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.
MasterChef Australia (Season 10)
Auditions Part 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2018-05-07
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The amateur cooks are given one hour to recreate their signature dish for the first of the two judges' auditions. The judges introduce the nine past winners of the program, who are there to cheer them on.
Auditions Part 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2018-05-08
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: After handing out 18 aprons on the first day of cooking, the judges are looking for six more cooks to round out the top 24. The cooks who were given a second chance will battle it out in a challenge.
Individual Hospitality Cooking Challenge (Episode 3)
Air date: 2018-05-09
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Our 2018 cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first challenge as the top 24. The contestants need to imagine they are hosting the judges at their house for a meal, cooking anything they want.
Home Fridge Elimination Challenge (Episode 4)
Air date: 2018-05-10
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: In the first elimination challenge of the season, three contestants fight to stay in the competition. They are given 75 minutes to cook, using only the ingredients contained in their fridges from home.
Eclectic Mystery Box Challenge & Perception Invention Test (Episode 5)
Air date: 2018-05-13
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The 23 cooks enter the kitchen for the first mystery box challenge of the season. This time, the rules are changing: the winner of the mystery box will get a game-changing advantage.
Pressure Test - Maggie Beer (Episode 6)
Air date: 2018-05-14
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face-off in the pressure test. Queen of the kitchen Maggie Beer enters with the dish to be recreated.
Immunity Challenge - Shui Ishizaki (Episode 7)
Air date: 2018-05-15
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The winner of the mystery box challenge and the three best-performing cooks from the invention test will compete for immunity, with Shannon Bennett back in the kitchen to guide and mentor the contestants.
Team Challenge: MCG (Episode 8)
Air date: 2018-05-16
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants find themselves on the turf of the iconic MCG for the first team challenge. Split into two teams, each must cook delicious and nutritious food for 50 diners using a different protein.
Elimination Challenge - Source of Inspiration (Episode 9)
Air date: 2018-05-17
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The losing team from the MCG service challenge must face-off in this elimination challenge. The contestants must cook something inspired by the dish that made them fall in love with food.
Nigella's Mystery Box & Invention Test (Episode 10)
Air date: 2018-05-20
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Culinary goddess Nigella Lawson arrives in the kitchen for a week of challenges and surprises. The lid is lifted on Nigella's mystery box to reveal some of her favourite ingredients.
Pressure Test - Nigella Lawson (Episode 11)
Air date: 2018-05-21
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test will face off in this episode's pressure test. The contestants have 75 minutes to complete four of Nigella Lawson's favourite chocolate dishes.
Immunity Challenge - Alanna Sapwell (Episode 12)
Air date: 2018-05-22
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The winning contestant from the mystery box challenge joins the top three contestants from the invention test in this episode's two round immunity challenge.
Team Challenge - Battle Of The Brunch (Episode 13)
Air date: 2018-05-23
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: In a team service challenge, it will be a battle of the brunches, as in two groups of 10, they take over two cafes. Contestants will have real customers, with real orders and real dockets.
Elimination Challenge & Nigella's Masterclass (Episode 14)
Air date: 2018-05-24
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants in the losing team are in the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them. Plus, the first Masterclass of the season with Nigella Lawson.
Gordon Ramsay's Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test (Episode 15)
Air date: 2018-05-27
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: In one of the biggest surprises of the season so far, and in a program first, Gordon Ramsay enters the kitchen for a mystery box challenge.
Pressure Test - Gordon Ramsay (Episode 16)
Air date: 2018-05-28
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: With Gordon Week off to a flying start, the bottom three contestants in the invention test roll up to the kitchen ready to cook for their place in the competition with a pressure test.
Immunity Challenge - 3 vs 3 (Episode 17)
Air date: 2018-05-29
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Our mystery box winner and the top two dishes from the invention test will have the chance to cook for immunity with Gordon Ramsay as their mentor.
Team Challenge - Three-course meal (Episode 18)
Air date: 2018-05-30
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants enter the kitchen only to find Gordon Ramsay, who is already yelling at them to hurry up. Divided into two teams, they prepare a three-course meal for 50 diners.
Elimination Challenge - Gordon's Challenge (Episode 19)
Air date: 2018-05-31
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: It's the last day of Gordon week. The team who lost the service challenge will have to cook for their lives. The contestants had to recreate a three-Michelin star chicken dish from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay by chef Matt Abé in the two-and a-half hour Pressure Test
20/20 Mystery Box Challenge & Honey Invention Test (Episode 20)
Air date: 2018-06-03
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Contestants are shopping for their own mystery box ingredients with only $20 and 20 minutes. Maker of the best dish goes through to the immunity challenge, followed by the winners of the invention test.
Pressure Test - Darren Purchese (Episode 21)
Air date: 2018-06-04
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The losing team from yesterday's invention test are in the kitchen, ready to fight for their place in the competition.
Immunity Challenge - Jacqui Challinor (Episode 22)
Air date: 2018-06-05
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The winner of Sunday night's mystery box, along with the members of the winning team in the invention test relay will compete for a coveted immunity pin.
Team Challenge - From Memory (Episode 23)
Air date: 2018-06-06
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The judges surprise the contestants by announcing that this episode, a few of them will be journeying to the wide blue yonder.
Elimination Challenge - Curtis Stone (Episode 24)
Air date: 2018-06-07
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The eight contestants who lost the previous challenge are cooking in this episode's elimination, with Curtis Stone to keep them company.
South Australia Mystery Box Challenge & Night Market Team Challenge (Episode 25)
Air date: 2018-06-10
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: It's the beginning of South Australia Week for the contestants, where they will be cooking with some of the best ingredients South Australia has to offer.
Pressure Test - D'Arenberg Cube (Episode 26)
Air date: 2018-06-11
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants find themselves at the incredible D'Arenberg Cube restaurant in the heart of McLaren Vale wine country, with the bottom two teams from the night market challenge facing elimination.
Immunity Challenge - Mt Lofty House (Episode 27)
Air date: 2018-06-12
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: This immunity challenge takes place at the stunning Mt Lofty House in the Adelaide Hills. Does our contestant have what it takes to outscore the chef and win immunity?
Table Grapes Team Challenge - Barossa Valley (Episode 28)
Air date: 2018-06-13
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The team challenge will take place in the Barossa Valley. Divided into two teams, contestants will be given two hours to prepare an entree, main and dessert with each course celebrating table grapes.
Maggie Beer's Elimination Challenge & Poh and Callum's Masterclass (Episode 29)
Air date: 2018-06-14
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: For the elimination challenge, the contestants go to Maggie Beer's Eatery in the Barossa Valley. Plus, a masterclass takes place at the Adelaide Markets.
Mystery Bread Box Challenge & Spaghetti Bolognese Reinvention Test (Episode 30)
Air date: 2018-06-17
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants arrive back at the kitchen after a week of adventure in South Australia. There is a lot at stake, knowing that the top 10 is just around the corner.
Pressure Test - Alla Wolf-Tasker (Episode 31)
Air date: 2018-06-18
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The bottom three contestants from the invention test are facing elimination.
Immunity Challenge - Andy Harmer (Episode 32)
Air date: 2018-06-19
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The winner of the mystery box and the top three from the invention test have the chance to cook for immunity.
Team Challenge - Three-course fire challenge (Episode 33)
Air date: 2018-06-20
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants find themselves in the Dandenong Ranges where a fiery team challenge awaits them. To cook a three-course meal, all they have to use is fire.
World Cuisine Elimination Challenge & Second Chance Cook-Off (Episode 34)
Air date: 2018-06-21
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The losing team from the previous challenge arrive at the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them.
Adriano Zumbo’s Mystery Box Challenge & Team Invention Test – Sweet Week (Episode 35)
Air date: 2018-06-24
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The judges reveal this is Sweet Week. To kick off the week, they introduce the master of sweets, Adriano Zumbo, who has selected the mystery box ingredients and will reveal the invention test.
Pressure Test: Katherine Sabbath (Episode 36)
Air date: 2018-06-25
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Continuing Sweet Week, the judges are joined by social media cake superstar Katherine Sabbath. The bottom two teams from the previous invention test will face off in a pressure test.
Immunity Challenge - Alice Wright (Episode 37)
Air date: 2018-06-26
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Our two Sweet Week mystery box winners and the winning team from Zumbo’s invention test compete for immunity over two rounds
Team Service Challenge – Tonka & Coda (Episode 38)
Air date: 2018-06-27
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: George pays a surprise visit to the Masterchef contestant house with a special guest. Together, they reveal the challenge.
Elimination Challenge - Kirsten Tibballs (Episode 39)
Air date: 2018-06-28
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The losing team from the previous challenge will fight for their place in the competition.
The Everything Mystery Box & Dish for a King (Episode 40)
Air date: 2018-07-01
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: For the mystery box challenge the contestants find a big surprise among their ingredients. Later, the invention test is a chance for the contestants to prove they deserve to be in the top 10.
Pressure Test - Saransh Goila (Episode 41)
Air date: 2018-07-02
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination in a pressure test.
Immunity Challenge - Ashley Davis (Episode 42)
Air date: 2018-07-03
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The mystery box winner and the top three contestants from the invention test compete for immunity.
Team Challenge - Canapes for the Royal Reception (Episode 43)
Air date: 2018-07-04
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants receive a surprise message in the MasterChef house which informs them of their next group challenge and where they'll be travelling to.
Elimination Challenge - Picture Perfect (Episode 44)
Air date: 2018-07-05
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Continuing their adventure, the contestants arrive at their next destination. The two losing teams from the previous challenge face elimination in this challenge.
Mystery Box Challenge - Surprise Ingredient & Invention Test: Oil, Salt and Pepper (Episode 45)
Air date: 2018-07-08
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: This week the judges have a surprise - it's survival week and the contestants will be cooking for their lives every day. By the end of the week one of them will win the most powerful advantage.
Re-Invention Test - Retro TV Dinners (Episode 46)
Air date: 2018-07-09
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: As survival week continues, the contestants are shocked to discover that another challenge may lead to elimination. Tonight, they have to turn a tray of terror in to a modern masterpiece.
Time or Ingredients (Episode 47)
Air date: 2018-07-10
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants remaining in survival week will learn all about making decisions under pressure as they decide what is of more value to them: time or ingredients.
Off-Site Challenge - Panama Dining Room (Episode 48)
Air date: 2018-07-11
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The challenge is off site at Panama Dining Room, in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. The contestants will be cooking a main course and dessert for 25 people each.
Elimination Challenge - Peter Gilmore's Snow Egg & Masterclass (Episode 49)
Air date: 2018-07-12
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: This is no ordinary elimination, but a pressure test with an iconic dish. How will the contestants cope with this massive challenge? Plus, join us for a masterclass
Mystery Box Challenge - Loved Ones & Invention Test - Vue de Monde (Episode 50)
Air date: 2018-07-15
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Our 7 remaining contestants are in the MasterChef kitchen ready to fight for their place with a big surprise awaiting them. What will the contestants be challenged with for tonight's invention test?
Pressure Test - Joe Grbac (Episode 51)
Air date: 2018-07-16
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination. Which of our contestants will be able to save their place in the competition with a pressure test like no other?
Fast-Track to Finals Week - Matt or Reynold? (Episode 52)
Air date: 2018-07-17
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The winner of the mystery box and of the invention test will face off in round one, vying for the chance to cook off against a professional cook in round two to get fast tracked to Finals Week.
Off-Site Challenge - Second Bite at Luminare (Episode 53)
Air date: 2018-07-18
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: This episode is all about raising money for Second Bite, a charity that the program supports. The contestants will cook using only ingredients donated by the charity, cooking a six-course degustation.
Elimination Challenge - Taste Test in Three Rounds & Curtis Stone's MasterClass (Episode 54)
Air date: 2018-07-19
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: This is the final elimination before Finals Week, and will determine the top five for 2018. It's an elimination over three rounds. Plus, a MasterClass with Curtis Stone.
Mystery Box Challenge - Past Seasons & Invention Test - No Rules (Episode 55)
Air date: 2018-07-22
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Today marks the first day of Finals Week for 2018. Each contestant will cook with one of five mystery boxes from a past season - who will be make it through to the next challenge?
Pressure Test - Ashley Palmer-Watts (Episode 56)
Air date: 2018-07-23
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: It’s the first pressure test of finals week and the bottom three contestants from the previous invention test line up for what will be the last time in the MasterChef kitchen for one of them.
Two-Round Cook-Off - Three Seasons (Episode 57)
Air date: 2018-07-24
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: We are down to the top four in the competition and they will compete for a massive advantage. Just days from the grand finale, this advantage will be a game changer.
Service Challenge - Icebergs (Episode 58)
Air date: 2018-07-25
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The contestants arrive in Sydney at the iconic Icebergs restaurant in Bondi. They are competing for a place in the semifinal and need to be inspired by the Italian menu at Icebergs.
Elimination Challenge - Three-Course Meal for Four Top Chefs & MasterClass (Episode 59)
Air date: 2018-07-29
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: The elimination challenge will determine who will go into the semifinal. The bottom three contestants will fight it out for their place in the competition. Plus, a final MasterClass of the season.
Semi-Finals - Service Challenge (Episode 60)
Air date: 2018-07-30
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: It is the semifinal of 2018. Our top three contestants are told that they will be cooking for some very special guests.
Grand Finale (Episode 61)
Air date: 2018-07-31
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: It’s the grand finale of 2018 and our top 24 has been whittled down to two home cooks battling it out in one final day in the kitchen.

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