Cooking Shows

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 Pressure Test: Khanh Nguyen’s Three-Course Meal — Chef Khanh Nguyen set the pressure test, which required Malissa, Phil and Ralph to cook against Nick Holloway’s team from Nu Nu to recreate his macadamia tofo with Skull Island prawns, tamarind, lemon myrtle for entrée in two hours and thirty minutes; wagyu rendang pie with […]

Episode Summary O.My Farm Service Challenge At the beautiful grounds of the O.MY Farm, contestants are split into 3 teams of 2. After foraging for one ingredient to hero in a dish, only THEN do they find out what course they’ll be cooking! MasterChef All Season MasterChef Australia All Season MasterChef Australia Season 15 Episode […]

Episode Summary Non-Verbal Team Relay — Adi, Cath and Declan had to cook against Louis Tikaram’s team from Stanley restaurant in a relay team challenge, given twenty five minutes each without communicating during the changeover. Benson started for team Stanley and opted to cook a Cantonese feast of crispy skin chicken, steamed fish and Asian […]

Episode Summary Immunity Challenge: Chase Kojima — In the first round, Brent, Declan, Malissa, and Theo were given one hour to cook a dish featuring sound. Theo’s dish of crispy betel leaf with grilled kangaroo was deemed to be the best, winning him immunity from Sunday’s elimination and a chance to win the final immunity […]

Episode Summary Ingredients or Time Invention Test — Brent, Rue and Theo had to cook against Ross Magnaye’s team from Serai Kitchen and had up to 75 minutes to cook a dish using up to twelve sets of ingrediants, with one set becoming available every four minutes. The dish of the day will win for […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Kirsten Tibballs — The contestants aside from Theo faced a two-round challenge set by Kirsten Tibballs, who presented her favourite dessert ingredients. The contestants had to split the ingredients and 90 minutes, with the bottom three in the first round only getting whatever ingredients and time they had left after the […]

Episode Summary Rick Stein Travel Elimination Challenge — The contestants aside from Antonio and Rhiannon faced a two-round challenge set by Rick Stein. In round one they had 45 minutes to cook a dish with squid where the bottom four would face round two. Declan, Malissa, Phil and Ralph’s dishes were criticized and they were […]

Episode Summary John Dory Mystery Box Challenge — The mystery box was set by chef Josh Niland which contains different cuts of the John Dory fish, which they had 75 minutes to cook a dish featuring the fish. Most of the contestants’ dishes receive praise particularly Antonio’s dory al asado negro with cauliflower puree and […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Luke Nguyen’s No Recipe Beef Pho — Chef Luke Nguyen set the pressure test, which required Adi, Grace and Theo to recreate his beef pho without a recipe in two hours. Even though Theo was unsure at the start, his was the closest to the original with the cooking of the […]

Episode Summary Root Vegetable Service Challenge — The contestants except for Theo (who was unwell) were split into two teams; the green team (Adi, Brent, Ralph, Rue and captain Rhiannon) and the brown team (Antonio, Cath, Declan and Malissa) had to cook a two-course meal for 24 guests. The judges revealed the choices of root […]

Episode Summary Condiment Immunity Challenge — In the first round, Chef Curtis Stone announced that Adi, Brent, Ralph, Rhiannon & Rue have an opportunity to make their own condiment (Sauce, relish, jam or chutney) in 45 minutes. Brent’s mango chili sauce, Rhiannon’s ‘Troppo’ chutney (mango & pineapple chutney) and Rue’s ‘BarbeRue’ Sauce (sweet and spicy […]

Episode Summary Maggie Beer Gamble Elimination Challenge — The contestants, aside from Rue, faced a two-round challenge set by Maggie Beer. They had to chose from two ingredients allocated to them, one visible and the other underneath a cloche. Antonio was the only one who chose the cloche. In round one they had 60 minutes […]

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 […]

Episode Summary Pressure Test: Donato Toce’s Messinetta — Chef Donato Toce set the pressure test, which required Alice, Declan and Grace to recreate his Messinetta in four hours and fifteen minutes. Declan’s was declared the best with perfect flavours of the strawberry gel and the vanilla and chocolate gelato, perfect textures with the gelato and […]

Episode Summary Jamie Oliver Two-Round Challenge The contestants cooked in a two-round challenge for a chance to compete for immunity. In the first round they had to cook a dish in 15 mnutes; Andrea’s spaghetti with clams, Antonio’s cachapas, Grace’s bruschetta (with greens, poached egg and bagna gauda), Jessica’s butterflied prawns with chermoula sauce and […]