Masterchef AU

This pressure test is set by Santiago Fernandez and it’s a doozy. The stakes are high and the least impressive cook will be sent home. Plus, catch a masterclass showing off delicious recipes.

This episode’s setting is the beautiful Leeuwin Estate Safari Club in Margaret River. Guided by head chef Dan Gedge, our contestants will battle it out in a team challenge.

Immunity Challenge. The winners from the previous two days now cook for an opportunity to fast-track themselves into Finals Week. Round two comes down to the wire as contestants are hungry for the win.

At Wildflower Restaurant in Perth, contestants will cook a five-course degustation featuring an ingredient that chef Matt Sartori has selected.

The remaining contestants fly to Western Australia for a mystery box challenge and later an invention test, using all the great produce WA has to offer.

This episode is the return of the time auction where contestants bid for ingredients with time rather than money. The more time they spend buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.

Team Challenge. Aboard the Q Train travelling restaurant our contestants, in teams, must prepare a vegetarian course using oyster mushrooms, baby zucchini, eggplant or figs. The bottom two teams face elimination.

All contestants will cook with the same ingredient but in a different style. The winner of round one will be cooking against renowned chef Adam D’Sylva.

Champion chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is in the MasterChef kitchen for this episode’s pressure test. Three contestants from the previous invention test must recreate Kirsten’s apple pie. Who will be going home?

This episode’s mystery box involves some deja vu and later, in the invention test, contestants have to create a dish that takes the judges to a special moment in time.