw contestants identifying different types of fish, with the two lowest scoring contestants moving into the second round. Jimmy named the most fish correctly, leaving Aaron and Alvin to face off in the second round; to cook the perfect fish and chips.

77. Masterclass 13

Air Date: 2010-07-16

78. Finals Week - Day 1 - Invention Test

Air Date: 2010-07-18

Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai was a guest judge for the invention test. The core ingredient was crustaceans and the contestants, working in two teams, had to cook a banquet.

79. Finals Week - Day 2 - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2010-07-19

The contestants have four hours to recreate Adriano Zumbo’s V8 cake, which features eight different textures of vanilla and tempered white chocolate on the outside. The winner's prize is choosing the ingredients for tomorrow’s mystery box challenge.

80. Finals Week - Day 3 - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-20

Vue de Monde’s Shannon Bennett was a guest judge for the mystery box challenge. Jimmy had picked the ingredients, which included spices and lentils. The contestants had to make two dishes – one sweet and one savoury.

81. Finals Week - Day 4 - Signature Dish Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-21

The final four cooked three dishes that would appear in their cookbook if they became Australia’s next MasterChef. Maggie Beer was a guest judge. Each contestant explained the concept of their cookbook to the judges.

82. Finals Week - Day 5 - Off Site Challenge

Air Date: 2010-07-22

Cooking dinner for the Governor-General and 30 guests, the contestants were judged on their dishes and their performance in the kitchen.

83. Finals Week - Day 6 - Final Masterclass

Air Date: 2010-07-23

Callum and Adam each spent time with a chef, from the markets to service, with Justin North and Peter Kuruvita. The top 24 contestants returned to the MasterChef kitchen for the last MasterClass. Alvin showed how to make his Drunken Chicken with Bruised Cucumber Salad and Fiona demonstrated her Chocolate Ganache Tart with Lavender Cream and Fresh Raspberries. Gary and George then felt the pressure in their own mystery box challenge.

84. Grand Final - Welcome Masterchef 2010

Air Date: 2010-07-25

Adam and Callum faced three rounds in the finale, worth 100 points in total. The first round involves basic skills tests. The second round is an invention test. The final round is a pressure test, cooking a Peter Gilmore dessert.

1. Cockatoo Island

Air Date: 2011-05-01

Thousands applied, but only 50 lucky people made it to the first leg of MasterChef. An exciting start with a boat ride to Cockatoo Island and a massive Mystery Box Challenge awaiting them. Featuring the most popular supermarket ingredients, the Top 50 had to cook a dish to get them to the next round. The ten with the least impressive dishes would have to do an Adriano Zumbo challenge.

2. Basic Skills Bootcamp

Air Date: 2011-05-02

Day two of the MasterChef journey, and it’s a tough one – a Basic Skills Bootcamp with new judge, Matt Moran. The remaining 45 contestants go through three rounds which test their chip cutting, mayonnaise making, chicken break down skills. Five from each round will end up in the Elimination Challenge – making the perfect batch of scones in 45 minutes.

3. The First Six

Air Date: 2011-05-03

The remaining contestants cook off for the first 6 spots in the MasterChef Top 24. Contestants are given two hours to create a trio of desserts set by the guest chef, Maggie Beer.

4. Go Fish

Air Date: 2011-05-04

The bottom 10 contestants from Maggie Beer's challenge are faced with a choice - either go fishing and cook what you catch, or risk creating a dish with the mystery ingredient.

5. Ultimate Desert Island Dish

Air Date: 2011-05-05

With another six spots in the MasterChef top 24 up for grabs, the final 30 contestants cook with their five favourite ingredients to create what they believe is the ultimate desert island dish.

6. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-05-06

In the first master class of the series, a few special contestants take a trip to the Barossa Valley to visit Maggie Beer in her home and to learn the secrets of the perfect pastry and roast chicken.

7. Taste Test

Air Date: 2011-05-08

There are two dozen contestants remaining and only 12 spots left in the top 24. The next challenge is a formidable taste test - identity the ingredients in Aria's signature dish, peking duck consomme.

8. No Judges in Sight

Air Date: 2011-05-09

As our Top 24 enter the MasterChef kitchen for the first time, they are surprised to see no judges. Only a few notice the clock has started ticking down. Has the first challenge already begun?

9. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-10

The winner of the first challenge will cook for immunity against apprentice chef, Alex Keen, who works under Allesandro Pavoni. Will a 10 minute headstart be enough to beat the best?

10. Baking Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-11

The Top 24 are woken in the middle of the night and told to head to Sonoma Bakery where, in teams, they will be baking bread for five of Sydney's most illustrious restaurants.

11. First Elimination

Air Date: 2011-05-12

As the winning team from last night's challenge head off to their reward lunch, the losers trudge back to the MasterChef kitchen to face this season's first elimination.

12. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-05-13

The lucky 23 contestants who survived the first elimination are treated to a scrumptious MasterClass. Tonight, George will teach them the secrets of his sweet bougatsa with poached figs.

13. Mystery Box

Air Date: 2011-05-15

Tonight, the Mystery Box delivers more than one surprise - not only are the contestants faced with an array of unusual food, they must create a dish using ALL of the ingredients!

14. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-05-16

The bottom three contestants from yesterday's Mystery Box challenge must face off in a Pressure Test. They have two hours to recreate their best version of the Cherry Bombe Alaska.

15. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-17

With an Immunity Pin up for grabs, guest chef, Colin Fassnidge, better bring his A-game because this season's MasterChef contestants aren't going down without a fight!

16. Boys vs Girls Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-18

It's boys versus girls in today's epic Team Challenge! The two teams head to the Mean Fiddler Pub where they have to cook for 700 hungry revelers.

17. Rapid Fire challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-19

All eleven contestants of the losing team face elimination tonight. They must cook off in a Rapid Fire challenge over three rounds.

18. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-05-20

Tonight, Gary and George give the contestants a MasterClass on the art of cooking rabbit. Later, Gary whips up a modern take on the classic Shepherd's Pie.

19. Fused Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-22

Cooking in threes, the contestants are faced with a challenge that fuses the finest elements of both the Mystery Box and Invention Test by creating an outstanding dish using unknown ingredients.

20. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-05-23

Yesterday they were team mates, today the losing trio from Sunday's challenge compete head-to-head in a high-intensity Pressure Test. Two contestants will stay in the kitchen, one will be going home.

21. Team Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-24

The winning trio from the Lucky Dip Invention Test face off against chef, Adam D'Sylva, from Melbourne restaurant, Coda, in the first team Immunity Challenge.

22. Offsite Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-25

The task seems simple enough - make enough gelato and sausages for 500 Nippers on Cronulla Beach. But this is MasterChef Australia and nothing is ever as easy as it seems!

23. Skills Race Elimination

Air Date: 2011-05-26

The losing team from last night's Sausage Sizzle challenge face off as individuals in a Skills Race Elimination. Contestants must complete four pastry elements and create a beautiful finished dessert.

24. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-05-27

In this MasterClass, Gary makes a hearty veal osso bucco with cannellini beans and George teaches the contestants how to cook snapper en papillote. Special guests include Donna Hay and Romeo Baudouin.

25. Miner Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-29

The contestants head west where they are faced with one of the most daunting challenges in MasterChef history - cooking for 450 hungry gold miners in the heart of Western Australia.

26. Double Immunity Invention Test

Air Date: 2011-05-30

The winning team from Sunday night's challenge head to the Margaret River for a critical Invention Test. The prize on offer? A double immunity.

27. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-05-31

With an Immunity Pin up for grabs, guest chef Tony Howell, better watch his back because this week's challenger is ready to cook up a storm. Who will recreate the best seafood stew?

28. Pantry Invention Test

Air Date: 2011-06-01

The contestants return to the MasterChef kitchen to compete in an Invention Test with a twist - they must create a dish using only canned and frozen food.

29. Fix That Dish Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-02

It's time to Fix That Dish. The bottom two contestants must bring a watery, unbalanced Massaman curry back to life to avoid elimination.

30. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-06-03

In this MasterClass, George, Gary and Matt Moran take the contestants through a step-by-step guide to making the best summer pudding, a yummy curry and Matt's famous blue swimmer crab.

31. Super Invention Test

Air Date: 2011-06-05

Hola amigos! Tonight the contestants face a Super Invention Test with a Spanish theme. But what's the twist? After they carefully chose their ingredients, the judges drop a bombshell.

32. Asian-inspired Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-06-06

The bottom three contestants from last night's Invention Test face off in an Asian-inspired Pressure Test where they are challenged to recreate a dessert by Dan Hong, Head Chef of Ms. G's in Sydney.

33. Immunity Battle

Air Date: 2011-06-07

Superstar Noredic chef, Thorsten Schmidt, arrives at the MasterChef Kitchen to battle it out with tonight's lucky contestant. Is the Immunity Pin within their grasp? Or will they be schooled by a pro?

34. Gen X vs Y Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-08

Tonight the contestants are divided into teams? Gen X versus Gen Y! The younger chefs have the enthusiasm but with age comes wisdom. Who will impress special guest judge, Nigella Lawson?

35. Weakest Link Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-09

As the winning team from last night are treated to a reward lunch at Tetsuya's, the losing team must don the dreaded black aprons and send their weakest links into the Elimination Challenge.

36. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-06-10

In a very special MasterClass, two lucky contestants are sent to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a private cooking lesson with legendary seafood king, Rick Stein.

37. 8-course Feast

Air Date: 2011-06-12

Tonight the remaining contestants invite 24 very special Qantas guests into the MasterChef restaurant for an 8-course feast based on Neil Perry's first class menu.

38. Burger and Fries Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-13

What could make an elimination challenge even more intense? Having culinary legend, Heston Blumenthal, arrive at the MasterChef Kitchen to judge your burger and fries!

39. Dessert Immunity

Air Date: 2011-06-14

Sweet superstar, Darren Purchese, is Melbourne's answer to Adriano Zumbo, and tonight he is challenging our MasterChef contestant to replicate his own highly technical dessert.

40. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-15

Tonight the two teams need to cook a 6-course meal for 50 guests, while creating as little waste as possible. They will need to be creative as well as resourceful to win this challenge.

41. Cook By Numbers Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-16

The losing team from the challenge battle it out to save their place in the competition. The contestants only have 15 minutes to complete the dish and they can only use three ingredients.

42. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-06-17

The final 14 contestants attend MasterClass to learn the fine art of spotted dick with custard. Later, three lucky contestants have a private MasterClass with James Privett.

43. Korean-inspired Invention Test

Air Date: 2011-06-19

The remaining contestants compete in a Korean-inspired invention test to be judged by celebrity chef and Korean food aficionado David Chang.

44. George's Mum

Air Date: 2011-06-20

George's mum arrives in the Masterchef Kitchen to put the contestants through their paces. Mary Calombaris is a true Greek master. Her koupes, tzatziki and shamishi will be hard to replicate.

45. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-21

Guest chef, Vincent Gadan, is thrown a curve ball in the Immunity Challenge. A sweet treat whiz, will Vincent cope cooking a roast pork? Or will our MasterChef contestant win that illusive pin?

46. Food Court Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-22

The contestants head to the newly-developed Westfield shopping centre food court in Sydney city to compete in another epic team challenge.

47. Sweet and Savoury Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-23

The entire losing team from the challenge is up for elimination. The pressure is on as they create a series of sweet and savoury dishes in a limited time-frame. Who will be going home?

48. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-06-24

Mary is back. George's mother returns to the kitchen to serve up a special moussaka masterclass. Christine Mansfield also makes an appearance to demonstrate how to create her satay spice paste.

49. Matt Moran's Farm Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-26

The remaining 12 contestants have made it past the half way point, and what better way to celebrate than at Matt Moran's family farm in rural NSW.

50. Retro Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-27

The axe falls on another contestant but not before they must serve up a '60s classic in the form of duck a l'orange.

51. Immunity Battle

Air Date: 2011-06-28

The winner of the Matt Moran farm challenge has their chance to win an immunity pin but they must face Merle, a home-style country baker who has won more than 1,000 awards for her baking.

52. Dual Event Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-06-29

The blue team must serve up a three-course meal for 13 corporate VIP guests while the red team have to cater for 50 people at a 21st birthday cocktail party.

53. Blind Taste Test Elimination

Air Date: 2011-06-30

In the elimination challenge, the contestants are dressed in blindfolds for a taste test and then must cook only with the ingredients they guessed correctly.

54. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-07-01

As a reward, contestants Ellie and Alana are given another culinary lesson in the company of the best chefs in New Zealand.

55. Mystery Box, Invention Test

Air Date: 2011-07-03

Tonight the contestants are faced with a sweet Mystery Box Challenge followed by a Middle Eastern inspired Invention Test. Guest chef Shane Delia will help the judges decide the best and worst dishes.

56. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-07-04

Have you ever cooked a Salt Crusted Guinea Fowl? No? Neither have our three contestants battling it out in tonight's Pressure Test Elimination Challenge. Who will impress? And who will be going home?

57. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-05

Alessandra Pavoni is back, and tonight he's cooking for the pride of his restaurant. After his apprentice chef lost to Hayden in a previous Immunity Challenge, Alessandro is determined to win.

58. English and French Team Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-06

Tonight the battle lines are drawn across the English Channel as the two teams whip up an English and French culinary feast.

59. The Basics Elimination

Air Date: 2011-07-07

Every good chef must master the basics, and tonight's Elimination Challenge will surprise our contestants. Rice paper rolls and apple pie should be a piece of cake, right? Think again!

60. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-07-08

Series 1 and 2 favourites, Alvin, Andre and Jimmy join Gary and George in the kitchen for another stellar MasterClass.

61. New York City Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-10

This week the contestants head to the Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps, the culinary heartland that is New York! Don't miss a second as the top eight cook up a storm in the world's most famous city!

62. United Nations Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-11

The contestants have just three hours to prepare intricate dishes for 300 hundred guests at the United Nations. The dish with the least amount of votes sends its maker into an elimination.

63. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-12

Whoever cooks in the week’s Immunity Pin Challenge will do so against the spectacular backdrop of Central Park. Stepping up to the hot plate to try and spoil their fun will be guest chef Cesare Casella, while chef, author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich guest judges the results.

64. Super Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-13

A Super Challenge is on the cards, as the contestants arrive in Time Square to see the giant screens featuring familiar faces. For this Challenge they’ll need to use their powers of persuasion by talking their way into a NY restaurant, convincing a head chef to donate them a recipe, and then cooking the dishes in question at the Four Seasons Restaurant. David Chang returns to guest judge.

65. Sylvia’s Restaurant Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-14

Those facing an Elimination Challenge will cook at the famous Sylvia’s restaurant in Harlem, with Matt Preston and Matt Moran deciding who’s safe, and who’s gone.

66. NYC Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-07-15

To end their once-in-a-lifetime week the contestants get to wind down by enjoying Matt Moran cooking some full-flavoured fare in a NY restaurant.

67. Dalai Lama Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-17

The Masterchef contestants must cook for the one and only Dalai Lama! His Holiness has only two requests' the food must be vegetarian and it must come from the heart.

68. Autumn Dessert Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-07-18

Pastry chef, Katrina Kanetani, sets tonight's Pressure Test. The bottom three contestants from last night's challenge must cook a fantastic Autumn Dessert platter in order to avoid elimination.

69. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-19

Can a current contestant out-cook a former Masterchef champion? Find out as Eamon Sullivan returns to stand between the winner of the Dalai Lama challenge and that elusive Immunity Pin.

70. Qantas First Class Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-20

In the last team challenge of the season, the contestants head to the Qantas First Class Lounge at Sydney airport where they must cook for real customers. Neil Perry returns as a guest judge.

71. What You've Learned So Far Elimination

Air Date: 2011-07-21

Tonight three contestants are asked to cook a dish that showcases what they have learnt in the competition so far. It will be an emotional elimination, but someone must go home.

72. Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-07-22

Gary and George host another delicious MasterClass tonight. With plenty of fine food to tempt your tastebuds, they will have you inspired to hit the kitchen and whip up a fancy treat in no time!

73. Mystery Box

Air Date: 2011-07-24

The contestants get to choose what ingredients will go into their fellow chef's Mystery Boxes. Will they be cruel or kind?

74. Family Visit

Air Date: 2011-07-25

After months away from their loved ones, the remaining five contestants receive an emotional visit from their families.

75. Three Course Immunity

Air Date: 2011-07-26

In the last Immunity Challenge of the season, Teage Ezard from Ginger Boy and Ezards in Melbourne challenges the lucky contestant to a three-course cook-off.

76. Uninvited Guest Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-27

George arrives unannounced at the Masterchef house and asks the contestants to whip up a meal for him and his three mates Colin Fassnidge, Ashly Hicks and Donovan Cooke.

77. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-28

The top five battle it out to secure a place in the season final. In this Elimination Challenge, the contestants must fix the worst dish they produced during the competition.

78. Christmas in July Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-07-29

It's Christmas in July in the Masterchef kitchen as Gary cooks beef short rib and dykon radish, while George serves up some mouth-watering scampi.

79. Cook Book Challenge

Air Date: 2011-07-31

Writing their own cook book would be a dream come true for each of our final four? but how hard can it be? Tonight guest judge Curtis Stone sets an epic challenge for our contestants.

80. Chicken Terrine Pressure Test

Air Date: 2011-08-01

Tonight's Pressure Test requires the final four to recreate Maggie Beer's chicken terrine. One lucky contestant will get a sneak preview at the recipe and a private MasterClass with Maggie herself.

81. Food Autobiography Challenge

Air Date: 2011-08-02

Looking back at their own personal experiences, the contestants are challenged to create a food autobiography of their lives so far.

82. Sydney's Finest Challenge

Air Date: 2011-08-03

Tonight the contestants have the privilege of cooking at one of Sydney's three finest restaurants Marque, Est and Quay. The lucky winner from today's challenge will go straight into the grand finale.

83. Final Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2011-08-04

The bottom two contestants from yesterday's challenge battle it out for the last spot in the finale. What elaborate, mind-boggling creation will Adriano Zumbo present for them to replicate?

84. Reunion Masterclass

Air Date: 2011-08-05

For the final Masterclass of the year both finalists enjoyed private tutorials with top chefs: Kate with Shaun Pressland and Michael with Martin Benn. Back in the Masterchef kitchen contestants from the Top 24 returned to watch the action as Gary cooked off against George, with their dishes judged by Michael and Kate. Matt Moran then paid a visit and cooked his version of rocky road against Michael and Billy.

85. Grand Finale - Part One

Air Date: 2011-08-07

Kate and Michael arrived at the MasterChef kitchen for the final time and were told the format of finale: it would be fought over three rounds, each scored, with a possible 100 points per finalist up for grabs. The first round was a Mystery Box Challenge over 45 minutes, with the finalists having to select and prepare something from each box before moving onto the next. Michael chose to make a steak and oyster pie, while Kate made pan-fried Balmain bugs and crab and rémoulade salad. Michael raced through the boxes, but Kate struggled with getting her crabmeat ready, eating into valuable time. Michael scored an 8 from George and 9 from Gary, and Kate a 7 and an 8, giving Michael the early advantage.

86. Masterchef Australia 2011 Winner Revealed

Air Date: 2011-08-07

Kate is declared the winner, scoring a total of 87 points over Michael's 82. Kate wins $100,000 in cash, a culinary scholarship and a cookbook deal with Random House. Runner-up Michael is offered a culinary apprenticeship by judge Gary Mehigan at his restaurant, Fenix.

1. The Journey Continues

Air Date: 2012-05-06

The personality is on the plate and the food is the star of the show. Network Ten's smash hit series MasterChef returns tonight and promises to excite, thrill and entertain like never before!

2. Top 50 Mystery Box

Air Date: 2012-05-07

The top 50 amateur cooks will compete in the first Mystery Box challenge of the season; the judges select the top 12 who then have the opportunity to cook off in a nail-biting challenge.

3. Mornington Peninsula Farms

Air Date: 2012-05-08

The top 12 contestants from last night's Mystery Box are divided into pairs to forage for their own ingredients at various farms in Mornington Peninsula to cook a sweet or savoury dish.

4. Knife Skills

Air Date: 2012-05-09

MasterChef mentor Matt Moran arrives at the Royal Exhibition Building to put the contestants through their knife skills paces. They must fillet, pin bone and cook a beautiful piece of salmon.

5. Sweet Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-05-10

Thirty three contestants compete in a Sweet Pressure Test created by superstar chef Shannon Bennett. With six more aprons up for grabs, his Peach Melba dessert is a challenge to say the least!

6. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-05-11

The top 18 contestants head to Daylesford for a MasterClass. Later, Matt Moran and George teach the contestants some classic French cooking techniques.

7. French Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-05-13

After a long week of hard fought challenges the remaining twelve contestants compete in a French Pressure test to claim the last remaining spots in the Top 24. But whose dish will earn them an apron?

8. Mystery Box

Air Date: 2012-05-14

Arriving at the MasterChef kitchen, the top 24 quickly learn it's 'Mystery Box' time! They raise the lid but it's not food that they find.

9. Beat the Chef!

Air Date: 2012-05-15

The Immunity Challenge sees the winner of the Pressure Test try and 'Beat the Chef!' It's a battle royale as our contestant takes on superstar chef Dan Hong from the Lotus Restaurant.

10. Restaurant Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-16

Ever dreamed of running your own restaurant? The contestants are divided into two teams: they must take over a restaurant service in opposing restaurants in Sydney's Kings Cross.

11. Pasta Elimination

Air Date: 2012-05-17

The losing team head to the MasterChef kitchen for the first elimination challenge of the season. It's all about pasta and the contestants are challenged to either 'make or break' that pasta.

12. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-05-18

Gary and George host a seafood-inspired MasterClass, while Phillipa Grogan from Phillipa's bakery in Melbourne teaches the contestants the art of breadmaking.

13. Mystery and Invention

Air Date: 2012-05-20

This Mystery Box is a cracker - literally. Then later, the winner of this challenge gets to pick the key ingredient for the following Invention Test.

14. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-05-21

Superstar chef Peter Gilmore returns with an eight layer textured chocolate cake. Talk about Pressure Test! The bottom three from the Invention Test must replicate this cake.

15. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-22

The lucky winner from the Invention Test returns to the kitchen tonight to face off against former head chef of Tetsuya restaurant, Darren Roberston.

16. Yum Cha Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-23

The top 22 contestants head to Sydney's Chinese Gardens to compete in a yum cha challenge. Divided into teams, they must plan a menu, shop and cook a tasty yum cha feast.

17. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-24

Yesterday's losing 11 contestants compete in tonight's elimination challenge. It's a taste test and cook off so this challenge is tough! After a hard fought fight one contestant is sent home.

18. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-05-25

It's a mega MasterClass tonight as Gary and Matt Moran teach the top 21 contestants about raw foods, herbs, and oils. Later Gary whips up a mushroom gnocchi and his 'Mum's Lamb Stew with Dumplings'.

19. Biscuit Mystery Box

Air Date: 2012-05-27

The remaining 21 contestants return to the MasterChef kitchen to compete in a biscuit inspired Mystery Box challenge. Later it's an Invention Test Mexican style. Cactus anyone?

20. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-05-28

The bottom three contestants from the last show arrive at the kitchen to face off in the Pressure Test. Later, three lucky contestants attend a very special private Master Class.

21. Raw Food Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-29

Sake head chef Shaun Presland takes on the winner of Sunday's Invention Test in a Raw Food Immunity Challenge. With no cooking, no heat and no gas bench tops they need to be super creative.

22. Leftover Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-05-30

The contestants split into two teams to cook for a restaurant full of discerning diners, all with leftover ingredients collected from top Sydney restaurants.

23. Poultry Elimination

Air Date: 2012-05-31

We say goodbye to another contestant after a hard fought poultry elimination challenge. They must name that bird then cook that bird. Quail, duck, chicken and turkey are served up.

24. MasterClass

Air Date: 2012-06-01

Gary kicks off the MasterClass with mouth-watering barbecue chicken and is later joined by special guest chef Jason Jones who teaches the contestants how to serve up the perfect Mexican feast.

25. Flavour Matching Mysterybox

Air Date: 2012-06-03

19 contestants arrive at the MasterChef Kitchen for a flavour matching 'Mystery Box' challenge. With everyone eager to impress the judges, one contestant pushes himself too far and burns his hand.

26. Market Stall Competition

Air Date: 2012-06-04

The contestants arrive in Tasmania for a market stall competition, where they are divided into four teams. The teams must run their own take away market stall and create their own unique dish.

27. Fishing Boat Salmon Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-05

With the chance to compete in tonight's immunity challenge, the winning teams from last night's market stall must first compete against each other in a fishing boat salmon challenge.

28. Tea for 100 Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-06

The contestants are divided into two teams, and are challenged to create, make and bake an afternoon tea for 100 guests. It must include four dishes - a scone, a pastry, and two of their choice.

29. Knockout Round Elimination

Air Date: 2012-06-07

The nine contestants cook for their MasterChef lives through a series of three knockout round challenges. A typical Pub lunch is on the menu - steak, onion rings and more.

30. MasterClass

Air Date: 2012-06-08

Gary goes into chef mode when he puts himself up against the clock in a 30 minute real time challenge. Later Gary is joined by Lorraine Pascale of Ella's Cupcake in Covent Garden.

31. Mystery and Invention

Air Date: 2012-06-10

After a fun filled week in Tasmania, tonight the contestants head back to the MasterChef kitchen for a classic Mystery Box and Invention Test challenge.

32. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-06-11

Greek salad is not as simple as it seems, particularly when it's been created by George! The three contestants in tonight's elimination challenge have three and a half hours to cook.

33. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-12

MasterChef welcomes iconic chef and culinary legend Jamie Oliver to the kitchen.

34. 24 Hour Cooking Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-13

Tonight the contestants head to the Shangri La Hotel for a mammoth 24 hour cooking challenge that will push them to their limits. Divided into two teams, they must work shifts to cover all meals.

35. Rapid Fire Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-06-14

The losing team from last night's 24 hour cooking challenge return to the MasterChef kitchen for a 'rapid fire' pressure test.

36. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-06-15

Gary and George's MasterClass serves up lamb ribs, apple strudel and quail.

37. Superstar Mystery Box

Air Date: 2012-06-17

MasterChef winning alumni Julie Goodwin, Adam Liaw and Kate Bracks return to the MasterChef kitchen for a superstar mystery box challenge. Who will win on the night?

38. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-06-18

The pressure test challenges three contestants to cook a perfect quiche Lorraine. All three contestants are determined to stay in the competition so they are quick to get down to business!

39. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-19

The Mystery Box winner is eager to win an immunity pin. To win they must beat former Billy Kwong Chef, Hamish Ingham from Bar H. With a choice of tea or coffee as the core ingredient.

40. Wedding Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-20

Matt Preston reveals to the contestants that they will be catering for a Sri Lankan wedding! The Bride and Groom have invited 450 guests to their traditional Hindu wedding, which is purely vegetarian.

41. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-21

The losing team from the wedding challenge faces off in a cake based elimination challenge, where they are served up 32 cakes, and must taste then name each cake.

42. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-06-22

Gary and Matt Moran head up a MasterClass of French onion soup, roast chicken and yummy pork belly with noodles. Later we learn the art of baking classic cakes with chef Philippe Mouchel.

43. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-24

In a special Mystery Box Challenge the contestants quickly learn that they must warm the cockles of the judges' hearts with a tasty soup.

44. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-25

The bottom three contestants from the Invention Test must now cook for their lives in the Elimination Challenge, with Christine Manfield's classic smoked trout.

45. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-26

Rum and raisin is a classic combination, but will it be a perfect match for our contestant in the Immunity Challenge? Chef Daniel Wilson also joins the kitchen.

46. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-27

It's time to get back to basics with a homely team cooking challenge. Separated into three teams, they are invited into a suburban home, where they must cook for two neighbours.

47. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-06-28

Arriving at the MasterChef kitchen for the immunity challenge, the eight contestants from the losing team quickly learn that they must compete in three quick fire cook-offs.

48. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-06-29

George, Matt Moran and Gary showcase the best food Kangaroo Island has to offer. Expect tips on cooking with lamb, marron and chicken. Then we end the night with a taste of honey.

49. Invention Test

Air Date: 2012-07-01

After a trip to Kangaroo Island the contestants get back into the kitchen & discover there is no Mystery Box. Instead they find themselves in an Invention Test with guest chef Heston Blumenthal.

50. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-07-02

Three contestants from the Invention Test must face a Pressure Test like no other. The contestants have two hours to make a cake specially created by renowned Pastry Chef Vincent Gadan.

51. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-03

The winner of this week's Heston Mega Invention Test, gets the added reward of competing in an immunity challenge. Up against the winning contestant is a 1-hat chef Tomislav Martinovic.

52. Pop Up Restaurant Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-04

The remaining amateur chefs get to live out what most professional chefs only dream of doing in their careers. The contestants need to create two pop up restaurants from scratch.

53. Double Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-05

The losing team face elimination. But this is not just any elimination - five contestants must get ready for a double elimination. Only three will survive and become part of the Top 10.

54. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-07-06

Gary and Matt kick off this special MasterClass by officially welcoming and congratulating this season's Top 10. Topping off the week with an amazing Italian feast.

55. Roman Dish Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-08

Buongiorno, from Italy! Tonight our top 10 contestants join the judges in Rome for a week of challenges! But this is no Roman holiday, tonight they must cook a Roman dish that has a story to tell.

56. Super-Sized Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-09

Celebrate pizza and pasta with a super-sized challenge. The four best cooks from the previous challenge compete against each other for the chance to cook off for an Immunity Pin.

57. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-10

Heads to beautiful Tuscany, Florence, for a nail-biting Immunity Challenge where judges Matt Preston and George Calombaris are joined by guest judge chef Antonio Carluccio.

58. Risotto Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-11

The ten contestants head to Parma where they cook off in a risotto challenge. Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi challenges the contestants to cook the 'Death Dish' - his very own saffron and gold leaf risotto.

59. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-12

The elimination challenge takes the five losing contestants to Tuscany to cook a feast for local villagers in the ancient and quaint town of Monticchelo.

60. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-07-13

Superstar chef Neil Perry joins Gary and George for an Italian-inspired MasterClass.

61. Mystery Fridge Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-15

Tonight in the MasterChef Mystery Box challenge each contestant has been given the task of creating a dish from the ingredients in the fridge, which include one tasty left-over.

62. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2012-07-16

The bottom 3 dishes from yesterday's Invention Test face a Pressure Test where someone will go home! The contestants attempt to make guest chef Grant King's highly technical dish.

63. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-17

The remaining eight contestants face the second elimination of the week, a situation only made sweeter with the news that celeb chef Kylie Kwong has entered the building.

64. Mini Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-18

A mini challenge designed to determine who will cook in the team challenge ahead, sees the contestants cook a French inspired dessert.

65. Family Team Challenge

Air Date: 2012-07-19

Tonight's challenge is an emotional one as one family member for each contestant is brought in. The four contestants will have to cook the meal their loved ones have missed the most.

66. Masterclass

Air Date: 2012-07-20

In the MasterClass, Anthony Puharich from Victor Churchill shares his expert opinion with our contestants on selecting the right cut of beef for the right meal.

67. Lunch Service

Air Date: 2012-07-22

The judges announce to the top six contestants that they must run lunch service for 60 guests at Guillaume at Bennelong under the watchful eye of head chef Guillaume Brahini.

68. The Perfect Steak Sauce

Air Date: 2012-07-23

The five top contestants are greeted by Legendary British chef and MasterChef UK judge, John Torode, and a live cow. Torode announces that they must cook the perfect sauce to accompany the perfect steak.

69. Recreate Signature Dish

Air Date: 2012-07-24

The final four MasterChef contestants each have 90 minutes to cook one of Australia's best chef's signature dishes, and only 15 minutes with their chef so they need to make the most of it.

70. Grand Final

Air Date: 2012-07-25

It all comes down to this. The MasterChef finale. The final three are hoping they have saved their best for last, as they step into the MasterChef kitchen for the last time.

1. The Top 22

Air Date: 2013-06-02

22 brand new contestants are introduced as they begin their dream to become Australia's next MasterChef.

2. Protein Pick Face Off Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-03

The female contestants battle it out against the male contestants in a Protein Pick Face Off. The bottom six will go in to the first elimination challenge to take place tomorrow.

3. Elimination Challenge 1

Air Date: 2013-06-04

In the first elimination, the contestants with the worst six dishes from last night's Protein Pick Face Off face an Invention Test with a twist. At the end of the show one of them is eliminated.

4. Masterclass 1

Air Date: 2013-06-05

For the first time ever, there is a twist featuring a studio audience member.

5. Barossa Boot Camp Day 1: Break Down a Lamb

Air Date: 2013-06-09

The girls-versus-boys themed challenge continues and they find themselves in the picturesque Barossa Valley instead of the Masterchef kitchen.

6. Barossa Boot Camp Day 2: Maggie Beer Tag Team Race

Air Date: 2013-06-10

The second day at the Barossa Boot Camp sees the contestants at the farm of food legend Maggie Beer where each team has to create four Maggie Beer recipes.

7. Barossa Boot Camp Day 3: Seafood at Seppeltsfield Winery

Air Date: 2013-06-11

The contestants are challenged at the Seppeltsfield winery in the Barossa, where they meet three seafood champions who show off their skills.

8. Barossa Boot Camp Day 4: Double Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-12

The boys versus girls Barossa Boot Camp reaches its conclusion and it is also the final day for two MasterChef contestants.

9. Masterclass 2

Air Date: 2013-06-13

The Barossa Boot Camp comes to an end with a MasterClass featuring great local produce and two of its favourite residents, Maggie Beer and William Wood.

10. Kids Week Day 1: Lunch Box

Air Date: 2013-06-16

It's Kids Week and the first challenge sees the contestants having 60 minutes to make the best dish they can using the ingredients that are found in a school lunch box.

11. Kids Week Day 2: Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-17

It is the first Immunity Challenge of the current series and the judges inform the contestants that they have access to the pantry but there is a catch.

12. Kids Week Day 3: Tuck Shop Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-18

The contestants make their way to Penleigh and Essendon High School where Gary introduces two very special guests who were previous students at the school. The challenge today sees the contestants having to feed 450 starving pupils.

13. Kids Week Day 4: Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-19

The losing team from the Tuck Shop Challenge faces elimination today. The challenge takes part in two parts which will leave the contestants scared.

14. Masterclass 3

Air Date: 2013-06-20

Masterchef Australia: Masterclass 3 Tonight's MasterClass sees the contestants being joined by Stephanie Alexander and along with Matt Preston, they make a spinach & potato torte.

15. Italian Week Day 1: Public Stall Challenge

Air Date: 2013-06-23

It's Italian Week and the remaining contestants are split into four teams and given a dish to create and sell to the public from a stall.

16. Italian Week Day 2: Elimination - Memory Dish

Air Date: 2013-06-24

The contestants are given 60 minutes to make a dish from memory. The contestant with the worst dish will be eliminated from the competition.

17. Italian Week Day 3: Battle of the Pizza

Air Date: 2013-06-25

The 18 remaining contestants are put into two teams for a supreme Battle of the Pizzas. Each of the teams needs to come up with a menu of four pizzas to feed 150 hungry diners.

18. Italian Week Day 4: Elimination

Air Date: 2013-06-26

The team that lost yesterday's pizzeria challenge battle it out in the kitchen but there ends up being a twist.

19. Masterclass 4

Air Date: 2013-06-27

Antonio Carluccio creates Handkerchief pasta with Ligurian Pesto whilst Gary shows how to make the perfect carbonara.

20. Wild West Week Day 1: Catch of the Day

Air Date: 2013-06-30

The top 15 find themselves having to to on Wild West Week in Western Australia. They are in Fremantle where they are divided into two teams. They head offshore to catch their own dinner.

21. Wild West Week Day 2: Immunity Twist

Air Date: 2013-07-01

The team which won yesterday’s Wild West Challenge battle are out for immunity tonight, or so they believe. After they show up at the Guillaume bistro there is a twist in the challenge.

22. Wild West Week Day 3: Stockmen Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-02

The contestants travel to Kylagh Station in York where they have to create lunch for 20 hungry stockmen and women on limited supplies.

23. Wild West Week Day 4: Elimination - The Green House

Air Date: 2013-07-03

During the the Wild West Week elimination challenge, three contestants battle it out at Matt Stone’s restaurant, The Green House.

24. Masterclass 5

Air Date: 2013-07-04

In tonight’s MasterClass, Brendan Pratt cooks slow roasted lamb shoulder with croquettes.

25. Heaven and Hell Week Day 1: Mystery Box

Air Date: 2013-07-07

This week's Mystery box challenge pushes the remaining 14 contestants to their limits.

26. Heaven and Hell Week Day 2: Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-08

Four contestants face the elimination challenge and are joined Ian Curley. The two of them who create the two worst dishes then have to battle it out in round two and one of them will be eliminated from the competition.

27. Heaven and Hell Week Day 3: Seven Deadly Sins Banquet

Air Date: 2013-07-09

The remaining hopefuls are divided into two teams, and they have to prepare a banquet for 70 diners using ingredients that represent the different Seven Deadly Sins.

28. Heaven and Hell Week Day 4: Elimination Challenge 2

Air Date: 2013-07-10

The losing team from the Seven Deadly Sins challenge battle it out to try and save themselves from elimination.

29. Masterclass 6

Air Date: 2013-07-11

Paul Wilson creates a traditional Mexican mole with lamb cutlets. The judges pit their skills against one another in creating a chocolate mousse.

30. Fast Food Week Day 1: Mystery Box

Air Date: 2013-07-14

Fast Food Week gets underway and in the mystery box challenge the twelve remaining contestants are split in four teams, each having to create their own creation of the burger, fried chicken and kebab. They have to face the clock though as time is limited.

31. Fast Food Week Day 2: Auction Elimination

Air Date: 2013-07-15

The elimination challenge sees the contestants having to bid against each other for the items they want to cook with in an auction, and instead of money, they’ll bid with minutes.

32. Fast Food Week Day 3: Car Club Team Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-16

The remaining contestants travel to Red Hill Estate on the Mornington Peninsula where they have to create club sandwiches for 50 car club fans.

33. Fast Food Week Day 4: Elmination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-17

Daniel Wilson offers his 'perfect hotdog'. The contestants facing elimination have to recreate the hotdog and David will join the judges to decide who will be eliminated.

34. Masterclass 7

Air Date: 2013-07-18

Gary attempts to prove that fast food can be healthy as he creates Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with peanut dipping sauce.

35. Immunity Week Day 1: Skills Test and Yin & Yang Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-21

Only 10 hopefuls remain in the running and with an immunity pin up for grabs, the tension in the kitchen is running high.

36. Immunity Week Day 2: Identical Dishes

Air Date: 2013-07-22

The pairs in the immunity challenge are given free rein to create whatever they like but they must make two identical dishes

37. Immunity Week Day 3: Black Forest Ice-Cream Cake Relay

Air Date: 2013-07-23

The remaining pairs in the immunity challenge have to recreate Nick Palumbo’s black forest ice-cream cake, in a relay style event.

38. Immunity Week Day 4: Butter Invention Test

Air Date: 2013-07-24

With just four pairs left vying for an elimination pin and in an invention test each couple has to create a sweet and a savoury dish.

39. Masterclass 8

Air Date: 2013-07-25

Matt goes back to basics as he creates a homemade tartare sauce. Gary uses some fresh local produce to create a dish for some local lifesavers.

40. Love Week Day 1: Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2013-07-28

Love week gets underway and starts with a mystery box challenge. The remaining hopefuls get to fill their own boxes with ingredients of their choice but there is a twist!

41. Love Week Day 2: Chocolate Elimination

Air Date: 2013-07-29

The ingredient in this week's pressure test is chocolate. The bottom three from yesterday's challenge have to recreate Kirsten Tibballs’ louros cake.

42. Love Week Day 3: 50 First Dates

Air Date: 2013-07-30

The top 10 are split into two teams and given the challenge of creating a main dish and a dessert for 25 couples.

43. Love Week Day 4: Breakfast Elimination

Air Date: 2013-07-31

The five contestants facing elimination this weekhave to create their own breakfast dish and then serve it in just an hour to 100 hungry customers.

44. Masterclass 9

Air Date: 2013-08-01

Kirsten Tibballs shows how to make an indulgent chocolate dessert perfect perfect for sharing. Gary creates a gorgeous dessert to tempt your loved one.

45. Heston Blumenthal Week Day 1: Royal Jubilee Trifle

Air Date: 2013-08-04

The judges are joined by Heston Blumenthal and the contestants have two hours to recreate Heston’s royal jubilee trifle as they battle it out to win immunity.

46. Heston Blumenthal Week Day 2: Cook Against Heston Immunity

Air Date: 2013-08-05

The three winning contestants are given just 90 minutes to cook either an entrée, main or dessert while Heston has to cook all three courses in the same time. There is a twist in the challenge though.

47. Heston Blumenthal Week Day 3: Medieval Knights Feast

Air Date: 2013-08-06

The teams have two and a half hours to create a Heston-esque medieval feast for ten noble knights and the judges.

48. Heston Blumenthal Week Day 4: Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-08-07

The contestants from the losing team battle it out in today’s elimination challenge.

49. Masterclass 10

Air Date: 2013-08-08

Heston offers a masterclass on how to create perfect scrambled eggs. He also creates a roasted leg of lamb with anchovies and rosemary and demonstrates how to carve for maximum flavour.

50. World Food Week Day 1: VIP Banquet

Air Date: 2013-08-11

The remaining eight contestants are flown to Dubai and split into four teams of two the contestants to face a challenge that sees them shop in the local Souk Markets and then create a banquet to 36 VIP's.

51. World Food Week Day 2: Palms Hotel Elimination

Air Date: 2013-08-12

The 6 losing contestants from yesterday’s challenge are put in charge of the Ossiano kitchen at The Palms Hotel Atlantis, where they have to create dinner for 50 VIP Atlantis guests as well as Ossiano Vice President, Mark Patten.

52. World Food Week Day 3: Mexico or China

Air Date: 2013-08-13

The contestants are split into two teams and have to create a lunchtime menu for city based office workers in Melbourne composed of dishes from either Mexico or China.

53. World Food Week Day 4: Qantas World Map of Food

Air Date: 2013-08-14

The contestants find themselves standing in front of the Qantas World Map of Food. They then have to create dishes from various regions of the world.

54. Masterclass 11

Air Date: 2013-08-15

The two lucky contestants who won Sunday night’s challenge are flown first class to Paris where Matt Preston shows them some of his favourite places to eat.

55. Dreams Week Day 1: Service Challenge

Air Date: 2013-08-18

The seven remaining contestants begin to realise that their food dreams are a real possibility. The service challenge sees them having to create dinner for some very surprise guests.

56. Dreams Week Day 2: Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-08-19

Those facing elimination need to create cook a plate of food that demonstrates their food dream.

57. Dreams Week Day 3: Josie Bones

Air Date: 2013-08-20

The final six contestants pay a visit to Josie Bones, a restaurant owned by Chris Badenoch, who was a former Masterchef contestant. They are split into teams and have to create three dishes to serve to Chris' customers with the worst team having to face the next elimination challenge.

58. Dreams Week Day 4: Darren's Raspberry Rhubarb Ginger Chocolate Dessert.

Air Date: 2013-08-21

The contestants facing elimination have to try and replicate Darren Purchase’s, raspberry rhubarb ginger chocolate dessert.

59. Masterclass 12

Air Date: 2013-08-22

Annie Smithers and John Reid are with the top five contestants & the judges, to create some great regional country produce.

60. Finals Week Day 1: Mystery Box

Air Date: 2013-08-25

The latest mystery box challenge sees the contestants being given 10 ingredients, five chosen by the contestants and the other five chosen by the judges. They then have just sixty minutes to create a delicious meal.

61. Finals Week Day 2: Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2013-08-26

The five contestants are matched with a chef that has a style and expertise to match their culinary ambitions in the latest elimination challenge.

62. Finals Week Day 3: The Atlantic Service Challenge

Air Date: 2013-08-27

The four hopefuls left in the running arrive at Donovan Cooke’s restaurant, The Atlantic. Each of them have to create a two course meal chosen by Donovan for some VIP Atlantic customers.

63. Finals Week Day 4: Culinary Dueling

Air Date: 2013-08-28

The hopefuls battle it out in a culinary duel over three different rounds. In eachround, they have just thirty minutes and an open pantry to try and come up with their winning dishes. At the end of the show there is another elimination.

64. Masterclass 13

Air Date: 2013-08-29

All of the contestants from this year's competition return to take part in the last Masterclass of the season. The tables are turned though as they set a mystery box challenge for George and Gary.

65. Grandfinal

Air Date: 2013-09-01

The finalists battle it out to secure the $100,000 cash prize, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, a cookbook deal with New Holland and access to Australia’s best kitchens.

1. Series 6 Premiere

Air Date: 2014-05-05

MasterChef Australia returns with the best group of home cooks the competition has ever seen. In the first episode, our potential contestants are given one hour to cook their best dish and secure their spot in the top 24.

2. Top 50: Core Skills Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-05-06

Just 10 aprons remain for the 18 remaining aspiring home cooks.The contestants are put through their paces in a core skills invention test, then, contestants must recreate George Calombaris' superb lemon lime and bitters dessert.

3. Top 24: Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2014-05-07

The top 24 contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen for the very first time. First up tonight, the contestants face the classic mystery box challenge, but there's a surprise in store.

4. Elimination Challenge: Chinese Fried Rice

Air Date: 2014-05-08

In tonight's elimination episode, 21 contestants face elimination for the first time with a three-round challenge. The contestants are given just 30 minutes to cook a perfect Chinese fried rice. Who will be the first contestant to go?

5. Mystery Box Challenge and Breakfast Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-05-11

The 21 contestants enter the kitchen to find a mystery box at their bench. They have one hour to cook a dish using at least one of the ingredients.

6. Pressure Test: Shannon Bennett's Fillet of Beef

Air Date: 2014-05-12

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face off in the pressure test. They are given the challenge of re-creating guest chef Shannon Bennett's fillet of beef with a bone marrow crust.

7. Off-Site Challenge: Lunch Service in St Kilda

Air Date: 2014-05-13

In the season's first off-site challenge, the contestants split into two teams for a lunch service challenge at two popular St Kilda restaurants. The team with the most money in the till at the end of the challenge wins.

8. Elimination Challenge: Three Dishes from One Snapper

Air Date: 2014-05-14

The losing team from last night's challenge are all facing elimination and have to plan three dishes from one snapper. In an unexpected twist, one contestant takes the biggest risk in the history of MasterChef Australia. Will it pay off?

9. Mystery Box Challenge: Maggie Beer

Air Date: 2014-05-18

In a special episode, the queen of the Australian kitchen, Maggie Beer, returns to the kitchen for the Mystery Box challenge. Who will impress the judges in the challenge?

10. Pressure Test: Alla Wolf-Tasker's Rivers and Lakes

Air Date: 2014-05-19

The bottom three contestants from the Invention Test face off in the Pressure Test. Who will be hanging up their apron and leaving the MasterChef kitchen for the last time?

11. Immunity Challenge: Ollie Gould & Kylie Kwong

Air Date: 2014-05-20

The three best performing contestants in the Invention Test get to compete for immunity. Competing against chefs Ollie Gould and Kylie Kwong, who has what it takes to win the immunity?

12. Team Challenge: Three Course Menu from Memory

Air Date: 2014-05-21

In this challenge it's all about strategy, memory, communication, pace and teamwork as the contestants are split into two teams. However, as always, there's a twist.

13. Elimination Challenge in Three Rounds

Air Date: 2014-05-22

The losing team from the latest challenge now face off over three rounds. By the end of round three, one of the 10 contestants will be eliminated from the competition.

14. Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-05-25

A mystery box challenge quickly becomes a nightmare for some; while an invention test goes like a dream for others.

15. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2014-05-26

The bottom three contestants from the invention test face off in a pressure test where they have three hours to replicate a complex dessert. The worst dish will be eliminated from the competition.

16. Immunity Challenge: Benjamin Cooper

Air Date: 2014-05-27

The contestant playing for immunity must cook off against Benjamin Cooper from leading restaurant, Chin Chin, even with a 15-minute head start, have they got what it takes to out-cook a professional?

17. Team Challenge: Four-Course Dessert Menu

Air Date: 2014-05-28

The contestants are tasked to create a four-course dessert menu, with each team needing to prepare 10 serves of each dessert to the judges. Which team will go head to head in the elimination?

18. Elimination Challenge: Blind Taste Test

Air Date: 2014-05-29

The contestants from the losing team compete in a blind taste test. They must taste a mystery dish while blindfolded then recreate the dish. The worst dish will be hanging up the apron forever.

19. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2014-06-01

The contestants enter the kitchen for another Mystery Box challenge, but there's a twist...The top three dishes will compete for immunity while the bottom three will face elimination.

20. Pressure Test: Saint Crispin

Air Date: 2014-06-02

In an intense pressure test, the three contestants must recreate a dish made by the co-head chefs from leading Melbourne restaurant Saint Crispin. Who will be safe from elimination?

21. Immunity Challenge: Matt Stone

Air Date: 2014-06-03

With immunity up for grabs the three contestants battle it out with cheese. Who will get the chance to cook for immunity and go up against celebrated chef Matt Stone?

22. Team Challenge: Queen Victoria Market

Air Date: 2014-06-04

The contestants arrive at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market and are tasked to work in teams at four different stalls. The team with the lowest profit will face off in the elimination challenge.

23. Elimination Challenge: Time Auction

Air Date: 2014-06-05

The losing team from the off-site challenge will compete in a time-auction elimination challenge and one contestant's dream will be over. Also, we end with a sweet Masterclass that's all about dessert.

24. Invention Test: Chocolate

Air Date: 2014-06-08

In the invention test, each team has to produce one sweet and one savoury dish using chocolate, showing their versatility. The team that impresses the judges the most will win a chance at immunity.

25. Pressure Test: Nobu Matsuhisa

Air Date: 2014-06-09

In a pressure test like no other, internationally acclaimed chef Nobu Matsuhisa sets a challenge for the losing team from the invention test in one of the toughest cooks yet.

26. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2014-06-10

The three best performers in the invention test are vying for immunity. However, they must produce a dish using either a blow torch, a smoking gun or a cream whip dispenser.

27. Offsite Challenge: Wedding Anniversary at Ascot House

Air Date: 2014-06-11

Love is in the air as the contestants arrive at Melbourne's prestigious Ascot House to celebrate a diamond jubilee wedding anniversary with no food. That's where the contestants come in.

28. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2014-06-12

In a two-round elimination challenge the losing team from the off-site challenge go head-to-head to keep their place in the competition. Which amateur cook will say goodbye forever?

29. Mystery Box: Marco Pierre White

Air Date: 2014-06-15

The contestants are stunned to find the Godfather of modern cooking, Marco Pierre White, waiting for them. The winner of Marco's mystery box challenge gets to choose the core ingredient in the invention test.

30. Pressure Test: White Heat

Air Date: 2014-06-16

Marco Pierre White sets the pressure test challenge from his iconic cookbook, White Heat. Emotions run high when one contestant is sent packing forever.

31. Immunity Challenge: Donovan Cooke

Air Date: 2014-06-17

The contestant cooking for immunity must match skills with Donovan Cooke from the renowned Melbourne restaurant Atlantic. Have they got what it takes to take down a professional?

32. Offsite Challenge: Taxi Kitchen

Air Date: 2014-06-18

The off-site challenge sees the contestants split into two teams to cook a three-course, British-inspired menu for 120 diners at Taxi Kitchen, in Melbourne's Federation Square.

33. Elimination Challenge: Risotto

Air Date: 2014-06-19

Each contestant has one hour to cook a risotto, but to impress they must take this popular dish to another level. The contestant with the least impressive dish will leave the kitchen.

34. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2014-06-22

The contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen to find two mystery boxes, but this week these two boxes will turn the competition on its head.

35. Pressure Test: Vikas Khanna

Air Date: 2014-06-23

In the Pressure Test Challenge, the contestants must work with chef and host of MasterChef India, Vikas Khanna. The least impressive dish will leave the competition.

36. Mystery Box Challenge: Second Chances

Air Date: 2014-06-24

We are down to the Top Ten contestants; but this challenge will present the biggest shock in the competition so far. Only the most courageous will win.

37. Service Challenge: Starlight Children's Foundation

Air Date: 2014-06-25

Guest chef Curtis Stone leads the service challenge at the Starlight Children's Foundation charity lunch. The contestants are split in two teams and must raise the most money for the charity.

38. Power Apron Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2014-06-26

In an intense Mystery Box challenge, the winning team from the service challenge play off for the power apron, which will mean they control every challenge played out next week.

39. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-06-29

It's power apron week and the contestant holding the apron will have a big advantage in the Mystery Box challenge and the Invention test. Which three contestants will face-off for elimination?

40. Pressure Test - Croquembouche

Air Date: 2014-06-30

In one of the most difficult pressure tests yet, the three contestants must battle it out to stay in the competition. However, the power apron plays a role yet again and one cook will say goodbye.

41. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2014-07-01

In the immunity challenge the contestant with the power apron will compete for a chance at immunity. But will the power apron help the contestant get one over the professional chef?

42. Service Challenge: Banquet for 20 Food Producers

Air Date: 2014-07-02

In the service challenge, the contestants are split into two teams to cook a banquet for 20 food producers. The power apron contestant gets to choose their team members for the challenge.

43. Elimination Challenge: Mexican

Air Date: 2014-07-03

In a Mexican-themed elimination challenge, the five remaining contests will face-off to avoid elimination. However, the power apron contestant will play a vital role on who will be staying...

44. Mystery Box Challenge: Barter

Air Date: 2014-07-06

With the same six items in each contestant's mystery box, they all must barter with each other to get a variety of ingredients. Which three contestants will battle it out for immunity?

45. Pressure Test: Nick Palumbo's Choc-Top Ice Creams

Air Date: 2014-07-07

In the Pressure Test, the contestants must make four of Nick Palumbo's classic choc-top ice creams from scratch. The least impressive dish will leave the competition forever.

46. Immunity Challenge: John Lawson

Air Date: 2014-07-08

The contestants vying for immunity must identify 12 cuts of a cow. The contestant that names all 12 correctly will go up against professional chef, John Lawson. Can they out-cook a professional?

47. Offsite Challenge: Asian

Air Date: 2014-07-09

In an Asian cuisine challenge, the contestants, in four teams must cook an Asian dish for 200 hungry fans who have the power to decide on their favourite dishes.

48. Elimination Challenge: Dave Verhuel

Air Date: 2014-07-10

The two losing teams from the team challenge must replicate a signature dish by chef Dave Verhuel without a recipe. The least impressive dish will be eliminated from the competition.

49. Mystery Box: Heston Blumenthal & Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-07-13

To the contestant's surprise, chef Heston Blumenthal will be heading up the challenges, starting with the first challenge and the Invention test.

50. Pressure Test: Beetroot Risotto

Air Date: 2014-07-14

The contestants must cook one of Heston's dishes: beetroot risotto. With no recipe, they must keep up with Heston as he cooks the dish in front of them, but they must finish cooking at the same time.

51. Offsite Challenge

Air Date: 2014-07-15

In the off-site challenge, Heston sets the task for the five contestants cooking. They must pimp the menu of a local Melbourne pub and run the service for 120 customers, with Heston at the helm.

52. Elimination Challenge: Five Senses

Air Date: 2014-07-16

The contestants must make a dish inspired by the five senses. Each cook has to include taste and the remaining senses are allocated between the contestants to include in their dish.

53. Sudden Death Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2014-07-17

Four contestants face off in a sudden death elimination challenge? and then an incredible Masterclass from Heston.

54. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2014-07-20

The contestants open their mystery boxes and find ingredients chosen by their loved ones. They now have 45 minutes to cook something spectacular using those ingredients.

55. Invention Test

Air Date: 2014-07-21

In an emotional invention test, the remaining five contestants are surprised to learn that there are no rules or restraints: they can cook whatever they choose with full access to the pantry.

56. Duel Challenge Over Three Rounds

Air Date: 2014-07-22

The top four contestants must cook off in a duel challenge over three rounds. There's a great deal at stake as the winner of the third round will secure a place in the semi-final.

57. Service Challenge: Vue de Monde

Air Date: 2014-07-23

With one contestant already through to the semi-final, the remaining three contestants compete in a service challenge at the three-hatted Vue de Monde restaurant in Melbourne.

58. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2014-07-24

Three contestants must cook off in an elimination pressure test with one leaving forever. Also, the contestants sit the final MasterClass, joined by special guest chefs Curtis Stone and Kylie Kwong.

59. MasterChef 2014 Semi Final

Air Date: 2014-07-27

The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight for a place in the finale. Will your favourite amateur cook make it through to the final two?

60. MasterChef 2014 Finale

Air Date: 2014-07-28

The massive finale will be played out in a culinary duel over three rounds with the chance to win $250,000 and prizes to change their lives forever. Who will be Australia's MasterChef for 2014?

1. Auditions, Part 1

Air Date: 2015-05-05

Season Premiere. With the culinary bar set high in 2014, the heat will be on as MasterChef Australia returns for 2015. Home cooks from around the country begin the battle for the title of Australia's next MasterChef.

2. Auditions, Part 2

Air Date: 2015-05-06

In their first challenge, the contestants have 75 minutes to make a savoury dish in order to secure themselves a spot in the Top 24. Which contestants will claim the last remaining aprons?

3. Top 24 Mystery Box

Air Date: 2015-05-07

The Top 24 contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen for their first mystery box challenge.

4. Team Challenge: Massimo Bottura

Air Date: 2015-05-07

The contestants must break into three teams and battle it out in the first team challenge.

5. Elimination Challenge: Fish

Air Date: 2015-05-08

In today's very fishy challenge, the eight contestants from the losing team in yesterday's task must face off to stay in the competition.

6. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Guilty Pleasures

Air Date: 2015-05-10

The mystery box is revealed as today's challenge. It is their chance to show the judges what they are made of and the winning dish will gain an advantage going into the invention test.

7. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-05-11

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the previous invention test face off in the pressure test. One contestant will cook their last dish in the MasterChef Australia kitchen.

8. Immunity Challenge: Jaffle Iron

Air Date: 2015-05-12

Today the three best-performing contestants in the invention test will compete for immunity. The judges reveal that each contestant must first cook a sweet or savoury dish using a jaffle iron.

9. Team Challenge: Two-Course Meal for the Army

Air Date: 2015-05-13

The remaining 22 contestants must team up and cook a two-course meal, a main and a dessert, for 120 guests made up of serving Army personnel, Legacy guests and their families.

10. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-14

The losing team from yesterday's challenge must cook-off to keep their place in the competition. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated from MasterChef Australia.

11. Mystery Box Challenge: Five Tastes

Air Date: 2015-05-17

The contestants arrive at the MasterChef Australia kitchen to find Marco Pierre White there to greet them. Today's mystery box challenge is all about the five fundamental tastes in the human palate.

12. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-05-18

The three contestants with the least impressive dish from the previous invention test face off in the pressure test. At the end of the challenge, one of these contestants will be going home.

13. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-19

The three best performers in the invention test are vying for immunity. Marco Pierre White sets them a 30 minute challenge with unlimited pantry access.

14. Team Challenge: Relay

Air Date: 2015-05-20

In today's challenge, the contestants are split into four teams, with each team cooking in a relay. All five members of the team with the least impressive dish will go into tomorrow's elimination.

15. Elimination & MasterClass 1

Air Date: 2015-05-21

In tonight's elimination, contestants must prepare a single dish plated into five identical serves, one for each of the four judges and one for the cook who will have the honour of dining with the judges. Closing out the episode with Marco Pierre White is the first MasterClass of the season. The contestants are joined by our judges at the picturesque Burnham Beeches.

16. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-24

In a very special episode, the Queen of the Australian kitchen, Maggie Beer returns to the MasterChef Australia kitchen as the 19 contestants face another mystery box challenge.

17. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-05-25

The judges reveal that today's pressure test has been set by a rising star in the dessert world, guest chef Anna. The contestant with the least impressive dish will leave the competition.

18. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-26

With guest mentor Shannon Bennett leading today's challenge, has our amateur MasterChef cook got what it takes to out-perform one of the best?

19. Off-site Challenge: Abbotsford Convent Bakery

Air Date: 2015-05-27

In an off-site team challenge, the contestants will be taking over the bakery at Melbourne's iconic Abbotsford Convent.

20. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-28

The losing team of nine cooks face off in the elimination challenge and the contestant with the least impressive dish in round three will leave the kitchen.

21. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-05-31

The judges tell the 17 contestants to realise their food dreams. Plus, past contestants return to showcase their skills.

22. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-06-01

The three contestants in this episodes pressure test see former season four contestant Kylie Millar enter the kitchen. Plus, we say goodbye as one contestant will cook their last dish.

23. Immunity Challenge: Callum Hann

Air Date: 2015-06-02

The three best performers in the invention test are vying for immunity. The winner of round one will cook off against season two runner-up Callum Hann.

24. Off-site Challenge: Mexican Street Food

Air Date: 2015-06-03

This episodes challenge is to cook Mexican street food for a huge crowd of 500 guests, with three and a half hours to prepare and ninety minutes to serve as many people as possible.

25. Elimination Challenge: Justine Schofield & MasterClass 2

Air Date: 2015-06-04

The eight members of the losing team from the Mexican challenge are facing elimination. With 90 minutes on the clock and an open pantry, the contestants must re-invent a classic French dish.

26. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-07

In this mystery box challenge, the contestants learn that each ingredient costs $1 or less and are given 60 minutes to create a dish using at least one ingredient.

27. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-06-08

In a pressure test like no other, the losing team face off in one of the toughest challenges which has been set by one of the world's greatest chefs, Marcus Wareing.

28. Immunity Challenge: Nick Holloway

Air Date: 2015-06-09

The contestant cooking for immunity must face off against Nick Holloway, from Nu Nu Restaurant in Palm Cove, Queensland. Has the amateur cook got what it takes to out-perform one of the best...

29. Off-site Challenge: Pizzini Wines

Air Date: 2015-06-10

The contestants arrive at Pizzini Wines in north-eastern Victoria's beautiful King Valley. Divided into two teams, each is set the challenge to cook a three-course Italian feast.

30. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-11

The losing contestants from the team challenge are cooking to stay in the competition. They enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen to find mystery boxes on their benches.

31. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-14

It's power apron week on MasterChef Australia. Whoever holds the apron will have an extra advantage in the upcoming challenges. There are four chances to win and wear it across the week.

32. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-06-15

The contestants with the three least impressive dishes from the invention test face off in the pressure test. The contestant whose dish least impresses the judges will be eliminated.

33. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-16

In an immunity challenge with a twist, the four best performing cooks from the invention test have a chance to fight it out for guaranteed immunity and the power apron.

34. Off-site Challenge: Tokyo Tina vs. Saigon Sally

Air Date: 2015-06-17

Split into two teams, the contestants will be taking over two popular Melbourne restaurants: Tokyo Tina and Saigon Sally. The losing team will go into tomorrow's elimination challenge.

35. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-18

Power Week. The elimination challenge will take place over two rounds. Firstly, the contestants perform a blind taste test and then must create a dish using only the ingredients they have correctly named.

36. Mystery Box Challenge: Heston Blumenthal & Invention Test

Air Date: 2015-06-21

Today's mystery box challenge has been set by the great Heston Blumenthal. The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish using at least one ingredient chosen by Heston.

37. Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi's Jewel of the Sea

Air Date: 2015-06-22

The judges reveal that the pressure test has been set by celebrated chef Guillaume Brahimi, the contestants have two and a half hours to recreate Guillaume's elaborate jewel of the sea dish.

38. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-23

Today the three contestants who impressed in Heston Blumenthal's invention test cook for immunity. Does the amateur cook have what it takes to out-cook the professional?

39. Off-site Challenge: Afternoon Tea at The Hotel Windsor

Air Date: 2015-06-24

In the team challenge, contestants are split into two teams to prepare afternoon tea for 100 guests at Melbourne's The Hotel Windsor.

40. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2015-06-25

The five members of the losing team from yesterday's afternoon tea challenge enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen in what promises to be one of the most dramatic episodes of the season.

41. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2015-06-28

In the invention test, the winner of the mystery box challenge will get to decide on the pantry items, the cuisine and the cook time for every contestant.

42. Pressure Test: Janice Wong's Cassis Plum

Air Date: 2015-06-29

The pressure test has been set by guest chef Janice Wong from 2am Dessert Bar in Singapore.The contestants have two hours and 15 minutes to recreate her intricate dessert, the cassis plum.

43. Immunity Challenge: Batter

Air Date: 2015-06-30

In a battle for immunity, the contestants have 30 minutes to create a dish that showcases batter. However, the pantry and garden are off limits, so they must work with the staple ingredients...

44. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-01

The contestants will take part in a barbecue battle in the MasterChef Australia garden for the team challenge. Special guest, Andy Groneman, will be there to guide them.

45. Elimination Challenge: Rick Stein

Air Date: 2015-07-02

The judges reveal that the challenge is all about fish, and who better to help guide the contestants through the cook than much-loved chef Rick Stein, the 'Codfather' himself.

46. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-05

The top eight contestants will take a trip down memory lane as they discover that this week's mystery box challenge is one they have faced before.

47. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-07-06

In what promises to be one of the toughest pressure tests yet seen in the MasterChef Australia kitchen, the bottom four contestants from the invention test must cook off to survive in the competition.

48. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-07

In an immunity challenge like no other, the two contestants will cook off against two professional chefs in the second round. Do the home cooks have what it takes to out-cook the professionals?

49. Off-site Challenge: Circa, The Prince

Air Date: 2015-07-08

In the off-site team challenge, the judges reveal the contestants will be preparing a seven-course degustation menu for 40 diners at Circa: The Prince.

50. Elimination Challenge: Time Auction

Air Date: 2015-07-09

The contestants facing elimination will take part in a time auction. Each contestant begins with 100 minutes to bid for items in three categories. The more they spend the less time they have to cook.

51. Marco Pierre White Team Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-12

As promised, Marco Pierre White has returned to see how far the contestants have come and to push them to step up going into finals week.

52. Pressure Test: Cook-along

Air Date: 2015-07-13

With no recipe and no clock, three contestants must cook along with Marco Pierre White. He will cook a classic dish and they must cook at the same time and the same pace.

53. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-14

The best performing contestants from Marco Pierre White's service challenge have the chance to cook for immunity. It is the last immunity pin up for grabs before finals week.

54. Team Challenge: French Restaurants

Air Date: 2015-07-15

This episodes French challenge splits the contestants into two teams and will be responsible for every aspect of the restaurant: planning the menu, creating dishes with no recipes and much more.

55. Elimination Challenge: Childhood Memories

Air Date: 2015-07-16

The judges reveal that for the elimination challenge, the contestants need to draw on childhood memories as an inspiration for their dish.

56. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-19

It's finals week in the kitchen, the top five contestants enter the kitchen to face the last mystery box challenge.

57. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-07-20

The three contestants from the invention test will cook off in a pressure test, at the end of which, one more contestant will be going home.

58. No Rules Challenge

Air Date: 2015-07-21

In this challenge the contestants can choose their own cuisine and whether it's sweet or savoury, however they must decide on the cooking time together.

59. Service Challenge: The Press Club

Air Date: 2015-07-22

The judges reveal to the contestants that they will be running service in The Press Club, and will be cooking a four-course meal for 35 of the finest chefs and restaurateurs in the country.

60. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2015-07-23

While one contestant has safely made it through to the semi-final, the remaining three are fighting it out to stay in the competition in a pressure test that will stretch them to their limits.

61. Grand Final Part 1

Air Date: 2015-07-26

The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale. One contestant will cook their last dish in the MasterChef Australia kitchen.

62. Grand Final Part 2

Air Date: 2015-07-27

Tune in as the winner of MasterChef Australia 2015 will be crowned. The finalists are competing for a $250,000 prize, a monthly column in Australia's leading premium food magazine 'Delicious' + more!

1. Premiere

Air Date: 2016-05-01

MasterChef Australia returns with the best group of home cooks the competition has ever seen. In the first of three judges' auditions, our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish.

2. 2nd Judges' Auditions

Air Date: 2016-05-02

In the second judges' auditions our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish. To receive an apron, the contestants must receive a yes from all three judges.

3. Final Round Judges' Auditions

Air Date: 2016-05-03

With the Final Round of the Judge's Audition comes the First Pressure Test, which involves a Shannon Bennett Chocolate Bar.

4. First Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2016-05-04

2015's Masterchef, Billie McKay, knows exactly what this crop of aspirants are going through. Do you reckon she'll go easy on them when she picks the ingredients of the First Mystery Box?

5. First Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2016-05-05

In the first elimination challenge, three contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

6. Mystery Box Challenge: Marco Pierre White

Air Date: 2016-05-08

The hopeful chefs suit up and show up for Marco Pierre White Week. With 75 minutes ticking away, they use the ingredients from Marco's mystery box of ingredients.

7. Pressure Test: Marco Pierre White's John Dory

Air Date: 2016-05-09

It takes 20 ovens, miles of stainless steel, an arsenal of appliances and knives that chop, cut, slice and dice, to discover the best amateur chef in Australia. Tasks include mystery boxes, celebrity chef challenges, masterclasses and off-site challenges. The usual elimination format applies. MasterChef experts are George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston.

8. Immunity Challenge: Jake Kellie

Air Date: 2016-05-10

The top three contestants from the invention test must make a filled pasta with a matching sauce. The winner will then enter a cook off for immunity against guest chef, Jake Kellie.

9. Team Challenge: Pub Lunch

Air Date: 2016-05-11

This challenge is all about the pub lunch. The contestants are split into two teams and must cook three courses for 70 people with Marco Pierre White running the pass.

10. Pressure Test & Masterclass

Air Date: 2016-05-12

The contestants from the losing pub lunch challenge team must correctly name an ingredient to avoid the elimination cook-off challenge, as the contestant with the least impressive dish will go home.

11. Mystery Box Challenge: Viewers

Air Date: 2016-05-15

This mystery box challenge has been chosen by the viewers. Contestants have 75 minutes to create a dish using at least one ingredient chosen by the viewers.

12. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2016-05-16

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last nights the invention test face off in the pressure test. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

13. Immunity Challenge: Popcorn

Air Date: 2016-05-17

The three best performers in the invention test must create a dish using popcorn as the core ingredient. The winner will then need to out-cook the professional guest chef for immunity.

14. Service Challenge

Air Date: 2016-05-18

In this service challenge, the contestants are split into two teams. Each team must cook a three-course meal for 30 people replicating dishes from two celebrated Melbourne restaurants.

15. Elimination Challenge: No Cooking

Air Date: 2016-05-19

The losing team from the service challenge now faces elimination as the contestants create a dish without any cooking. The bottom three will then cook-off to avoid elimination from the competition.

16. Mystery Box: Nigella Lawson

Air Date: 2016-05-22

It's Nigella Lawson Week. Contestants have 75 minutes to create a delicious dish based on Nigella's divine indulgences. The top three will have a chance at immunity while the bottom three face elimination.

17. Pressure Test: Nigella Lawson's Three-Course Meal

Air Date: 2016-05-23

The bottom three from Nigella's invention test face elimination in what might be the toughest pressure test ever, as contestants have just one hour to recreate Nigella's three-course meal.

18. Immunity Challenge: Midnight Snack

Air Date: 2016-05-24

Matt Preston and Nigella Lawson arrive at the contestant house in the middle of the night as the three best from Nigella's invention test are asked to create a midnight snack for a chance at immunity.

19. Team Challenge: Fete

Air Date: 2016-05-25

Split into three teams, each team must prepare one savoury dish and two sweet dishes to sell at a fete held in honour of Nigella Lawson with all proceeds donated to the Royal Children's Hospital.

20. Elimination Challenge: Name That Cake & MasterClass 2

Air Date: 2016-05-26

The losing fete challenge team now face elimination. Contestants must correctly name cakes, fail to do so and they will need to impress the judges with a cake of their own to stay in the competition.

21. Mystery Box

Air Date: 2016-05-29

The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish using the ingredients in the mystery box. The winner will cook off for a chance at immunity and the bottom three will face the elimination pressure test.

22. Pressure Test: Jason Atherton's Quail Afternoon Tea Dish

Air Date: 2016-05-30

The bottom three from the invention test now face the elimination pressure test. Contestants have just over 3 hours to recreate UK chef Jason Atherton's quail afternoon tea dish to avoid elimination.

23. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2016-05-31

With immunity up for grabs, contestants will work in pairs to create a savoury & sweet jaffle in 45 minutes. The winning pair will then need to out cook professional chefs to secure an immunity pin.

24. Off-site Challenge: Hellenic Republic

Air Date: 2016-06-01

Today's off-site challenge will take place at George Calombaris' Hellenic Republic restaurant. Split into two teams, each team must prepare a three course feast for 120 guests to avoid elimination.

25. Elimination Challenge: Blind Taste Test

Air Date: 2016-06-02

The losing Greek feast challenge team now face elimination. Contestants who fail the Round 1 blind taste test must then impress the judges with a dish using the ingredient they did not correctly name.

26. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2016-06-05

The Queen of the Australian kitchen, Maggie Beer returns! The invention test winner will have the advantage going into the mystery box challenge when contestants have an hour to impress the judges.

27. Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's Mess

Air Date: 2016-06-06

The bottom three contestants from the mystery box challenge face off in the elimination pressure test. Contestants have just three hours to recreate & 15 minutes to plate up Anna Polyviou's mess.

28. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2016-06-07

The three best performers from Maggie Beer's mystery box are now vying for immunity. The contestant who produces the best éclair in round one will then cook off against a professional chef.

29. Team Challenge: Chinese New Year

Air Date: 2016-06-08

Today's off-site team challenge marks the celebration of Chinese New Year joined by guest mentor, Kylie Kwong. Each team must prepare two set-price Asian street food dishes & sell them to the public.

30. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2016-06-09

The losing team from the Chinese New Year challenge must now cook a dish determined by lucky dip. With 75 minutes on the clock, the contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated.

31. Mystery Box Challenge: Luke Nguyen & Invention Test

Air Date: 2016-06-12

Today's mystery box challenge has been set by guest chef Luke Nguyen, as contestants have 60 minutes to make an impressive dish. The winner will then gain the advantage going into the invention test.

32. Pressure Test: Ross Lusted

Air Date: 2016-06-13

The bottom three contestants from the invention test face off in the elimination pressure test. Contestants have just two hours to recreate two of guest chef Ross Lusted's signature dishes.

33. Top 12

Air Date: 2016-06-14

The judges reveal to the top 12 contestants that today there are some special guests joining them in the MasterChef Australia kitchen.

34. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2016-06-15

Guest chef Curtis Stone joins today's off-site team challenge. Each team must prepare a six-course degustation menu for 50 guests in only two and half hours to avoid the elimination challenge.

35. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2016-06-16

The losing team from the Curtis Stone challenge now face elimination. Who will be leaving the MasterChef Australia kitchen?

36. Mystery Box Challenge: Ugly Ingredients & Invention Test: Relay

Air Date: 2016-06-19

Today's mystery box challenge contains eight of the ugliest ingredients ever seen. The contestants must impress the judges by creating a beautiful & delicious dish in only 60 minutes.

37. Pressure Test: Flynn McGarry

Air Date: 2016-06-20

The losing team from the invention test relay challenge now face off in the pressure test. Contestants must recreate guest chef Flynn McGarry's signature dish to avoid elimination.

38. Immunity Challenge: Victor Liong

Air Date: 2016-06-21

The four contestants who impressed in the relay invention test cook for immunity. Does the winner of the first round have what it takes to out-cook guest chef Victor Liong from Lee Ho Fook?

39. Team Challenge: Gourmet Cinema

Air Date: 2016-06-22

In today's gourmet cinema team challenge, the judges reveal that the contestants must cater for 165 cinema goers at a very special cinema event - the screening of MasterChef Australia's Greatest Hits.

40. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2016-06-23

The losing team from the gourmet cinema challenge are now cooking to save themselves from elimination. If they survive, they will make it into the top 10.

41. Heston Week

Air Date: 2016-06-26

Heston Week. Heston Blumenthal returns to MasterChef Australia in the biggest week ever. In a world first, the top 10 contestants open four Heston inspired & supervised MasterChef Australia pop-ups in four days.

42. Team Challenge: Brighton Beach Ice Cream Stands

Air Date: 2016-06-27

Heston Week. For one day only, Melbourne's iconic Brighton Beach bathing boxes become ice cream stands selling Heston-inspired ice creams & ice blocks. The least impressive team will face elimination.

43. Team Challenge: Three-Course Dessert Spread

Air Date: 2016-06-28

Heston Week. Tonight's challenge, Heston inspires the contestants to create a three-course dessert spread using only the food of the Gods: chocolate. The least impressive team will face the elimination challenge.

44. Elimination Challenge: Recipes from the Past

Air Date: 2016-06-29

Heston Week. Heston's restaurants are all about taking recipes from the past & giving them a modern twist. Four contestants must prepare a single course inspired by recipes from the past to avoid elimination.

45. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 3

Air Date: 2016-06-30

Masterclass. The seven contestants who created the least impressive dishes during the pop-ups now face off to stay in the competition in the final Heston-inspired challenge. Plus, a special Heston Masterclass.

46. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2016-07-03

The judges reveal that this week will be the toughest ever! In today's invention test contestants must choose between three of the hardest invention test dishes ever from previous seasons.

47. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2016-07-04

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last night's invention test face off in the pressure test. At the end of the cook, one of these contestants will be going home.

48. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2016-07-05

The three best performers in the invention test must now impress the judges in Round One for a chance to cook off against a professional chef and gain immunity.

49. Team Challenge: Australian Produce

Air Date: 2016-07-06

The remaining eight contestants are split into teams of two to cook a two-course meal inspired by quality Australian produce for 80 diners. The two least impressive teams will face elimination.

50. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2016-07-07

The four members of the losing teams from the service challenge now face elimination. With so much at stake, which contestant will fail to impress the judges and be sent home from the competition?

51. Mystery Box Challenge: San Francisco Produce & Invention Test

Air Date: 2016-07-10

California Week. The MasterChef Australia competition travels to California for the week. With just a map in hand the contestants must track down today's mystery box ingredients from local San Francisco produce shops.

52. Team Challenge: Dominque Crenn's Signature Dishes

Air Date: 2016-07-11

California Week. Contestants must work in teams to recreate two of Dominque Creen's signature dishes. Dominque is a Michelin-starred chef & was recently voted the World's Best Female Chef.

53. Francis Ford Coppola's Inglenook Estate

Air Date: 2016-07-12

California Week. Today four of the most impressive contestants are cooking for a guaranteed place in finals week at Francis Ford Coppola's Inglenook Estate in the Napa Valley.

54. Team Challenge: Santa Monica Pier Food Trucks

Air Date: 2016-07-13

California Week. Today the contestants are split into teams to run their very own food trucks at the world famous Santa Monica Pier. There is plenty at stake with the winning team guaranteed a place in finals week.

55. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 4

Air Date: 2016-07-14

Masterclass. The losing team from the Food Truck Challenge now face elimination. Under the mentorship of Curtis Stone, they must cook a dish that symbolises what they're going to do once the competition is over.

56. Mystery Box Challenge: Hottest Ingredients & Invention Test

Air Date: 2016-07-17

Finals Week. The top six contestants now face a mystery box challenge containing some of the hottest ingredients being used in the world right now. The winner will gain the advantage going into the invention test.

57. Pressure Test: Christy Tania

Air Date: 2016-07-18

Finals Week. The bottom three contestants from the invention test now face the elimination pressure test set by pastry chef & dessert specialist, Christy Tania.

58. Service Challenge: Lake House

Air Date: 2016-07-19

Finals Week. The Top Five contestants must cook five dishes from the menu of the Lake House in Daylesford under the guidance of legendary chef & owner, Alla Wolf-Tasker.

59. Elimination Challenge: Audition Ingredients

Air Date: 2016-07-20

Finals Week. The bottom 3 contestants from the Lake House challenge now face elimination & must impress the judges with a dish produced from the ingredients that they each cooked with to get into the competition.

60. MasterClass 5

Air Date: 2016-07-21

Masterclass. The final MasterClass of 2016 sees the return of the eliminated contestants. The shoe's on the other foot for George, Gary & Shannon who must cook a dish from ingredients from a special mystery box.

61. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Quarter Final

Air Date: 2016-07-24

Grand Final Week. In today's Quarter Final mystery box challenge & invention test, contestants cook off for a place in the Semi Final using ingredients chosen by their loved ones.

62. Service Challenge: Semi Final

Air Date: 2016-07-25

Grand Final Week. The final three contestants vie for a place in the Grand Finale in tonight's service challenge. Each contestant must prepare a main and a dessert for 20 guests plus the three judges.

63. MasterChef 2016 Grand Finale

Air Date: 2016-07-26

Grand Finale. Who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2016? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize & a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.

1. Auditions Part 1

Air Date: 2017-05-01

The heat is on. A fresh group of home cooks from around the country will eagerly tackle challenges that will see one of them take home the title and $250,000.

2. Auditions Part 2

Air Date: 2017-05-02

After a record-breaking first-round cook that saw an extraordinary 20 aprons handed out, only four aprons remain. Who will have what it takes to impress the judges?

3. Auditions Part 3

Air Date: 2017-05-03

In the third and final round of the judge's auditions, six contestants are vying for the final apron, which will secure them a place in the top 24.

4. Mystery Box: Elena Duggan

Air Date: 2017-05-04

Top 24 Mystery Box Challenge: Elena Duggan The top 24 contestants enter the kitchen for their first mystery box challenge.

5. Elimination Challenge: Hidden Pairs

Air Date: 2017-05-04

Hidden Pairs Elimination Challenge Bottom 4 cooking of in the mystery pairs elimination challenge.

6. Judges' Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-05-07

Each judge has placed three of their favourite ingredients into the mystery box and contestants will have 75 minutes to create a remarkable dish for a chance at immunity.

7. Pressure Test: Gary Mehigan's Roast Chicken, Peas and Potatoes

Air Date: 2017-05-08

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face off in the pressure test. To survive they must keep up with Gary Mehigan as he prepares his classic roast chicken.

8. Immunity Challenge: Jarrod Di Blasi

Air Date: 2017-05-09

The top three contestants from the invention test now compete in creating a family meal for four in half-an-hour. The winner will then take on a professional chef for a chance at immunity.

9. 400 Gradi Team Challenge

Air Date: 2017-05-10

The contestants gather at Gradi, one of Melbourne's leading Italian restaurants before being split into two teams who must prepare four dishes for 250 hungry diners to avoid the elimination challenge.

10. Elimination Challenge: Potato & Masterclass

Air Date: 2017-05-11

The losing team from the Italian service challenge face elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition? Plus, don't miss the first MasterClass of 2017 led by judges Gary, George and Matt.

11. Mystery Box: Ben Shewry

Air Date: 2017-05-14

Contestants have 75 minutes to create a dish using ingredients from the mystery box with the winner gaining the advantage in the invention test.

12. Pressure Test: Andy Bowdy's Rita cake

Air Date: 2017-05-15

The bottom three contestants from the invention test now face a pressure test to recreate Andy Bowdy's Rita cake to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?

13. Immunity Challenge: Waffle Iron

Air Date: 2017-05-16

The three best performers from the invention test are now vying for a chance at immunity. Does the amateur cook have what it takes to out-cook the professional?

14. Team Challenge: Relay

Air Date: 2017-05-17

The contestants are split into teams of four in a relay challenge as each member has 15 minutes to cook and only 45 seconds to hand over to the next cook in the relay.

15. Elimination Challenge: Time Auction

Air Date: 2017-05-18

The losing team from the relay challenge now face elimination and the contestants have 90 minutes which they can use to buy ingredients. Who will be the next to leave the competition?

16. Mystery Box: Delicious Dessert

Air Date: 2017-05-21

Contestants have 90 minutes to create a delicious dessert from the mystery box ingredients. However, only five dishes will be tasted and only three will move on to the immunity challenge.

17. Pressure Test: Christy Tania's Ice Cream Float

Air Date: 2017-05-22

The bottom three contestants from the invention test now face off in the pressure test elimination, and have to recreate an ice cream float with a helium-filled toffee ballon.

18. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-05-23

The three best-performing contestants from the invention test compete for immunity. Each contestant has 90 minutes to create a dessert while the professional chefs will only have 75 minutes.

19. Team Challenge - Edible Art Installation

Air Date: 2017-05-24

Contestants will be working in teams to build an edible art installation in a specially constructed greenhouse. With just 8 hours to impress the judges which team will be safe from elimination?

20. Elimination Challenge: Blind Taste Test

Air Date: 2017-05-25

The losing team from the greenhouse challenge now face elimination. The first three to fail the blindfold taste test will have 75 minutes to prepare an impressive dish to stay in the competition.

21. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-05-28

Contestants have 75 minutes to create a delicious dish from the mystery box of traditional Thai ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test.

22. Pressure Test: Josue Lopez's After the Eucalypt Fire

Air Date: 2017-05-29

The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a three hour pressure test set by 2016's Chef of the Year. Who will impress and who has cooked their last dish in the competition?

23. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-05-30

The three best performers in the invention test battle it out for the chance to cook for an immunity pin. Will the amateur contestant have what it takes to out-cook a professional?

24. Team Challenge: South Melbourne Market

Air Date: 2017-05-31

Each team must serve two dishes in one of four market-friendly ways at the famous South Melbourne Market. The two teams that make the least amount of money will face off in an elimination challenge.

25. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-06-01

Eight contestants now face elimination and must survive three rounds if they are to keep their food dream alive. Will one of the top contenders fail to impress the judges?

26. Mystery Box Challenge: Yotam Ottolenghi & Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-06-04

Master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi's mystery box challenge gives contestants 75 minutes to create a delicious dish to gain an advantage going into the invention test.

27. Pressure Test: Yotam's Mezze Feast

Air Date: 2017-06-05

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test must cook off to avoid elimination in a pressure test set by the master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi.

28. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-06-06

The three best performers in the invention test must first face off for a chance to cook against a professional chef for immunity. Does an amateur have what it takes to defeat a professional?

29. Team Challenge: Vegetarian Feast

Air Date: 2017-06-07

Split into two teams, each group must prepare a Yotam Ottolenghi-style vegetarian feast for a group of meat lovers. The team that serves the least impressive feast will be up for elimination.

30. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass

Air Date: 2017-06-08

The seven members of the losing team from the vegetarian feast challenge are facing elimination. Which favourite will be going home? Plus, a very special Yotam Ottolenghi MasterClass.

31. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Curtis Stone

Air Date: 2017-06-11

Contestants have an hour to create a delicious dish from ingredients found in the Mystery Box set by international celebrity chef Curtis Stone.

32. Pressure Test: Deniz Karaca's Passion for Caramel

Air Date: 2017-06-12

The bottom four contestants from the invention test must now cook off in the Pressure Test set by one of the world's top chocolatiers to avoid elimination. Who will be next to leave the competition?

33. Second Chance

Air Date: 2017-06-13

Twelve of the previously eliminated contestants now have a chance to cook their way back into the competition. Which one of the home cooks will secure themselves a second chance?

34. Team Challenge: Pop-Up Restaurant

Air Date: 2017-06-14

MasterChef Australia2016 runner-up Matt Sinclair is on hand to mentor contestants in a pop-up restaurant team challenge to create a three-course menu for 100 diners.

35. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-06-15

The six members of the losing team from the pop-up restaurant challenge enter the kitchen facing elimination. Who will be the next contestant to leave the competition?

36. Heston Blumenthal Road Trip

Air Date: 2017-06-18

It's Heston Blumenthal week. Heston takes the top 12 contestants on a road trip through regional Victoria; the first stop is the mighty Murray River in Swan Hill.

37. Team Challenge: Earth

Air Date: 2017-06-19

Contestants split into pairs have 75 minutes to cook one main and one dessert that must incorporate the element of earth. The least impressive team will then need to cook off to avoid elimination.

38. Team Challenge: Air

Air Date: 2017-06-20

The judges and Heston Blumenthal welcome the eight contestants to the Mildura salt pan. The contestants must cook dishes inspired by 'air' in teams of four.

39. Invention Test: Fire

Air Date: 2017-06-21

Contestants have 60 minutes to cook a savoury dish inspired by fire. The two least impressive dishes must then cook off to avoid the elimination challenge.

40. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 3

Air Date: 2017-06-22

Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a delicious dish to avoid elimination. Later, Heston Blumenthal's MasterClass shows how to cook a tasty BBQ leg of Mallee lamb.

41. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-06-25

Contestants have an hour to create a dish from the Mystery Box ingredients, with only three dishes to be tasted. The maker of the winning dish will receive an advantage in the invention test.

42. Pressure Test: Paul Carmichael's Bajan Fish Fry

Air Date: 2017-06-26

Unwatched The contestants have three hours and 45 minutes to recreate Paul Carmichael's Bajan fish fry from Momofuku Seiobo. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated from the competition.

43. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-06-27

The three best performers from the invention test now compete for a chance at immunity. Will our amateur cook have what it takes to out-perform one of Australia's best chefs?

44. Team Challenge: Identical Plates

Air Date: 2017-06-28

Split into pairs, each team must make two plates of the same dish and they must be identical, but they will not be able to see or taste what their team mate is cooking.

45. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-06-29

The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.

46. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-02

This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.

47. Kappo-style Degustation Menu

Air Date: 2017-07-03

Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-style degustation for some of Tokyo's food elite.

48. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-04

The winning contestants from the invention test and the Kappo challenge now have a chance to fight it out for immunity in view of Mount Fuji at the Obuchi Tea Plantation.

49. Off-site Challenge: Shinjuku

Air Date: 2017-07-05

The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.

50. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-06

The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.

51. Japan Week Masterclass

Air Date: 2017-07-07

Japan week concludes at Tateyama Castle for a very special MasterClass with Michelin star sushi chef who walks the contestants through the simplicity and beauty of the perfect sushi.

52. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-07-09

Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.

53. Pressure Test: Kylie Millar

Air Date: 2017-07-10

The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?

54. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-11

The three best invention test performers now face a special souffle immunity challenge. Can our amateur chef out-cook a professional and find themselves cooking in finals week?

55. Service Challenge: 50 Hungry Customers

Air Date: 2017-07-12

The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.

56. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-13

The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?

57. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2017-07-16

It's finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.

58. Pressure Test: Shaun Quade's Pearl on the Ocean Floor

Air Date: 2017-07-17

The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a pressure test to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?

59. Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2017-07-18

The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia’s top chefs to avoid elimination from the competition.

60. Service Challenge: Dinner by Heston

Air Date: 2017-07-19

The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne's top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?

61. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 5

Air Date: 2017-07-20

Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. The final MasterClass of the season sees the tables turned on Gary, George and Shannon, who compete in a mystery box challenge. Later, Curtis Stone drops by to take part in an invention test relay.

62. Semi Final

Air Date: 2017-07-23

The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.

63. Grand Final

Air Date: 2017-07-24

Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.

1. Auditions Part 1

Air Date: 2018-05-07

The amateur cooks are given one hour to recreate their signature dish for the first of the two judges' auditions. The judges introduce the nine past winners of the program, who are there to cheer them on.

2. Auditions Part 2

Air Date: 2018-05-08

After handing out 18 aprons on the first day of cooking, the judges are looking for six more cooks to round out the top 24. The cooks who were given a second chance will battle it out in a challenge.

3. Individual Hospitality Cooking Challenge

Air Date: 2018-05-09

Our 2018 cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first challenge as the top 24. The contestants need to imagine they are hosting the judges at their house for a meal, cooking anything they want.

4. Home Fridge Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2018-05-10

In the first elimination challenge of the season, three contestants fight to stay in the competition. They are given 75 minutes to cook, using only the ingredients contained in their fridges from home.

5. Eclectic Mystery Box Challenge & Perception Invention Test

Air Date: 2018-05-13

The 23 cooks enter the kitchen for the first mystery box challenge of the season. This time, the rules are changing: the winner of the mystery box will get a game-changing advantage.

6. Pressure Test - Maggie Beer

Air Date: 2018-05-14

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face-off in the pressure test. Queen of the kitchen Maggie Beer enters with the dish to be recreated.

7. Immunity Challenge - Shui Ishizaki

Air Date: 2018-05-15

The winner of the mystery box challenge and the three best-performing cooks from the invention test will compete for immunity, with Shannon Bennett back in the kitchen to guide and mentor the contestants.

8. Team Challenge: MCG

Air Date: 2018-05-16

The contestants find themselves on the turf of the iconic MCG for the first team challenge. Split into two teams, each must cook delicious and nutritious food for 50 diners using a different protein.

9. Elimination Challenge - Source of Inspiration

Air Date: 2018-05-17

The losing team from the MCG service challenge must face-off in this elimination challenge. The contestants must cook something inspired by the dish that made them fall in love with food.

10. Nigella's Mystery Box & Invention Test

Air Date: 2018-05-20

Culinary goddess Nigella Lawson arrives in the kitchen for a week of challenges and surprises. The lid is lifted on Nigella's mystery box to reveal some of her favourite ingredients.

11. Pressure Test - Nigella Lawson

Air Date: 2018-05-21

The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test will face off in this episode's pressure test. The contestants have 75 minutes to complete four of Nigella Lawson's favourite chocolate dishes.

12. Immunity Challenge - Alanna Sapwell

Air Date: 2018-05-22

The winning contestant from the mystery box challenge joins the top three contestants from the invention test in this episode's two round immunity challenge.

13. Team Challenge - Battle Of The Brunch

Air Date: 2018-05-23

In a team service challenge, it will be a battle of the brunches, as in two groups of 10, they take over two cafes. Contestants will have real customers, with real orders and real dockets.

14. Elimination Challenge & Nigella's Masterclass

Air Date: 2018-05-24

The contestants in the losing team are in the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them. Plus, the first Masterclass of the season with Nigella Lawson.

15. Gordon Ramsay's Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

Air Date: 2018-05-27

In one of the biggest surprises of the season so far, and in a program first, Gordon Ramsay enters the kitchen for a mystery box challenge.

16. Pressure Test - Gordon Ramsay

Air Date: 2018-05-28

With Gordon Week off to a flying start, the bottom three contestants in the invention test roll up to the kitchen ready to cook for their place in the competition with a pressure test.

17. Immunity Challenge - 3 vs 3

Air Date: 2018-05-29

Our mystery box winner and the top two dishes from the invention test will have the chance to cook for immunity with Gordon Ramsay as their mentor.

18. Team Challenge - Three-course meal

Air Date: 2018-05-30

The contestants enter the kitchen only to find Gordon Ramsay, who is already yelling at them to hurry up. Divided into two teams, they prepare a three-course meal for 50 diners.

19. Elimination Challenge - Gordon's Challenge

Air Date: 2018-05-31

It's the last day of Gordon week. The team who lost the service challenge will have to cook for their lives. The contestants had to recreate a three-Michelin star chicken dish from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay by chef Matt Abé in the two-and a-half hour Pressure Test

20. 20/20 Mystery Box Challenge & Honey Invention Test

Air Date: 2018-06-03

Contestants are shopping for their own mystery box ingredients with only $20 and 20 minutes. Maker of the best dish goes through to the immunity challenge, followed by the winners of the invention test.

21. Pressure Test - Darren Purchese

Air Date: 2018-06-04

The losing team from yesterday's invention test are in the kitchen, ready to fight for their place in the competition.

22. Immunity Challenge - Jacqui Challinor

Air Date: 2018-06-05

The winner of Sunday night's mystery box, along with the members of the winning team in the invention test relay will compete for a coveted immunity pin.

23. Team Challenge - From Memory

Air Date: 2018-06-06

The judges surprise the contestants by announcing that this episode, a few of them will be journeying to the wide blue yonder.

24. Elimination Challenge - Curtis Stone

Air Date: 2018-06-07

The eight contestants who lost the previous challenge are cooking in this episode's elimination, with Curtis Stone to keep them company.

25. South Australia Mystery Box Challenge & Night Market Team Challenge

Air Date: 2018-06-10

It's the beginning of South Australia Week for the contestants, where they will be cooking with some of the best ingredients South Australia has to offer.

26. Pressure Test - D'Arenberg Cube

Air Date: 2018-06-11

The contestants find themselves at the incredible D'Arenberg Cube restaurant in the heart of McLaren Vale wine country, with the bottom two teams from the night market challenge facing elimination.

27. Immunity Challenge - Mt Lofty House

Air Date: 2018-06-12

This immunity challenge takes place at the stunning Mt Lofty House in the Adelaide Hills. Does our contestant have what it takes to outscore the chef and win immunity?

28. Table Grapes Team Challenge - Barossa Valley

Air Date: 2018-06-13

The team challenge will take place in the Barossa Valley. Divided into two teams, contestants will be given two hours to prepare an entree, main and dessert with each course celebrating table grapes.

29. Maggie Beer's Elimination Challenge & Poh and Callum's Masterclass

Air Date: 2018-06-14

For the elimination challenge, the contestants go to Maggie Beer's Eatery in the Barossa Valley. Plus, a masterclass takes place at the Adelaide Markets.

30. Mystery Bread Box Challenge & Spaghetti Bolognese Reinvention Test

Air Date: 2018-06-17

The contestants arrive back at the kitchen after a week of adventure in South Australia. There is a lot at stake, knowing that the top 10 is just around the corner.

31. Pressure Test - Alla Wolf-Tasker

Air Date: 2018-06-18

The bottom three contestants from the invention test are facing elimination.

32. Immunity Challenge - Andy Harmer

Air Date: 2018-06-19

The winner of the mystery box and the top three from the invention test have the chance to cook for immunity.

33. Team Challenge - Three-course fire challenge

Air Date: 2018-06-20

The contestants find themselves in the Dandenong Ranges where a fiery team challenge awaits them. To cook a three-course meal, all they have to use is fire.

34. World Cuisine Elimination Challenge & Second Chance Cook-Off

Air Date: 2018-06-21

The losing team from the previous challenge arrive at the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them.

35. Adriano Zumbo’s Mystery Box Challenge & Team Invention Test – Sweet Week

Air Date: 2018-06-24

The judges reveal this is Sweet Week. To kick off the week, they introduce the master of sweets, Adriano Zumbo, who has selected the mystery box ingredients and will reveal the invention test.

36. Pressure Test: Katherine Sabbath

Air Date: 2018-06-25

Continuing Sweet Week, the judges are joined by social media cake superstar Katherine Sabbath. The bottom two teams from the previous invention test will face off in a pressure test.

37. Immunity Challenge - Alice Wright

Air Date: 2018-06-26

Our two Sweet Week mystery box winners and the winning team from Zumbo’s invention test compete for immunity over two rounds

38. Team Service Challenge – Tonka & Coda

Air Date: 2018-06-27

George pays a surprise visit to the Masterchef contestant house with a special guest. Together, they reveal the challenge.

39. Elimination Challenge - Kirsten Tibballs

Air Date: 2018-06-28

The losing team from the previous challenge will fight for their place in the competition.

40. The Everything Mystery Box & Dish for a King

Air Date: 2018-07-01

For the mystery box challenge the contestants find a big surprise among their ingredients. Later, the invention test is a chance for the contestants to prove they deserve to be in the top 10.

41. Pressure Test - Saransh Goila

Air Date: 2018-07-02

The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination in a pressure test.

42. Immunity Challenge - Ashley Davis

Air Date: 2018-07-03

The mystery box winner and the top three contestants from the invention test compete for immunity.

43. Team Challenge - Canapes for the Royal Reception

Air Date: 2018-07-04

The contestants receive a surprise message in the MasterChef house which informs them of their next group challenge and where they'll be travelling to.

44. Elimination Challenge - Picture Perfect

Air Date: 2018-07-05

Continuing their adventure, the contestants arrive at their next destination. The two losing teams from the previous challenge face elimination in this challenge.

45. Mystery Box Challenge - Surprise Ingredient & Invention Test: Oil, Salt and Pepper

Air Date: 2018-07-08

This week the judges have a surprise - it's survival week and the contestants will be cooking for their lives every day. By the end of the week one of them will win the most powerful advantage.

46. Re-Invention Test - Retro TV Dinners

Air Date: 2018-07-09

As survival week continues, the contestants are shocked to discover that another challenge may lead to elimination. Tonight, they have to turn a tray of terror in to a modern masterpiece.

47. Time or Ingredients

Air Date: 2018-07-10

The contestants remaining in survival week will learn all about making decisions under pressure as they decide what is of more value to them: time or ingredients.

48. Off-Site Challenge - Panama Dining Room

Air Date: 2018-07-11

The challenge is off site at Panama Dining Room, in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. The contestants will be cooking a main course and dessert for 25 people each.

49. Elimination Challenge - Peter Gilmore's Snow Egg & Masterclass

Air Date: 2018-07-12

This is no ordinary elimination, but a pressure test with an iconic dish. How will the contestants cope with this massive challenge? Plus, join us for a masterclass

50. Mystery Box Challenge - Loved Ones & Invention Test - Vue de Monde

Air Date: 2018-07-15

Our 7 remaining contestants are in the MasterChef kitchen ready to fight for their place with a big surprise awaiting them. What will the contestants be challenged with for tonight's invention test?

51. Pressure Test - Joe Grbac

Air Date: 2018-07-16

The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination. Which of our contestants will be able to save their place in the competition with a pressure test like no other?

52. Fast-Track to Finals Week - Matt or Reynold?

Air Date: 2018-07-17

The winner of the mystery box and of the invention test will face off in round one, vying for the chance to cook off against a professional cook in round two to get fast tracked to Finals Week.

53. Off-Site Challenge - Second Bite at Luminare

Air Date: 2018-07-18

This episode is all about raising money for Second Bite, a charity that the program supports. The contestants will cook using only ingredients donated by the charity, cooking a six-course degustation.

54. Elimination Challenge - Taste Test in Three Rounds & Curtis Stone's MasterClass

Air Date: 2018-07-19

This is the final elimination before Finals Week, and will determine the top five for 2018. It's an elimination over three rounds. Plus, a MasterClass with Curtis Stone.

55. Mystery Box Challenge - Past Seasons & Invention Test - No Rules

Air Date: 2018-07-22

Today marks the first day of Finals Week for 2018. Each contestant will cook with one of five mystery boxes from a past season - who will be make it through to the next challenge?

56. Pressure Test - Ashley Palmer-Watts

Air Date: 2018-07-23

It’s the first pressure test of finals week and the bottom three contestants from the previous invention test line up for what will be the last time in the MasterChef kitchen for one of them.

57. Two-Round Cook-Off - Three Seasons

Air Date: 2018-07-24

We are down to the top four in the competition and they will compete for a massive advantage. Just days from the grand finale, this advantage will be a game changer.

58. Service Challenge - Icebergs

Air Date: 2018-07-25

The contestants arrive in Sydney at the iconic Icebergs restaurant in Bondi. They are competing for a place in the semifinal and need to be inspired by the Italian menu at Icebergs.

59. Elimination Challenge - Three-Course Meal for Four Top Chefs & MasterClass

Air Date: 2018-07-29

The elimination challenge will determine who will go into the semifinal. The bottom three contestants will fight it out for their place in the competition. Plus, a final MasterClass of the season.

60. Semi-Finals - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2018-07-30

It is the semifinal of 2018. Our top three contestants are told that they will be cooking for some very special guests.

61. Grand Finale

Air Date: 2018-07-31

It’s the grand finale of 2018 and our top 24 has been whittled down to two home cooks battling it out in one final day in the kitchen.

1. Auditions: Day 1

Air Date: 2019-04-29

Each hopeful cook has 60 minutes to produce their dish. If the judges like the dish, they're through to the next stage. If not, sadly, they're heading home.

2. Auditions: Day 2

Air Date: 2019-04-30

It's day two of auditions and 13 contestants return for a second chance to show the judges they deserve to be in the top 24. With 18 aprons given away yesterday, just six aprons are up for grabs.

3. Desert Island Dish

Air Date: 2019-05-01

The pantry is open, there's 75 minutes on the clock, and the contestants are asked to cook the dish they'd cook every day for the rest of their lives if they found themselves on a desert island.

4. Immunity Challenge - Curtis Stone

Air Date: 2019-05-02

It's the end of the first week in the kitchen and the winners from the previous challenge will cook for an immunity pin. But it won't be easy: they'll be cooking against chef Curtis Stone.

5. Special Ingredient Mystery Box & Black Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2019-05-05

It's mystery box time and our cooks must create a delicious dish using at least one of the elected ingredients. Next up is the black mystery box, but this time, whoever cooks the worst dish is going home.

6. Pressure Test - Darren Purchese

Air Date: 2019-05-06

Those that failed to impress in the previous episode are facing the dreaded pressure test. Our cooks are charged with recreating a Darren Purchese dessert, and whoever doesn't impress the judges will be going home.

7. Immunity Challenge - Max Sharrad

Air Date: 2019-05-07

The winners of the mystery box and invention test face the immunity challenge. History is made when the judges choose who will cook against Young Chef of the Year, Max Sharrad.

8. Off-Site Team Challenge - Briagolong Drought Feast

Air Date: 2019-05-08

Contestants cook outside of the kitchen for the first time. Their challenge is to create a feast for volunteers, truckies, farmers and their families impacted by drought in Briagolong.

9. Elimination Challenge - Choices! & Masterclass 1

Air Date: 2019-05-09

Before each cook sits their favourite and least favourite ingredients. Round one: cook with either. But those that produce the bottom four dishes face round two with their remaining ingredient. Followed by a Masterclass with Billie, Poh and Matt

10. Nigella's Mystery Box Challenge & Team Relay Invention Test

Air Date: 2019-05-12

It's Nigella Week. MasterChef favourite Nigella Lawson sets the mystery box ingredients. Whoever cooks the best dish heads into immunity, but the rest must compete in a relay invention test.

11. Pressure Test - Nigella's Roast Chicken

Air Date: 2019-05-13

It's pressure test time for the losing team from the previous challenge. The contestants have 90 minutes to cook Nigella's infamous roast chicken with two sides and gravy. Who will fail to impress and be sent home?

12. Immunity Challenge - Coskun Uysal

Air Date: 2019-05-14

Nigella week continues, and the four best cooks from her Mystery Box challenge must cook a dish that celebrates custard. The top contestant will compete against Coskun Uysal, of renowned Tulum restaurant.

13. Off-Site Team Challenge - State Library of Victoria with Nigella

Air Date: 2019-05-15

Nigella and contestants are given historical recipes at the State Library of Victoria to inspire a three-course meal. The team who create the least impressive menu will head into the next elimination.

14. Elimination Challenge - Condiments & Masterclass 2 with Nigella

Air Date: 2019-05-16

The bottom team from the previous challenge are presented with an array of condiments they must identify correctly. The first five to guess incorrectly head into an elimination cook. Plus, a Masterclass with Nigella.

15. Rick Stein's Mystery Box Challenge & Fish and Potatoes Invention Test

Air Date: 2019-05-19

It's Legends Week and our cooks have to create a dish using Rick Stein's Mystery Box. Later, a fish and potatoes themed Invention Test determines who will face the Immunity Challenge and Pressure Test.

16. Pressure Test - Clare Smyth's Dessert

Air Date: 2019-05-20

This episode's Pressure Test has contestants recreating a dessert from culinary legend Clare Smyth. During four hours of preparation time, there are tears and even a dish that collapses before the judges' eyes.

17. Immunity Challenge - Donovan Cooke

Air Date: 2019-05-21

Matt Sinclair mentors the Immunity cook which uses only equipment from a typical office kitchen. Best dish enters Round 2, where they will compete against culinary legend Donovan Cooke.

18. Team Challenge - Street Food for 360!

Air Date: 2019-05-22

Joined by Yotam Ottolenghi, our contestants are cooking street food for 360 people. Each team must hero a different cuisine, and the least impressive team will be sent into the next elimination.

19. Elimination Challenge - Deli Challenge with Yotam Ottolenghi

Air Date: 2019-05-23

Legends week continues as Yotam Ottolenghi hosts a deli item challenge. The first three contestants to incorrectly name a deli item must cook to stay in the competition. Who will be heading home?

20. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Secret's Week

Air Date: 2019-05-26

It's Secrets Week, and, after a quick workshop with Din Tai Fung's Edward Yulianto, our cooks must create a tasty dumpling dish and later invent a dish that incorporates a secret. Shh.

21. Pressure Test - Paella by Leno Lattarulo

Air Date: 2019-05-27

Three contestants face a pressure test and will cook a paella based on an award-winning dish by Leno Lattarulo from Melbourne's Simply Spanish. Simple, right? Wrong. It is Secrets Week, after all.

22. Immunity Challenge - Sauce, Secrets and Citrus

Air Date: 2019-05-28

These immunity rounds involve sauce, secrets and citrus. A contestant will face off against an established chef that will be kept secret from everyone, including the judges, until the very end.

23. Team Challenge - Secret Weapons

Air Date: 2019-05-29

Each team is allocated a 'secret weapon' and must create a four-course Italian meal for 40 diners. Whichever team serves the least impressive meal will go into the next pressure test.

24. Elimination Challenge - Blindfold Taste Test & One Last Secret

Air Date: 2019-05-30

Secrets Week closes with the previous episode's losing team facing a blindfolded taste test. The first five to guess incorrectly have a 60-minute open pantry cook, but one last secret will ruffle some feathers.

25. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Queensland

Air Date: 2019-06-02

This episode's mystery box challenge has contestants creating dishes using Queensland's finest ingredients. The judges will taste the five most appealing dishes and the winner will head into an immunity challenge.

26. Pressure Test - Shannon Kellam

Air Date: 2019-06-03

Contestants must re-create one of Shannon Kellam's signature dishes, but without a recipe. The contestant who re-creates the dish least like Shannon's will be going home.

27. Immunity Challenge - Ginger & Ben Williamson

Air Date: 2019-06-04

In round one, contestants must prepare a sweet or savoury dish with one of Queensland's finest ingredients - ginger. The winner will cook off against chef Ben Williamson for an immunity pin.

28. Team Challenge - BBQ For 150 Noosa Locals

Air Date: 2019-06-05

The Queensland trip continues and the teams must cook a barbecue feast to serve 150 Noosa locals. The team that serves the least impressive feast will go into the next elimination.

29. Elimination Challenge - Skills Test/ Seafood Platter Challenge & Masterclass with Ash Martin

Air Date: 2019-06-06

In this episode's elimination, contestants undergo a skills test followed by a seafood platter challenge including raw, fried and steamed elements. MasterClass with judges and Homage restaurant's Ash Martin.

30. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - The Dreaded Everything Box

Air Date: 2019-06-09

It is the dreaded Everything Box, where contestants must use every one of the eight ingredients. They will have to be extra creative if they want to win a place in the next immunity challenge.

31. Pressure Test – The Surprise Twist!

Air Date: 2019-06-10

Three contestants will face the chopping block in an elimination challenge with a surprise twist.

32. Immunity Challenge – Letters from home & Jessie McTavish

Air Date: 2019-06-11

Contestants awake with letters from home containing special instructions for round one of the immunity cook. The winner will cook off against chef Jessie McTavish from North Bondi Fish.

33. Team Challenge – A Picnic At Hanging Rock with Maggie Beer

Air Date: 2019-06-12

Contestants find themselves in the Macedon Ranges for this team challenge: a picnic at Hanging Rock. What will be a surprise is who is the guest chef - none other than the beloved Maggie Beer.

34. Elimination Challenge – with Maggie Beer

Air Date: 2019-06-13

Maggie Beer is back for the elimination challenge which will take place over two rounds. In round one, the contestants must celebrate herbs from the garden. In round two, they must feature spices.

35. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test with Heston Blumenthal – Sweet Week

Air Date: 2019-06-16

Kicking off Sweet Week, molecular master Heston Blumenthal enters the kitchen with a mystery box for the contestants.

36. Pressure Test – Kate Reid

Air Date: 2019-06-17

In a surprise twist, our bottom three contestants from the cereal invention test have been thrown straight into a pressure test. Aprons on: it's time to cook a unique creation by Kate Reid.

37. Immunity Challenge - Ice Cream Challenge & Alice Wright

Air Date: 2019-06-18

Sweet Week continues with an immunity ice cream challenge. In round two, the best cook will go up against chef Alice Wright.

38. Team Challenge - Identical!

Air Date: 2019-06-19

The team challenge requires contestants to create a delicious, sweet dish that is identical in look, texture and flavour to their teammate's dish. Communication is key.

39. Elimination Challenge – The Dessert With No Sugar!

Air Date: 2019-06-20

In a very challenging cook, the contestants must make a sweet dish without using refined sugar.

40. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Best Selling And Australia's Most Popular Ingredients

Air Date: 2019-06-23

This episode's mystery box holds some of the best-selling ingredients from Coles and along with these, contestants must cook with some of Australia's favourite ingredients: Vegemite, tomato sauce or Milo.

41. Pressure Test – Jock Zonfrillo

Air Date: 2019-06-24

This episode's challenge has been set by special guest Jock Zonfrillo from Restaurant Orana. Contestants must create dishes that showcase one of his favourite native ingredients.

42. Immunity Challenge – Beluga Caviar & Phil Wood

Air Date: 2019-06-25

The three winners of the challenges must create a dish featuring Beluga caviar. The best dish will see its maker compete for an immunity pin against Pt Leo Estate chef Phil Wood.

43. Team Challenge – Best Diners & Best Ingredients

Air Date: 2019-06-26

The contestants must cook a four-course meal for the Best Diners In The World while showcasing the Best Ingredients In The Country. Little do they know, the diners are their loved ones.

44. Elimination Challenge - Massimo Bottura

Air Date: 2019-06-27

The top 10 are joined by the world’s top chef Massimo Bottura and asked to cook with ingredients that are very close to Massimo’s heart: ones that are frequently disposed of.

45. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Deja Vu

Air Date: 2019-06-30

This episode’s mystery box involves some deja vu and later, in the invention test, contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish that takes the judges to a moment in time that evokes a particular memory.

46. Pressure Test – Kirsten Tibballs

Air Date: 2019-07-01

Champion chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is in the MasterChef kitchen for this episode's pressure test. Three contestants from the previous invention test must recreate Kirsten's apple pie. Who will be going home?

47. Immunity Challenge – Same Ingredients/Different Styles & Adam D’Sylva

Air Date: 2019-07-02

All contestants will cook with the same ingredient but in a different style. The winner of round one will be cooking against renowned chef Adam D'Sylva for the illustrious immunity pin.

48. Team Challenge – Q Train Vegetarian Course

Air Date: 2019-07-03

Aboard the Q Train travelling restaurant our contestants, in teams, must prepare a vegetarian course using oyster mushrooms, baby zucchini, eggplant or figs. The bottom two teams face elimination.

49. Elimination Challenge – Time Auction

Air Date: 2019-07-04

This episode is the return of the time auction where contestants bid for ingredients with time rather than money. The more time they spend buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.

50. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - WA

Air Date: 2019-07-07

The remaining contestants fly to Western Australia for a mystery box challenge and later an invention test, using all the great produce WA has to offer.

51. Team Challenge - Wildflower 5 Course Degustation

Air Date: 2019-07-08

At Wildflower Restaurant in Perth, contestants will cook a five-course degustation featuring an ingredient that chef Matt Sartori has selected.

52. Immunity Challenge - Fast Track to Finals Week

Air Date: 2019-07-09

The winners from the previous two days now cook for an opportunity to fast-track themselves into Finals Week. Round two comes down to the wire as contestants are hungry for the win.

53. Team Challenge - Leeuwin Estate Safari Club

Air Date: 2019-07-10

This episode's setting is the beautiful Leeuwin Estate Safari Club in Margaret River. Guided by head chef Dan Gedge, our contestants will battle it out in a team challenge.

54. Elimination Challenge - Santiago Fernandez & Masterclass

Air Date: 2019-07-11

This pressure test is set by Santiago Fernandez and it's a doozy. The stakes are high and the least impressive cook will be sent home. Plus, catch a masterclass showing off delicious recipes.

55. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test – The Loved One’s Selection

Air Date: 2019-07-14

Each contestant has an ingredient chosen for them by a loved one, with the note explaining their choice. Later, the judges select an ingredient for each contestant to cook with in the invention test.

56. Pressure Test - The Lamington

Air Date: 2019-07-15

The chef director behind Dinner by Heston in Melbourne and London, Ashley Palmer-Watts, sets a lamington-themed pressure test. One contestant will be sent home with only days remaining in the competition.

57. Advantage Challenge - Top 5

Air Date: 2019-07-16

Our top five are battling to win an advantage for the next challenge, which could secure them a spot in the semifinal. Contestants can cook whatever they want and decide how much time is on the clock.

58. Top 5 Challenge - The Press Club

Air Date: 2019-07-17

Contestants are cooking at Press Club, the brainchild of judge George Calombaris. With the Press Club announcing it will soon close, the top five take to the kitchen to prepare one of the final meals.

59. Grand Final Week - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2019-07-21

By the end of the episode, five will become four as the trophy beckons. In a special MasterClass, contestants set their very own mystery box challenge for the judges and Curtis Stone.

60. Semi Final with Peter Gilmore

Air Date: 2019-07-22

This semifinal is a pressure test set by acclaimed Quay executive chef Peter Gilmore. The three contestants who do the most impressive job recreating the dish will earn their spot in the grand finale.

61. Grand Final

Air Date: 2019-07-23

It's been months of nail-biting challenges, but there can only be one winner to walk away with the life-changing title of Australia's MasterChef 2019

1. Premiere: Immunity Challenge: Finale-Worthy Dish

Air Date: 2020-04-13

The highly anticipated cooking show is back for an incredible 12th season, with a tasty new recipe - and cooking legend Gordon Ramsay will be in the kitchen the ENTIRE first week!Returning to the MasterChef kitchen are 24 much-loved and respected former contestants, Although these familiar faces from the past 11 seasons have forged incredible careers in the food industry, they all have some unfinished business - they are back to win.

2. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-14

Each team must cook a three-course meal for 120 guests. The judges reveal three ingredients: black garlic, ginger and potatoes. Each team must feature one of the ingredients in each course.

3. Relay Style Team Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-15

Teams must cook a three-course meal in a relay style cook. Each team member starts a course and after 20 minutes must swap to the next course. The most cohesive menu with the best dishes wins.

4. Immunity Challenge: Keeping Up with Gordon

Air Date: 2020-04-16

After impressing the judges in the round robin relay challenge, the winning team are back in the kitchen cooking for immunity and a chance to be safe from the next elimination.

5. Gordon Ramsay's 90-Minute Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-19

Every contestant is up for elimination, except the winner of the immunity challenge. The pressure mounts for all contestants to deliver delicious dishes and keep their place in the competition.

6. Ultimate BBQ Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-20

The contestants compete in the ultimate barbecue challenge, cooking for a staggering 1200 people. The team who least impresses will find themselves cooking in the pressure test.

7. Two-Round Pressure Test: Orana

Air Date: 2020-04-21

In the first pressure test of the season, contestants must cook three dishes from judge Jock Zonfrillo's three-hatted, award-winning restaurant, Orana. The least impressive dish will send someone home.

8. Melissa Leong's Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-04-22

In the first mystery box challenge of the season, the 22 remaining contestants discover the ingredients have been chosen from all corners of the globe, by judge Melissa Leong.

9. Immunity Challenge: Judges' Taste Test / MasterClass

Air Date: 2020-04-23

The five contestants with the most impressive dishes from yesterday's challenge find themselves back in the kitchen ready to cook off in an immunity challenge. Plus, MasterClass with Andy and Jock.

10. Judges' Ingredients Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-26

In this episode's elimination challenge, every contestant bar one, the winner of the immunity challenge, is up for elimination. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

11. 3-Round Team Showdown

Air Date: 2020-04-27

The contestants are split into three teams of seven and compete in a three-round cook-off. After the third round, the bottom six contestants are revealed and will cook off in the next episode's pressure test.

12. Self Pressure Test

Air Date: 2020-04-28

It's a pressure test with a difference. Each contestant has written their own pressure test recipe and has to create a dish to wow the judges. The least impressive dish will send its maker home.

13. Barter Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-04-29

The judges reveal that each contestant's mystery box contains four ingredients which they can barter with one another for. The top four dishes will see their makers cook for immunity in the next episode.

14. Curtis Stone's Time Auction Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-04-30

Today's immunity challenge with Curtis Stone sees four contestants compete in a MasterChef time auction. The more time they spend on buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.

15. Textures Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-03

This challenge is all about texture. In round one, contestants must cook a dish with the best crunch. Round two is all about a gooey texture. The least impressive gooey dish will send its chef home.

16. Thai Team Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-04

The contestants leave the kitchen for a week of off-site challenges. Teams must make two entrees and three mains for 50 diners. The least impressive team faces a pressure test.

17. Pressure Test: Guess The Ingredients & Replicate The Dish

Air Date: 2020-05-05

Helly Raichura, of Enter Via Laundry, bases this taste test on her popular dish, 'pasta not pasta'. Contestants who guess the least ingredients correctly must replicate the dish in a challenge.

18. Locally Sourced Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-05-06

This episode's ingredients are sourced by locals who grow fruit and vegetables in their backyards. The three most impressive dishes from the mystery box challenge will cook in an immunity challenge.

19. Sushi Train 100 Plate Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-07

Three contestants are told they must prepare 100 small plates each, consisting of five different dishes. All dishes will be served on the sushi train and will be colour-coded in this blind tasting.

20. Take-Away Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-10

In today's take-away elimination challenge contestants must make a dish that will stand the home delivery test. Contestants have 90 minutes from the start of the cook to completed delivery.

21. Double Twist Team Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-11

Contestants learn that there will be a twist with every challenge this week, so they must think on their feet to survive another week in the MasterChef kitchen. Tonight two twists really stir the pot.

22. Pressure Test: Darren Purchese's Passionfruit Pavlova

Air Date: 2020-05-12

Contestants have three hours to complete a simply stunning Darren Purchese dish, but in the final hour of the cook, a twist that no one could anticipate is thrown at the contestants.

23. Mystery Box - with a twist!

Air Date: 2020-05-13

Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a dish using one or more of the eight ingredients in the mystery box. The contestants are pushed to the limit when a twist is delivered to their benches.

24. Katy Perry Immunity Challenge & Masterclass

Air Date: 2020-05-14

Katy Perry guest judges a very special Hot 'N' Cold challenge to honour the iconic MasterChef theme song. The contestant with the best dish will find themselves safe from the elimination.

25. Elimination Cook-Off Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-17

Contestants are cooking off against the other contestant on their bench. The best dish from each bench will be safe, while the remaining contestants must cook in the elimination round.

26. Sweet or Savoury Service Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-18

Jo Barrett and Matt Stone from Oakridge Wines mentor this service challenge, with each team cooking a sweet or savoury menu. The team with the least impressive menu faces the pressure test.

27. Peter Gunn's Black Box Elimination

Air Date: 2020-05-19

Contestants must replicate chef Peter Gunn's 'Black Box' from his restaurant Ides. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

28. Vegan Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-05-20

Contestants must create a vegan dish using at least one ingredient from the mystery box set by vegan chef Shannon Martinez. The top four dishes will cook off in the next immunity challenge.

29. Instant Noodle Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-21

This episode's immunity challenge is fought in two rounds. In one round, contestants must create a delicious dish using instant noodles. The top two from round one must make a nostalgic and comforting dish.

30. Kingfish Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-24

Josh Niland of The Fish Butchery breaks down a kingfish for each of the contestants to choose a cut to cook with. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

31. Two Dish Relay Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-25

Each team must cook two dishes: one main and one dessert. Each contestant has 20 minutes to cook and they have just 45 seconds to hand over the dish to the next contestant in the relay.

32. Kirsten Tibballs' Meljito Dessert Pressure Test

Air Date: 2020-05-26

Queen of chocolate and guest chef Kirsten Tibballs reveals that, for the pressure test, the contestants must create her wow-factor dessert the meljito.

33. Family Photo Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-05-27

The contestants lift the lids of their mystery box to find a photo sent by their loved ones. The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish inspired by the memory in their family photo.

34. Fairytale Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-28

Contestants must create a dish inspired by one of seven classic fairytales. With an open pantry and garden, the contestant with the best dish and the strongest concept will win immunity.

35. Ice cream Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-05-31

Contestants must make a dish that has two different flavoured ice-creams that only work when they are eaten together. In round two, they must make a dish using one of five unusual flavour pairings.

36. Citrus Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-01

Contestants cook a sweet or savoury style dish championing a citrus fruit of their choice. In round two, they use the same fruit, but their dish must be in the opposite style.

37. Coskun Uysal's Meat/Protein Dessert Pressure Test

Air Date: 2020-06-02

Contestants discover they must create a dish inspired by chef Coskun Uysal's chicken rice pudding dessert. With this in mind, they must create their own dessert featuring a meat or protein.

38. Luck Of The Draw Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-06-03

This episode's mystery box ingredients are decided entirely by the luck of the draw, with numbered lottery balls corresponding to 25 ingredients on display.

39. Highest Score Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-04

Each round in this immunity challenge is worth 10 points and the contestant with the highest score at the end of round three will win immunity and be free from the upcoming elimination.

40. The Aussie Pressure Test

Air Date: 2020-06-07

It's an Australia-themed pressure test. First up contestants must cook a delicious savoury pie and sauce. The bottom four must then create a dish celebrating what Australia means to them.

41. Teams Of Two Communication Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-08

Teams of two must create two dishes using a chosen ingredient. Dishes must be identical in taste and appearance, but they will not be able to see each other while they cook, so communication is key.

42. Benjamin Cooper Jungle CurryPressure Test

Air Date: 2020-06-09

Benjamin Cooper, Executive Chef of Chin Chin Melbourne, sets tonight's pressure test where contestants must recreate his jungle curry with rice and roti without a recipe.

43. Smokin' Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-06-10

Today's mystery box is all about smoke. Contestants can use any method of smoking as long as one element has been smoked with a smoking gun. The top four will cook in tomorrow's immunity challenge.

44. Pumpkin Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-11

Today's immunity challenge is all about resourcefulness. The contestants are each presented with a pumpkin and have 90 minutes to cook three dishes that feature the pumpkin in some way.

45. Atlas Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-14

Charlie Carrington of Melbourne restaurant Atlas sets this elimination challenge, focusing on food from different countries. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be sent home.

46. The Golden Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-06-15

With new rules this week, a contestant will be going home every three days! Today, the chefs use the contents of a very shiny Mystery Box to create a dish that makes them stand out.

47. 5 Minute Ingredient Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-16

Every five minutes an ingredient that can be used in their cook is revealed to our contestants. They can start cooking at any time but only have access to the ingredients revealed up to that point.

48. Blind Taste Test Elimination

Air Date: 2020-06-21

This elimination will take place over two rounds, the first of which is the classic blind taste test. The first four contestants who guess incorrectly will go into round two.

49. Use Everything Mystery Box!

Air Date: 2020-06-22

The judges reveal that the contestants need to use all the ingredients in their mystery box to create two dishes - a sweet and savoury dish - in 75 minutes.

50. Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-23

Three heavy hitters of the competition go head-to-head. Who will make top six?

51. Elimination Challenge - Top 6

Air Date: 2020-06-28

In today's elimination contestants are challenged to cook a classic dish. Could this be Reynold's final cook in the MasterChef kitchen?

52. Colour Inspired Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-06-29

Today's mystery box is inspired by colour. The dish can be sweet or savoury and contestants can access the pantry with the garden also in play. So why is Melissa so emotional?

53. Cloche Choice Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-06-30

In the battle for top five, contestants must choose two cloches and cook with the ingredients underneath. They can give up one cloche and select a third, however they must cook with the third ingredient.

54. Phil Wood Pressure Test

Air Date: 2020-07-05

Phil Wood, from two of Victoria's finest restaurants, reveals that round one is a pressure test. Contestants have 75 minutes to replicate his dish: potatoes duchess with shiitake mushrooms and cauliflower.

55. Last Chance For Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2020-07-06

The race to finals week is on! The makers of the top three dishes from the mystery box challenge will battle it out for one last chance at winning immunity this season.

56. No Rules Challenge

Air Date: 2020-07-07

Who will make the finals? With no set rules in place, the contestants must mutually decide the cook time to create a dish, sweet or savoury, that best proves to the judges they have come back to win.

57. Mammoth Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-07-12

In this mammoth elimination challenge, the contestants discover not only will they be cooking a four-course meal for the MasterChef judges, but for six of the hottest chefs in the country.

58. The Union Jack Mystery Box

Air Date: 2020-07-13

The contestants discover the mystery box, covered in a Union Jack flag, has been set by guest chef Gordon Ramsay.

59. Ordinary or Extraordinary Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2020-07-14

In this elimination challenge, contestants must choose to use either ingredients from an ordinary pantry or an extraordinary pantry.

60. SemiFinal - Three Becomes Two

Air Date: 2020-07-19

In the semifinal challenge, our top three contestants compete for a place in the Grand Final. At the end of this challenge, three become two.

61. Grand Final

Air Date: 2020-07-20

After a long culinary journey the two finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and the title of MasterChef Australia 2020.

1. Auditions, Day 1

Air Date: 2021-04-19

The best home cooks from around the country will face challenge after challenge to see who will rise to the top and take home the coveted title of Australia's next MasterChef.

2. Auditions, Day 2

Air Date: 2021-04-20

The judges are looking for just five more cooks to round out the top 24. The home cooks who are given a second chance will battle it out for the remaining aprons.

3. Emelia Jackson Mystery Box

Air Date: 2021-04-21

This mystery box is selected by MasterChef Australia champion Emelia Jackson. The three best dishes will be awarded an immunity pin that can be played at any time during an elimination cook.

4. Chicken Or The Egg?

Air Date: 2021-04-22

In this two round challenge, contestants must create dishes that feature a chicken or an egg. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be the first sent home.

5. Superstars Week - Nigella Lawason

Air Date: 2021-04-25

Superstars Week kicks off with Nigella Lawson. Contestants must recreate Nigella's favourite dish based on her detailed description, with no ingredient list, recipe or visual reference to work from.

6. Superstars Week - Yotam Ottolenghi

Air Date: 2021-04-26

Yotam Ottolenghi presents his favourite flavour bombs: numbing oil, fenugreek marinade and chipotle peanuts. Each team must create a meal that features one of Yotam's flavour bombs.

7. Superstars Week - Massimo Bottura (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-04-27

The judges reveal this elimination challenge is over two rounds and is set by cooking legend Massimo Bottura. Massimo presents his take on the classic dish: mac and cheese.

8. Superstars Week - Clare Smyth (Mystery Box)

Air Date: 2021-04-28

Clare Smyth reveals the dish that has inspired her choice of mystery box ingredients. Contestants must create a sweet or savoury dish using the ingredients that Clare has chosen for the mystery box.

9. Superstars Week - Heston Blumenthal (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-04-29

Heston Blumenthal sets an immunity challenge in which contestants must use a popular breakfast ingredient to create a delicious dessert.

10. Poh, Callum & Reynold (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-02

MasterChef alumni Poh, Callum and Reynold present the contestants with three dishes from their venues. Contestants must create a dish worthy of a place on the menu at any of these establishments.

11. Least & Most Comfortable (Team Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-03

Each team must cook the same six dishes within the time allocated. Each contestant on the team will cook one of the dishes and will be judged against the same dish made by the other two teams.

12. Sweet & Savoury Tart (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-04

Each contestant must choose the dish they feel most comfortable making: a savoury tart or sweet tart. Jock then switches the dishes and contestants must cook the dish they're least comfortable with.

13. Staples (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-05

Contestants must create a dish using the staple ingredients under their benches as well as two ingredients from the garden for flavour. Contestants with the top five dishes will compete for immunity.

14. Choose Your Ingredient & Masterclass

Air Date: 2021-05-06

Contestants must choose an ingredient they would like to feature in a dish, but they won't know the ingredient they must pair it with until they have locked in their choice. A Masterclass follows.

15. That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-09

Keen as mustard, the contestants have to cook a dish that interprets one of the classic food sayings on display. The contestant who fails will be going home. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

16. Meet The Masters

Air Date: 2021-05-10

It's Meet the Masters Week. This opportunity gives the contestants up-close insights into the skills of the best culinary masters in Australia.

17. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2021-05-11

The least impressive team from the master team challenge must cook off in this pressure test.

18. Mystery Box

Air Date: 2021-05-12

The contestants enter the kitchen ready to take on the mystery box challenge set by a Michelin-starred chef.

19. Cooking With Fire (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-13

In a very special challenge, the top four contestants from the previous challenge meet in the kitchen to be taught a lesson in cooking with fire. The most impressive cook wins immunity.

20. Meet The Masters (Elimination)

Air Date: 2021-05-16

For the final cook of Meet the Masters Week, the bottom four contestants must make a dish that demonstrates how they have mastered a skill, flavour or technique they have learnt across the week.

21. Service Brigade - Tonka (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-17

Andy reveals that every challenge this week will be a service challenge and all 16 contestants are in with a chance at winning immunity from Sunday's elimination.

22. Service Challenge - Movida (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-18

This challenge is all about the ingredients. Each team must feature the same ingredient in each course

23. Service Challenge - (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-19

For this challenge, two pantries are on offer: a European pantry and an Eastern pantry. By the toss of a coin, the team that win the toss get to choose their desired pantry.

24. Service Challenge - (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-20

Each team has two-and-a-half hours to cook a three-course meal and each course must champion a colour chosen by the toss of a coin.

25. Team Challenge

Air Date: 2021-05-23

Each team must create a dish that features the ingredient hidden underneath the tablecloth and must also use an allocated electrical appliance at some stage during the cook.

26. Vegetable Challenge

Air Date: 2021-05-24

Contestants must choose from either a potato, broccoli, carrot, brown onion or zucchini, to make a delicious dish featuring the vegetable of choice, but not necessarily a vegetarian dish.

27. Pressure Test

Air Date: 2021-05-25

In this pressure test, it's a fight to stay in the competition and four contestants must re-create a dish without ever seeing it.

28. 11 Utensils

Air Date: 2021-05-26

The contestants must create a dish using only the 11 utensils in the mystery box. The dish can be sweet or savoury, with an open pantry and access to the garden.

29. Hot Chillies! (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-27

The contestants must cook a dish using some of the hottest chillies in the world. The dish that best highlights the heat and flavour of their chilli will win immunity.

30. Game ID (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-05-30

This elimination is played over two rounds. In the first round, contestants must identify the 14 game meats on display. The six contestants with the lowest scores will cook off in round two.

31. Second Chance Week

Air Date: 2021-05-31

It's Second Chance Week in the MasterChef kitchen. Across the week, 11 previously eliminated contestants are back with not one, but two chances to get back in the competition.

32. Second Chance Week (Pressure Test)

Air Date: 2021-06-01

Renowned pastry chef Anthony Hart reveals his pressure test dish: chocolate oasis. The contestants have 2 hours and 15 minutes, plus a further eight minutes to plate up Anthony's creation.

33. Clear Or Hidden (Mystery Box Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-02

This episode, the 10 returning contestants can choose between a clear mystery box where the ingredients are visible or a regular mystery box where the ingredients are hidden.

34. It's A Knockout

Air Date: 2021-06-03

Four contestants are told they will have two-and-a-half hours to prepare a three-course menu. But the catch is that after each course is tasted, one contestant will be knocked out of the competition.

35. Murray Cod (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-06

Josh Niland demonstrates how to make the most of a Murray cod utilising the entire fish. For this challenge, contestants are given one Murray cod and must use the same fish for up to three rounds.

36. Pair Up With Crayfish

Air Date: 2021-06-07

Contestants must pair up with another contestant to form seven teams. Each team must create crayfish two ways, one familiar dish and one inventive dish, utilising the freshly caught crayfish.

37. Vego (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-08

The four contestants cooking in this elimination challenge discover they will be cooking a vegetarian dish, with all ingredients harvested fresh from Dairy Flat Farm in Daylesford.

38. Melbourne Inspiration (Mystery Box)

Air Date: 2021-06-09

The mystery box reveals a map of Melbourne and a camera phone to take pictures. The contestants must explore the city streets and laneways to take a picture that will inspire their dish.

39. Kate Reid Pastry

Air Date: 2021-06-10

Jock introduces Kate Reid, the mastermind behind Lune Croissanterie. Contestants must use Kate's world-class pastry and turn it into a dish that is not a croissant.

40. 90 Minute Cook Time (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-13

The contestants must decide how much of their 90-minute cook time they use in round one, because they will only have the remainder of that time to cook in round two.

41. Home Delivery (Team Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-14

Teams must create a three-course home delivery menu and can choose any theme or cuisine for their menu. Each team has three hours to produce 60 serves.

42. Khanh Nguyen's Pork Wellington

Air Date: 2021-06-15

Guest chef Khanh Nguyen from Sunda has taken South-East Asian food to the next level. The contestants must create Khanh's dish: pork wellington with lattice crackling and flavours of banh mi.

43. 4 Ingredient Barter (Mystery Box)

Air Date: 2021-06-16

Jock reveals this mystery box is different. Contestants need to use four ingredients in their final dish, but before the cook starts, they can barter for the ingredients from each other.

44. The Top Four (Immunity Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-17

The top four cooks from the latest mystery box challenge battle it out for immunity and a guaranteed spot in the top 10.

45. Nu Nu Ingredient ID (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-20

Contestants must correctly identify ingredients in three dishes from Nick Holloway's Nu Nu menu. The five contestants who name the least amount of ingredients correctly will cook off in round two.

46. Three Blue Ducks (Service Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-21

The top 10 contestants arrive at URBNSURF, the home to Australia's first ever surf park in Melbourne's west to discover they will be running Andy Allen's restaurant, Three Blue Ducks.

47. Darren Purchese (Pressure Test)

Air Date: 2021-06-22

Contestants must cook a sweet pressure test recipe of their own design. Darren Purchese will be running the floor and mentoring the contestants and the judges will do a blind tasting of each dish.

48. Family Messages

Air Date: 2021-06-23

After watching emotional messages from their family members, Melissa explains that contestants must make a dish inspired by their family. The top two dishes will cook in tomorrow's immunity challenge.

49. Keep Up With Curtis & Masterclass

Air Date: 2021-06-24

In today's challenge, the contestants must keep up with Curtis Stone as he cooks his ultimate roast chicken dish. Andy, Jock and chef Nornie Bero show off their skills in a delicious Masterclass.

50. Black Mystery Box or Black Gloche? (Double Elimination)

Air Date: 2021-06-27

Today there is a massive double elimination. Contestants must choose between cooking with the black mystery box or the black cloche, with the ingredients only revealed when they make their choice.

51. Uluru

Air Date: 2021-06-28

Today we are in the spiritual heart of Australia, Uluru. Contestants must create a fine dining three-course meal under the stars at the stunning Field of Light installation for 25 diners plus judges.

52. Simpson's Gap (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-29

The team arrive at Simpson's Gap and judges reveal the contestants must create a dish using a variety of foraged bush foods. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be sent home.

53. All 7 Ingredients! (Mystery Box Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-06-30

In the toughest mystery box challenge of the season, the contestants discover they must create a dish using all seven ingredients under the mystery box.

54. The Cloche Challenge

Air Date: 2021-07-01

Each cloche represents an ingredient, a cuisine, food related word, or kitchen equipment. The contestants must choose any two cloches and feature whatever is under the cloche in their dish.

55. Fast Food & Fancy Food (Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-07-04

Contestants must choose an ingredient and cook it two ways, in a fast-food and in a fancy food application. The contestants with the three least impressive fast-food dishes will cook in round two.

56. Society (Service & Elimination Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-07-05

The judges welcome the contestants to Martin Benn's opulent new Melbourne restaurant, Society. The pressure is on as they discover today's service challenge is also an elimination.

57. Vue Du Monde - Bottlebrush (Pressure Test)

Air Date: 2021-07-06

Contestants face a pressure test like no other. Chef Hugh Allen from restaurant Vue Du Monde, challenges contestants to recreate his dish, bottlebrush, mum's gum nuts and billy buttons.

58. Finalists (Advantage Challenge)

Air Date: 2021-07-07

The finalists enter the MasterChef kitchen to discover the day's advantage challenge, which will see the winner cooking in the Finale.

59. Semi-Final

Air Date: 2021-07-11

Contestants compete in a semifinal service challenge. The contestant with the least impressive menu will leave the competition. Finalists are joined by returning contestants for the final MasterClass.

60. Grand Finale (Part 1)

Air Date: 2021-07-12

It’s here, the MasterChef Australia Grand Finale for 2021. Our three finalists face an incredible three round challenge over two days with a total of 140 points up for grabs.

61. Grand Finale (Part 2)

Air Date: 2021-07-13

It’s day two of the epic MasterChef Australia Grand Finale for 2021 and the contestant who scores the most points overall will win the title of MasterChef 2021 and walk away with $250,000.

1. Meet the Fans & Favourites

Air Date: 2022-04-18

12 emerging home cooks will experience the magic of the MasterChef kitchen for the very first time, while 12 of MasterChef Australia’s most loved contestants will feel a sense of nostalgia as they walk through the hallowed doors for a second time. Whether their passion stems from feeding their family, creating culinary masterpieces on TikTok or a desire to test their skills against some of the best cooks MasterChef Australia has ever produced, these 24 contestants from all over Australia share one common love – food.

2. 1st Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-04-19

In a massive service challenge, it's Fans versus Favourites, course versus course in the ultimate three-course battle, with the winning teams heading to the immunity decider challenge.

3. 1st Team Challenge

Air Date: 2022-04-20

Split into four teams across four benches, 12 contestants discover they have 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish using the ingredients from a particular layer of the balanced diet food pyramid.

4. 1st Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-04-21

It's this season's first immunity challenge. Choosing ingredients from mystery cloches, the contestant with the best dish wins immunity and will sit out the elimination challenge.

5. The Jaffle Elimination - 1st Elimination

Air Date: 2022-04-24

It's the first elimination of the year. The makers of the best jaffle in round one will be safe, but the chef with the least-satisfying dish that changed their life in round two will go home.

6. The Very First Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-04-25

Contestants must create a dish using the same ingredients that were in the very first mystery box in MasterChef season one, The least impressive fare will send their chefs to a pressure test cook-off.

7. Adriano Zumbo Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-04-26

Dessert king Adriano Zumbo returns to the kitchen for a pressure test like no other. The contestant with the least impressive take on Zumbo's Polly Want A Waffle will be sent home.

8. Team Relay Challenge + 1st Masterclass

Air Date: 2022-04-27

Four teams vie for a shot at immunity in the infamous team relay challenge. This time, teams won't even know the mystery ingredient until the clock starts ticking! Plus, the first Masterclass of 2022.

9. Beat The Chef Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-04-28

The winning team in the previous relay challenge join the top-two mystery box winners for a chance at immunity as they try to Beat The Chef, who just happens to be MasterChef favourite Matt Stone.

10. Bonjour - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-01

Bonjour. Get ready for this episode's classic service challenge with guest chef Shannon Bennett. Each team must cook a French-inspired entree, main and dessert for 20 diners plus the judges.

11. Fridge & Pantry - Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-05-02

Guest chef Shannon Bennett returns with 10 of his favourite fridge and pantry items to create this mystery box. The two least impressive cooks will face off in the next episode's pressure test.

12. Noi - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-05-03

MasterChef alumni and dessert king Reynold Poernomo returns to set this pressure test dish: his new intricate signature dessert, noi. The chef who fails to cope with the dish will be sent home.

13. Fast vs Fancy - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-04

Guest chef Curtis Stone leads teams out to the garden for a fast food versus fancy food service. With 80 ravenous diners waiting, the winners will head to the next immunity challenge.

14. Ingredients vs Time - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-05

Guest chef Curtis Stone returns as contestants cook a tasty dish worthy of immunity. But in this classic challenge, as their pantry of ingredients increases, their cooking time decreases.

15. Eggscellant Elimination

Air Date: 2022-05-08

Who will crack in an 'eggscellent' elimination challenge that sees contestants given just one egg to create the tastiest dish? Fail, and they must scramble to cook for their lives in round 2.

16. The Alphabet Of Mystery Boxes

Air Date: 2022-05-09

Twenty-six alphabetical mystery boxes contain single ingredients that correspond with the letter on the box. Chefs must cook using their designated ingredient, with the bottom four headed for a pressure test.

17. Fat Duck Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-05-10

Fat Duck pastry chef Gareth Whitton sets this pressure test with his smoked pecan and butterscotch tart. The dish that least resembles Gareth's creation will send its maker home.

18. Clare Smyth Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-11

London's celebrated chef Clare Smyth has selected cherries and honey as two core ingredients that teams will need to cook with in this service challenge, as they duke it out for a shot at immunity.

19. Summer Cucumbers

Air Date: 2022-05-12

The winners from yesterday's service challenge compete in a two-round immunity challenge. The contestant who creates the two most impressive dishes will dodge Sunday's elimination bullet.

20. The Overnight Dish Elimination

Air Date: 2022-05-15

It's elimination day and the creator of the best Round 1 fare will keep their team safe. Those fighting to avoid the drop must then prepare a tasty dish to be left overnight and cooked the next day.

21. The Coffee Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-05-16

In a grungy Fitzroy warehouse, contestants lift the lids on their mystery boxes, leading to coffee beans spilling out across their bench as judges reveal they must create a dish that features coffee.

22. Alla Wolf-Tasker's Re-creation Elimination

Air Date: 2022-05-17

Arriving at Alla Wolf-Tasker's Lake House restaurant, contestants must re-create his summer cucumbers with Murray cod dish. The contestant whose dish least resembles Alla's will be going home.

23. Date Night Team Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-18

Teams need to create the prefect date night meal including an entree, main and dessert for 25 couples plus the judges. The two teams with the least impressive menu will head to a shock elimination.

24. Elimination & MasterClass

Air Date: 2022-05-19

The bottom two teams from the previous challenge face elimination and must split their 90-minute cooking time over two rounds, with the creator of the least impressive second round dish going home.

25. Two Cuisines Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-22

It's time to switch things up, and everyone is now cooking for themselves to stay in the competition. The maker of the best dish will win a cash prize of $10,000 and a game-changing immunity pin.

26. Not-So-Humble Invention Test

Air Date: 2022-05-23

The mystery box has been set by the queen of the kitchen, the legendary Maggie Beer. The four least impressive dishes created from the mystery box will send their makers into a pressure test.

27. Tuna Wellington Pressure test

Air Date: 2022-05-24

Fish butcher extraordinaire Josh Niland reveals his first pressure test dish: tuna wellington with mashed potato and tuna gravy. Whoever cooks the dish that is least like Josh's will be sent home

28. Werribee Mansion Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-05-25

Teams face a service challenge for 60 hungry diners at the stately Werribee Mansion. To win a shot at immunity, contestants must turn humble ingredients into a fine dining entree and posh main course

29. Air Fryer immunity/Elimination

Air Date: 2022-05-26

Contestants vie for immunity from elimination over a two-round fry-up, and must create the best dishes using an everyday air fryer before cooking a sweet or savoury dish using a deep fryer.

30. Celebrate Greens Elimination

Air Date: 2022-05-29

Competitors must identify a selection of leafy greens and herbs. The first six contestants to incorrectly name the produce must create their tastiest dish that celebrates greens to avoid elimination.

31. Rainy Day Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-05-30

Andy opens the mystery box to reveal a mini storm cloud as lightning flashes around the kitchen. Contestants must create a dish for a rainy day, with a fast track to the immunity challenge at stake.

32. 'Honey' Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-05-31

Gelato master Donny Toce presents his intricate dessert, Honey, comprising a honey tuille, gelato honeycomb, and blown sugar beehive for this Pressure Test, and failure will send someone home.

33. Creative Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-01

Contestants become artists for a creative service challenge, and the judges expect three-course masterpieces as they take inspiration from a virtual forest at digital art gallery The LUME.

34. Marco Pierre White Pressure Test & MasterClass

Air Date: 2022-06-02

An imposing figure appears in the kitchen: iconic chef Marco Pierre White. Contestants face a pressure test to win immunity by recreating his panache of sea scallops, calamari and ink sauce.

35. Marco Pierre White Elimination

Air Date: 2022-06-05

Contestants must create a dish using ingredients from culinary king Marco Pierre White's array of pantry items that he uses at home. The least impressive dish will ensure elimination for its maker.

36. Smoking Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-06

Contestants enter the kitchen for a smoking mystery box challenge. They must create a dish that incorporates a burnt element or has the flavour of fire, for a shot at a huge advantage.

37. Elimination Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-06-07

It's an elimination pressure test with a difference. The contestants won't see or taste the dish, and they won't be given a recipe. All they have to go on is a review written by judge Melissa Leong.

38. Immunity 3 Course Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-08

Vying for a shot at immunity, contestants are split into two teams for a service challenge. Each team must curate a three-course menu for either the Japanese or Italian restaurant they are cooking in.

39. Movie Food Immunity

Air Date: 2022-06-09

You have a ticket to the silver screen for a movie food immunity challenge. After a popcorn taste test, the remaining competitors must create a blockbuster flavour choc-top that will thrill filmgoers.

40. Rick Stein Elimination

Air Date: 2022-06-12

Someone will be eliminated and miss out on the top 10 as contestants attempt to create an entrancing dish that transports the judges and legendary guest chef Rick Stein to a special place.

41. Top Ten Week Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-06-13

Top 10 Week kicks off with one tough mystery box: it's the everything box, and all ingredients inside must be used. Plus, anyone who cooks a top dish this week will be safe from elimination.

42. Own Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-06-14

Contestants have been asked to write their own Pressure Test overnight. Now, they must handle their own pressure and exceed the high bar they have set for themselves and bring their best dish yet.

43. Classic Invention Test

Air Date: 2022-06-15

This challenge is the classic invention test. Our cooks must be inventive, creative and able to think outside the box as they reimagine a classic we all grew up with: the humble fruit salad.

44. Time Auction

Air Date: 2022-06-16

The cooks with the four top dishes this week have won immunity from Sunday's elimination. Now they battle it out to win the final immunity pin, but only if they can ace the infamous Time Auction!

45. 3 Round Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-19

Six contestants are cooking to survive in a challenge played out over three rounds, where they can only pick one ingredient to use: pumpkin, chicken or fish. What would you cook to stay in the game?

46. Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-20

In a Mystery Box challenge that focuses on detail, plating and using what's available from a choice of tiny ingredients, cooks must plate up a winning entree-sized dish to avoid a Pressure Test.

47. 99 Ingredient Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-06-21

Chef Khanh Nguyen reveals his seafood plate for today's Pressure Test, and there are 99 ingredients, 143 steps and 13 pages in the recipe! The chef whose dish least resembles Khanh's will go home.

48. Cooking For Your Loved Ones

Air Date: 2022-06-22

In today's service challenge, contestants are cooking for their loved ones, and must serve an entree, main and dessert. The team with the best menu will win a shot at tomorrow's immunity challenge.

49. Tame The Prickly Ingredient

Air Date: 2022-06-23

This episode's challenge is to tame one of these very prickly ingredients: chestnuts, stinging nettle, prickly pear or sea urchin. The best dish will win its maker immunity from the week's elimination.

50. Hugh Allen Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-26

Seven contestants cook to avoid elimination. Over two rounds, using ingredients selected by guest chef Hugh Allen, competitors must create dishes impressive enough to see them through to safety.

51. Rainbow Mystery Box

Air Date: 2022-06-27

Contestants cook from a rainbow mystery box including painted crayfish, scampi caviar, Fruit Loops, dragon fruit, coloured corn, mukhwas, flowering pineapple sage, rainbow chard, and dried turmeric.

52. Kirsten Tibballs' Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-06-28

For this pressure test, Chocolate Queen Kirsten Tibballs presents her intricate cherry on top dessert. The dish that least replicates Kirsten's delicious dessert will send its maker home.

53. The TWO Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-29

Split into teams of two, contestants select two ingredients from two pantries, but can't see what their teammate is choosing. Teams will cook a dish using their four ingredients for a shot at immunity.

54. Ingredient Purchase Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-06-30

Contestants purchase their ingredients, using time as their currency. The more ingredients they purchase, the less time on the clock. For an immunity taste, they have no time to waste.

55. Finals Week - Oyster Challenge

Air Date: 2022-07-03

Finals Week sees our six finalists travel to Oyster Bay in Tasmania, where they will face a two-round oyster challenge. They'll need to be super creative to avoid being shucked out of the competition.

56. Finals Week - Truffle Immunity

Air Date: 2022-07-04

As their Tassie tour rolls on, the final five visit Deloraine for a truffle hunt. They'll then use the black diamonds they dug out of the ground to cook the most delicious dish worthy of immunity.

57. Finals Week - Final 4 - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2022-07-05

With one contestant holding immunity, the remaining four face elimination as they visit Tasmania's Lawrenny Distillery, where they must choose a spirit to showcase in a four-course service challenge.

58. Back In The Kitchen Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2022-07-06

Back in the MasterChef kitchen following their Tasmanian adventure, contestants learn that the winner of this two-round immunity challenge will be fast-tracked straight through to the semifinal.

59. Final MasterClass

Air Date: 2022-07-07

It's time for some fun in MasterClass. The tables are turned as Jock and Andy go head-to-head in a pub meal invention test, before engaging in a three-course menu battle against our four finalists.

60. Peter Gilmore Pressure Test

Air Date: 2022-07-10

Peter Gilmore has created some of the most famed and punishing pressure tests in the program's history. For a spot in the semifinals, contestants must simultaneously cook two of his most complex dishes.

61. 2022 Semi Final

Air Date: 2022-07-11

Shannon Bennett is back for the semifinal, running the pass and offering advice. Contestants must create a three-course menu worthy of a place in the Finale for 20 diners each plus the judges.

62. 2022 GRAND FINAL

Air Date: 2022-07-12

Welcome to the Grand Final! Our two gifted finalists enter the kitchen for the last time and they'll have to impress Heston Blumenthal and our judges to win the title of MasterChef 2022 and $250,000.

1. Secrets & Surprises with Jamie Oliver

Air Date: 2023-05-07

Expect the unexpected with a season of secrets and surprises. Judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen are joined by special guest Jamie Oliver.

2. 15 Minute Dish & Keeping Up With Jamie

Air Date: 2023-05-08

Jamie Oliver is back for another day in the MasterChef Australia kitchen! Contestants must bring their A-game if they want to secure one of two spots in the first Immunity challenge of the season.

3. Surprise Flavour Bomb

Air Date: 2023-05-09

There's a catch to the flavour bombs that Jamie Oliver has left behind for the contestants to cook with today - they will only be revealed 15 minutes into the cook and must be included in the dish.

4. Beat The Chef

Air Date: 2023-05-10

Contestants must raid Shannon Bennett's fridge to create the tastiest dish in 45 minutes. The winner will go head-to-head with Vue de monde's Hugh Allen in the hope of winning an elusive immunity pin.

5. Childhood Ingredients

Air Date: 2023-05-14

Contestants fight to stay alive in the first elimination challenge of the season. Cooking from favourite childhood memories, the least impressive dishes over two rounds will send its maker home.

6. Poh's Plus Mystery Box

Air Date: 2023-05-15

This season's first Mystery Box sees fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow back in the MasterChef kitchen for one night only. Contestants must create a winning dish with just under bench staples and little else.

7. If The Choux Fits

Air Date: 2023-05-16

Former MasterChef winner and dessert queen Emelia Jackson is here to share her secrets. Using Emelia's choux pastry recipe, contestants must create a superb sweet or savoury dish to avoid elimination.

8. Matt vs Sashi

Air Date: 2023-05-17

Get your orders ready, its time for the first Service Challenge of the season. Two teams, aided by mentors Matt Sinclair and Sashi Cheliah, must cook an entree and a main course dish for 30 diners.

9. Andy's Chook & Beat the Chef

Air Date: 2023-05-18

Winner winner chicken dinner! Contestants must turn Andy's spit roasted chooks into a banger dish, with the winner cooking off for an Immunity Pin against Three Blue Ducks chef, Darren Robertson.

10. Julie's Soup

Air Date: 2023-05-21

MasterChef royalty Julie Goodwin returns, and survival is on the menu. Those who pick a wrong ingredient in Julie's seafood stew must cook to avoid elimination using only the items in Julie's recipe.

11. Big Week - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-22

Big Week lives up to its name as the contents of MasterChef's biggest ever Mystery Box are revealed. Contestants must think outside the box and big up the flavour to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.

12. Tokyo Lamington Tower - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-05-23

Pressure Test elimination looms as three contestants strive to replicate Eddie Stewart's Tokyo Lamington Tower, featuring Snickers, strawberry matcha, charcoal pumpkin and yuzu curd meringue flavours.

13. Grazeland - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-24

As thousands of hungry punters descend on Melbourne's hip Grazeland, it's surf and turf for the masses with two teams vying for a shot at Immunity in MasterChef's biggest ever service challenge!

14. Mystery Appliance - Immunity Pin Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-25

With an Immunity Pin at stake, whoever creates the best dish with a mystery appliance in round one will earn first pick of flavour pairings and a 15 minute head start against guest chef Sergio Perera.

15. 2 Day Elimination - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-28

Slow and steady keeps their place! Facing elimination, contestants embark on a two-day challenge with 45 minutes to marinate, pickle, brine and more in an overnight cook to finish off the next day.

16. Breakfast Cereals - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-29

Contestants try to bowl the judges over by elevating humble breakfast cereals into nostalgic classics. Who will cry over spilt milk with a Pressure Test awaiting the worst cereal offenders tomorrow?

17. Viennetta Ice Cream Cake - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-05-30

Guest chef Donato Toce reveals his superb Viennetta ice cream cake. Pressure Test contestants will need ice in their veins to replicate the nostalgic dessert or risk being frozen out of the kitchen.

18. Sweet....Or Sour? - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-05-31

Two teams must wok hard to create a sumptuous banquet at a suburban Chinese Restaurant as they hope to takeaway a crack at Immunity. Will our judges deem their plates of fortune to be sweet ... or sour?

19. Gabriel Gate - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-01

Great frypans of fire! It's an Immunity Pin fracas as a field of faves fan the flames in a flipping flambe free-for-all. Who will face fab French foodie Gabriel Gate in a fierce fight to the finish?

20. Trip Down Memory Lane - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-04

Fancy a final trip down memory lane for a '70s-themed dinner party? A little fermented curd will do the trick! Then, time travel for the taste buds leads to a tearful farewell to one contestant.

21. Home Cooks vs Pro Cooks - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-05

It's home cooks versus pro cooks in a culinary smackdown. The gloves are off as three contenders go toe-to-toe with Jacqui Challinor and her Nomad Restaurant warriors. Who will deliver the knockout blow?

22. Best Of The Best - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-06-06

Three more contestants battle the best of the best, dueling with Nick Holloway's Nu Nu crew in a mind-blowing three-course Pressure Test whipped up by Aru and Sunda Restaurant's gifted chef, Khahn Nguyen.

23. Louis Tikaram Blind Relay - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-07

Louis Tikaram and his Stanley Restaurant team sprint to the kitchen for a blind relay against three MasterChef contestants. With no handovers and zero communication... who will be the runaway winners?

24. Shock Rock Around The Clock - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-08

Who can knock Jock's socks off in a shock rock around the clock? Three cooks face the chopping block against Serai's flock. Time is docked for the best stock. Tick tock, tick tock, don't get crocked!

25. Rick Stein - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-11

Our home cooks are wading into treacherous waters as global seafood superstar Rick Stein brings his best squid game. Who will end up sleeping with the fishes in a chaotic aquatic 2-part challenge?

26. John Dory - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-12

Contestants must push the boat out to hook the catch of the day as Australia's top chef Josh Niland reels them in with his unique skills, before setting a gnarly John Dory Mystery Box challenge.

27. Luke Nguyen - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-06-13

One contender will be shafted as a saucy twist with a standout ingredient ensures stiff competition between the bottom three, who must replicate iconic chef Luke Nguyen's zesty pho without a recipe.

28. Two Course Root Veg - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-14

Australia's homegrown superstar Curtis Stone visits the MasterChef kitchen to mentor and motivate two teams facing off in a massive Service Challenge to create next level root vegetable dishes.

29. Condiment Cook-off - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-15

It's a golden opportunity to relish in Curtis' Condiment Cook-off. Today's tastiest condiment wins its maker Immunity, plus their creation will be on Coles supermarket shelves Australia-wide tomorrow!

30. Ingredient Gamble - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-18

Australia's most beloved food icon, Maggie Beer, is in the kitchen to spread the joy and inspire a full field of black apron contestants as they compete in a two-round Elimination Challenge.

31. Surprise Inside - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-19

A Mystery Box Challenge allows our top nine to turn the tables on Jock, Andy and Melissa. It's what's inside that counts as our home cooks try to surprise the judges.

32. Peter Rabbit Garden - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-06-20

Chef Nelly Robinson presents Mr McGregor Garden - a whimsical dish that sends three home cooks down a tricky Pressure Test rabbit hole. For one unlucky contestant there will be no fairytale ending.

33. NGV Greek - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-21

Greece is the word! The National Gallery of Victoria's Temple of Boom is the Herculean setting where food will be given the Midas touch in a big fat Greek Service Challenge odyssey with a twist. Opa!

34. Beat The Chef - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-22

For a hot shot at an Immunity Pin, the lucky mug to grind out the best sweet coffee dish moves on to stir things up in a tea for two brewhaha against The Ritz-Carlton's perky pastry chef Kay-Lene Tan.

35. Colours - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-25

It's a colour palette for the palate with a pearler of a taste test to set the tone. Who will then be caught red-handed and feeling blue cooking an elimination dish that highlights one chosen colour.

36. Everything Box - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-26

Contestants must include every ingredient in the dreaded Everything Box to plate up a meal with the whole shebang. The makers of the bottom three dishes will face tomorrow's mind-blowing Pressure Test

37. Clare Smith Pie - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-06-27

Internationally renowned chef Clare Smyth of Sydney's Oncore Restaurant is here to put contestants through their Pressure Test paces with a complex dish inspired by beef, oyster and Irish stout pie.

38. Foraging - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-28

At the beautiful grounds of the O.MY Farm, contestants are split into 3 teams of 2. After foraging for one ingredient to hero in a dish, only THEN do they find out what course they’ll be cooking!

39. Aural Pleasure - Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2023-06-29

Hear ye, hear ye! It's crunch time in a cracker of an Immunity Challenge. Judges are listening for the loudest, most rip-roaring dish that offers both aural pleasure and sizzling taste.

40. Kirsten Tibballs - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-02

Consummate pastry chef and chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is here to set a sweet Elimination Challenge over two rounds. Who will pud up some patisserie magic and who will dessert the kitchen?

41. Freshness - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-03

With an open garden, open pantry and an open mind, freshness will be front and centre as our top five let their imaginations run wild competing for a spot in the next Immunity Challenge.

42. Time Auction - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-07-04

A road trip to All Saints Estate in the Murray offers a high-stakes showdown with a classic Time Auction. A bidding war for ingredients is just the opening salvo in a battle for a shot at Immunity.

43. Fiesta - Pressure Test

Air Date: 2023-07-05

We're at the pointy end in cactus country, and the most succulent Mexican dish will earn its maker a stab at Immunity. Needles to say, the winner will be dancing a salsa in this thorny alfresco fiesta.

44. Stick Shed - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-06

Our judges face their toughest decision yet in a service challenge at the incredible Stick Shed in Murtoa. Who will separate the wheat from the chaff in our grain event and be first into Finals Week?

45. Anchovies & Dijon Mustard - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-09

An all-out anchovy assault and a ding-dong Dijon duel sees contestants pitted against each other in pairs for the first elimination round, with the bottom two duking it out to remain in the competition.

46. Tear-jerker - Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-10

Emotions run high with a semifinal spot at stake, as contestants feel the love in a tear-jerker of a Mystery Box. Hearts and souls will go into a MasterChef version of their family's favourite dish.

47. Peter Gilmore - Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-11

Bennelong Restaurant's Peter Gilmore demonstrates how to create an intricate and tasty seafood dish. With no recipe, contestants must use total recall to perfectly replicate the dish or be eliminated.

48. Curtis Stone - Finals Advantage

Air Date: 2023-07-12

The final three must keep up with Curtis Stone as he whips up a magnificent beef dish. The contestant whose plate most closely resembles Curtis' creation will earn a whopping advantage for the semifinal.

49. Final 3 - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2023-07-13

Our top three must create an entree, main course and dessert for a hungry crowd of diners and judges. The two contestants with the most exciting overall menu will earn their ticket into the grand finale.

50. Grand Finale

Air Date: 2023-07-16

It's the Grand Finale, and whichever cook scores the most points across two rounds will lift the trophy aloft, claiming $250,000 in prize money and the title of MasterChef Australia winner, 2023!?

1. Series Premiere: Identity Dish

Air Date: 2024-04-22

It's a new era for MasterChef Australia as Andy Allen welcomes three new judges: Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli, plus guest judge Jamie Oliver. The contestants were tasked to create a dish that represents them. The winner will win the only immunity pin of the season and a trip to London to work at Jamie Oliver's latest restaurant for a week.

2. Jamie Oliver's Team Service Challenge

Air Date: 2024-04-23

It's Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and already the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge, with Jamie Oliver running the kitchen.

3. Finger Food Invention Test

Air Date: 2024-04-24

Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia's 'wrap your hands around this' challenge.

4. Time Versus Ingredients Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2024-04-25

The first immunity challenge and it's a battle of time vs. ingredients. Five contestants must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook, OR up to 20 ingredients but only 45 minutes to cook.

5. Food Dreams Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-04-28

The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.

6. Jamie Oliver's Parents Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2024-04-29

Our cooks are set for the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.

7. Cook with Jamie Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-04-30

In this elimination cook the contestants are challenged to 'Keeping Up With Jamie' on an Oliver Family recipe in order to keep their place in the competition.

8. Queen Victoria Market Street Food Immunity Team Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-01

The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.

9. Inspired by Family Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-05

Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen to set an elimination challenge inspired by some of the Allen household's classic retro dishes. Contestants must make them MasterChef worthy, or risk going home.

10. Mystery Box Challenge with a Twist!

Air Date: 2024-05-06

Today's Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.

11. Pressure Test: Jack In The Box

Air Date: 2024-05-07

Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, 'Jack in the Box'.

12. Two Round Team Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-08

In Round 1, one 'champion' per team cooks, with the winner of Round 1 then taking their teammates into Round 2, and out into the garden to cook for Immunity.

13. One Inch Cube Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-12

In today's two round elimination, our contestants' palettes are challenged with the classic One-inch cube taste test, which sees six favorites, cook for their spot in the competition.

14. French Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-13

A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create 'magnifique' dishes.

15. Pressure Test: Liam Downes' Smoked Egg Yolk Raviolo, Truffle & Asparagus

Air Date: 2024-05-14

Nat, Gillian, Alex and Lourdes battle it out in a Pressure Test set by Chef Liam Downes at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.

16. Heirloom Tomato Team Relay

Air Date: 2024-05-15

It's the chaotic, colourful and feared race that is the MasterChef Team Relay! Today, in teams of four, cooks will tag-team their way to hopefully plate a cohesive dish and win immunity.

17. Luke Nguyen Ingredient Gamble Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-19

The three losing teams faced a two-round elimination challenge set by Luke Nguyen. In round one each contestant was assigned a pair of ingredients, one visible and the other hidden underneath a cloche, and 75 minutes to cook a dish with the ingredient of their choosing.

18. Vincent Yeow Lim Wok Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-20

All of the contestants competed in a mystery box challenge set by guest judge, chef and social media presenter Vincent Yeow Lim, who asked them to create a dish in 75 minutes using a wok.

19. Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's Sunny Side Up

Air Date: 2024-05-21

The bottom four contestants were given three hours to re-create chef Anna Polyviou's sunny side up dessert.

20. Microwave Hack Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-22

The judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.

21. Egg Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-26

Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.

22. Asian Sauces Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2024-05-27

A mystery box challenge with a saucy twist. The cooks must use at least one of six Asian sauces to cook a showstopping dish, with the bottom four headed for tomorrow's pressure test.

23. Pressure Test: Darren Purchese's Cherry Blossom

Air Date: 2024-05-28

MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.

24. Second Chance Cook

Air Date: 2024-05-29

Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.

25. Rick Stein's Seafood Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-02

King of the sea, Rick Stein is here, and the contestants are excited cooking for such an icon. Over two rounds, seafood is on the menu but for one cook, it will be their last time in the kitchen.

26. Pub Food Service Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-04

Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food.

27. Cook with Curtis Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-05

The losing team from the pub challenge must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his Spice Rubbed Pork, Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potatoes.

28. Sauce Immunity Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-06

Today's challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines into a tasty dish. There is a huge prize on the line: the winning sauce will be made available to buy in Coles stores around the country.

29. Plant-Based Elimination Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-09

Tonight's elimination is a plant-based challenge. Contestants create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.

30. Adriano Zumbo's Jelly Mystery Box Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-10

Sweet Week has arrived! Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box. Contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet to win precious immunity.

31. The Croquembouche Invention Test

Air Date: 2024-06-11

Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.

32. Twins Challenge

Air Date: 2024-06-12

It's the iconic twin's challenge. Each team must utilize an appliance in their 90-minute dessert cook, aiming for identical dishes, despite only being able to shout instructions at each other.

33. Elimination Challenge: Taste Test

Air Date: 2024-06-16

Two tough rounds will test our cooks. First, Adriano Zumbo's Macaron Taste Test, and then a coffee-inspired dessert cook, with the weakest dish seeing its maker eliminated from the competition.

34. Mystery Box Challenge: Most Ingredients Ever

Air Date: 2024-06-17

Tonight's mega Mystery Box features the most ingredients ever, the cooks have just 30 minutes to pull off a winning dish, with the bottom three sending their makers into tomorrow's Pressure Test

35. Pressure Test: Hugh Allen

Air Date: 2024-06-18

Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush

36. Elimination Challenge: Bacon & Eggs

Air Date: 2024-06-19

The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high today, the top dish will win an epic mystery prize, but the bottom dish will be eliminated

37. Mystery Box: Hong Kong

Air Date: 2024-06-23

MasterChef Australia is in Hong Kong! The first challenge is a Hong Kong style Mystery Box. Today the judges are looking for the top three cooks to progress into tomorrow's immunity challenge

38. Immunity Challenge: Vicky Cheng

Air Date: 2024-06-24

After a demonstration from Michelin starred chef Vicky Cheng, three cooks must recreate his dish, from memory alone, the winner claiming immunity from this week's elimination

39. Service Challenge: Street Food

Air Date: 2024-06-25

The cooks are split into three teams, cooking street food in a traditional dai pai dong. They must prepare a two-dish menu, using either a wok, steamer or deep fryer, catering for 120 hungry locals

40. Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip

Air Date: 2024-06-26

Today's Hong Kong Immunity Challenge. A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some, challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each contestant must perfectly pair them to create a dish

41. Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Auction

Air Date: 2024-06-30

Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic. Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top 6.

42. Mystery Box: Poh's Everything

Air Date: 2024-07-01

Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh's Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves $5,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.

43. Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi

Air Date: 2024-07-02

Chef Guillaume Brahimi has brought a pressure test dish that will push the contestants to their limits. They need to replicate the dish as closely as possible... but they must plate up 5 serves.

44. Immunity Challenge: Family Food Heroes

Air Date: 2024-07-03

Emotions run high as the top five open chests, revealing treasured photos of their family food heroes. Inspired by their photos, each cook fights for their final shot at immunity.

45. Elimination Challenge: The World's Most Extreme Ingredients

Air Date: 2024-07-07

Tonight, the contestants face off with some of the world's most extreme ingredients. These ingredient 'beasts' are the spiciest, sweetest, most sour, most bitter and most pungent on offer.

46. Mystery Box: Golden Ticket

Air Date: 2024-07-08

The mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-final, while the other three will have to battle it out in tomorrow's pressure test.

47. Pressure Test: Josh Niland

Air Date: 2024-07-09

Internationally renowned chef Josh Niland pushes the contestants to their limits with a unique dish from his acclaimed restaurant, St. Peter. They must each recreate his dish as closely as possible.

48. The Judges Become The Cooks!

Air Date: 2024-07-14

Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the Semi-Finalists become the judges'. The fun doesn't stop there, as our Semi-Finalists must then take on the judges in a relay

49. Final 3 - Service Challenge

Air Date: 2024-07-15

With Curtis Stone's help, our Semi-Finalists must each prepare a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.

50. Episode 50

Air Date: 2024-07-16

Our two Grand Finalists go head-to-head over two rounds to see who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024!