Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary The Top 5 competed in their places for the Top 4 in the Surprise Elimination Challenge. They each had to cook a dish of a five-course meal (3 savoury and 2 desserts) in two hours of service to impress the judges, Shannon, returning chef Peter Gilmore and other popular chefs: Ross Lusted and […]

Episode Summary The Top 10 were divided randomly in pairs for the team challenge. Through the use of communication, they had to cook two plates of the same dish while each member was separated by a divider. None of the teams’ dishes matched completely, but all won praise in the tasting. The split decision came […]

Episode Summary Ashley Palmer-Watts instructed the Top 4 finalists to recreate four signature dishes of the menu of the restaurant Dinner by Heston in Melbourne for 40 diners in 5 hours. Karlie got the Frumenty octopus dish, Tamara recreated the Roast Groper and Green Sauce but she discarded the onion element when she ran out […]

Episode Summary Callan, Diana, Eloise and Sam competed in the time displacement elimination challenge from season 8, in which they had to gather their ingredients from one of the following four different hidden pantries on the prescribed time limit. Eloise, Sam and Callan had 60 minutes to cook with herbs, fruits and vegetables, while Diana […]

Episode Summary After arriving in Japan with the judges, the Top 9 contestants each bought one ingredient around Tokyo for the Mystery Box. Tamara chose scallops, Sarah selected lily root, Callan picked soya beans, Arum chose honey yams, Eloise selected cherry blossom radish, Karlie picked wagyu beef, Diana chose sesame dressing, Eliza selected miso Ben […]

Episode Summary The other contestants arrived at chef Tsutomo Kodama’s Michelin-starred restaurant, where each had to cook a dish from a Japanese eight course degustation menu under George’s mentorship, and the two contestants who made the best dishes joined Ben in the immunity challenge. Tamara had the first course of shiso with crab and yuzu. […]

Episode Summary Ben, Karlie and Sarah arrived at the Obuchi Tea Plantation in the foothills of Mount Fuji for the two-round immunity challenge. In the first round, each had to make a dish with one of three Japanese fruits of their choice: fuji apple, shiranui and yuzu, to land two places in the second round. […]

Episode Summary The contestants arrived at the food stalls of Shinjuku, where they were divided into teams of three and had to make three Japanese street food dishes for 100 diners. The Yellow Team won the challenge and the prize of a private Masterclass. The Red Team’s beef skewer lacked sauce, but otherwise, they were […]

Episode Summary Season 8 runner-up Matt Sinclair mentored the two teams in running pop-up restaurants and making a four-course meal for 100 customers in three hours. Tamara, having an advantage after earning back her place in the competition, chose to spare Eloise from the challenge. The Red Team, led by Karlie, was assigned to cook […]

Episode Summary The six contestants on the Blue Team chose a covered bench of their choice with different ingredients and kitchen equipment, to make a dish without using the pantry. Ben received praise for the cooking of his Moreton Bay bug bisque. Tamara’s use of the hibachi grill for her duck dish met with acclaim. […]