Cooking Shows

Episode Summary Suprise Mystery Box Challenge — The mystery box had confetti that exploded in front of the contestants, the theme was for the contestants to cook a dish in 75 minutes that surprise’s the judges with something unexpected. The results were a mixed bag with Declan’s green curry choux buns and Rue’s white chocolate […]

Episode Summary Chef Nelly Robinson presents Mr. McGregor Garden – a whimsical dish that sends three home cooks down a tricky Pressure Test rabbit hole. For one unlucky contestant there will be no fairytale ending. MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | […]

Episode Summary Temple of Boom Service Challenge — The contestants visit the Temple of Boom art installation at the National Gallery of Victoria for a Greek service challenge with Shannon Bennett. MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode […]

Episode Summary For a hot shot at an Immunity Pin, the lucky mug to grind out the best sweet coffee dish moves on to stir things up in a tea for two brewhaha against The Ritz-Carlton’s perky pastry chef Kay-Lene Tan. MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode 1 | […]

Episode Summary Colours Elimination Challenge It’s a colour palette for the palate with a pearler of a taste test to set the tone. Who will then be caught red-handed and feeling blue cooking an elimination dish that highlights one chosen colour” MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode 1 | […]

Episode Summary Everything Mystery Box Challenge — The Everything Box contained parsley, sugar snap peas, sherry, labneh, fenugreek, bacon, lamb, and garlic, with the contestants given 75 minutes to present a dish featuring every component. Brent and Theo were declared the winners of the challenge, with their dishes of lamb koftas and lamb skewers respectively. […]

Episode Summary NOMAD Mystery Box Challenge — Every challenge this week was a home cook vs professional cook battle where contestants competed with one of four chef teams to win immunity from Sunday’s elimination challenge. The first group, consisting of Antonio, Grace and Rhiannon, cooked against Jacqui Challinor’s team from NOMAD. Each team had 75 […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Clare Smyth Internationally renowned chef Clare Smyth of Sydney’s Oncore Restaurant is here to put contestants through their Pressure Test paces with a complex dish inspired by beef, oyster and Irish stout pie. MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode […]

Episode Summary Poh Ling Yeow Mystery Box Challenge — The contestants from yesterday’s elimination challenge except Brent and Rue (who had COVID) had 75 minutes to cook a dish using the mystery box created by Poh Ling Yeow which contained the pantry staples and two other ingredients of their choice. Ali’s Portuguese tarts were undercooked […]

Episode Summary Emelia Jackson Choux Pastry Elimination Challenge — A two-round elimination challenge tasked the eight contestants who missed out the first elimination challenge to create choux buns in 75 minutes using Emelia Jackson’s recipe while choosing either savoury or sweet flavour, with the bottom three having to highlight the other flavour in the second […]

Episode Summary Featured Ingredients Service Challenge — The contestants except for Malissa (who won the mystery box challenge and is through to the immunity challenge), and Brent, Rue and Amy (recovering from COVID), were split into two teams. The green team, led by Matt Sinclair, and the blue team, led by Sashi Cheliah, had to […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Darren Robertson — In the first round, Adi, Declan, Jessica, Malissa, Ralph, Robbie and Theo had to create a dish in 45 minutes by using roast chicken. Theo’s chicken lahmacun with tzatsiki impressed the judges and won immunity from Sunday’s elimination and the opportunity to win an immunity pin, for which […]

Episode Summary Julie Goodwin Seafood Stew Elimination Challenge — The contestants aside from Theo faced a two-round challenge. In round one, they took turns identifying the ingredients from Julie Goodwin’s seafood stew by taste. Antonio, Declan, Jessica, Robbie and Rue were the first five to guess incorrectly and were sent to the second round where […]

Episode Summary Giant Mystery Box Challenge — The contestants were given 75 minutes to cook a dish using large ingredients such as a large Toblerone, whole pumpkin, whole tuna, cassia-bark, rhubarb and sack of peanuts, with the bottom three facing elimination. Antonio’s Toblerone and peanut ice cream sandwich, Phil’s ice cream sandwich with Toblerone ice […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Eddie Stewart’s Tokyo Lamington Tower — Chef Eddie Stewart set the pressure test, which required Declan, Larissa and Theo to recreate his Tokyo lamington tower in five hours. Theo’s was declared the best with perfect sponge, presentation and flavours while Declan’s was praised for the flavours matching the original and a […]

Episode Summary Grazeland Street Food Team Challenge — The 15 contestants were taken to Grazeland food court in Spotswood for a team challenge, where they were split into two teams. The turquoise team (Amy, Cath, Declan, Grace, Phil, Robbie and captain Adi) and the yellow team (Alice, Antonio, Ralph, Rhiannon, Rue, Theo and captain Brent) […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Sergio Perera — In the first round, Adi, Amy, Cath, Declan, Grace, Phil and Robbie had to create a dish in 75 minutes using only the kitchen appliances in the gift box on their bench. While all of the dishes were praised, it was Declan’s Thai chicken broth with peanut and […]

Episode Summary Overnight Elimination Challenge — The contestants aside from Declan faced a two-day elimination cook-off, where they were given 45 minutes to prepare a dish of their choice and leave it to cook overnight, then 60 minutes to finish it the next day. Brent’s crispy duck with pickled turmeric and sambal and Theo’s Greek […]

Episode Summary Cereal Mystery Box Challenge — The contestants were given 75 minutes to cook a dish using at least one of the cereals in the mystery box (Coco Pops, Weet-Bix, Corn flakes, Fruit Loops and Rice Bubbles) with an open pantry and the garden; the bottom three would face elimination. Antonio’s coco pops éclairs […]

Episode Summary Series Premiere: The MasterChef kitchen welcomed celebrity chef Jamie Oliver as a guest judge for the next two days. The new contestants were tasked to cook with anything that represented their secret weapon. Larissa’s borscht, Rue’s tart and Alice’s moon-chi emerged as the top 3, with Larissa’s dish being considered the dish of […]