• Air date: 01 May '17 63 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 (63)
    • 26. Mystery Box Challenge: Yotam Ottolenghi & Invention Test

      04 Jun '17
      Master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi's mystery box challenge gives contestants 75 minutes to create a delicious dish to gain an advantage going into the invention test.
    • 27. Pressure Test: Yotam Ottolenghi

      05 Jun '17
      The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test must cook off to avoid elimination in a pressure test set by the master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi.
    • 28. Immunity Challenge

      06 Jun '17
      The three best performers in the invention test must first face off for a chance to cook against a professional chef for immunity. Does an amateur have what it takes to defeat a professional?
    • 29. Team Challenge: Vegetarian Feast

      07 Jun '17
      Split into two teams, each group must prepare a Yotam Ottolenghi-style vegetarian feast for a group of meat lovers. The team that serves the least impressive feast will be up for elimination.
    • 30. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass

      08 Jun '17
      The seven members of the losing team from the vegetarian feast challenge are facing elimination. Which favourite will be going home? Plus, a very special Yotam Ottolenghi MasterClass.
    • 31. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Curtis Stone

      11 Jun '17
      Contestants have an hour to create a delicious dish from ingredients found in the Mystery Box set by international celebrity chef Curtis Stone.
    • 32. Pressure Test

      12 Jun '17
      The bottom four contestants from the invention test must now cook off in the Pressure Test set by one of the world's top chocolatiers to avoid elimination. Who will be next to leave the competition?
    • 33. Second Chance

      13 Jun '17
      Twelve of the previously eliminated contestants now have a chance to cook their way back into the competition. Which one of the home cooks will secure themselves a second chance?
    • 34. Team Challenge: Pop-Up Restaurant

      14 Jun '17
      MasterChef Australia2016 runner-up Matt Sinclair is on hand to mentor contestants in a pop-up restaurant team challenge to create a three-course menu for 100 diners.
    • 35. Elimination Challenge

      15 Jun '17
      The six members of the losing team from the pop-up restaurant challenge enter the kitchen facing elimination. Who will be the next contestant to leave the competition?
    • 36. Heston Blumenthal Road Trip

      18 Jun '17
      It's Heston Blumenthal week. Heston takes the top 12 contestants on a road trip through regional Victoria; the first stop is the mighty Murray River in Swan Hill.
    • 37. Team Challenge: Earth

      19 Jun '17
      Contestants split into pairs have 75 minutes to cook one main and one dessert that must incorporate the element of earth. The least impressive team will then need to cook off to avoid elimination.
    • 38. Team Challenge: Air

      20 Jun '17
      The judges and Heston Blumenthal welcome the eight contestants to the Mildura salt pan. The contestants must cook dishes inspired by 'air' in teams of four.
    • 39. Invention Test: Fire

      21 Jun '17
      Contestants have 60 minutes to cook a savoury dish inspired by fire. The two least impressive dishes must then cook off to avoid the elimination challenge.
    • 40. Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 3

      22 Jun '17
      Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a delicious dish to avoid elimination. Later, Heston Blumenthal's MasterClass shows how to cook a tasty BBQ leg of Mallee lamb.
    • 41. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

      25 Jun '17
      Contestants have an hour to create a dish from the Mystery Box ingredients, with only three dishes to be tasted. The maker of the winning dish will receive an advantage in the invention test.
    • 42. Pressure Test: Paul Carmichael's Bajan Fish Fry

      26 Jun '17
      Unwatched The contestants have three hours and 45 minutes to recreate Paul Carmichael's Bajan fish fry from Momofuku Seiobo. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated from the competition.
    • 43. Immunity Challenge

      27 Jun '17
      The three best performers from the invention test now compete for a chance at immunity. Will our amateur cook have what it takes to out-perform one of Australia's best chefs?
    • 44. Team Challenge: Identical Plates

      28 Jun '17
      Split into pairs, each team must make two plates of the same dish and they must be identical, but they will not be able to see or taste what their team mate is cooking.
    • 45. Elimination Challenge

      29 Jun '17
      The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.
    • 46. Mystery Box Challenge

      02 Jul '17
      This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.
    • 47. Kappo-style Degustation Menu

      03 Jul '17
      Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-style degustation for some of Tokyo's food elite.
    • 48. Immunity Challenge

      04 Jul '17
      The winning contestants from the invention test and the Kappo challenge now have a chance to fight it out for immunity in view of Mount Fuji at the Obuchi Tea Plantation.
    • 49. Off-site Challenge: Shinjuku

      05 Jul '17
      The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.
    • 50. Elimination Challenge

      06 Jul '17
      The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.