BBQ Pork Recipes

Episode Summary For their next team challenge, the contestants were split into two teams of seven and had to cook a feast featuring vegetable-based dishes to impress 10 meat-eating guests and the judges. In the two-hour prep time, Callan’s uncertain leadership and decisions pushed the Blue Team over the edge while both teams had issues […]

Episode Summary The seven contestants on the Green Team took turns identifying a chosen sliced cross-section of an ingredient. Incorrect guesses led to three contestants being sent to the elimination round. Arum, Samuel, and Tamara then had 75 minutes to cook a dish using the pantry of ingredients that were guessed correctly in the first […]

Episode Summary Curtis Stone presented the ingredients for the Mystery Box challenge. Sam beat Diana and Ray to secure the advantage in the invention test. He chose the following three core ingredients: kingfish, capers and turnips from farmers’ produce. This season introduced the Power Pin, which granted the wearer 15 minutes extra time in any […]

Episode Summary Arum, Ray, Sam and Tamara had three hours to recreate pastry chef and chocolatier Deniz Karaca’s chocolate caramel tart. While some of them struggled in replicating the various elements, Arum’s dessert was the dish of the day. Though Sam’s tart was too soft and his passionfruit jam lacked flavour, Tamara left her tempered […]

Episode Summary The previously eliminated contestants returned to compete for a place back in the competition. In a two-round cook-off, they could only choose one core ingredient from the given pantry to cook a first-round savoury dish and a second-round dessert. Jess, Samuel, Bryan, Tamara, Pete and Lee had the top savoury dishes and advanced […]

Episode Summary Season 8 runner-up Matt Sinclair mentored the two teams in running pop-up restaurants and making a four-course meal for 100 customers in three hours. Tamara, having an advantage after earning back her place in the competition, chose to spare Eloise from the challenge. The Red Team, led by Karlie, was assigned to cook […]

Episode Summary The six contestants on the Blue Team chose a covered bench of their choice with different ingredients and kitchen equipment, to make a dish without using the pantry. Ben received praise for the cooking of his Moreton Bay bug bisque. Tamara’s use of the hibachi grill for her duck dish met with acclaim. […]

Episode Summary Heston Blumenthal took the Top 12 contestants on a road trip around Victoria for the week’s challenges, which were inspired by the four classical elements. They arrived at Swan Hill on the Murray River for their first challenge, which was based on water, and had 75 minutes to make a dish with Heston’s […]

Episode Summary Thai cuisine expert and chef David Thompson set up a Mystery Box Challenge for the contestants, where they had to cook a dish with his chosen Thai ingredients, with Tamara, Diana, Michelle, Karlie and Samuel selected as the Top 5. Karlie won the advantage in the invention test, which was the choice between […]

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 […]