MasterChef: Australia
A few dozen home chefs battle it out in the Masterchef Kitchen to earn the best chef title, judged by top Australian chefs.
- 2009-2026
- 18 seasons
- Game Show, Reality
- TV-G
A few dozen home chefs battle it out in the Masterchef Kitchen to earn the best chef title, judged by top Australian chefs.
Season 16 Episode Guide
50 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Premiere
77 mins
It's a new era for MasterChef Australia as Andy Allen welcomes three new judges: Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli, plus guest judge Jamie Oliver.
Episode 2
Masterchef Legends Service Challenge
69 mins
It's Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and already the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge, with Jamie Oliver running the kitchen. They must feed 40 returning MasterChef Legends with a three-course meal.
Episode 3
Eat With Your Hands Immunity Challenge
55 mins
Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia's 'wrap your hands around this' challenge.
Episode 4
Time vs Ingredients Immunity Challenge
50 mins
The first immunity challenge and it's a battle of time vs. ingredients. Five contestants must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook, OR up to 20 ingredients but only 45 minutes to cook.
Episode 5
Food Dreams Elimination
66 mins
The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.
Episode 6
First Mystery Box Challenge
50 mins
Our cooks are set the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.
Episode 7
Keep Up With Jamie Oliver Elimination
48 mins
In this elimination cook the contestants are challenged to 'Keeping Up With Jamie' on an Oliver Family recipe in order to keep their place in the competition.
Episode 8
Queen Victoria Night Market Team Challenge
55 mins
The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.
Episode 9
Reinventing Retro Elimination Challenge
69 mins
Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen to set an elimination challenge inspired by some of the Allen household's classic retro dishes. Contestants must make them MasterChef worthy, or risk going home.
Episode 10
When a Mystery Box Has Babies
49 mins
Today's Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.
Episode 11
Jack in the Box Pressure Test
50 mins
Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, 'Jack in the Box'.
Episode 12
Two Round Team Immunity Challenge
49 mins
In Round 1, one 'champion' per team cooks, with the winner of Round 1 then taking their teammates into Round 2, and out into the garden to cook for Immunity.
Episode 13
One-Inch Cubes Taste Test Elimination
69 mins
In today's two round elimination, our contestants' palettes are challenged with the classic blindfolded 100 one-Inch cube taste test, which sees 6 favourites cook for their spot in the competition.
Episode 14
French Themed Mystery Box
49 mins
A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create 'magnifique' dishes.
Episode 15
Black Cat Truffles Pressure Test
48 mins
Nat, Gillian, Alex and Lourdes battle it out in a Pressure Test set by Chef Liam Downes at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.
Episode 16
Classic Team Relay Challenge
49 mins
It's the chaotic, colourful and feared race that is the MasterChef Team Relay. Today in teams of four, cooks will tag-team their way to hopefully plate a cohesive dish and win immunity.
Episode 17
Asian Ingredients Pressure Test
61 mins
The ingredient gamble is back and so is Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of Southeast Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today's two round elimination challenge.
Episode 18
Wok-About Walkabout Mystery Box
48 mins
Vincent Yeow Lim or DimSimLim is today's Mystery Box special guest. Contestants must create a dish using a wok, needing to impress to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.
Episode 19
Anna Polyviou Pressure Test
48 mins
The punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a Pressure Test created especially for this challenge. Never has an egg on toast looked so intimidating as Anna's Sunny Side Up.
Episode 20
Microwave Magic Immunity Test
51 mins
The Judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.
Episode 21
Eggs to Avoid Elimination
59 mins
Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.
Episode 22
Asian Sauces Mystery Box
49 mins
A mystery box challenge with a saucy twist. The cooks must use at least one of six Asian sauces to cook a show-stopping dish, with the bottom four headed for tomorrow's pressure test.
Episode 23
Darren Purchese Cherry Blossom Pressure Test
50 mins
MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.
Episode 24
A Second Chance Cook-Off
53 mins
Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.
Episode 25
Rick Stein Seafood Elimination
60 mins
King of the sea, Rick Stein is here, and the contestants are excited cooking for such an icon. Over two rounds, seafood is on the menu but for one cook, it will be their last time in the kitchen.
Episode 26
Pub Food Team Service Challenge
49 mins
Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food at the beachside pub Cheeky Squire.
Episode 27
Curtis Stone Cookalong Elimination
49 mins
The losing team from the pub challenge must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his Spice Rubbed Pork, Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potatoes.
Episode 28
Fusion Sauce Bottling Challenge
50 mins
Today's challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines into a tasty dish. There is a huge prize on the line: the winning sauce will be made available to buy in Coles stores around the country.
Episode 29
Meat-Free Reinvention Elimination
59 mins
Tonight's elimination is a plant-based challenge, where contestants create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.
Episode 30
Adriano Zumbo Jelly Mystery Box
50 mins
Sweet Week has arrived. Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box. contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet to win precious immunity.
Episode 31
Zumbo's Croquembouche Immunity
49 mins
Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo, sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.
Episode 32
The Great Divide Twins Challenge
54 mins
It's the iconic twin's challenge. Each team must utilize an appliance in their 90-minute dessert cook, aiming for identical dishes, despite only being able to shout instructions at each other.
Episode 33
Adriano Zumbo Taste Test Elimination
56 mins
Two tough rounds will test our cooks. First, Adriano Zumbo's Macaron Taste Test and then, a coffee-inspired dessert cooks, with the weakest dish seeing its maker eliminated from the competition.
Episode 34
30 Minute Mega Mystery Box
47 mins
Tonight's mega Mystery Box features the most ingredients ever, the cooks have just 30 minutes to pull off a winning dish, with the bottom three sending their makers into tomorrow's Pressure Test.
Episode 35
Hugh Allen Banksia Pod Pressure Test
47 mins
Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush.
Episode 36
Surprise Invention Test Elimination
51 mins
The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high today, the top dish will win an epic mystery prize, but the bottom dish will be eliminated.
Episode 37
Hong Kong Mystery Box
57 mins
MasterChef Australia is in Hong Kong. The first challenge is a Hong Kong style Mystery Box. Today the judges are looking for the top three cooks to progress into tomorrow's immunity challenge.
Episode 38
Michelin Dish From Memory Immunity Challenge
49 mins
After a demonstration from Michelin starred chef Vicky Cheng, three cooks must recreate his dish, from memory alone, the winner claiming immunity from this week's elimination.
Episode 39
Hong Kong Street Food Team Challenge
47 mins
The cooks are split into three teams, cooking street food in a traditional dai pai dong. They must prepare a two-dish menu, using either a wok, steamer or deep fryer, catering for 120 hungry locals.
Episode 40
Hong Kong Lucky Dip Immunity
47 mins
Today's Hong Kong Immunity Challenge. A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some, challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each contestant must perfectly pair them to create a dish.
Episode 41
Time Auction Elimination
57 mins
Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic. Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top 6.
Episode 42
Poh's Everything Mystery Box
50 mins
Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh's Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves $5,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.
Episode 43
Guillaume Brahimi Pressure Test
49 mins
Chef Guillaume Brahimi has brought a pressure test dish that will push the contestants to their limits. They need to replicate the dish as closely as possible - but they must plate up 5 serves.
Episode 44
Food Heroes Mystery Box Immunity
53 mins
Emotions run high as the top five open chests revealing treasured photos of their own family food heroes. each cook, inspired by their photos are fighting for their final shot at immunity.
Episode 45
Extreme Ingredients Elimination
58 mins
Tonight, the contestants face off with some of the world's most extreme ingredients. These ingredient 'beasts' are the spiciest, sweetest, most sour, most bitter and most pungent on offer.
Episode 46
Golden Ticket Mystery Box
47 mins
The mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-final, while the other three will have to battle it out in tomorrow's pressure test.
Episode 47
Josh Niland Pressure Test
51 mins
Internationally renowned chef Josh Niland pushes the contestants to their limits with a unique dish from his acclaimed restaurant, St. Peter. They must each recreate his dish as closely as possible.
Episode 48
3 Judges Cook a Mystery Box
54 mins
Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the Semi-Finalists become the judges'. The fun doesn't stop there, as our Semi-Finalists must then take on the judges in a relay.
Episode 49
Semi-Finals 3 Course Service Challenge
69 mins
With Curtis Stone's help, our Semi-Finalists must each prepare a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.
Episode 50
Grand Finale
90 mins
Our two Grand Finalists go head-to-head over two rounds to see who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024.
