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The tenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 7 May 2018 on Network Ten. Judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston returned from the previous series, with Shannon Bennett as the contestants’ mentor.
This series was won by Sashi Cheliah in the grand finale against Ben Borsht, on 31 July 2018.
This season introduced a change in the Mystery Box Challenge. The winner will be going straight into the Immunity Challenge, which means he/she will not be cooking in the invention test and will be safe from the Pressure Test on the following day.
Week 10 featured the remaining contestants competing for a special “10-Year Superpower” apron, which works similar to an immunity pin and a Power Apron but allows the bearer to withdraw during any stage of any individual challenge up to tasting.
The Top 24 were announced on 7–8 May 2018. Contestant Jo Kendray was a returning auditionee after two previous attempts to make it into the Top 24
| Contestant | Age | State | Occupation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sashi Cheliah | 40 | SA | Prison Officer | Winner 31 July |
| Ben Borsht | 31 | QLD | Builder | Runner-up 31 July |
| Khanh Ong | 25 | VIC | DJ | Eliminated 30 July |
| Jess Liemantara | 19 | VIC | Waitress | Eliminated 29 July |
| Chloe Carroll | 28 | QLD | Nutritionist | Eliminated 23 July |
| Reece Hignell | 28 | NSW | Recruitment Consultant | Eliminated 19 July |
| Samira Damirova | 36 | WA | Stay-at-home Mum | Eliminated 16 July |
| Kristen Sheffield | 28 | SA | Urban Planner | Eliminated 12 July |
| Brendan Pang | 24 | WA | Social Worker | Eliminated 5 July Returned 21 June Eliminated 7 June |
| Sarah Clare | 33 | NSW | Bar Manager | Eliminated 2 July |
| Hoda Kobeissi | 32 | NSW | Social Worker | Eliminated 28 June |
| Gina Ottaway | 54 | NSW | Ex Disability Support | Eliminated 25 June |
| Aldo Ortado | 31 | NSW | Restaurant Manager | Eliminated 21 June |
| Lisa Diep | 33 | NSW | Senior IT Analyst | Eliminated 18 June |
| Jenny Lam | 28 | WA | Entrepreneur | Eliminated 14 June |
| Genene Dwyer | 49 | VIC | Recruitment Coordinator | Eliminated 11 June |
| Jo Kendray | 46 | VIC | Travel Manager | Eliminated 4 June |
| Loki Madireddi | 34 | VIC | Stay-at-home Dad | Eliminated 31 May |
| Michelle Walsh | 47 | NSW | Writer | Eliminated 28 May |
| Tim Talam | 28 | NSW | Butcher’s Assistant | Eliminated 24 May |
| Adele Elliott | 34 | NSW | Enrollment Officer | Eliminated 21 May |
| Denise Valdez | 37 | VIC | Stay-at-home Mum | Eliminated 17 May |
| Metter Chin | 54 | NSW | Project Manager | Eliminated 14 May |
| Brett McGrath | 32 | QLD | Coffee Roaster | Eliminated 10 May |
Future appearances
-In Series 11 Sashi Cheliah appeared at the Auditions to Support the Top 50.
– Khanh Ong, Jess Liemantara, Reece Hignell, Brendan Pang and Sarah Clare appeared on Series 12. Sarah was eliminated on May 19 2020, finishing in 14th. Jess was eliminated on May 31 2020, finishing in 12th. Khanh was eliminated on June 14 2020, finishing in 9th. Brendan was eliminated on June 21 2020, finishing in 8th and Reece was eliminated on July 12 2020, finishing in 5th.
-In the 3rd Junior series Sashi appeared to support his son Ryan who is a contestant.
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Episode Summary Grand Finale – The tenth-season finale consisted of only two rounds (instead of the usual three) with Ben and Sashi cooking their entrée and main in the first round. They had to highlight their dishes with the given ingredients in two hours. After the round, both of Ben’s dishes didn’t meet the standards […]
Episode Summary TV Dinner Re-invention Cook-off – The six remaining contestants competed in the third challenge where three of the six picked their choice of the three frozen dinner meals to pit against their rivals and re-invent the dish in 75 minutes. Sashi picked fish ‘n’ chips to pit against Khanh, Chloe cooked against Jess […]
Episode Summary Time or Ingredients Cook-off – Chloe, Samira and Sashi had to gather their ingredients from up to four different hidden pantries, with one pantry being revealed every 15 minutes. Samira and Sashi selected dairy and canned food with 60 minutes left while Chloe waited for root vegetables and cooked in 45 minutes. Sashi’s […]
Episode Summary Panama Dining Room Service Challenge – Chloe and Sashi at the Panama Dining Room in Melbourne to cook a two-course meal for 30 customers under mentorship from Gary. For the main course, Sashi had to cook seafood while Chloe was assigned meat. After service, Chloe and Sashi had noticeable flaws in their dishes […]
Episode Summary Pressure Test: Peter Gilmore’s Snow Egg – The losing contestants from each challenge, except Reece who used his immunity pin, had to recreate three servings of Peter Gilmore’s Snow Egg from season 2 in two-and-a-half hours and plate the dish in ten minutes. Jess produced a faultless replication of the dish, and was […]
Episode Summary Family Box Challenge & Vue De Monde Invention Test – The seven contestants received their ingredients in the Mystery Box from relatives or friends to cook their dishes. Sashi won the challenge over Jess and Reece to compete for a fast-track to Finals Week. With 75 minutes in the Invention Test set by […]
Episode Summary Cryptic Pressure Test: Joe Grbac’s Imperial Mandarin – Ben, Jess and Samira had to decipher Matt Preston’s critic’s review of the guest chef’s dish to recreate it in three hours. The dish was Joe Grbac’s yoghurt panna cotta and almond sponge with seven mandarin elements. All three succeeded with their dishes but Ben’s […]
Episode Summary Fast-Track to Finals Immunity Challenge: Reynold Poernomo and Matt Sinclair – Sashi and Khanh battled in the first round where they had an open pantry from the garden to make a dish. Khanh succeeded as he selected between the two pantries to face off against one of the two former contestants for an […]
Episode Summary SecondBite’s Six-Course Degustation Challenge – The six contestants took responsibility of a six-course vegetarian degustation menu, supervised by George, at Melbourne’s Luminare to raise funds for SecondBite, The winning dish would advance the contestant into the Finals. Chloe got the first course to highlight cucumber with smoked labneh. Khanh made a charred broccolini […]
Episode Summary Sudden Death Elimination Challenge – Ben, Chloe, Jess, Khanh and Reece competed in three rounds for places in the Finals. The first round was to identify the ingredients of Gary Mehigan’s Moroccan tajine where Chloe and Khanh succeeded to advance. The next round was the one-inch cube challenge from season 8 where they […]