Tag: MasterChef Australia

Episode Summary In the mystery box challenge, the contestants had to use all of the items in the box, which consisted of extra virgin olive oil, Greek yoghurt, brussels sprouts, lamb rack, rosemary, lemon, leeks and parsnips. Only the top three dishes, Derek, Tessa and Simon’s, were chosen for tasting, with Simon’s being declared the […]

Episode Summary Nicole, Christina and Walleed had to blindly choose a protein and a side ingredient to pair in their dish. Christina impressed the judges with her Chinese-inspired Duck and Spinach Broth, earning high praise and being announced safe. Although Nicole had issues with the grape in her rabbit and grape dish, Walleed completely missed […]

Episode Summary Abbey, Ben, Simon & Tessa awoke to a letter from the judges containing instructions to visit Coles to buy one fresh ingredient for round one of the immunity challenge. The contestants had to use three of the chosen ingredients in a dish. The winner, Tessa, cooked off against Jesse McTavish from North Bondi […]

Episode Summary The contestants were taken to Hanging Rock, Victoria, where they Maggie Beer and the judges instruct two teams, the Red Team, consisting of Anushka, Simon, Tati, Larissa, Christina and Abbey, and the Green Team, consisting of Tim, Ben, Tessa, Steph, Nicole and Derek, who had three hours to assemble 25 picnic baskets containing […]

Episode Summary Sandeep, who couldn’t participate in the team challenge, used his immunity pin to avoid elimination. The first round required the losing team members to cook dishes featuring herbs. Abbey, Christina and Larissa, who served undercooked dishes, were sent into the second round to feature spices. Christina was first to be declared safe with […]

Episode Summary The Top 12 faced a mystery box challenge, in which they had to make a dessert using ingredients selected by Heston Blumenthal. Larissa beat Tessa and Steph to advance in the immunity challenge while the other contestants had to make another dessert featuring cereals. Ben, Anushka and Tim excelled, but Derek, Steph and […]

Episode Summary The bottom three had 90 minutes to replicate Kate Reid’s croissant on the first day and bake it before garnishing it on the next day. During the tasting, Simon’s croissant won praise. Although Derek left out the tempered chocolate, his croissant was baked well. The judges were impressed with Steph’s dish but the […]

Episode Summary Anushka, Kyle and Leah had 90 minutes to decipher and recreate Leno Latturlo’s paella without a recipe. Anushka presented the best dish. Leah’s fish was cooked well but her rice was inconsistently cooked while Kyle’s seafood was nicely cooked but there was way too much rice in his dish. However, there was one […]

Episode Summary Larissa, Ben, Anushka and Tim had to make ice cream cones for the judges and Poh. Anushka, Ben and Tim all made impressive ice cream cones but Tim’s stood out from the pack. He not only got a chance to cook for immunity, but he won a place in the Top 10. In […]

Episode Summary The judges presented their favorite sauces for Derek, Larissa, Sandeep and Tati to use with their dishes in the 60-minute first round. Sandeep’s used Matt Preston’s tamarind and chipotle ketchup for his lobster masala to win and cook against the guest chef, who was revealed during the 60-minute cook. Lemons were chosen from […]