Tag: MasterChef Australia Season 09

Episode Summary Diana, Karlie and Tamara were given the option of designing the concept of their own innovative dish with any cuisine and ingredients. After 75 minutes, the two contestants with the best dishes secured the last two places and joined Ben in the semifinals. In the tasting, Diana’s Thai Broth with Crayfish and Karlie’s […]

Episode Summary The semifinalists competed in a four-hour service challenge, in which they had to cook one main dish and a dessert for 25 diners and the judges. Diana’s dishes of Wagyu with Mushrooms and Lemon Verbena with Whey Caramel met with overall acclaim in its complexity. Despite struggling in the challenge to prep his […]

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 Diana, Karlie and Sarah, three of the most consistent cooks in the competition, went head to head in the pressure test. They were given three and a half hours to recreate “Pearl on the Ocean Floor” – one of the most intriguing signature dishes of the Lûmé restaurant by chef Shaun Quade. The […]

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 The Top 5 competed in their places for the Top 4 in the Surprise Elimination Challenge. They each had to cook a dish of a five-course meal (3 savoury and 2 desserts) in two hours of service to impress the judges, Shannon, returning chef Peter Gilmore and other popular chefs: Ross Lusted and […]

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 Ashley Palmer-Watts instructed the Top 4 finalists to recreate four signature dishes of the menu of the restaurant Dinner by Heston in Melbourne for 40 diners in 5 hours. Karlie got the Frumenty octopus dish, Tamara recreated the Roast Groper and Green Sauce but she discarded the onion element when she ran out […]

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 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 […]