Author: videogrilled

Episode Summary After arriving in Japan with the judges, the Top 9 contestants each bought one ingredient around Tokyo for the Mystery Box. Tamara chose scallops, Sarah selected lily root, Callan picked soya beans, Arum chose honey yams, Eloise selected cherry blossom radish, Karlie picked wagyu beef, Diana chose sesame dressing, Eliza selected miso Ben […]

Episode Summary Callan, Diana, Eloise and Sam competed in the time displacement elimination challenge from season 8, in which they had to gather their ingredients from one of the following four different hidden pantries on the prescribed time limit. Eloise, Sam and Callan had 60 minutes to cook with herbs, fruits and vegetables, while Diana […]

Episode Summary The Top 10 were divided randomly in pairs for the team challenge. Through the use of communication, they had to cook two plates of the same dish while each member was separated by a divider. None of the teams’ dishes matched completely, but all won praise in the tasting. The split decision came […]

Episode Summary Eliza, Eloise and Sarah were given 60 minutes to cook a stuffed dish in the first round. The judges loved Sarah’s chicken wings with mushroom filling and she competed in round two against chef Ben Devlin of the Paper Daisy restaurant. From a choice of similar paired ingredients, Sarah picked prawns and shrimp […]

Episode Summary Arum, Callan and Nicole had three hours and forty five minutes to replicate guest chef Paul Carmichael’s Bajan three-course meal, consisting of a fried snapper, charred pumpkin with salted cod, black pudding with cucumber and a spiced cucumber juice. None of them managed to complete all the elements in their dishes, particularly in […]

Episode Summary Peter Gilmore’s choice of ingredients from his Mystery Box tasked the contestants with cooking a dish in 75 minutes. After winning the advantage for the invention test over Arum and Diana, Tamara was given the choice of picking one of Peter’s three technical desserts, which were featured in previous pressure tests: his Guava […]

Episode Summary The contestants returned to the MasterChef kitchen after their four-day road trip for their elimination challenge. From series 6, the contestants had 75 minutes to cook a dish that focused on culinary deception. While she struggled with her caramel element, Eloise was safe after delivering the dish of the day. Ultimately, Sam and […]

Episode Summary Arum, Ben, Eliza and Eloise faced off in their last challenge inside Jack’s Magazine from Maribyrnong. In the challenge, which was a two-round invention test, they had to cook savoury and sweet dishes using the element of fire as inspiration. Ben’s dish was met with acclaim from the judges with Arum also declared […]

Episode Summary The contestants arrived at the salt pans of Mildura for their air element-based challenge. They were split into two teams and had to cook a three-course meal, including a salt-based dessert, for the guests and the judges. The progress of Eliza’s Blue Team strive in the captain’s poor leadership, composing a small underseasoned […]

Episode Summary The remaining contestants arrived at the silo mill in Brim, Victoria for their second challenge, in which they were divided into pairs and given 75 minutes to make a main dish and dessert inspired by earth. The Purple Team (Karlie and Nicole) were first to be declared safe after impressing with their saltbush […]