The twelfth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia, also known as MasterChef Australia: Back To Win, premiered on 13 April 2020. It is the first series to feature series four winner Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo serving as judges, after the departure of Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston in the previous season.[5] This series involves former high-achieving contestants from the past eleven series of MasterChef Australia, returning for another chance at the title of ‘MasterChef’ and the A$250,000 prize.

Applications for contestants for the twelfth series of MasterChef Australia opened in May 2019. However, plans were changed when returning contestants were brought onboard instead of new contestants. Katy Perry appeared as a guest judge in an immunity challenge based around her song “Hot N Cold”, which is the theme song of the show.

This series was won by Emelia Jackson in the grand finale against Laura Sharrad, broadcast on 20 July 2020.

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The 24 returning contestants were announced on 19 February 2020. In March 2020, Ben Ungermann was dropped from the series after being arrested in a matter unrelated to the show. His departure was announced on 17 May 2020. The arrest was connected to accusations of sexual assault against a 16-year-old girl. Those charges were dropped when Ungermann pleaded guilty to a single count of common law assault, avoiding a criminal conviction.

Contestant Age State Occupation Original Series Previous
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Emelia Jackson 30 VIC Cake Designer & Chef Series 6 3rd Winner 20 July
Laura Sharrad 24 SA Chef & Restaurateur Series 6 2nd Runner-up 20 July
Reynold Poernomo 26 NSW Chef & Restaurateur Series 7 4th Third Place 19 July
Callum Hann 30 SA Restaurateur & Culinary Educator Series 2 [a] 2nd Eliminated 14 July
Reece Hignell 30 NSW Cake Designer & Chef Series 10 6th Eliminated 12 July
Poh Ling Yeow 46 SA Chef, Artist, Actress & TV Presenter Series 1 [b] 2nd Eliminated 5 July
Tessa Boersma 28 QLD Chef & Criminal Statistician Series 11 2nd Eliminated 28 June
Brendan Pang 26 WA Restaurateur Series 10 9th Eliminated 21 June
Khanh Ong 27 VIC Business Owner & Chef Series 10 3rd Eliminated 14 June
Sarah Tiong 29 NSW Lawyer & Restaurateur Series 9 6th Eliminated 9 June
Simon Toohey 33 VIC Cook & Restaurateur Series 11 3rd Eliminated 7 June
Jess Liemantara 22 VIC Chef Series 10 4th Eliminated 31 May
Tracy Collins 44 SA Restaurateur Series 6 5th Eliminated 24 May
Sarah Clare 33 TAS Restaurateur Series 10 10th Eliminated 19 May
Hayden Quinn 33 NSW TV Presenter & Marine Biologist Series 3  6th Eliminated 17 May
Ben Ungermann 36 QLD Ice Cream Shop Owner & Chef Series 9 2nd Left 17 May
Amina Elshafei 35 NSW Paediatric Nurse & Author Series 4 11th Eliminated 12 May
Chris Badenoch 52 WA Business Owner & Restaurateur Series 1  3rd Eliminated 10 May
Rose Adam 42 SA Chef & Café Owner Series 7 10th Eliminated 5 May
Dani Venn 34 VIC Business Owner & Publicist Series 3  4th Eliminated 3 May
Harry Foster 25 QLD Chef Series 8 3rd Eliminated 28 April
Ben Milbourne 38 TAS Restaurateur Series 4 5th Eliminated 26 April
Courtney Roulston 39 NSW Chef Series 2 5th Eliminated 21 April
Lynton Tapp 32 VIC TV Presenter & Chef Series 5 2nd Eliminated 19 April
MasterChef Australia Season 13
BBQ Pork Recipes

MasterChef Australia S12E57 Watch Free Online

Episode Summary All-In Elimination: Four-Course Service — All contestants other than Reynold faced a service elimination challenge, with Matt Stone, Jo Barrett, Shannon Martinez, Peter Gunn, Darren Purchese and Kirsten Tibballs all joining the judges as the guests of the service. Each contestant was assigned one of four courses, with Reece cooking vegetables, Emelia fish, […]

MasterChef Australia Season 13
BBQ Pork Recipes

MasterChef Australia S12E58 Watch Free Online

Episode Summary Gordon Ramsay’s Mystery Box — Gordon Ramsay returned via live stream to set the final Mystery Box challenge for the season, with the best dish fast-tracking its maker to the Semi-Final. The contestants were given bream, scallops, Cornish rhubarb, strawberries, mortadella, cabbage, paprika and Pimm’s. Additionally, each contestant was allowed to choose a […]

MasterChef Australia Season 13
BBQ Pork Recipes

MasterChef Australia S12E59 Watch Free Online

Episode Summary All-In Elimination: Ordinary or Extraordinary — For the final All-In Elimination of the series, Callum, Reynold and Laura were shown two pantries: an “ordinary” pantry containing everyday ingredients and an “extraordinary” pantry containing luxurious, expensive ingredients. In the first round, they were given 75 minutes to cook a dish using the pantry of […]