Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary Mystery Box Challenge & Royalty Cooking Challenge – For making it into the Top 10, the contestants each received $10,000 from Coles to develop their food career. In 60 minutes, the contestants had to use all of the ingredients from the Mystery Box (kalette, lemon, yoghurt, coriander seeds, extra virgin olive oil, gin […]

Episode Summary South Australia Farmers’ Invention Test & Victoria Square Market Stall Service Challenge – The challenges this week took place in South Australia and in the first of the two challenges at Victoria Square, contestants were given 60 minutes to prep a dish with local produce from South Australian farms. Genene, Jess, Sashi, Sarah […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Brendan Wessels’ Lemon Meringue Pie – Ben, Chloe, Genene and Hoda arrived at the d’Arenberg Cube restaurant in McLaren Vale to recreate a lemon meringue pie by restaurateur Brendan Wessels with the use of a 3D food printer in three hours. Ben cooked with precision to interpret the dish while, despite […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Jin Choi – Jenny, Khanh, Reece, Samira and Sashi arrived at one of the historic houses of Mount Lofty for the first round of the immunity challenge where they took turns choosing a random cloche and guessing the ingredient. Khanh succeeded in the challenge and cooked against South Australian chef Jin […]

Episode Summary Jacob’s Creek Team Challenge – Two teams arrive at Jacob’s Creek vineyard in the Barossa Valley where they had to cook a three-course meal featuring local produce from the vineyard, and grapes as the core ingredient, for 60 diners. Both Khanh’s Red team and Reece’s Blue team produced standout entrée dishes but the […]

Episode Summary Maggie Beer’s Chicken Elimination Challenge – The contestants arrived at Maggie Beer’s eatery at the Barossa Valley for their last challenge in South Australia. After Khanh escaped elimination by using his immunity pin, the others competed to impress the judges and Maggie by prepping dishes using one chicken over three rounds. Lisa and […]

Episode Summary Bread Box Challenge & Re-invention Test – Contestants were given 60 minutes to make a dish with one loaf of bread as the Mystery Box ingredient. Aldo, Gina and Ben delivered the Top 3 dishes with Gina advancing to the Immunity Challenge. A re-invention test required the remaining contestants to re-create a dish […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Alla Wolf-Tasker’s Autumn Harvest – In two hours and forty-five minutes, the bottom three contestants had to recreate Alla Wolf-Tasker’s Autumn-inspired duck dish. During the verdicts, Hoda’s carrots were raw and Sarah forgot to plate her chestnut purée after the cook. While Lisa’s presentation of the dish was too large, her […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Andy Harmer – Gina, Khanh, Reece and Sashi faced a three-round sudden death skills challenge: dice vegetables in brunoise cut, prep a hollandaise sauce and cook a salted caramel sauce. After Reece and Gina are eliminated in the first two rounds, Sashi beat Khanh for an opportunity to face executive chef […]

Episode Summary Dandenong Ranges Team Challenge – The contestants arrived at the Dandenong Ranges for the team challenge, set by the judges and guest chef Lennox Hastie, where they had to prep a three-course meal using open-fire cooking in two hours for 60 Victorian firefighters. Hoda’s Blue team was assigned to cook dishes with seafood […]