Seasons & episodes
S2 · E70Thai Satay Sauce Elimination Challenge 2010-07-08 · 75 min
Marion, Jonathan and Aaron were required to name a variety of nuts to progress to the next round. Jonathan won the first round and was safe. Marion and Aaron progressed to the second round where they had to recreate a Thai satay sauce. Although both dishes impressed the judges, Aaron's had better flavour and presentation, and Marion's was thicker and considered to be "gluggy" by the judges.
S2 · E71Masterclass 12 2010-07-09 · 75 min
Head Chef at Ash St Cellar, Lauren Murdoch, shows how to make some tapas dishes including garlic prawns with basil and grilled chorizo with crumbed artichokes, mint and lemon oil.
S2 · E72Mystery Box & Invention Test 2010-07-11 · 75 min
"Seven Deadly Sins" theme. Contestants struggled to produce stand-out dishes from a simple Mystery Box, with the two women left in the competition emerging as the strongest performers. Claire was declared the winner and won two big advantages: the power to skip the Invention Test, which would only have a Bottom 3, and the chance to face off in the Celebrity Chef Challenge. The Invention Test was based around the "seven deadly sins," with each contestant creating a dish based on one of the sins.
S2 · E73Pressure Test - Christine Manfield 2010-07-12 · 75 min
Guest chef Christine Manfield set the most technically difficult dish seen so far in a pressure test: spice roasted squab with a turnip cake, with a recipe including 55 ingredients. In a close elimination.
S2 · E74Chef Challenge - Shaun Presland 2010-07-13 · 75 min
Shaun Presland and Claire prepare a tuna tasting plate with sushi rolls, tuna sashimi tacos and tuna tataki. Find out who will win this challenge.
S2 · E75Signature Dish Challenge 2010-07-14 · 75 min
Contestants were tasked with creating a dish that represented themselves and their cooking philosophy. After planning overnight and shopping with a $250 budget, each contestant had two hours to cook their signature dishes on five plates for Matt Preston and four other guests: Alla Wolf-Tasker, Mark Best, Kylie Kwong and Jacques Reymond. Each contestant was determined to impress such an illustrious panel, and the intense pressure lead to some potentially fatal mistakes. Overall, the judges were very impressed with the calibre of the dishes put forward, but only four contestants would automatically win their spot in the final week and a reward at Marque restaurant.
S2 · E76Guess that Fish Elimination Challenge 2010-07-15 · 75 min
Aaron, Alvin and Jimmy faced a Basic Skills Test in a two-round Elimination Challenge. The first round saw contestants identifying different types of fish, with the two lowest scoring contestants moving into the second round. Jimmy named the most fish correctly, leaving Aaron and Alvin to face off in the second round; to cook the perfect fish and chips.
S2 · E77Masterclass 13 2010-07-16 · 75 min
The professional chefs show how to cook smoked trout with a salad, prawn kalamaki with tzatziki and herb salad and chocolate gluttony with spun sugar.
S2 · E78Finals Week - Day 1 - Invention Test 2010-07-18 · 75 min
Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai was a guest judge for the invention test. The core ingredient was crustaceans and the contestants, working in two teams, had to cook a banquet.
S2 · E79Finals Week - Day 2 - Pressure Test 2010-07-19 · 75 min
The contestants have four hours to recreate Adriano Zumbo’s V8 cake, which features eight different textures of vanilla and tempered white chocolate on the outside. The winner's prize is choosing the ingredients for tomorrow’s mystery box challenge.
S2 · E80Finals Week - Day 3 - Mystery Box Challenge 2010-07-20 · 75 min
Vue de Monde’s Shannon Bennett was a guest judge for the mystery box challenge. Jimmy had picked the ingredients, which included spices and lentils. The contestants had to make two dishes – one sweet and one savoury.
S2 · E81Finals Week - Day 4 - Signature Dish Challenge 2010-07-21 · 75 min
The final four cooked three dishes that would appear in their cookbook if they became Australia’s next MasterChef. Maggie Beer was a guest judge. Each contestant explained the concept of their cookbook to the judges.
S2 · E82Finals Week - Day 5 - Off Site Challenge 2010-07-22 · 75 min
Cooking dinner for the Governor-General and 30 guests, the contestants were judged on their dishes and their performance in the kitchen.
S2 · E83Finals Week - Day 6 - Final Masterclass 2010-07-23 · 75 min
Callum and Adam each spent time with a chef, from the markets to service, with Justin North and Peter Kuruvita. The top 24 contestants returned to the MasterChef kitchen for the last MasterClass. Alvin showed how to make his Drunken Chicken with Bruised Cucumber Salad and Fiona demonstrated her Chocolate Ganache Tart with Lavender Cream and Fresh Raspberries. Gary and George then felt the pressure in their own mystery box challenge.
S2 · E84Grand Final - Welcome Masterchef 2010 2010-07-25 · 75 min
Adam and Callum faced three rounds in the finale, worth 100 points in total. The first round involves basic skills tests. The second round is an invention test. The final round is a pressure test, cooking a Peter Gilmore dessert.
S3 · E1Cockatoo Island 2011-05-01 · 75 min
Thousands applied, but only 50 lucky people made it to the first leg of MasterChef. An exciting start with a boat ride to Cockatoo Island and a massive Mystery Box Challenge awaiting them. Featuring the most popular supermarket ingredients, the Top 50 had to cook a dish to get them to the next round. The ten with the least impressive dishes would have to do an Adriano Zumbo challenge.
S3 · E2Basic Skills Bootcamp 2011-05-02 · 75 min
Day two of the MasterChef journey, and it’s a tough one – a Basic Skills Bootcamp with new judge, Matt Moran. The remaining 45 contestants go through three rounds which test their chip cutting, mayonnaise making, chicken break down skills. Five from each round will end up in the Elimination Challenge – making the perfect batch of scones in 45 minutes.
S3 · E3The First Six 2011-05-03 · 75 min
The remaining contestants cook off for the first 6 spots in the MasterChef Top 24. Contestants are given two hours to create a trio of desserts set by the guest chef, Maggie Beer.
S3 · E4Go Fish 2011-05-04 · 75 min
The bottom 10 contestants from Maggie Beer's challenge are faced with a choice - either go fishing and cook what you catch, or risk creating a dish with the mystery ingredient.
S3 · E5Ultimate Desert Island Dish 2011-05-05 · 75 min
With another six spots in the MasterChef top 24 up for grabs, the final 30 contestants cook with their five favourite ingredients to create what they believe is the ultimate desert island dish.
S3 · E6Masterclass 2011-05-06 · 75 min
In the first master class of the series, a few special contestants take a trip to the Barossa Valley to visit Maggie Beer in her home and to learn the secrets of the perfect pastry and roast chicken.
S3 · E7Taste Test 2011-05-08 · 75 min
There are two dozen contestants remaining and only 12 spots left in the top 24. The next challenge is a formidable taste test - identity the ingredients in Aria's signature dish, peking duck consomme.
S3 · E8No Judges in Sight 2011-05-09 · 75 min
As our Top 24 enter the MasterChef kitchen for the first time, they are surprised to see no judges. Only a few notice the clock has started ticking down. Has the first challenge already begun?
S3 · E9Immunity Challenge 2011-05-10 · 75 min
The winner of the first challenge will cook for immunity against apprentice chef, Alex Keen, who works under Allesandro Pavoni. Will a 10 minute headstart be enough to beat the best?