• 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)
    • 51. Master Class 4

      07 Jul '17
      Japan week concludes at Tateyama Castle for a very special MasterClass with Michelin star sushi chef who walks the contestants through the simplicity and beauty of the perfect sushi.
    • 52. Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

      09 Jul '17
      Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.
    • 53. Pressure Test: Kylie Millar

      10 Jul '17
      The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?
    • 54. Immunity Challenge

      11 Jul '17
      The three best invention test performers now face a special souffle immunity challenge. Can our amateur chef out-cook a professional and find themselves cooking in finals week?
    • 55. Team Challenge: 50 Hungry Customers

      12 Jul '17
      The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.
    • 56. Elimination Challenge

      13 Jul '17
      The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?
    • 57. Top 6

      16 Jul '17
      It's finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.
    • 58. Elimination Challenge

      17 Jul '17
      The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a pressure test to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?
    • 59. Top 5

      18 Jul '17
      The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia’s top chefs to avoid elimination from the competition.
    • 60. Top 4 - Service Challenge

      19 Jul '17
      The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne's top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?
    • 61. Top 3

      20 Jul '17
      Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home, while two contestants will go through to the semifinal.
    • 62. Semi Final: Service Challenge

      23 Jul '17
      The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.
    • 63. Grand Final

      24 Jul '17
      Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.