Tag: MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Australia S13E18 Available after release date 8 May 2021 Episode Summary Bento Box Challenge — The seventeen contestants had to make their own take of a bento box in 90 minutes, after receiving demonstrations from Michelin-starred chef Masahiko Yomoda, with the best bento boxes named as the Top 4. The four cooks who stood […]

Episode Summary Emelia Jackson, series 12 winner, returned to set a Mystery Box Challenge for the Top 24 to cook in 75 minutes to win one of three immunity pins and skip any elimination challenge. Therese’s chocolate Szechuan ice cream with pistachio, Elise’s quail with ricotta and silverbeet, and Wynona’s pistachio ice cream with cherry […]

Episode Summary Fire Immunity Challenge — Depinder, Jess, Pete and Scott compete for immunity where they have to cook with fire in 75 minutes set by celebrity restaurateur Scott Pickett. Jess cooked carne asada tacos, Scott made a coffee cured trout and Pete grilled his wagyu beef with potato but it was Depinder who won […]

Episode Summary A two-round elimination challenge tasked the remaining 21 contestants to highlight either a chicken or an egg with the bottom five had 75 minutes to cook another dish with the other ingredient. Depinder, Eric and Justin’s dishes were praised while Trent served a flawed egg tart in the first round which sent him […]

MasterChef Australia S13E20 Available after release date 10 May 2021 Episode Summary Curtis Stone sets an elimination for the contestants centered on butchering. The first round was an auction challenge where contestants grouped in pairs had 100 minutes of cooking time to bid their cut of meat and cook a meal with two side dishes. […]

Episode Summary The 23 home cooks faced a two-round elimination challenge set by Nigella Lawson, where they had to identify eighteen flavours of Nigella’s favourite biscuits with the five contestants who guessed incorrectly will be sent to the second round. Brent, Conor, Maja, Tom and Yo Yo were tasked to decipher Nigella’s detailed description of […]

Episode Summary Flavour Combination Team Challenge — Yotam Ottolenghi tasked the contestants in their first team challenge to create a three-course meal highlighting three of Yotam’s flavour combinations: numbing oil, chipotle peanuts and fenugreek marinade. The captains: Aaron (grey team), Conor (orange team) and Elise (brown team) will instruct the first groups of three cooks […]

Episode Summary Cheese and Bread Elimination Challenge — Massimo Bottura instruct the losing team members to cook their take of mac ‘n’ cheese in 60 minutes with the best three dishes will be declared safe in the first round. Dan, Katrina, Pete and Tom had 75 minutes to make a dish feature bread. Katrina opted […]

Episode Summary Clare Smyth’s Michelin Mystery Box Challenge — Clare Smyth selected the ingredients of the Mystery Box: scampi, peas, wasabi, brandy, lemon, chives, tomatoes and rose geranium; inspired from one of her dishes, for the contestants to cook their dishes in 75 minutes. Aaron’s lasagne, Depinder’s bombe alaska, Conor’s koulourokia, Linda’s torellini and Pete’s […]

Episode Summary Breakfast Ice Cream Immunity Challenge — Heston Blumenthal sets an immunity challenge for Aaron, Conor, Depinder, Linda and Pete, in which they must use a breakfast ingredient to make an ice cream dessert in 75 minutes. Highlighting avocado, bacon, corn flakes, earl grey and vegemite; Pete’s use of the bacon for a savoury […]