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 Sarah decided to participate in the elimination challenge by not using her immunity pin. She, Callan and Tamara were taken to the Akagi Shrine, where they had 75 minutes to make a dish inspired by their personal past and future. Callan made a sushi-inspired dessert, Sarah made a pork “steamboat” dish, consisting of […]

Episode Summary On the last day in Japan, the judges along with local Japanese chefs gave the contestants a MasterClass before the finals. Yesterday, Gary took the Yellow Team members to the Soba restaurant Kanda Matsuya for their private MasterClass with chef Odaka Takayuki who explained the history and demonstrated the making of Soba noodles. […]

Episode Summary Shannon’s Mystery Box contained four special ingredients: Moreton bay bugs, porcini, Yukon gold potatoes and sunrise lime, for the contestants to cook a dish and in the 60-minute challenge, Eloise, Karlie and Arum delivered the top 3 dishes. Arum won the advantage which was to pick a random dish from the knife block […]

Episode Summary Season 4 alumna Kylie Millar set up a challenging three-hour pressure test for Ben, Diana and Eloise, in which they had to recreate her elaborate 10-element dessert, “The Nest”, with 15 minutes to plate it. Both Eloise and Ben struggled to make the honeycomb as well as plate the dish (the cured egg […]

Episode Summary Before Finals Week, instead of winning an immunity pin in the second round, a Top 3 contestant from the invention test cooked against a guest chef to win an automatic pass to the Finals. In the first round, Arum, Eliza and Tamara had 45 minutes to make a soufflé to advance, and Arum […]

Episode Summary The other contestants faced an individual three-hour service challenge on a commercial kitchen with three-starred Michelin chef Clare Smyth as their mentor. Each had the responsibility of cooking a dish of a six-course meal for 50 diners and the judges. Clare assigned a pair of ingredients for each contestant, which they had to […]

Episode Summary Eliza took Sarah’s place in the elimination challenge after the latter decided to use her immunity pin. She, Karlie and Tamara had 75 minutes to cook a dish inspired by the memories of their respective vacation with their loved ones for the last two places in Finals Week. Karlie cooked Oysters with Oyster […]

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 […]