MasterChef Australia
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2009
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MasterChef Australia is a Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by Shine Australia and screens on Network Ten. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Calombaris and food critic Matt Preston serve as the show's main judges. Journalist Sarah Wilson hosted the first series, however her role was dropped at the end of the series.
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Episode 61 : Grand Final
July. 23,2019
It's been months of nail-biting challenges, but there can only be one winner to walk away with the life-changing title of Australia's MasterChef 2019
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Episode 60 : Semi Final with Peter Gilmore
July. 22,2019
This semifinal is a pressure test set by acclaimed Quay executive chef Peter Gilmore. The three contestants who do the most impressive job recreating the dish will earn their spot in the grand finale.
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Episode 59 : Grand Final Week - Elimination Challenge
July. 21,2019
By the end of the episode, five will become four as the trophy beckons. In a special MasterClass, contestants set their very own mystery box challenge for the judges and Curtis Stone.
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Episode 58 : Top 5 Challenge - The Press Club
July. 17,2019
Contestants are cooking at Press Club, the brainchild of judge George Calombaris. With the Press Club announcing it will soon close, the top five take to the kitchen to prepare one of the final meals.
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Episode 57 : Advantage Challenge - Top 5
July. 16,2019
Our top five are battling to win an advantage for the next challenge, which could secure them a spot in the semifinal. Contestants can cook whatever they want and decide how much time is on the clock.
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Episode 56 : Pressure Test - The Lamington
July. 15,2019
The chef director behind Dinner by Heston in Melbourne and London, Ashley Palmer-Watts, sets a lamington-themed pressure test. One contestant will be sent home with only days remaining in the competition.
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Episode 55 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test – The Loved One’s Selection
July. 14,2019
Each contestant has an ingredient chosen for them by a loved one, with the note explaining their choice. Later, the judges select an ingredient for each contestant to cook with in the invention test.
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Episode 54 : Elimination Challenge - Santiago Fernandez & Masterclass
July. 11,2019
This pressure test is set by Santiago Fernandez and it's a doozy. The stakes are high and the least impressive cook will be sent home. Plus, catch a masterclass showing off delicious recipes.
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Episode 53 : Team Challenge - Leeuwin Estate Safari Club
July. 10,2019
This episode's setting is the beautiful Leeuwin Estate Safari Club in Margaret River. Guided by head chef Dan Gedge, our contestants will battle it out in a team challenge.
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Episode 52 : Immunity Challenge - Fast Track to Finals Week
July. 09,2019
The winners from the previous two days now cook for an opportunity to fast-track themselves into Finals Week. Round two comes down to the wire as contestants are hungry for the win.
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Episode 51 : Team Challenge - Wildflower 5 Course Degustation
July. 08,2019
At Wildflower Restaurant in Perth, contestants will cook a five-course degustation featuring an ingredient that chef Matt Sartori has selected.
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Episode 50 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - WA
July. 07,2019
The remaining contestants fly to Western Australia for a mystery box challenge and later an invention test, using all the great produce WA has to offer.
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Episode 49 : Elimination Challenge – Time Auction
July. 04,2019
This episode is the return of the time auction where contestants bid for ingredients with time rather than money. The more time they spend buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.
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Episode 48 : Team Challenge – Q Train Vegetarian Course
July. 03,2019
Aboard the Q Train travelling restaurant our contestants, in teams, must prepare a vegetarian course using oyster mushrooms, baby zucchini, eggplant or figs. The bottom two teams face elimination.
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Episode 47 : Immunity Challenge – Same Ingredients/Different Styles & Adam D’Sylva
July. 02,2019
All contestants will cook with the same ingredient but in a different style. The winner of round one will be cooking against renowned chef Adam D'Sylva for the illustrious immunity pin.
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Episode 46 : Pressure Test – Kirsten Tibballs
July. 01,2019
Champion chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is in the MasterChef kitchen for this episode's pressure test. Three contestants from the previous invention test must recreate Kirsten's apple pie. Who will be going home?
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Episode 45 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Deja Vu
June. 30,2019
This episode’s mystery box involves some deja vu and later, in the invention test, contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish that takes the judges to a moment in time that evokes a particular memory.
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Episode 44 : Elimination Challenge - Massimo Bottura
June. 27,2019
The top 10 are joined by the world’s top chef Massimo Bottura and asked to cook with ingredients that are very close to Massimo’s heart: ones that are frequently disposed of.
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Episode 43 : Team Challenge – Best Diners & Best Ingredients
June. 26,2019
The contestants must cook a four-course meal for the Best Diners In The World while showcasing the Best Ingredients In The Country. Little do they know, the diners are their loved ones.
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Episode 42 : Immunity Challenge – Beluga Caviar & Phil Wood
June. 25,2019
The three winners of the challenges must create a dish featuring Beluga caviar. The best dish will see its maker compete for an immunity pin against Pt Leo Estate chef Phil Wood.
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Episode 41 : Pressure Test – Jock Zonfrillo
June. 24,2019
This episode's challenge has been set by special guest Jock Zonfrillo from Restaurant Orana. Contestants must create dishes that showcase one of his favourite native ingredients.
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Episode 40 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Best Selling And Australia's Most Popular Ingredients
June. 23,2019
This episode's mystery box holds some of the best-selling ingredients from Coles and along with these, contestants must cook with some of Australia's favourite ingredients: Vegemite, tomato sauce or Milo.
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Episode 39 : Elimination Challenge – The Dessert With No Sugar!
June. 20,2019
In a very challenging cook, the contestants must make a sweet dish without using refined sugar.
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Episode 38 : Team Challenge - Identical!
June. 19,2019
The team challenge requires contestants to create a delicious, sweet dish that is identical in look, texture and flavour to their teammate's dish. Communication is key.
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Episode 37 : Immunity Challenge - Ice Cream Challenge & Alice Wright
June. 18,2019
Sweet Week continues with an immunity ice cream challenge. In round two, the best cook will go up against chef Alice Wright.
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Episode 36 : Pressure Test – Kate Reid
June. 17,2019
In a surprise twist, our bottom three contestants from the cereal invention test have been thrown straight into a pressure test. Aprons on: it's time to cook a unique creation by Kate Reid.
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Episode 35 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test with Heston Blumenthal – Sweet Week
June. 16,2019
Kicking off Sweet Week, molecular master Heston Blumenthal enters the kitchen with a mystery box for the contestants.
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Episode 34 : Elimination Challenge – with Maggie Beer
June. 13,2019
Maggie Beer is back for the elimination challenge which will take place over two rounds. In round one, the contestants must celebrate herbs from the garden. In round two, they must feature spices.
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Episode 33 : Team Challenge – A Picnic At Hanging Rock with Maggie Beer
June. 12,2019
Contestants find themselves in the Macedon Ranges for this team challenge: a picnic at Hanging Rock. What will be a surprise is who is the guest chef - none other than the beloved Maggie Beer.
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Episode 32 : Immunity Challenge – Letters from home & Jessie McTavish
June. 11,2019
Contestants awake with letters from home containing special instructions for round one of the immunity cook. The winner will cook off against chef Jessie McTavish from North Bondi Fish.
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Episode 31 : Pressure Test – The Surprise Twist!
June. 10,2019
Three contestants will face the chopping block in an elimination challenge with a surprise twist.
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Episode 30 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - The Dreaded Everything Box
June. 09,2019
It is the dreaded Everything Box, where contestants must use every one of the eight ingredients. They will have to be extra creative if they want to win a place in the next immunity challenge.
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Episode 29 : Elimination Challenge - Skills Test/ Seafood Platter Challenge & Masterclass with Ash Martin
June. 06,2019
In this episode's elimination, contestants undergo a skills test followed by a seafood platter challenge including raw, fried and steamed elements. MasterClass with judges and Homage restaurant's Ash Martin.
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Episode 28 : Team Challenge - BBQ For 150 Noosa Locals
June. 05,2019
The Queensland trip continues and the teams must cook a barbecue feast to serve 150 Noosa locals. The team that serves the least impressive feast will go into the next elimination.
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Episode 27 : Immunity Challenge - Ginger & Ben Williamson
June. 04,2019
In round one, contestants must prepare a sweet or savoury dish with one of Queensland's finest ingredients - ginger. The winner will cook off against chef Ben Williamson for an immunity pin.
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Episode 26 : Pressure Test - Shannon Kellam
June. 03,2019
Contestants must re-create one of Shannon Kellam's signature dishes, but without a recipe. The contestant who re-creates the dish least like Shannon's will be going home.
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Episode 25 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Queensland
June. 02,2019
This episode's mystery box challenge has contestants creating dishes using Queensland's finest ingredients. The judges will taste the five most appealing dishes and the winner will head into an immunity challenge.
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Episode 24 : Elimination Challenge - Blindfold Taste Test & One Last Secret
May. 30,2019
Secrets Week closes with the previous episode's losing team facing a blindfolded taste test. The first five to guess incorrectly have a 60-minute open pantry cook, but one last secret will ruffle some feathers.
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Episode 23 : Team Challenge - Secret Weapons
May. 29,2019
Each team is allocated a 'secret weapon' and must create a four-course Italian meal for 40 diners. Whichever team serves the least impressive meal will go into the next pressure test.
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Episode 22 : Immunity Challenge - Sauce, Secrets and Citrus
May. 28,2019
These immunity rounds involve sauce, secrets and citrus. A contestant will face off against an established chef that will be kept secret from everyone, including the judges, until the very end.
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Episode 21 : Pressure Test - Paella by Leno Lattarulo
May. 27,2019
Three contestants face a pressure test and will cook a paella based on an award-winning dish by Leno Lattarulo from Melbourne's Simply Spanish. Simple, right? Wrong. It is Secrets Week, after all.
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Episode 20 : Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Secret's Week
May. 26,2019
It's Secrets Week, and, after a quick workshop with Din Tai Fung's Edward Yulianto, our cooks must create a tasty dumpling dish and later invent a dish that incorporates a secret. Shh.
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Episode 19 : Elimination Challenge - Deli Challenge with Yotam Ottolenghi
May. 23,2019
Legends week continues as Yotam Ottolenghi hosts a deli item challenge. The first three contestants to incorrectly name a deli item must cook to stay in the competition. Who will be heading home?
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Episode 18 : Team Challenge - Street Food for 360!
May. 22,2019
Joined by Yotam Ottolenghi, our contestants are cooking street food for 360 people. Each team must hero a different cuisine, and the least impressive team will be sent into the next elimination.
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Episode 17 : Immunity Challenge - Donovan Cooke
May. 21,2019
Matt Sinclair mentors the Immunity cook which uses only equipment from a typical office kitchen. Best dish enters Round 2, where they will compete against culinary legend Donovan Cooke.
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Episode 16 : Pressure Test - Clare Smyth's Dessert
May. 20,2019
This episode's Pressure Test has contestants recreating a dessert from culinary legend Clare Smyth. During four hours of preparation time, there are tears and even a dish that collapses before the judges' eyes.
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Episode 15 : Rick Stein's Mystery Box Challenge & Fish and Potatoes Invention Test
May. 19,2019
It's Legends Week and our cooks have to create a dish using Rick Stein's Mystery Box. Later, a fish and potatoes themed Invention Test determines who will face the Immunity Challenge and Pressure Test.
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Episode 14 : Elimination Challenge - Condiments & Masterclass 2 with Nigella
May. 16,2019
The bottom team from the previous challenge are presented with an array of condiments they must identify correctly. The first five to guess incorrectly head into an elimination cook. Plus, a Masterclass with Nigella.
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Episode 13 : Off-Site Team Challenge - State Library of Victoria with Nigella
May. 15,2019
Nigella and contestants are given historical recipes at the State Library of Victoria to inspire a three-course meal. The team who create the least impressive menu will head into the next elimination.
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Episode 12 : Immunity Challenge - Coskun Uysal
May. 14,2019
Nigella week continues, and the four best cooks from her Mystery Box challenge must cook a dish that celebrates custard. The top contestant will compete against Coskun Uysal, of renowned Tulum restaurant.
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Episode 11 : Pressure Test - Nigella's Roast Chicken
May. 13,2019
It's pressure test time for the losing team from the previous challenge. The contestants have 90 minutes to cook Nigella's infamous roast chicken with two sides and gravy. Who will fail to impress and be sent home?
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Episode 10 : Nigella's Mystery Box Challenge & Team Relay Invention Test
May. 12,2019
It's Nigella Week. MasterChef favourite Nigella Lawson sets the mystery box ingredients. Whoever cooks the best dish heads into immunity, but the rest must compete in a relay invention test.
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Episode 9 : Elimination Challenge - Choices! & Masterclass 1
May. 09,2019
Before each cook sits their favourite and least favourite ingredients. Round one: cook with either. But those that produce the bottom four dishes face round two with their remaining ingredient. Followed by a Masterclass with Billie, Poh and Matt
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Episode 8 : Off-Site Team Challenge - Briagolong Drought Feast
May. 08,2019
Contestants cook outside of the kitchen for the first time. Their challenge is to create a feast for volunteers, truckies, farmers and their families impacted by drought in Briagolong.
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Episode 7 : Immunity Challenge - Max Sharrad
May. 07,2019
The winners of the mystery box and invention test face the immunity challenge. History is made when the judges choose who will cook against Young Chef of the Year, Max Sharrad.
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Episode 6 : Pressure Test - Darren Purchese
May. 06,2019
Those that failed to impress in the previous episode are facing the dreaded pressure test. Our cooks are charged with recreating a Darren Purchese dessert, and whoever doesn't impress the judges will be going home.
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Episode 5 : Special Ingredient Mystery Box & Black Mystery Box Challenge
May. 05,2019
It's mystery box time and our cooks must create a delicious dish using at least one of the elected ingredients. Next up is the black mystery box, but this time, whoever cooks the worst dish is going home.
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Episode 4 : Immunity Challenge - Curtis Stone
May. 02,2019
It's the end of the first week in the kitchen and the winners from the previous challenge will cook for an immunity pin. But it won't be easy: they'll be cooking against chef Curtis Stone.
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Episode 3 : Desert Island Dish
May. 01,2019
The pantry is open, there's 75 minutes on the clock, and the contestants are asked to cook the dish they'd cook every day for the rest of their lives if they found themselves on a desert island.
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Seasons
Season 15
Returning for its 15th season, MasterChef Australia is back to deliver a series full of twists and turns with Secrets & Surprises.
Originally scheduled to premiere 1 May 2023, the series was postponed due to the sudden passing of judge Jock Zonfrillo the night before.
Season 14
Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen and Melissa Leong return to judge Season 14 of MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites.
Original champion Julie Goodwin leads the 12 returning cooks who compete alongside 12 newcomers (and no auditions). The MasterChef kitchen also once again plays host to chefs from Australia and overseas, including Adriano Zumbo, Shannon Bennet, Curtis Stone, Reynold Poernomo, Clare Smyth, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Josh Niland and Maggie Beer.
Season 13
Judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen are back in the MasterChef Australia kitchen, ready to introduce the next generation of exceptional home cooks. 2021 will be seasoned to perfection with some of the world’s most recognisable and beloved chefs including Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi, Heston Blumenthal, Massimo Bottura and Clare Smyth - plus homegrown sensations including Curtis Stone, Kirsten Tibballs, Darren Purchese, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Scott Pickett, Poh Ling Yeow, Callum Hann and Reynold Poernomo, all set to challenge the top 24 contestants.
Sacrificing everything to follow their food dreams, this season’s passionate contestants have put their lives on hold to be part of this life-changing experience. With heart, soul and drive, this season’s exceptional contestants will follow their food dreams and make magic happen.
Season 12
Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen take the helm of the show that celebrates food and the love of food.
Jock, Melissa and Andy will be joined in the MasterChef Australia kitchen by a delicious assortment of the world’s best chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Curtis Stone, to serve up the 12th helping of MasterChef Australia. The traditional MasterChef Australia recipe also boasts some new ingredients when the best of the best from the past 11 seasons return to the kitchen in MasterChef Australia – Back To Win.
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