Season 16
Episode Guide
Ep.1
S16
E1
It's a new era for MasterChef Australia as Andy Allen welcomes three new judges; Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli, plus guest judge Jamie Oliver.
Ep.2
S16
E2
Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge. With Jamie Oliver running the kitchen, they need to impress the judges and feed 40 returning MasterChef Legends with a three-course meal.
Ep.3
S16
E3
The top five cooks from today's challenge will get the chance to cook in the first immunity and avoid the first elimination of the season. But first, Sofia has set them the challenge of making a dish that the judges cannot keep their hands off.
Ep.4
S16
E4
It's the first immunity challenge and it's a battle of Time Vs Ingredients. Five contestants must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook, OR up to 20 ingredients but only 45-minutes to cook.
Ep.5
S16
E5
The first elimination of the season is emotional, as the judges and contestants both share their food dreams, and stories of how they got there. With 75 minutes on the clock, the contestants must cook a dish that best represents their food dream.
Ep.6
S16
E6
Our cooks are set the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, Trevor and Sally, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.
Ep.7
S16
E7
Today in the MasterChef kitchen five contestants will get a Jamie Oliver masterclass as they try to 'Keep Up with Jamie'. The contestant whose dish least resembles Jamie's in look and taste will be sent home from the competition.
Ep.8
S16
E8
The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the Queen Victoria Night Market, with street food on the menu. In teams of five, they must create two dishes, one protein-led and one vegetarian to feed the hungry masses and wow the judges.
Ep.9
S16
E9
Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen with an incredible elimination challenge where the contestants must create a new dish taking inspiration from one her household classics: The Pine Burger, Maree's Lamb Chops & Maree's Fruit Salad Slice.
Ep.10
S16
E10
This second Mystery Box comes with a twist our judges present secret ingredients that our cooks must use.The problem is, they won't know what the ingredients are until 30 minutes into the cook.
Ep.11
S16
E11
4 Michelin star chef and MasterChef judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the season with his 1992 dessert 'Jack in the Box' which helped him secure his first Michelin star and save his restaurant from financial ruin.
Ep.12
S16
E12
It's a two-round Immunity challenge. In the 1st round, 6 contestants represent their teammates,cooking with a unique ingredient. The Round 1 winner then cooks against their teammates, where the best dish will win immunity from the next elimination.
Ep.13
S16
E13
Today's two round elimination is the One Inch Cube taste test, where our blindfolded contestants must guess cubed ingredients to avoid round 2. The cooks in Round 2 have 75 minutes to create a dish using only the ingredients from round 1.
Ep.14
S16
E14
A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, curated by Jean-Christophe, has the contestants reaching for their finest French cooking skills to create 'magnifique' dishes. Who will rise to the occasion and avoid tomorrow's pressure test?
Ep.15
S16
E15
Four contestants battle it out in a Pressure Test at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat. They have four hours to recreate truffle farm owner - and hatted chef - Liam Downes' signature dish.
Ep.16
S16
E16
In the MasterChef kitchen today the cooks are divided into four teams where they must compete in the famous MasterChef Team Relay, in a bid to create one tasty, cohesive plate of food - with only 30 seconds to handover between each leg!
Ep.17
S16
E17
The Ingredient gamble is back and so is the one and only Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of South East Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today's two round elimination challenge.
Ep.18
S16
E18
"DimSimLim" aka Vincent Yeow Lim is today's Mystery Box special gues. Contestants must create a dish using a wok for at least one element. The pressure is on to harness the flame, as the bottom four dishes are destined for tomorrow's Pressure Test.
Ep.19
S16
E19
The pink-haired punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a pressure test. The "Sunny Side Up" dessert was created especially for this challenge and an egg on toast has never looked so intimidating.
Ep.20
S16
E20
Today the Judges each demonstrate a microwave hack - crispy chicken skin, sweet potato chips, a caramelised white chocolate crumb and meringue - and task our contestants with creating an immunity winning dish incorporating one of them.
Ep.21
S16
E21
Guest Mikiko Terasaki of Sydney's Omu restaurant shows off her technique in making Japanese comfort dish, omurice. Inspired by her visit, contestants will have 75 minutes to create a dish featuring eggs creatively in order to avoid elimination.
Ep.22
S16
E22
The remaining contestants have 75 minutes to cook a showstopping dish, using at least one of the box's six Asian sauces. Some play it safe, while others push the boundaries. The bottom four will face off in tomorrow's pressure test.
Ep.23
S16
E23
Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet. Inspired by Japan, Darren's Cherry Blossom dessert will push the novice cooks to their limits as they try to replicate it in four hours. For one cook, this will be the dish that sends them home.
Ep.24
S16
E24
Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition. They have 75 minutes to cook a winning dish with a herb allocated at random. With only one white apron on offer, the competition is bound to be fierce.
Ep.25
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E25
King of the sea, Rick Stein is here to preside over a two round elimination cook where contestants will need to showcase seafood skills across both raw and cooked dishes.
Ep.26
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E26
Contestants arrive at the Frankston foreshore where the judges unveil today will be a service challenge! In two teams, contestants are tasked with elevating traditional pub food. The losing team will head straight into elimination.
Ep.27
S16
E27
The losing team from the pub challenge must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his Spice Rubbed Pork, Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potatoes. Curtis powers through the cook, as contestants try to keep up, or risk going home.
Ep.28
S16
E28
Curtis Stone is back and today's challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines into a tasty dish, with a standout sauce. The winning sauce will be available in Coles stores around the country.
Ep.29
S16
E29
Tonight's elimination is a plant-based challenge, where contestants go head-to-head tore-create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.
Ep.30
S16
E30
Sweet Week has arrived! Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box.With seven flavours and colours to choose from, the contestants compete with 90 minutes on the clock in a bid to win immunity.
Ep.31
S16
E31
Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo, sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.
Ep.32
S16
E32
It's the iconic twin's challenge. Each team must utilize an appliance in their 90-minute dessert cook, aiming for identical dishes, despite only being able to shout instructions at each other.
Ep.33
S16
E33
Two tough rounds will test our cooks. First, Adriano Zumbo's Macaron Taste Test and then, a coffee-inspired dessert cooks, with the weakest dish seeing its maker eliminated from the competition.
Ep.34
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E34
Tonight's mega Mystery Box features the most ingredients ever, the cooks have just 30 minutes to pull off a winning dish, with the bottom three sending their makers into tomorrow's Pressure Test.
Ep.35
S16
E35
Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush.
Ep.36
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E36
The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high today, the top dish will win an epic mystery prize, but the bottom dish will be eliminated.
Ep.37
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E37
MasterChef Australia is in Hong Kong! The first challenge is a Hong Kong style Mystery Box. Today the judges are looking for the top three cooks to progress into tomorrow's immunity challenge.
Ep.38
S16
E38
After a demonstration from Michelin starred chef Vicky Cheng, three cooks must recreate his dish, from memory alone, the winner claiming immunity from this week's elimination.
Ep.39
S16
E39
The cooks are split into three teams, cooking street food in a traditional dai pai dong. They must prepare a two-dish menu, using either a wok, steamer or deep fryer, catering for 120 hungry locals.
Ep.40
S16
E40
Today's Hong Kong Immunity Challenge. A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some, challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each contestant must perfectly pair them to create a dish.
Ep.41
S16
E41
Strategy rules the kitchen as contestants bid against one another,trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic - the time auction.Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top six.
Ep.42
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E42
Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh's Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves $5,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.
Ep.43
S16
E43
Chef Guillaume Brahimi has brought a pressure test dish that will push the contestants to their limits. They need to replicate the dish as closely as possible... but they must plate up 5 serves.
Ep.44
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E44
Emotions run high as the top five open chests revealing treasured photos of their own family food heroes. each cook, inspired by their photos are fighting for their final shot at immunity.
Ep.45
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E45
In today's elimination challenge, the contestants must cook with some of the most extreme ingredients on the planet. The most spicy, sweet, sour, bitter and the most pungent. The bottom dish will send it's maker home.
Ep.46
S16
E46
It's finals week, and the mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into semi-finals, everyone else will have to battle it out in tomorrow's pressure test.
Ep.47
S16
E47
Internationally renowned chef Josh Niland pushes the contestants to their limits with a unique dish from his acclaimed restaurant, St. Peter. They must each recreate his dish as closely as possible.
Ep.48
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E48
Contestants have 60 minutes to cook in a quintessential MasterChef challenge, the mystery box. The fun doesn't stop there though, as our semi-finalists then have to cook head to head with the judges in a good old fashioned relay.
Ep.49
S16
E49
With Curtis Stone's help, our Semi-Finalists must each prepare a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges. With such high calibre cooking, it's down to the wire to see which two cooks will do battle in this year's Grand Finale.
Ep.50
S16
E50
Our Grand Finalists go head-to-head over two rounds to see who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024!