Guest Teage Ezard, unveiled the dish they would be cooking, which comprised prawn dumplings, deep fried polenta, stuffed quail egg and roasted pork belly. Michael performed admirably in the Challenge, and his efforts wer...
Masterchef Australia
Show summary:
A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50
hopefuls will become a culinary star and America's first-ever
"Masterchef."
A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50
hopefuls will become a culinary star and America's first-ever
"Masterchef."
In need of a pick-me-up, the contestants were overjoyed to discover that for their next Challenge they would be cooking for some very special guests: their loved ones. The contestants were given carte blanche to cook a d...
The week began with a Mystery Box Challenge – with a twist. Inside each contestant’s box was the name of the fellow hopeful they had to pick the ingredients for. The contestants tried their best to unsettle their pee...
The contestants arrived for their final Team Challenge of the year: cooking for travellers in the Qantas First Lounge at Sydney Airport. Dani, Ellie and Alana formed the Red Team, while Michael, Hayden and Kate comprised...
The judges introduced guest judge Philippa Sibley. The dish was the chocolate delice he scored 10s across the board for during his time in the MasterChef kitchen. Dani needed a score of eight or above from Matt Prestonâ€...
Contestants will be flying to Melbourne, they would be preparing a meal for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with each contestant cooking either a savoury or sweet vegetarian dish. Michael and Dani were announced as the top ...
Each team had to find a clue directing them to a restaurant, convince its head chef to show them how to cook the recipe, and then dash to the Four Seasons Restaurant to make it themselves. Dani and Hayden would face the ...
Ellie's Immunity Pin Challenge took place in Central Park. Cesare proved to be a gracious competitor. Needing a score of 6 or more from George's final vote.
Contestants had to cook for 300 people at the UN, with each chef responsible for one canapé. The recipes were created by canapé king and guest Armando Monterroso. Dani is facing Elimination. Ellie and Hayden were the t...
A week cooking in New York. Their first assignment was to scatter to the Big Apple's five boroughs seeking inspiration for a dish. Michael's results blew the judges away, while Dani and Sun found themselves in the botto...
The contestants were divided into two groups. Blue Team: Lead by Dani cooked French cusine with Kate, Hayden, Peter and Michael. Red Team: Lead by Alana cooking British cusine.
Immunity Pin Challenge: Dani was shocked to see a familiar foe return: Alessandro Pavoni. Alessandro cooks a cuttlefish checkerboard with a calamari broth and tomato dust.
Elimination Challenge: Billy, Mat and Hayden cook guinea fowl in a salt crust. The crust gave Billy particular problems lefting him with short time for the sides prep.
Competitors will face a Mystery Box Challenge followed by an Invention Test. The contestants had to create the perfect pudding in the Mystery Box portion.
Hayden went straight through to the Top 10 after finally using his Immunity Pin. The remaining members of the Blue Team, meanwhile, began with a blind taste test, where they each had to isolate as many ingredients as the...
The week’s Immunity Pin Challenge welcomed Christine Manfield as guest judge, while cooking against Billy was master cake maker Merle Parrish. On the menu were a peach blossom cake and cupcakes. Billy, recognised as a ...
Danielle, Ellie and Peter arrived for their Pressure Test and were introduced to guest judge Matthew Kemp of Restaurant Balzac. He lifted the cloche to reveal they would be putting their own spin on a French classic, duc...
The contestants were surprised with a phone call from Matt Moran inviting them out to his dad's farm in the Central Tablelands for their next Challenge. Once there, they were told that they would be individually preparin...
The contestants entered the Westfield food court and were told that in this Team Challenge they would be facing off in pairs, with each pair assigned a different theme. Pizzas, burgers, fish and chips, Mexican and cakes ...
Hayden arrived at the kitchen to learn that the man standing between him and MasterChef history would be brilliant pattisier Vincent Gadan. The saving grace for Hayden, however, was that neither man knew the dish they wo...
Pressure Test cook-off contestants Adam, Danielle, Ellie and Michael were introduced to a very special guest judge: George's mum Mary Calombaris. Mrs C revealed that the theme of the Challenge would be Greek, with the ho...
Gary introduced the task as a 'Mystery Invention Box' Challenge and welcomed David Chang, chef and owner of Momofuku restaurants, as special guest judge. The theme was Korean, with the contestants provided with a host of...
For this week's Team Challenge the contestants entered into a lucky dip to pick their teams, with Sun captaining the Blues and Craig the Reds. The Teams were then taken to eco restaurant Greenhouse at Circular Quay. They...
Kate arrived for her Immunity Pin Challenge and was told she would be facing pastry chef extraordinaire Darren Purchese. He revealed the Challenge dish to be a banana, caramel and rum dessert with 13 stages to its prepar...
The Challenge facing the contestants was bigger than ever before: a Qantus Fine Dining test that called upon them to recreate eight of guest chef Neil Perry's recipes. The hopefuls were broken off into pairs and each ass...
Gary and George revealed that the contestants would be taking part in a MasterChef first: a tag-team Challenge. The first member of each team had 25 minutes in the kitchen with the recipes for six dishes - game pie, brus...
In her Immunity Pin Challenge Danielle cooked off against top chef Thorsten Schmidt. Despite the formidable competition, Danielle took some comfort from the fact that the Murray River cod recipe they had to recreate was ...
Jay, Ellie and Dani arrived at the MasterChef kitchen ready to face their Pressure Test. Dan Hong was introduced as the guest chef, who unveiled the dish the contestants would need to recreate: pandan chiffon cake with p...
The nature of the latest cook-off shocked everyone: only frozen and tinned ingredients would be made available to use. The worst two dishes as decided by the judges would send their makers through to a Pressure Test and ...
Jay headed out to Busselton Jetty, where he learned he would be cooking off in the Immunity Pin Challenge against guest chef, Cape Lodge’s Tony Howell. The dish: a Westren Australia seafood stew. The episode welcomed a...
The contestants were shocked to discover that this week’s Team Challenge would be whisking them away to Westren Australia. Final destination: the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine. They divided into teams – Jay captaining the Bl...
In this week’s Team Challenge the two sides – the Blues captioned by Craig, the Reds by Michael – had to prepare sausage sizzle and gelato stalls to entice the Cronulla beachgoers. Whichever Team made the most cash...
As their prize for winning the Mystery Box ‘Lucky Dip’ Challenge, Sun, Peter and Craig faced off against Coda’s executive chef Adam D'Sylva, with three Immunity Pins on the line. The three dishes being cooked: Cris...
In the Pressure Test Chelsea, Rachel and Ellie were given the task of recreating a sweet and sour pork and fried rice. Rather than being given the recipe, however, they were allowed only to taste the pre-prepared ‘hero...
The contestants learned that the week’s Mystery Box Challenge would have a 'lucky dip' twist. Asked to form groups of three, each group sent a representative to lift one box and reveal a main ingredient, and then lift ...
The Top 22 became short order cooks at the Mean Fiddler pub. Divided into the Red (girls) and Blue (boys) teams, each team had to come up with a seven-dish menu. With four hours to prepare, both teams were panicked with ...
It was Jay’s turn to try for an Immunity Pin, but it wouldn’t be easy as he found himself face-to-face with a chef he knew: Colin Fassnidge from the Four In Hand. The dish of the day was a Steak and Kidney Pie with M...
It’s Pressure Test time and the first Elimination Challenge for the week. For Alex, Billy and Ellie, it’s time to bring their A-game if they want to stay in the competition, and the Cherry and Coconut Alaska Bomb the...
It’s time for the Mystery Box Challenge, and before the cooking begins, Gary announces two people will be eliminated every week.
This leaves everyone feeling apprehensive as the day’s challenge is reve...
It’s Elimination Day for the Red Team where one of them will be going home. Matt delivers some news. Firstly, nobody will be getting a second chance to return to MasterChef and secondly – the team has to decide which...
It was a late night start for the Top 24, with a bake-off at Sonoma Bakery. Divided into two groups, their challenge was to bake five styles of bread by 8am and deliver them to Sepia, Buon Ricardo, Otto, Bodega and Pier ...
It was the apprentice versus the amateur chef. For Hayden, his competition was Alex –Alessandro Pavoni’s protégé. While Hayden had a 10 minute head start and a recipe, Alex cooked from memory and had an hour to rec...
The Top 24 experiences a change, with Alex replacing Peter. They arrive at the MasterChef Kitchen and explore. Jay starts cooking, and Peter, Mat, Adam, Cleo, Hayden and Michael join him. Their initiative gave them a 10-...
Today, the final 12 for the Top 24 would be chosen. The first challenge: a Taste Test of Matt Moran’s Aria Consommé. The contestants had three minutes to work out the 30 ingredients. Depending on how many they’d get...
Dressed like members from Gilligan’s Island, the judges announced the contestants could choose five of their favourite ingredients and cook a dish they could eat for the rest of their lives on a deserted island. Some d...
This Elimination Challenge was all about risk. With two choices offered: going fishing or waiting 2 hours before unveiling the cloche. Only Nick, Seamus, Daniel and Jess took the ocean route. When they returned, the rema...
Six people will make it into the Top 24 after a Maggie Beer Pressure Test. Eyebrows were raised as three couples decided to team up. This made judging hard, and as a result – Nick, Jess, Alex, Chelsea, Dan and Elise en...
Day two of the MasterChef journey, and it’s a tough one – a Basic Skills Bootcamp with new judge, Matt Moran. The remaining 45 contestants go through three rounds which test their chip cutting, mayonnaise making, chi...
Thousands applied, but only 50 lucky people made it to the first leg of MasterChef. An exciting start with a boat ride to Cockatoo Island and a massive Mystery Box Challenge awaiting them. Featuring the most popular supe...
The hopefuls have to prepare 8000 canapes for an off-site challenge. Each team prepares 4000 canapes for the Pacific Jewel cruise ship.
The winner receives the chances to go into the kitchens of Red Lantern ...
Mystery Box Challenge: Lambs Brains, pears, white pickled anchovies, bacon, paprika, hazel nuts, sugar snap peas and a bread roll.
Pasta Invention Test
MasterChef 2010 kicked off with the top 50 contestants cooking a BBQ dish of their own choosing. The ten contestants who cooked the dishes the judges liked the least had to face an elimination round. Cookbook author Donn...
