Masterchef New Zealand
Thousands of amateur cooks apply from right around the country, aged from 18 to 70, from students and young mums to golf pros and lawyers - all dreaming of making it big in the culinary world.
- 2010-2022
- 7 seasons
- Reality
Thousands of amateur cooks apply from right around the country, aged from 18 to 70, from students and young mums to golf pros and lawyers - all dreaming of making it big in the culinary world.
Season 7 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Auditions
48 mins
After a seven-year hiatus, 27 amateur cooks travel to Queenstown to impress the judges, Nadia Lim, Vaughan Mabee and Michael P. Dearth, with their signature dishes, and secure one of the 16 aprons.
Episode 2
Auditions Continue
71 mins
Auditions continue as the judges decide which of the remaining cooks receive the last ten aprons, finalizing the top 16 contestants.
Episode 3
First Mystery Box Challenge
48 mins
The top 16 cooks arrive in the new MasterChef kitchen and compete in a mystery box challenge to impress the judges and avoid being in the first elimination.
Episode 4
First Team Challenge + Masterclass
70 mins
The top 14 cooks compete in the first Team Challenge, where they cook outdoors using fire and ingredients endemic to New Zealand. Vaughan gives the first Masterclass.
Episode 5
First Pressure Test
51 mins
The top 14 cooks return to the MasterChef kitchen to face their first Pressure Test, given to them by award-winning chef Monique Fiso. And someone drops out of the competition.
Episode 6
Chocolate Invention Test
50 mins
The top 12 cooks tackle an invention test where chocolate must be the hero ingredient, and the winner will get a huge advantage in the next challenge.
Episode 7
Air NZ Offsite Team Challenge
68 mins
The MasterChef kitchen moves to an airport hangar where the contestants compete in a team challenge where they have to prepare a three-course in flight business class meal for Air New Zealand.
Episode 8
Italian Mystery Box Elimination
50 mins
The 9 contestants from the losing teams face a Mystery Box Challenge set by Michael P. Dearth and at the end of the challenge one contestant will be eliminated.
Episode 9
Matariki Invention Test Elimination
52 mins
The contestants are challenged with an Invention Test where they have to cook a Matariki-inspired dish using five special ingredients, which will eliminate another cook.
Episode 10
Farm-to-Table Team Immunity Challenge
69 mins
The top 10 contestants head to Nadia Lim's Queenstown farm where they face a paddock-to-plate Team Challenge, and have a chance to win immunity from the next elimination.
Episode 11
Stand Mixer Invention Elimination
49 mins
The contestants have to make an inventive dish using one of 25 different stand mixer attachments to impress the judges and avoid being eliminated.
Episode 12
Master Foods Mystery Box Challenge
50 mins
Nine remaining contestants battle for a spot in the competition in a Mystery Box challenge cooking with Master Foods herbs and spices range; and an announcement shocks the judges and contestants.
Episode 13
Team Restaurant Takeover Challenge
72 mins
The top 8 contestants face the most demanding team challenge yet, preparing a complex eight-course degustation meal at Vaughn Mabee's world-renowned Amisfield restaurant in Queenstown.
Episode 14
Flounder Pressure Test Elimination
50 mins
Award-winning chef Michael Meredith enters the MasterChef Kitchen for another Pressure Test. The contestants must replicate Michael's flounder dish.
Episode 15
Two Course Oven Invention Test
50 mins
The top 7 contestants face an Invention Test with an unexpected twist. As the competition gets tougher, one more contestant's time in the kitchen comes to an end.
Episode 16
Hotel VIP Room Service Off-Site Challenge
68 mins
The top 6 contestants cook in the kitchen of a luxury hotel, replicating 6 of the dishes from its room service menu for a group of VIPs. The best cook wins immunity.
Episode 17
Coffee Themed Invention Test
50 mins
The contestants return to the Masterchef kitchen where they must face a coffee-themed Invention Test to avoid elimination.
Episode 18
Ginger Beer Mystery Box Challenge
51 mins
The top five contestants compete in a Mystery Box challenge to earn themselves a place in Finals Week and wow the judges with some of the competition's best dishes.
Episode 19
Autumn Forest Pressure Test
48 mins
Guest chef Sid Sarawat challenges the top 4 contestants with replicating a complex dessert in a Pressure Test; and a shock departure ends one contestant's Masterchef dreams.
Episode 20
Fruit and Veggie Invention Test
51 mins
Two contestants give everything in the last challenge, fighting for the last place in the grand final. Alice and Sam must create 2 dishes - one heroing fruit and one heroing vegetables.
Episode 21
Grand Finale 2022
72 mins
The final two contestants go head-to-head over three epic courses in the grand finale where one will walk away as the Masterchef New Zealand Champion 2022.