MasterChef Australia (2009)

MasterChef Australia (2009)

A few dozen home chefs battle it out in the Masterchef Kitchen to earn the best chef title, judge by top Australian chefs.

Cast: Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Matt Preston, Nick McKay


63Season 8

MasterChef 2016 Grand Finale

July 26, 2016

Matt and Elena go head to head on to be the 2016 Masterchef (Australia). In a three step challenge - entree, main and dessert, emotion will play a big role in the final outcome, as well as Heston Blumenthal and Ashley Palmer-Watt's most difficult dessert ever to replicate "Verjus in Egg".

62Season 8

Service Challenge: Semi Final

July 25, 2016

Just three amateur chefs remain in the hit cooking series. The final three contestants must prepare two dishes to be served to 20 diners in a four-hour service challenge.

61Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Quarter Final

July 24, 2016

The popular cooking series from Australia continues as the final four face one last mystery box, featuring ingredients chosen by their loved ones.

60Season 8

MasterClass 5

July 21, 2016

The contestants have a last moment of relax before the dreaded finals, in a masterclass disguised as a contest between the judges and the contestants.

59Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Audition Ingredients

July 20, 2016

Another chef must remove their MasterChef apron for the last time as three contestants reinvent their audition dish in order to stay in the competition.

58Season 8

Service Challenge: Lake House

July 19, 2016

Finals Week. The Top Five contestants must cook five dishes from the menu of the Lake House in Daylesford under the guidance of legendary chef & owner, Alla Wolf-Tasker.

57Season 8

Pressure Test: Christy Tania's Mistique

July 18, 2016

Three contestants face an elimination pressure test as they try to recreate Christy Tania's 64-step dessert, "Mystique".

56Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge: Hottest Ingredients & Invention Test: Hottest Techniques

July 17, 2016

Finals Week. The top six contestants now face a mystery box challenge containing some of the hottest ingredients being used in the world right now. The winner will gain the advantage going into the invention test.

55Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Put Your Dream on a Plate & MasterClass 4

July 14, 2016

Masterclass. The losing team from the Food Truck Challenge now face elimination. Under the mentorship of Curtis Stone, they must cook a dish that symbolises what they're going to do once the competition is over.

54Season 8

Team Challenge: Santa Monica Pier Food Trucks

July 13, 2016

Season eight of the competitive culinary show from Australia continues. The contestants are split into three teams for a food truck challenge at Santa Monica Pier.

53Season 8

Fast Track to Finals: Francis Ford Coppola's Inglenook Estate

July 12, 2016

A fast pass for the finals is the prize for four contestants as they cook a variety of grape-based dishes in Napa Valley.

52Season 8

Team Challenge: Dominque Creen's Signature Dishes

July 11, 2016

California Week. Contestants must work in teams to recreate two of Dominque Creen's signature dishes. Dominque is a Michelin-starred chef & was recently voted the World's Best Female Chef.

51Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge: San Francisco Produce & Invention Test

July 10, 2016

The Australian version of the competitive cookery show heads to California for a week, beginning with a eclectic mystery box challenge at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

50Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Time Auction

July 7, 2016

The four members of the losing teams from the service challenge now face elimination. With so much at stake, which contestant will fail to impress the judges and be sent home from the competition?

49Season 8

Team Challenge: Australian Produce

July 6, 2016

The remaining eight contestants are split into teams of two to cook a two-course meal inspired by quality Australian produce for 80 diners. The two least impressive teams will face elimination.

48Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Shannon Bennett

July 5, 2016

The remaining chefs compete for immunity from the week's elimination with a mystery box challenge.

47Season 8

Pressure Test: Peter Gilmore's Cherry Jam Lamington

July 4, 2016

Contestants must recreate chef Peter Gilmore's acclaimed cherry jam lamington dessert in a fiendish pressure test.

46Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge: All the Ingredients & Invention Test: Hardest Dishes

July 3, 2016

The judges reveal that this week will be the toughest ever! In today's invention test contestants must choose between three of the hardest invention test dishes ever from previous seasons.

45Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Colours of the Rainbow & MasterClass 3

June 30, 2016

The losing contestants from the week's pop up challenges are set a colourful cook-off elimination challenge by Heston Blumenthal.

44Season 8

Service Challenge: Recipes from the Past

June 29, 2016

In the final pop-up challenge, the remaining chefs are relying on a history-themed recipe to avoid elimination.

43Season 8

Team Challenge: Three-Course Dessert Spread

June 28, 2016

Heston Week. Tonight's challenge, Heston inspires the contestants to create a three-course dessert spread using only the food of the Gods: chocolate. The least impressive team will face the elimination challenge.

42Season 8

Team Challenge: Brighton Beach Ice Cream Stands

June 27, 2016

The eight contestants from the top four teams at the previous pop-up restaurant were again divided randomly into teams of two, with each team having four hours to create two savoury ice creams and one savoury ice block, with the theme of childhood memories, to be served to 500 people from the Brighton bathing boxes.

41Season 8

Team Challenge: Melbourne Star

June 26, 2016

In the first of a week of pop-up restaurant challenges, the contestants serve up outer space themed meals on a Ferris wheel.

40Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Choose or Lose

June 23, 2016

The chefs compete for the remaining spots in the top 10 with an intense Time Auction elimination challenge.

39Season 8

Team Challenge: Gourmet Cinema

June 22, 2016

Split into groups, each team is tasked with making two dishes for an outdoor cinema event, but timing proves to be a problem.

38Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Victor Liong

June 21, 2016

The contestants' dessert skills are put to the test, and one chef goes up against guest chef Victor Liong.

37Season 8

Pressure Test: Flynn McGarry's Beet Wellington

June 20, 2016

The losing team from the invention test relay challenge now face off in the pressure test. Contestants must recreate guest chef Flynn McGarry's signature dish to avoid elimination.

36Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge: Ugly Ingredients & Invention Test: Relay

June 19, 2016

Today's mystery box challenge contains eight of the ugliest ingredients ever seen. The contestants must impress the judges by creating a beautiful & delicious dish in only 60 minutes.

35Season 8

Nature Affinity Elimination Challenge

June 16, 2016

The contestants faced each other in pairs in a two-round elimination.

34Season 8

Sails by the Bay Team Challenge: Six-Course Degustation Menu

June 15, 2016

Guest chef Curtis Stone joins today's off-site team challenge. Each team must prepare a six-course degustation menu for 50 guests in only two and half hours to avoid the elimination challenge.

33Season 8

Second Chance Cook-Off

June 14, 2016

Former contestants return to the MasterChef kitchen for the chance to win themselves a place back in the competition.

32Season 8

Pressure Test: Ross Lusted

June 13, 2016

Contestants face either a sweet or savoury challenge in guest chef Ross Lusted's pressure test.

31Season 8

Luke Nguyen's Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Steam vs. Fry

June 12, 2016

The contestants face guest chef Luke Nguyen's mystery box for the chance to gain a power apron.

30Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Lucky Dip

June 9, 2016

The losing team from the Chinese New Year challenge must now cook a dish determined by lucky dip. With 75 minutes on the clock, the contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated.

29Season 8

Team Challenge: Chinese New Year

June 8, 2016

With help from Kylie Kwong, the contestants must cook at least two Chinese dishes for 500 people at Melbourne's Chinatown.

28Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Morgan McGlone

June 7, 2016

In this edition, one chef battles Morgan McGlone for a chance at an immunity pin - but must first face an eclair challenge.

27Season 8

Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's

June 6, 2016

Three chefs must recreate Anna Polyviou's dessert "Mess" to avoid elimination.

26Season 8

Invention Test: Maggie Beer & Mystery Box Challenge

June 5, 2016

The Queen of the Australian kitchen, Maggie Beer returns! The invention test winner will have the advantage going into the mystery box challenge when contestants have an hour to impress the judges.

25Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Blind Taste Test

June 2, 2016

The losing Greek feast challenge team now face elimination. Contestants who fail the Round 1 blind taste test must then impress the judges with a dish using the ingredient they did not correctly name.

24Season 8

Off-site Challenge: Hellenic Republic

June 1, 2016

Today's off-site challenge will take place at George Calombaris' Hellenic Republic restaurant. Split into two teams, each team must prepare a three course feast for 120 guests to avoid elimination.

23Season 8

Woodland House Immunity Challenge: Thomas Woods & Hayden McFarland

May 31, 2016

After a sweet and savoury jaffle challenge, two chefs cook for immunity pins against Thomas Woods and Hayden McFarland.

22Season 8

Pressure Test: Jason Atherton's Quail Afternoon Tea Dish

May 30, 2016

Three contestants face an extremely technical elimination challenge set by guest chef Jason Atherton.

21Season 8

Mystery Box Challenge & Leftovers Invention Test

May 29, 2016

Another serving of the popular culinary competition. The contestants must make a dish from a mystery box that includes barramundi, vanilla beans and miso.

20Season 8

Elimination Challenge: Name That Cake & MasterClass 2

May 26, 2016

The losing team from the team challenge face a tricky cake naming challenge before the next elimination test.

19Season 8

Team Challenge: Royal Children's Hospital FĂȘte

May 25, 2016

The 18 contestants were randomly divided into three teams. They had to cook three dishes (one savoury, two sweet with one of these containing jam) for a crowd of 1000-2000 people who would turn up for a fete.

18Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Lachlan Colwill

May 24, 2016

Matt Preston and Nigella Lawson arrive at the contestant house in the middle of the night as the three best from Nigella's invention test are asked to create a midnight snack for a chance at immunity.

17Season 8

Pressure Test: Nigella Lawson's Three-Course Dinner

May 23, 2016

The bottom three from Nigella's invention test face elimination in what might be the toughest pressure test ever, as contestants have just one hour to recreate Nigella's three-course meal.

16Season 8

Nigella's Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

May 22, 2016

It's Nigella Lawson Week. Contestants have 75 minutes to create a delicious dish based on Nigella's divine indulgences. The top three will have a chance at immunity while the bottom three face elimination.

15Season 8

Raw and Cooked Elimination Challenge

May 19, 2016

The losing team from the service challenge now faces elimination as the contestants create a dish without any cooking. The bottom three will then cook-off to avoid elimination from the competition.

14Season 8

Huxtable & Pei Modern Team Challenge

May 18, 2016

In this service challenge, the contestants are split into two teams. Each team must cook a three-course meal for 30 people replicating dishes from two celebrated Melbourne restaurants.

13Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Braden White

May 17, 2016

The three best performers in the invention test must create a dish using popcorn as the core ingredient. The winner will then need to out-cook the professional guest chef for immunity.

12Season 8

Pressure Test: Reynold Poernomo's

May 16, 2016

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last nights the invention test face off in the pressure test. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

11Season 8

Viewers' Choice Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test

May 15, 2016

This mystery box challenge has been chosen by the viewers. Contestants have 75 minutes to create a dish using at least one ingredient chosen by the viewers.

10Season 8

Elimination Challenge: The Alphabet Game & MasterClass 1

May 12, 2016

The contestants from the losing pub lunch challenge team must correctly name an ingredient to avoid the elimination cook-off challenge, as the contestant with the least impressive dish will go home.

09Season 8

Plough Hotel Team Challenge

May 11, 2016

This challenge is all about the pub lunch. The contestants are split into two teams and must cook three courses for 70 people with Marco Pierre White running the pass.

08Season 8

Immunity Challenge: Jake Kellie

May 10, 2016

The top three contestants from the invention test must make a filled pasta with a matching sauce. The winner will then enter a cook off for immunity against guest chef, Jake Kellie.

07Season 8

Pressure Test: Marco Pierre White's Dory a la Nicoise

May 9, 2016

It takes 20 ovens, miles of stainless steel, an arsenal of appliances and knives that chop, cut, slice and dice, to discover the best amateur chef in Australia. Tasks include mystery boxes, celebrity chef challenges, masterclasses and off-site challenges. The usual elimination format applies.

06Season 8

Marco's Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test

May 8, 2016

The hopeful chefs suit up and show up for Marco Pierre White Week. With 75 minutes ticking away, they use the ingredients from Marco's mystery box of ingredients.

05Season 8

Elimination Challenge

May 5, 2016

In the first elimination challenge, three contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

04Season 8

Top 24 Mystery Box Challenge

May 4, 2016

2015's Masterchef, Billie McKay, knows exactly what this crop of aspirants are going through. Do you reckon she'll go easy on them when she picks the ingredients of the First Mystery Box?

03Season 8

Auditions Part 3

May 3, 2016

With the Final Round of the Judge's Audition comes the First Pressure Test, which involves a Shannon Bennett Chocolate Bar.

02Season 8

Auditions Part 2

May 2, 2016

In the second judges' auditions our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish. To receive an apron, the contestants must receive a yes from all three judges.

01Season 8

Series Premiere: Auditions Part 1

May 1, 2016

Contestants started Series 8 with a challenge to cook their signature dish in one hour, vying for automatic entry into the Top 24.