Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary The ninth series started with contestants cooking their signature dish in one hour for an automatic entry to the Top 24. Each judge awarded contestants with a “yes” or “no”. Twenty contestants received three “yes” votes and won their way through to the main competition while the second-chance contestants, with one or two […]

Episode Summary Bryan, Samuel and Trent had three hours to replicate Christy Tania’s gravity-defying ice cream dessert and thirty minutes to make their sugar balloons. The time pressure proved too much for the three contestants as they had issues in their dishes: Trent’s balloon was too small as it dispersed when he presented his dish, […]

Episode Summary Maggie Beer set a challenge for the twelve contestants who received a second chance to cook either a savoury dish or a dessert in 75 minutes, with lemons as the core ingredient, to secure a place in the competition. The top three dishes were chosen by Maggie and the judges sent their makers […]

Episode Summary As a team, Callan, Diana and Sam individually competed against one of three guest pastry chefs for immunity. By knife draw, Sam was pitted against chef Lauren Eldridge, Diana faced chef Angélique Pereto and Callan cooked against KOI Dessert Bar’s Reynold Poernomo (from season 7). In 75 minutes, Diana made a dark chocolate […]

Episode Summary To win the last apron and secure a spot in the Top 24, the remaining contestants faced a pressure test set by Anna Polyviou. They had three and a half hours to recreate her intricate firecracker-based dessert consisting of ten technical components The two hopefuls who delivered the best dishes were considered by […]

Episode Summary The two teams were tasked by Darren Purchese with constructing edible dessert art installations in their respective stations for public viewing in eight hours. The Red Team, led by Sarah, chose a Japanese Zen garden concept, while the Blue Team, led by Tamara, took inspiration from a beehive. During prep time, the Red […]

Episode Summary In their first challenge of the season, the Top 24 contestants faced a mystery box that consisted of ingredients chosen by Elena Duggan, the winner of season 8. Cooking with 75 minutes on the clock, most contestants opted to cook a pasta dish while others chose to make an inventive dish. Rashedul suffered […]

Episode Summary The nine losing contestants (except Eloise, who used her immunity pin) had to correctly guess each ball of a dessert ingredient while blindfolded, to avoid landing in one of three places in the second elimination round. The bottom three: Ray (who mistook grapes for watermelon), Benjamin (banana instead of rockmelon) and Tamara (cucumber […]