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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 Adriano Zumbo’s Mystery Box Challenge & Croquembouche Invention Test – On the first day of challenges centering on desserts, the twelve contestants were tasked to cook their dishes in 30 minutes with ingredients from the Mystery Box chosen by Adriano Zumbo. Ben, Jess, Sashi, Sarah & Reece are tasted for the Top 5. […]
Episode Summary Pressure Test: Katherine Sabbath’s Birthday Cake – Cake artist Katherine Sabbath was welcomed as the guest judge to introduce one of her cake designs: a raspberry white vanilla layered cake with tempered white chocolate raspberry bark as the Pressure Test dish. After Sashi used one of his immunity pins, the others had 75 […]
Episode Summary Pressure Test: Darren Purchese’s Peach Melba – Brendan, Jenny, Jo and Lisa were given three hours to recreate Darren Purchese’s first dish, peach Melba, with a tempered white chocolate collar and a raspberry tuile encased in a sugar cage. Brendan astonished with his version of Darren’s dish while Jenny’s take also impressed the […]
Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Alice Wright – Ben, Chloe, Kristen and Reece took turns naming one of 36 flavours of gelato where a lone contestant would advance to compete in the second round of the Immunity Challenge. Kristen succeeded to compete against pastry chef Alice Wright and, from a neapolitan ice cream, chose chocolate (over […]
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 […]