Masterchef AU

Today there is a massive double elimination. Contestants must choose between cooking with the black mystery box or the black cloche, with the ingredients only revealed when they make their choice.

In today’s challenge, the contestants must keep up with Curtis Stone as he cooks his ultimate roast chicken dish. Andy, Jock and chef Nornie Bero show off their skills in a delicious Masterclass.

Messages From Home. After watching emotional messages from their family members, Melissa explains that contestants must make a dish inspired by their family. The top two dishes will cook in tomorrow’s immunity challenge.

Pressure Test. Contestants must cook a sweet pressure test recipe of their own design. Darren Purchese will be running the floor and mentoring the contestants and the judges will do a blind tasting of each dish.

The top 10 contestants arrive at URBNSURF, the home to Australia’s first ever surf park in Melbourne’s west to discover they will be running Andy Allen’s restaurant, Three Blue Ducks.

Contestants must correctly identify ingredients in three dishes from Nick Holloway’s “Nu Nu” menu. The five contestants who name the least amount of ingredients correctly will cook off in round two.

Immunity Challenge. The top four cooks from the latest mystery box challenge battle it out for immunity and a guaranteed spot in the top 10.

Mystery Box Challenge. Jock reveals this week’s mystery box is different. Contestants need to use four ingredients in their final dish, but before the cook starts, they can barter for the ingredients from each other.

Guest chef Khanh Nguyen from Sunda has taken South-East Asian food to the next level. The contestants must create Khanh’s dish: pork wellington with lattice crackling and flavours of banh mi.

Teams must create a three-course home delivery menu and can choose any theme or cuisine for their menu. Each team has three hours to produce 60 serves.