Seasons & episodes
S9 · E49Off-site Challenge: Shinjuku 2017-07-05 · 75 min
The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.
S9 · E50Elimination Challenge 2017-07-06 · 75 min
The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.
S9 · E51Japan Week Masterclass 2017-07-07 · 75 min
Japan week concludes at Tateyama Castle for a very special MasterClass with Michelin star sushi chef who walks the contestants through the simplicity and beauty of the perfect sushi.
S9 · E52Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test 2017-07-09 · 75 min
Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.
S9 · E53Pressure Test: Kylie Millar 2017-07-10 · 75 min
The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?
S9 · E54Immunity Challenge 2017-07-11 · 75 min
The three best invention test performers now face a special souffle immunity challenge. Can our amateur chef out-cook a professional and find themselves cooking in finals week?
S9 · E55Service Challenge: 50 Hungry Customers 2017-07-12 · 75 min
The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.
S9 · E56Elimination Challenge 2017-07-13 · 75 min
The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?
S9 · E57Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test 2017-07-16 · 75 min
It's finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.
S9 · E58Pressure Test: Shaun Quade's Pearl on the Ocean Floor 2017-07-17 · 75 min
The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a pressure test to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?
S9 · E59Elimination Challenge 2017-07-18 · 75 min
The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia’s top chefs to avoid elimination from the competition.
S9 · E60Service Challenge: Dinner by Heston 2017-07-19 · 75 min
The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne's top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?
S9 · E61Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 5 2017-07-20 · 75 min
Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. The final MasterClass of the season sees the tables turned on Gary, George and Shannon, who compete in a mystery box challenge. Later, Curtis Stone drops by to take part in an invention test relay.
S9 · E62Semi Final 2017-07-23 · 75 min
The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.
S9 · E63Grand Final 2017-07-24 · 75 min
Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.