Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary Eliza took Sarah’s place in the elimination challenge after the latter decided to use her immunity pin. She, Karlie and Tamara had 75 minutes to cook a dish inspired by the memories of their respective vacation with their loved ones for the last two places in Finals Week. Karlie cooked Oysters with Oyster […]

Episode Summary Peter Gilmore’s choice of ingredients from his Mystery Box tasked the contestants with cooking a dish in 75 minutes. After winning the advantage for the invention test over Arum and Diana, Tamara was given the choice of picking one of Peter’s three technical desserts, which were featured in previous pressure tests: his Guava […]

Episode Summary The Top 6 finalists had to use all of the ingredients in their Mystery Box to make a dish in the 60-minute challenge. All of the finalists chose to make a dessert with these ingredients and three of them (Karlie, Ben and Tamara) stood out in the judging. It was Ben’s unique ice […]

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 […]