The ninth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 1 May 2017 on Network Ten. Judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston from the previous series returned.

This series was won by Diana Chan in the grand finale against Ben Ungermann, on 24 July 2017.

The Top 24 contestants were announced on 1–3 May 2017. Chosen contestant Josh Clearihan was a previous auditionee from the eighth series who failed to reach the auditions when he was hospitalized with brain damage after a run-in with a car thief.[3] The series featured other previous auditionees: Pia Gava, Benita Orwell and Eloise Praino.[4][5][6]

Contestant Age State Occupation Status
Diana Chan 29 VIC Accountant Winner 24 July
Ben Ungermann 32 QLD Retail Manager Runner-up 24 July
Karlie Verkerk 26 NSW Copywriter Eliminated 23 July
Tamara Graffen 28 WA Engineering Officer Eliminated 20 July
Returned 13 June
Eliminated 12 June
Arum Nixon 34 NSW Advertising Strategist Eliminated 18 July
Sarah Tiong 26 NSW Risk Consultant Eliminated 17 July
Eliza Wilson 30 VIC Theatre Nurse Eliminated 13 July
Eloise Praino 32 SA Graduate Law Clerk Eliminated 10 July
Callan Smith 18 NSW Student Eliminated 6 July
Sam Goodwin 25 VIC Construction Coordinator Eliminated 29 June
Nicole Wellington 24 QLD Medical Secretary Eliminated 26 June
Michelle Lukman 19 VIC Student Eliminated 22 June
Ray Silva 42 NSW Doctor Eliminated 15 June
Samuel Whitehead 26 SA Market Stall Owner Eliminated 8 June
Pete Morgan 31 WA Crane Operator Eliminated 5 June
Jess Butler 29 VIC Nurse Eliminated 1 June
Trent Devincenzo 27 NSW Systems Engineer Eliminated 29 May
Benjamin Bullock 27 WA Lawyer Eliminated 25 May
Bryan Zhu 23 NSW Photographer Eliminated 22 May
Benita Orwell 57 QLD Ex-Ground Staff Eliminated 18 May
Pia Gava 49 VIC Contracts Officer Eliminated 15 May
Josh Clearihan 32 VIC Senior IT Administrator Eliminated 11 May
Lee Behan 29 WA Hospitality Manager Eliminated 8 May
Rashedul Hasan 35 NSW IT Program Director Eliminated 4 May

Future appearances

-In Series 10 Diana Chan appeared at the Auditions to Support the top 50.

-Ben Ungermann and Sarah Tiong appeared on Series 12. Ben withdrew from the competition on May 18, 2020, finishing in 16th and Sarah was eliminated on June 9 2020, finishing in 10th.

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MasterChef Australia Season 09 Episode 55 Watch Free Online

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 […]

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MasterChef Australia Season 09 Episode 41 Watch Free Online

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 […]

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MasterChef Australia Season 09 Episode 42 Watch Free Online

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 […]