Masterchef AU

Oyster Challenge. Finals Week sees our six finalists travel to Oyster Bay in Tasmania, where they will face a two-round oyster challenge. They’ll need to be super creative to avoid being shucked out of the competition.

Ingredient Purchase Immunity Challenge. Contestants purchase their ingredients, using time as their currency. The more ingredients they purchase, the less time on the clock. For an immunity taste, they have no time to waste.

The TWO Challenge. Split into teams of two, contestants select two ingredients from two pantries, but can’t see what their teammate is choosing. Teams will cook a dish using their four ingredients for a shot at immunity.

Kirsten Tibballs’ Pressure Test. For this pressure test, Chocolate Queen Kirsten Tibballs presents her intricate cherry on top dessert. The dish that least replicates Kirsten’s delicious dessert will send its maker home.

Rainbow Mystery Box. Contestants cook from a rainbow mystery box including painted crayfish, scampi caviar, Fruit Loops, dragon fruit, coloured corn, mukhwas, flowering pineapple sage, rainbow chard, and dried turmeric.

Hugh Allen Elimination Challenge. Seven contestants cook to avoid elimination. Over two rounds, using ingredients selected by guest chef Hugh Allen, competitors must create dishes impressive enough to see them through to safety.

Tame The Pricey Ingredient. This episode’s challenge is to tame one of these very prickly ingredients: chestnuts, stinging nettle, prickly pear or sea urchin. The best dish will win its maker immunity from the week’s elimination.

Cooking For Your Loved Ones. In today’s service challenge, contestants are cooking for their loved ones, and must serve an entree, main and dessert. The team with the best menu will win a shot at tomorrow’s immunity challenge.

99 Ingredient Pressure Test. Chef Khanh Nguyen reveals his seafood plate for today’s Pressure Test, and there are 99 ingredients, 143 steps and 13 pages in the recipe! The chef whose dish least resembles Khanh’s will go home.

Mystery Box Challenge. In a Mystery Box challenge that focuses on detail, plating and using what’s available from a choice of tiny ingredients, cooks must plate up a winning entree-sized dish to avoid a Pressure Test.