BBQ Pork Recipes

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Jacqui Challinor – Aldo, Jess, Samira, Sarah and Sashi had 45 minutes to cook their chicken wings with a side dish in the first round. The two best dishes belonged to Sarah and Jess, and it was the latter’s first savoury dish that won her the chance to compete against Jacqui […]

Episode Summary Restaurant Takeover Team Challenge – Executive chef Adam D’Sylva was the contestants’ mentor for a lunch service challenge at his two Melbourne restaurants, Coda (Vietnamese cuisine) and Tonka (Indian cuisine) where they had to prep and serve a four-course meal (two sweet main courses and two savoury desserts) in four hours. The Blue […]

Episode Summary Two-Course Team Challenge from Memory – The sixteen contestants were divided into two teams to replicate a main course and a dessert from the restaurant Wickens at the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld. The Red team, led by captain Lisa and vice-captain Reece, and the Blue team, led by Sarah and Jess, memorize […]

Episode Summary Chocolate Wheel Elimination Challenge – Ben, Brendan, Chloe, Hoda, Khanh and Samira each had to spin an edible game wheel made out of chocolate by Kirsten Tibballs to determine their assigned ingredient (almond, banana, cinnamon, coconut, lemon or peppermint) to cook a dessert in 75 minutes. Brendan and Khanh, who both had cinnamon […]

Episode Summary Butchery Elimination Challenge – The elimination challenge saw the contestants in two rounds set by Curtis Stone and centered on butchering. In the first round, they took turns to identify cuts of meat to avoid landing one of four places in the second round of elimination. Brendan, Chloe, Jess and Sarah were given […]

Episode Summary Mystery Box Challenge & Royalty Cooking Challenge – For making it into the Top 10, the contestants each received $10,000 from Coles to develop their food career. In 60 minutes, the contestants had to use all of the ingredients from the Mystery Box (kalette, lemon, yoghurt, coriander seeds, extra virgin olive oil, gin […]

Episode Summary South Australia Farmers’ Invention Test & Victoria Square Market Stall Service Challenge – The challenges this week took place in South Australia and in the first of the two challenges at Victoria Square, contestants were given 60 minutes to prep a dish with local produce from South Australian farms. Genene, Jess, Sashi, Sarah […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Brendan Wessels’ Lemon Meringue Pie – Ben, Chloe, Genene and Hoda arrived at the d’Arenberg Cube restaurant in McLaren Vale to recreate a lemon meringue pie by restaurateur Brendan Wessels with the use of a 3D food printer in three hours. Ben cooked with precision to interpret the dish while, despite […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Jin Choi – Jenny, Khanh, Reece, Samira and Sashi arrived at one of the historic houses of Mount Lofty for the first round of the immunity challenge where they took turns choosing a random cloche and guessing the ingredient. Khanh succeeded in the challenge and cooked against South Australian chef Jin […]

Episode Summary Jacob’s Creek Team Challenge – Two teams arrive at Jacob’s Creek vineyard in the Barossa Valley where they had to cook a three-course meal featuring local produce from the vineyard, and grapes as the core ingredient, for 60 diners. Both Khanh’s Red team and Reece’s Blue team produced standout entrée dishes but the […]