Tag: MasterChef Australia

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 The nine former winners of previous seasons appeared to encourage the candidates who will be cooking their signature dish in one hour for entry to the Top 24. Eighteen home cooks secured their places in the Top 24 after receiving three votes from the judges while nine contestants who received one or two […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Jo Barrett, Gavin Hughes, John Rivera – Reece, Samira and Sashi competed as a team against three guest chefs to win an immunity pin each with mentorship from Gordon. Reece was pitted against John Rivera, Samira faced pastry chef Jo Barrett and Sashi cooked against Gavin Hughes. From the majority votes […]

Episode Summary To win their places in the Top 24, the hopefuls under mentor Shannon Bennett were given 75 minutes to cook a dish that highlighted their choice of one of the ingredients: coconut, chilli, bacon, orange or peanuts, The judges tasted each plate without knowing the cook to determine the next five aprons awarded. […]

Episode Summary Three-Course Dinner Service Challenge – Gordon drafted the contestants into two teams and mentored them for the service challenge, where they had to cook a three-course dinner for fifty diners in four hours. In prep time, the communication in Chloe’s Blue team faltered in the cooking and produced technical flaws in the first […]

Episode Summary Hospitality Cooking Challenge – On their first day in the competition, the Top 24 had 90 minutes and an open pantry to cook their dishes and impress the judges, focusing on hospitality. The four standout dishes belonged to Aldo, Loki, Chloe and Gina. Genene, Brett and Jess were sent to elimination after producing […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Matt Abé’s Roast Chicken with Summer Vegetables and Green Herb Consommé – The contestants had to recreate a three-Michelin star chicken dish from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay by chef Matt Abé in the two-and a-half hour Pressure Test. Jo delivered her best interpretation of the dish over Ben’s while the bottom three […]