MasterChef Australia
Season 16

s16e01 / Season 16, Episode 1

22nd Apr '24 - 11:30am
Season 16, Episode 1 Summary

This year, MasterChef Australia ushers in a new era, with international superstars, 22 incredible home-cooks, and friends old and new joining the family. Andy Allen will carry on Jock Zonfrillo's legacy alongside three new judges: MasterChef Australia alumnus Poh Ling Yeow, food critic and journalist Sofia Levin, and multi-Michelin Star award-winning chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli. MasterChef Australia has built a family of passionate food-lovers and this year's contestants will be leaving it all on the plate in the pursuit of exceptional food.

168 have watched this episode

s16e02 / Service Challenge with Jamie Oliver

23rd Apr '24 - 11:30am
Service Challenge with Jamie Oliver Summary

It's Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and already the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge, with Jamie Oliver running the kitchen.

157 have watched this episode

s16e03 / Wrap Your Hands Around This Challenge

24th Apr '24 - 11:30am
Wrap Your Hands Around This Challenge Summary

Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia's 'wrap your hands around this' challenge.

154 have watched this episode

s16e04 / Time Vs Ingredients - Immunity Challenge

25th Apr '24 - 11:30am
Time Vs Ingredients - Immunity Challenge Summary

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.

150 have watched this episode

s16e05 / Elimination Challenge: Food Dream

28th Apr '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Food Dream Summary

The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.

116 have watched this episode

s16e06 / Mystery Box Challenge: By Jamie Oliver's Parents

29th Apr '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box Challenge: By Jamie Oliver's Parents Summary

Our cooks are set the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.

118 have watched this episode

s16e07 / Elimination Challenge: Keeping Up With Jamie

30th Apr '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Keeping Up With Jamie Summary

In this elimination cook the contestants are challenged to 'Keeping Up With Jamie' on an Oliver Family recipe in order to keep their place in the competition.

118 have watched this episode

s16e08 / Team Challenge: Queen Vic Night Market

1st May '24 - 11:30am
Team Challenge: Queen Vic Night Market Summary

The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.

149 have watched this episode

s16e09 / Inspired by Family Elimination Challenge

5th May '24 - 11:30am
Inspired by Family Elimination Challenge Summary

Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen to set an elimination challenge inspired by some of the Allen household's classic retro dishes. Contestants must make them MasterChef worthy, or risk going home.

147 have watched this episode

s16e10 / Mystery Box Challenge with a Twist!

6th May '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box Challenge with a Twist! Summary

Today's Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.

136 have watched this episode

s16e11 / Pressure Test: Jack In The Box

7th May '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Jack In The Box Summary

Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, 'Jack in the Box'.

137 have watched this episode

s16e12 / Immunity Challenge: Champions

8th May '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Champions Summary

In Round 1, one 'champion' per team cooks, with the winner of Round 1 then taking their teammates into Round 2, and out into the garden to cook for Immunity.

137 have watched this episode

s16e13 / Elimination Challenge: One-Inch Cube Taste Test

12th May '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: One-Inch Cube Taste Test Summary

In today's two round elimination, our contestants' palettes are challenged with the classic One-inch cube taste test, which sees six favorites, cook for their spot in the competition.

138 have watched this episode

s16e14 / Mystery Box Challenge: French

13th May '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box Challenge: French Summary

A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create 'magnifique' dishes.

143 have watched this episode

s16e15 / Pressure Test: Liam Downe

14th May '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Liam Downe Summary

Despite what it looks like, tonight's Pressure Test is no walk in the park!

146 have watched this episode

s16e16 / Immunity Challenge: Tag-teams

15th May '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Tag-teams Summary

It's the chaotic, colourful and feared race that is the MasterChef Team Relay! Today in teams of four, cooks will tag-team their way to hopefully plate a cohesive dish and win immunity.

147 have watched this episode

s16e17 / Elimination Challenge: Luke Nguyen

19th May '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Luke Nguyen Summary

The ingredient gamble is back and so is Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of Southeast Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today's two round elimination challenge.

136 have watched this episode

s16e18 / Mystery Box: Wok

20th May '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box: Wok Summary

Vincent Yeow Lim or DimSimLim is today's Mystery Box special guest. Contestants must create a dish using a wok, needing to impress to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.

140 have watched this episode

s16e19 / Pressure Test: Anna's Sunny Side Up

21st May '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Anna's Sunny Side Up Summary

The punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a Pressure Test created especially for this challenge. Never has an egg on toast looked so intimidating as Anna's Sunny Side Up.

144 have watched this episode

s16e20 / Immunity Challenge: Microwave Hacks

22nd May '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Microwave Hacks Summary

The Judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.

142 have watched this episode

s16e21 / Elimination Challenge: Mikiko Terasaki

26th May '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Mikiko Terasaki Summary

Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.

129 have watched this episode

s16e22 / Mystery Box: Six Asian Sauces

27th May '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box: Six Asian Sauces Summary

A mystery box challenge with a saucy twist. The cooks must use at least one of six Asian sauces to cook a showstopping dish, with the bottom four headed for tomorrow's pressure test

134 have watched this episode

s16e23 / Pressure Test: Darren Purchese

28th May '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Darren Purchese Summary

MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.

133 have watched this episode

s16e24 / Second Chance!

29th May '24 - 11:30am
Second Chance! Summary

Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.

109 have watched this episode

s16e25 / Elimination Challenge: Rick Stein

2nd Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Rick Stein Summary

King of the sea, Rick Stein is here, and the contestants are excited cooking for such an icon. Over two rounds, seafood is on the menu but for one cook, it will be their last time in the kitchen.

135 have watched this episode

s16e26 / Team Service Challenge: Pub Food

4th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Team Service Challenge: Pub Food Summary

Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food.

140 have watched this episode

s16e27 / Elimination Challenge: Curtis Stone

5th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Curtis Stone Summary

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.

131 have watched this episode

s16e28 / Immunity Challenge: Combine 2 Nations

6th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Combine 2 Nations Summary

Today's challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines into a tasty dish. There is a huge prize on the line: the winning sauce will be made available to buy in Coles stores around the country.

130 have watched this episode

s16e29 / Elimination Challenge: Plant Based

9th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Plant Based Summary

Tonight's elimination is a plant-based challenge, where contestants create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.

135 have watched this episode

s16e30 / Mystery Box Challenge: Wobbly Jelly

10th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box Challenge: Wobbly Jelly Summary

Sweet Week has arrived! Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box. contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet to win precious immunity.

140 have watched this episode

s16e31 / Pressure Test: Adriano Zumbo Croquembouche

11th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Adriano Zumbo Croquembouche Summary

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.

136 have watched this episode

s16e32 / Immunity Challenge: Twins

12th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Twins Summary

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.

138 have watched this episode

s16e33 / Elimination Challenge: Taste Test

16th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Taste Test Summary

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.

127 have watched this episode

s16e34 / Mystery Box Challenge: Most Ingredients Ever

17th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box Challenge: Most Ingredients Ever Summary

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.

133 have watched this episode

s16e35 / Pressure Test: Hugh Allen

18th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Hugh Allen Summary

Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush.

137 have watched this episode

s16e36 / Elimination Challenge: Bacon & Eggs

19th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Bacon & Eggs Summary

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.

136 have watched this episode

s16e37 / Mystery Box: Hong Kong

23rd Jun '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box: Hong Kong Summary

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.

123 have watched this episode

s16e38 / Immunity Challenge: Vicky Cheng

24th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Vicky Cheng Summary

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.

129 have watched this episode

s16e39 / Service Challenge: Street Food

25th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Service Challenge: Street Food Summary

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.

132 have watched this episode

s16e40 / Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip

26th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip Summary

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.

133 have watched this episode

s16e41 / Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Auction

30th Jun '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Auction Summary

Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic. Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top 6

88 have watched this episode

s16e42 / Mystery Box: Poh's Everything

1st Jul '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box: Poh's Everything Summary

Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh's Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves ,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.

127 have watched this episode

s16e43 / Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi

2nd Jul '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi Summary

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.

127 have watched this episode

s16e44 / Immunity Challenge: Family Food Heroes

3rd Jul '24 - 11:30am
Immunity Challenge: Family Food Heroes Summary

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.

126 have watched this episode

s16e45 / Elimination Challenge: The World's Most Extreme Ingredients

7th Jul '24 - 11:30am
Elimination Challenge: The World's Most Extreme Ingredients Summary

Tonight, the contestants face off with some of the world's most extreme ingredients. These ingredient 'beasts' are the spiciest, sweetest, most sour, most bitter and most pungent on offer.

125 have watched this episode

s16e46 / Mystery Box: Golden Ticket

8th Jul '24 - 11:30am
Mystery Box: Golden Ticket Summary

The mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-final, while the other three will have to battle it out in tomorrow's pressure test.

126 have watched this episode

s16e47 / Pressure Test: Josh Niland

9th Jul '24 - 11:30am
Pressure Test: Josh Niland Summary

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.

130 have watched this episode

s16e48 / The Judges Become The Cooks!

14th Jul '24 - 11:30am
The Judges Become The Cooks! Summary

Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the Semi-Finalists become the judges'. The fun doesn't stop there, as our Semi-Finalists must then take on the judges in a relay.

117 have watched this episode

s16e49 / Final 3 - Service Challenge

15th Jul '24 - 11:30am
Final 3 - Service Challenge Summary

Your top three must create an entree, main course and dessert for a hungry crowd of diners and judges. The two contestants with the most exciting overall menu will earn their ticket into the grand finale.

118 have watched this episode

s16e50 / Grand Finale

16th Jul '24 - 11:30am
Grand Finale Summary

It's Grand Finale Day, and whichever cook scores the most points across two rounds will lift the trophy aloft, claiming 0,000 in prize money, and the title of MasterChef Australia winner, 2024!?

120 have watched this episode
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