MasterChef AU – Season 18

It’s elimination day and there are two spots up for grabs in the semi-final. Emotions run high when letters and ingredients from home inspire our cooks to make a dish to keep them in the competition.

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle joins the MasterChef Australia kitchen today, offering some of her favourite seasonal produce to feature in a heartfelt dish, with immunity on the line.

Four of the Top 5 contestants battle it out to stay in the competition, taking on an epic pressure test set by judge Poh Ling Yeow to recreate three of her beautiful and delicious Malaysian snacks.

It’s an immunity challenge today for the Top 5 to ‘Keep up with Andy’, cooking his delicious BBQ Lamb, Burnt Eggplant Cream and Braised Borlotti Beans dish. The top cook will go directly into Top 4

With a coveted place in the Top 5 of MasterChef 2026 at stake, contestants must personalise a classic French sauce, as demonstrated by Jean-Christophe. For one cook, it will be the end of the line.

Contestants must choose a mystery box set by Sofia containing just one ingredient. Using just that and under bench staples, the best dish wins immunity and the first spot in the Top 5.

It’s the final day of HEAT WEEK and four cooks face off in head-to-head duals in an elimination challenge. After two rounds of battle, the bottom dish in the final dual will send its maker home.

Five cooks must prove their skill and creativity using only a hibachi to cook, with the winner earning immunity and their spot in the Top 6.

Heat Week continues with a looming elimination as six of the seven remaining cooks are challenged to create a hot new chilli dish in just 60 minutes.

To mark the start of Heat Week, food and media mogul Marion Grasby returns to the MasterChef for the first time in sixteen years, with a spicy mystery box challenge.