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MasterChef Australia : Season 18
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Air date: 19 Apr '26 - 23 episodesMasterChef 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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List of Episodes (23)
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1. Auditions: Group 1
19 Apr '26MasterChef Australia returns with auditions and 40 of the country's best home cooks are ready. Tonight 20 cooks have 90 minutes to cook their dream dish in order to win one of the 10 aprons on offer.
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2. Auditions: Group 2
20 Apr '26Another 20 home cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen to compete for 10 aprons on offer. For those who miss out, they learn there will be one final chance to cook for the last four aprons tomorrow.
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3. Auditions: Second Chance
21 Apr '26Tonight, the 20 remaining hopefuls have a second and final chance to cook their way into the competition. Just who will score themselves one of the final four places?
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4. Mystery Box: Jimmy Barnes
26 Apr '26Aussie Rock legend Jimmy Barnes set this season's first mystery box, inspiring the Top 24 with seasonal ingredients they love to cook with. Dish of the day will see its maker safe from elimination.
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5. Elimination Challenge: Family Favourites
27 Apr '26In the first elimination of the competition, 23 cooks will show the judges a window into their homelife, through a favourite dish that they cook at home for their loved ones.
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6. Invention Test: Cereal
28 Apr '26It's the return of a MasterChef classic with an Invention Test challenging cooks to create an inventive dish using cereal.
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7. Pressure Test: Maggie Beer
29 Apr '26The bottom five cooks from the Invention Test face off in a Pressure Test set by MasterChef favourite Maggie Beer, tasked with mastering her signature sour cream pastry in a high-stakes pie challenge.
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8. Immunity Challenge: Andy Cooks
03 May '26It's Family Favourites week and social media sensation Andy Cooks (chef Andy Hearnden) is on the hunt for the ultimate breakfast, in an immunity challenge cook with 60 minutes on the clock.
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9. Elimination Challenge: Reinventing Carbs
04 May '26In an elimination challenge centred on reinventing the judges' quick carb midweek dinner recipes, mistakes and time pressure sends one cook home.
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10. Team Challenge: Family Feast
05 May '26It is the first team challenge of the series, and the contestants are all eager to see how well they can work together. The bottom two teams will find themselves in the elimination the following day.
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11. Elimination Challenge: Family Traditions
06 May '26Six contestants face elimination as they must create a dish that represent their family food traditions to fight for their place in the competition.
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12. Mystery Box Challenge: Catherine Zhang
10 May '26The Top 20 compete for Immunity from tomorrow's Elimination in a fruity Mystery Box challenge set by Catherine Zhang, marking the start of Viral Wonders Week
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13. Elimination Challenge: Viral Ingredients
11 May '26Viral sensation Victoria Minell (aka @recipesbyvictoria) sets a challenge to use one of her five viral ingredients in a 75-minute cook to save their place in the competition
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14. Team Service Challenge: Viral-worthy Dish
12 May '26Six teams will compete in their first service challenge, tasked with creating one perfect viral-worthy dish to serve to hundreds of diners, and impress a mystery social media-star critic
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15. Immunity Pin Challenge: Khanh Ong
13 May '26MasterChef alum and social media star Khanh Ong sets an epic challenge to create a bold, out-there sandwich with a banging cross section, to win the first immunity pin of the season
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16. Mystery Box Challenge: Rick Stein
17 May '26It's the start of Around the World Week, and global food icon Rick Stein joins the MasterChef Kitchen to set an extra spicy Mystery Box challenge
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17. Elimination Challenge: Cuisines from Around the World
18 May '26In an Around the World elimination challenge, MasterChef contestants must create a dish inspired by a chosen cuisine, featuring a surprise hero ingredient revealed only after they commit
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18. Invention Test: Fusion
19 May '26It's a fusion invention test today with the contestants having to make dish featuring cuisines from two countries
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19. Pressure Test: Rosheen Kaul
20 May '26Chef Rosheen Kaul sets the first full Pressure Test for the season, with an intense, three-hour challenge
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20. Mystery Box Challenge: Dim Sim Lim
24 May '26Kicking off nostalgia-themed week in the MasterChef kitchen, social media sensation chef Dim Sim Lim sets a 60-minute mystery box challenge requiring a steamed element. English
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21. Elimination Challenge: Heritage
25 May '26The MasterChef contestants must cook something connected to their heritage to avoid being eliminated.
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22. Team Challenge: Team Relay
26 May '26In MasterChef's most notorious team challenge, four teams will navigate the chaos of the Team Relay to compete for a chance to cook for Immunity.
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23. Immunity Pin Challenge: French Techniques
27 May '26Guided by MasterChef Alumna Justine Schofield, four contestants put their French techniques to the test for a chance to win a coveted immunity pin.
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24. Mystery box Challenge: Matt Sinclair & Daniel Dobra
31 May '26
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25. Classic Pairs Elimination Challenge
01 Jun '26
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