Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary The eight losing contestants faced a three-round elimination challenge where they had to cook dishes in 45 minutes with only six eggs available. Ben, Michelle and Nicole had the top dishes in the first round. Karlie and Samuel excelled in the second round, sending Callan, Jess and Pete to the final elimination round. […]

Episode Summary Celebrity chef and writer Yotam Ottolenghi made his first appearance as this week’s guest judge. His Mystery Box contained the following ingredients, used in Middle-Eastern cuisine: freekeh, tahini paste, lamb, date syrup, parsley, eggplant, rose water and sumac. After 75 minutes against Michelle, Eliza, Sarah and Ben, Karlie won her second mystery box […]

Episode Summary Eloise, Pete and Ray had one hour to recreate five dishes from Yotam’s mezze: lamb koftas, deep fried olives, butter bean hummus and roasted ricotta with broad bean spread. Eloise won praise for the overall taste and quality of her dishes. Ray also won praise with his feast, but served large chunks of […]

Episode Summary Karlie, Tamara and Diana competed in the first round, in which each of them took turns naming one of the 25 ingredients of Yotam’s pastilla. Diana and Tamara were eliminated in consecutive guesses, which left Karlie to cook against O.MY head chef Blayne Bertoncello. Both of them had to feature the ingredients from […]

Episode Summary For their next team challenge, the contestants were split into two teams of seven and had to cook a feast featuring vegetable-based dishes to impress 10 meat-eating guests and the judges. In the two-hour prep time, Callan’s uncertain leadership and decisions pushed the Blue Team over the edge while both teams had issues […]

Episode Summary The seven contestants on the Green Team took turns identifying a chosen sliced cross-section of an ingredient. Incorrect guesses led to three contestants being sent to the elimination round. Arum, Samuel, and Tamara then had 75 minutes to cook a dish using the pantry of ingredients that were guessed correctly in the first […]

Episode Summary Curtis Stone presented the ingredients for the Mystery Box challenge. Sam beat Diana and Ray to secure the advantage in the invention test. He chose the following three core ingredients: kingfish, capers and turnips from farmers’ produce. This season introduced the Power Pin, which granted the wearer 15 minutes extra time in any […]

Episode Summary Arum, Ray, Sam and Tamara had three hours to recreate pastry chef and chocolatier Deniz Karaca’s chocolate caramel tart. While some of them struggled in replicating the various elements, Arum’s dessert was the dish of the day. Though Sam’s tart was too soft and his passionfruit jam lacked flavour, Tamara left her tempered […]

Episode Summary The previously eliminated contestants returned to compete for a place back in the competition. In a two-round cook-off, they could only choose one core ingredient from the given pantry to cook a first-round savoury dish and a second-round dessert. Jess, Samuel, Bryan, Tamara, Pete and Lee had the top savoury dishes and advanced […]

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 […]