MasterChef AustraliaEpisodes Guide

The contestants are challenged to cook Asian street food for 200 people.

Four contestants face an elimination challenge set by chef Dave Verheul.

To the contestants' surprise, chef Heston Blumenthal gives them some challenges.

Contestants must cook one of Heston Blumenthal's dishes, beetroot risotto.

Heston Blumenthal challenges the contestants to create pub food with a twist.

The contestants compete in a challenge based on the five senses to secure a place in finals week.

Four contestants face off in a sudden death elimination challenge.

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

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.

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.

In the final round of the judges' auditions, seven contestants all vying for the final apron must prefectly recreate Shannon Bennett's popular chocolate bar in the first pressure test of the season.

The Top 24 contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen for their first mystery box challenge to create a dish with ingredients chosen by 2015 MasterChef Australia winner, Billie McKay.

In the 1st 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.

It's Marco Pierre White week. The contestants have 75 minutes to create a dish from Marco's mystery box of ingredients with rewards and hazards for the top and bottom three.

Marco Pierre White Week continues! The bottom 3 from the invention test must keep up with Marco as he demonstrates his classic John Dory dish. With no recipe or clock, who has cooked thier last dish?

The top 3 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.

Today's 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.

Masterclass. 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.

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.

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.

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.

In today's 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.

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.

It's Nigella Lawson Week! Contestants have 75 minutes to create a delicious dish based on Nigella's divine indulgences. The top 3 will have a chance at immunity while the bottom 3 face elimination.

The bottom 3 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.

Matt Preston & Nigella Lawson arrive at the contestant house in the middle of the night as the 3 best from Nigella's invention test are asked to create a midnight snack for a chance at immunity.

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

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

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 & the bottom 3 will face the elimination pressure test.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

The bottom 4 will cook off in an elimination challenge. Who will be the first to leave MasterChef Australia 2017?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 & Matt

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

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. Later, Curtis Stone drops by to take part in an invention test relay.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.How will the contestants make use of the humble egg? In the first immunity challenge of the season, one dish will crack, while the others will be eggs-quisite!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The team who lost the service challenge will have to cook for their lives in an intense elimination which will see one contestant back themselves into a corner. Who will be going home?

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. This will be the most feared challenge: The Team Relay. What will Ben do that will make or break his team? What will be the big surprise in the mystery box?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The contestants find themselves in the Dandenong Ranges where a fiery team challenge awaits them.

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

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.

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.

Our two Sweet Week mystery box winners and the winning team from Zumbo's invention test compete for immunity during a gelato challenge. It's the tastiest, trickiest and most deceiving taste test yet.

George pays a surprise visit to the MasterChef contestant house with a special guest. Together, they reveal the challenge: the contestants are taking over two of Australia's best restaurants. There'll be smokin' hot drama and smokin' hot dishes.

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

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.

The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test face elimination in a pressure test. One little mistake can turn into a royal disaster.

The mystery box winner and the top three contestants from the invention test compete for immunity. The contestants only have 10 minutes to create a spectacular dish. In a royal race for immunity, who will do the impossible?

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, makes his debut as part of the team challenge. Each team is to make four types of canapes, with the losing teams to face elimination.

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

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.

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

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. To win the ultimate super power, Samira will take a super risk. Gorgonzola and anchovy? Find out if she's pulled off the impossible.

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.It's the battle for the super power. Chloe and Sashi have to cook a main and a dessert for 30 people each. Who will win the biggest advantage in MasterChef history?

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.

The seven remaining contestants are in the kitchen ready to fight for their place with a big surprise awaiting them. What will the contestants be challenged with for this invention test?

The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination. Tonight is a pressure test with a terrifying twist... contestants won't see the dish, taste the dish or even get the recipe! They'll need to follow the clues to cook the dish hidden before them.

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.

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 vegetarian degustation menu.

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.

On the first day of finals week, each contestant will cook with one of five mystery boxes from a past season. Who will make it through to the next challenge?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Round 1, cook with either your favourite or least favourite ingredient. Those who produce the bottom four dishes face Round 2 with their remaining ingredient. Masterclass with George, Poh and more faves.

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.

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?

The four best cooks from the mystery box challenge must cook one dish that celebrates custard. The best dish advances to compete against Coskun Uysal, renowned for his restaurant Tulum in Melbourne.

Contestants are at the State Library of Victoria and given historical menus from two state dinners to inspire a three-course meal. The team who create the least impressive menu will head into the next elimination.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Your favourites are back for another crack at the coveted MasterChef title. Up for grabs is this season's only immunity pin, and joining them all week is chef extraordinaire Gordon Ramsay.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The immunity challenge sees four contestants compete in a time auction. The more time they spend on buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 tomorrow's immunity challenge.

Tonight'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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Charlie Carrington of Melbourne restaurant, Atlas sets today's elimination challenge focusing on food from different countries. But will a big risk send one contestant home?

In this episode's golden box mystery box challenge, the contestants have to create a dish using one or more of the golden ingredients. The top four dishes will battle it out in the next immunity challenge.

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.

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.

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.

Three heavy hitters of the competition go head-to-head. Who will make top six?

In this episode's elimination, contestants are challenged to cook a classic dish. Could this be Reynold's final cook in the kitchen?

This episode'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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The contestants discover the mystery box, covered in a Union Jack flag, has been set by guest chef Gordon Ramsay.

In this elimination challenge, contestants must choose to use either ingredients from an ordinary pantry or an extraordinary pantry.

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.

After a long culinary journey, the two finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and the title of MasterChef Australia 2020.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Heston Blumenthal sets an immunity challenge in which contestants must use a popular breakfast ingredient to create a delicious dessert.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's Meet the Masters Week. This opportunity gives the contestants up-close insights into the skills of the best culinary masters in Australia.

The least impressive team from the master team challenge must cook off in this pressure test.

The contestants enter the kitchen ready to take on the mystery box challenge set by a Michelin-starred chef.

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.

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.

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.

Today's challenge is all about the ingredients. Each team must feature the same ingredient in each course.

For today's 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.

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.

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.

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.

In today's pressure test, it's a fight to stay in the competition and four contestants must recreate a dish without ever seeing it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The top four cooks from the latest mystery box challenge battle it out for immunity and a guaranteed spot in the top 10.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The finalists enter the MasterChef kitchen to discover the day's advantage challenge, which will see the winner cooking in the Finale.

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.

It's here, the 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.

It's day two of the epic 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.

The kitchen welcomes 12 emerging home cooks and 12 of the program's most loved past contestants. Together they will share their love of food and compete to become Australia's next MasterChef.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fighting for a shot at immunity, contestants face the infamous team relay challenge. This time, teams won't even know the mystery ingredient until the clock starts. Plus, the first Masterclass of 2022.

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.

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.

Guest chef Shannon Bennett returns with 10 of his favourite fridge and pantry items to create today's mystery box. The two least impressive cooks will face off in tomorrow's pressure test.

MasterChef alumni and dessert king, Reynold Poernomo, returns to set tonight's pressure test dish: his new intricate signature dessert, noi. The chef who fails to cope with the dish will be sent home.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The winners from the service challenge compete in a two-round dual duel immunity challenge. The contestant who creates the two most impressive dishes will dodge the elimination bullet.

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.

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.

Arriving at Alla Wolf-Tasker's Lake House restaurant, contestants must re-create her summer cucumbers with Murray cod dish. The contestant whose dish least resembles Alla's will be going home.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The cooks of the four top dishes this week have won immunity from the elimination. Now they battle it out to win the final immunity pin, but only if they can ace the infamous Time Auction.

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?

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 entrée-sized dish to avoid a Pressure Test.

Chef Khanh Nguyen reveals his seafood plate for the 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.

In this 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 the next immunity challenge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Expect the unexpected when MasterChef Australia returns with a season of Secrets and Surprises. Judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen are joined tonight by special guest Jamie Oliver!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With more Secrets and Surprises, it's the first Service Challenge of the season. Two teams, aided by mentors Matt Sinclair and Sashi Cheliah, must cook an Entrée and a Main course dish for 30 diners.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 the biggest ever service challenge.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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!

Australia's most beloved food icon, Maggie Beer, is in the Masterchef kitchen to spread the joy and inspire a full field of black apron contestants as they compete in a 2-round Elimination Challenge.

The week kicks off with a bang as a Mystery Box Challenge allows our Top 9 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.

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.

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!

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.

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?

Contestants must include every ingredient in the dreaded Everything Box to plate up a meal. The makers of the bottom three dishes will face tomorrow's mind-blowing Pressure Test.

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.

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!

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. Sound good?

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?

With an open garden, open pantry and an open mind, freshness will be front and centre as our Top 5 let their imaginations run wild competing for a spot in the next Immunity Challenge.

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.

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.

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?

An all-out ancovy 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.

Emotions run high with a semi final 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.

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.

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.

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.

It's Grand Finale Day, 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!?

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.

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.

Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia's 'wrap your hands around this' challenge.

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.

The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.

Our cooks are set 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.

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.

The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.

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.

Today's Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.

Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, 'Jack in the Box'.

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.

In today's two round elimination, our contestants' palettes are challenged with the classic One-Inch cube taste test, which sees six favourites, cook for their spot in the competition.

A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create 'magnifique' dishes.

Nat, Gillian, Alex and Lourdes battle it out in a Pressure Test set by Chef Liam Downes at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.

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.

The ingredient gamble is back and so is Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of Southeast Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today's two round elimination challenge.

Vincent Yeow Lim or DimSimLim is today's Mystery Box special guest. Contestants must create a dish using a wok, needing to impress to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.

The punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a Pressure Test created especially for this challenge. Never has an egg on toast looked so intimidating as Anna's Sunny Side Up.

The Judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.

Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.

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.

MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.

Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.

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.

Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food.

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.