MasterChef Australia

The MasterChef kitchen is open again! The contestants must cook a dish that represents their 'new beginning' and the heat is on to impress guest judge Jamie Oliver.

The 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.

Today's top five cooks have the chance to cook in an immunity challenge and avoid the first elimination of the season. But first, they must make a dish that the judges cannot resist.

In the first immunity challenge of the series, five chefs must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook or up to 20 ingredients but only 45-minutes to cook.

With 75 minutes on the clock, the contestants must cook a dish that best represents their food dream.

The chefs make a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, Trevor and Sally, and the four weakest dishes will send their makers into the next day's elimination.

Five contestants get a personal Jamie Oliver masterclass as they try to 'Keep Up with Jamie'. There's no recipe, and the chefs watch Jamie like a hawk to recreate an Oliver family recipe.

It's a Team Challenge at the Queen Victoria Night Market, with street food on the menu. In four teams of five, they must create two dishes to feed the hungry masses and wow the judges.

Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen and the chefs must create a new dish taking inspiration from one her classics: The Pine Burger, Maree's Lamb Chops and Maree's Fruit Salad Slice.

The second Mystery Box comes with a twist the judges present secret ingredients for the chefs to use. The problem is, they won't know what the ingredients are until 30 minutes in.

Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the season with his 1992 dessert 'Jack in the Box', which helped him secure his first Michelin star.

It's a two-round Immunity challenge today. In the first round, six chefs representing their teams must cook with a unique ingredient, and the winner then cooks against their teammates.

It's the One Inch Cube taste test, where blindfolded contestants must correctly guess up to 100 cubed ingredients.

A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, curated by Jean-Christophe, has the contestants reaching for their finest French cooking skills to create 'magnifique' dishes.

Four contestants battle it out in a Pressure Test at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.

The chefs are divided into four teams and compete in the famous MasterChef Team Relay to create one tasty, cohesive plate of food - with only 30 seconds to handover between each leg!

Special guest Luke Nguyen has selected 24 ingredients for the elimination challenge - with a twist! The chefs get randomly assigned two ingredients - one they can see and one they can't.

Special guest DimSimLim shows the contestants how to use a wok, which he then uses to cook the his signature viral dish, Flying Chow Mein Noodles, which the chefs must then replicate.

Australia's pink-haired punk princess of pastry Anna Polyviou creates a 'Sunny-Side Up' dessert especially for the Pressure Test and the chefs have three hours to recreate it!

The judges demonstrate microwaves hacks - from crispy chicken skin to a caramelised white chocolate crumb - and the chefs have 75 minutes to create a dish that incorporates one of them.

Today's challenge is 75 minute elimination cook. Guest Mikiko Terasaki inspires the contestants to creatively integrate an egg component into each of their dishes.

The 13 remaining contestants must cook a showstopping dish, using at least one of the six Lee Kum Kee sauces revealed under the Mystery Box.

MasterChef legend Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet, and experience proves to be key in today's Pressure Test - leading to a shock elimination.

Eight eliminated chefs return to fight for a second chance and cook a dish featuring a secret herb. With only one white apron on offer, it's going to be competitive!

The contestants prepare a raw seafood dish in the first part of today's elimination cook. The four chefs with the lowest score move to the second part, where they must create a fishy feast.

The contestants head to the foreshore of Frankston Beach, where they find the judges waiting for them with a lone Mystery Box - and a team challenge.

In order to escape elimination, the contestants must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his spice-rubbed pork, smoked beetroot and Hasselback potatoes.

Celebrity chef Curtis Stone is in the MasterChef kitchen again, and the challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines to make one tasty dish - with a huge prize on the line.

Contestants go head-to-head in an elimination challenge where they must recreate a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients.

It's Sweet Week and guest judge Adriano Zumbo kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box, and the contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet!

Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic Pressure Test: the contestants must make their own interpretation of a croquembouche.

Four teams battle it out for a shot at immunity with the Twins Challenge, where the chefs need to create and execute a dish identical in look and taste - while separated by a wall.

As Sweet Week concludes, the cooks face two tough rounds: Adriano Zumbo's Macaron Taste Test and then, a coffee-inspired Dessert Cook.

The remaining nine contestants have their work cut out when RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi presents them with their largest, most jam-packed mystery box ever.

Australian Chef of the Year, Hugh Allen, is back in the MasterChef kitchen to set a Pressure Test that uses classic French techniques with the flavours of the Australian bush.

The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high as the top dish will win an epic mystery prize - and the bottom dish will be eliminated.

Our home chefs are off to Hong Kong and, after a night exploring the local cuisine, face their first challenge: a Hong Kong-style Mystery Box.

The chefs are asked to recreate Michelin-star Chef Vicky Cheng's 'Three Ages of Radish' from memory at a Buddhist temple high above Hong Kong.

The chefs cook in traditional kitchens to serve hungry Hong Kong locals, and they've been given a specific cooking method to use for this challenge - a wok, a deep fryer and a steamer.

A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some contestants, but challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each chef must perfectly pair them to create a winning dish.

Strategy and mind games rule the kitchen as contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic: the Time Auction.

Contestants must cook a dish using every ingredient in Poh's Everything Mystery Box Challenge.

Guillaume brings in another dish - royale of peas with duo of crab, tarragon mayonnaise, caviar and fried mussel - that the chefs must re-create in look and taste on five plates.

Tears are shed as the contestants open chests to reveal photos of their family food heroes. The chefs must draw inspiration from them to win their last chance at immunity - with epic results.

In today's elimination challenge, the contestants must cook with some of the most extreme ingredients on the planet, from the sweetest to the most pungent.

It's Finals Week, and the Mystery Boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast-track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-finals!

The contestants have a guest visit from Josh Niland, Winner of Chef of the Year 2024 in the Good Food Guide Awards.

After a busy week, the judges believe the Top Three deserve a break. So Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles with them - the judges become the cooks and the cooks become the judges!

The Semi-Finals are here! With Curtis Stone's help, the finalists each need to make a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.

The two Grand Finalists go head-to-head for the title of MasterChef Australia 2024!