MasterChef AU – Season 9

Pressure Test: Kylie Millar. The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?

Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test. Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.

Elimination Challenge. The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.

Team Challenge: Yokocho Street Stalls. The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.

The winning contestants from the invention test and the Kappo challenge now have a chance to fight it out for immunity in view of Mount Fuji at the Obuchi Tea Plantation.

Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-Style Dégustation for some of Tokyo’s food elite.

Mystery Box Challenge: Tokyo. This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.

Elimination Challenge: Choose Or Lose. The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.

Team Challenge: Identical Plates. Split into pairs, each team must make two plates of the same dish and they must be identical, but they will not be able to see or taste what their team mate is cooking.

The three best performers from the invention test now compete for a chance at immunity. Will our amateur cook have what it takes to out-perform one of Australia’s best chefs?