• Air date: 07 May '18 61 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (61)
    • 1. Auditions Part 1

      07 May '18
      The amateur cooks are given one hour to recreate their signature dish for the first of the two judges' auditions. The judges introduce the nine past winners of the program, who are there to cheer them on.
    • 2. Auditions Part 2

      08 May '18
      After handing out 18 aprons on the first day of cooking, the judges are looking for six more cooks to round out the top 24. The cooks who were given a second chance will battle it out in a challenge.
    • 3. Top 24

      09 May '18
      Our 2018 cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first challenge as the top 24. The contestants need to imagine they are hosting the judges at their house for a meal, cooking anything they want.
    • 4. Elimination Challenge

      10 May '18
      In the first elimination challenge of the season, three contestants fight to stay in the competition. They are given 75 minutes to cook, using only the ingredients contained in their fridges from home.
    • 5. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

      13 May '18
      The 23 cooks enter the kitchen for the first mystery box challenge of the season. This time, the rules are changing: the winner of the mystery box will get a game-changing advantage.
    • 6. Pressure Test: Maggie Beer

      14 May '18
      The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face-off in the pressure test. Queen of the kitchen Maggie Beer enters with the dish to be recreated.
    • 7. Immunity Challenge

      15 May '18
      The winner of the mystery box challenge and the three best-performing cooks from the invention test will compete for immunity, with Shannon Bennett back in the kitchen to guide and mentor the contestants.
    • 8. Team Challenge: MCG

      16 May '18
      The contestants find themselves on the turf of the iconic MCG for the first team challenge. Split into two teams, each must cook delicious and nutritious food for 50 diners using a different protein.
    • 9. Elimination Challenge

      17 May '18
      The losing team from the MCG service challenge must face-off in this elimination challenge. The contestants must cook something inspired by the dish that made them fall in love with food.
    • 10. Mystery Box Challenge: Nigella Lawson & Invention Test

      20 May '18
      Culinary goddess Nigella Lawson arrives in the kitchen for a week of challenges and surprises. The lid is lifted on Nigella's mystery box to reveal some of her favourite ingredients.
    • 11. Pressure Test

      21 May '18
      The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test will face off in this episode's pressure test. The contestants have 75 minutes to complete four of Nigella Lawson's favourite chocolate dishes.
    • 12. Immunity Challenge

      22 May '18
      The winning contestant from the mystery box challenge joins the top three contestants from the invention test in this episode's two round immunity challenge.
    • 13. Team Challenge: Brunch Service

      23 May '18
      In a team service challenge, it will be a battle of the brunches, as in two groups of 10, they take over two cafes. Contestants will have real customers, with real orders and real dockets.
    • 14. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 1

      24 May '18
      The contestants in the losing team are in the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them. Plus, the first Masterclass of the season with Nigella Lawson.
    • 15. Mystery Box Challenge: Gordon Ramsay & Invention Test

      27 May '18
      In one of the biggest surprises of the season so far, and in a program first, Gordon Ramsay enters the kitchen for a mystery box challenge.
    • 16. Pressure Test

      28 May '18
      With Gordon Week off to a flying start, the bottom three contestants in the invention test roll up to the kitchen ready to cook for their place in the competition with a pressure test.
    • 17. Immunity Challenge

      29 May '18
      Our mystery box winner and the top two dishes from the invention test will have the chance to cook for immunity with Gordon Ramsay as their mentor.
    • 18. Team Challenge

      30 May '18
      The contestants enter the kitchen only to find Gordon Ramsay, who is already yelling at them to hurry up. Divided into two teams, they prepare a three-course meal for 50 diners.
    • 19. Elimination Challenge

      31 May '18
      It's the last day of Gordon week. The team who lost the service challenge will have to cook for their lives.
    • 20. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Relay

      03 Jun '18
      Contestants are shopping for their own mystery box ingredients with only $20 and 20 minutes. Maker of the best dish goes through to the immunity challenge, followed by the winners of the invention test. This will be the most feared challenge: The Team Relay. What will Ben do that will make or break his team? What will be the big surprise in the mystery box?
    • 21. Pressure Test

      04 Jun '18
      The losing team from yesterday's invention test are in the kitchen, ready to fight for their place in the competition.
    • 22. Immunity Challenge

      05 Jun '18
      The winner of Sunday night's mystery box, along with the members of the winning team in the invention test relay will compete for a coveted immunity pin.
    • 23. Team Challenge

      06 Jun '18
      The judges surprise the contestants by announcing that this episode, a few of them will be journeying to the wide blue yonder.
    • 24. Elimination Challenge

      07 Jun '18
      The eight contestants who lost the previous challenge are cooking in this episode's elimination, with Curtis Stone to keep them company.
    • 25. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

      10 Jun '18
      It's the beginning of South Australia Week for the contestants, where they will be cooking with some of the best ingredients South Australia has to offer.