Episode 1
Aired May 1, 2017
Judges welcome a new set of home cooks; they must tackle cooking challenges to win a spot in the Masterchef Australia 2017 competition.
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Episode 2
Aired May 2, 2017
Contestants without aprons face an invention test from guest judge Maggie Beer to win a place in the competition.
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Episode 3
Aired May 3, 2017
Pastry chef Anna Polyviou sets the remaining hopefuls a recreation challenge for the first Pressure Test of 2017.
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Episode 4
Aired May 4, 2017
The top 24 have their first mystery box challenge; bottom four face an elimination challenge; one contestant is sent home.
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Episode 5
Aired May 4, 2017
The top 24 have their first mystery box challenge; bottom four face an elimination challenge; one contestant is sent home.
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Episode 6
Aired May 7, 2017
An immunity challenge and a mystery box; contestants are under pressure to race the clock.
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Episode 7
Aired May 8, 2017
Bottom three contestants must make a chicken dish to gain a spot in the next round.
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Episode 8
Aired May 9, 2017
Invention Test
A chance for immunity; best contestant in a family meal test can receive a prize if they take down a competitor.
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Episode 9
Aired May 10, 2017
Pressure Test (2nd Elimination)
Contestants prepare four dishes in two teams to avoid elimination.
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Episode 10
Aired May 11, 2017
Immunity Pin Challenge
Elimination challenge; judges hold their first MasterClass.
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Episode 11
Aired May 14, 2017
Team Challenge Restaurant Service
A mystery box challenge to give competitors an advantage in the invention test.
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Episode 12
Aired May 15, 2017
Pressure Test (3rd Elimination)
An elimination test to recreate a cake will send one contestant home.
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Episode 13
Aired May 16, 2017
An immunity challenge between healthy and decadent ingredients for a battle against a professional chef.
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Episode 14
Aired May 17, 2017
Mystery Box
A relay challenge with teams of four; fifteen minutes to cook and less than a minute to pass it to their teammate.
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Episode 15
Aired May 18, 2017
The team that came in last in the relay faces elimination; ninety minutes to buy ingredients to compete between each other.
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Episode 16
Aired May 21, 2017
Pressure Test (4th Elimination)
Mystery box challenge with a dessert but only five will be tasted before the immunity round.
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Episode 17
Aired May 22, 2017
Bottom three face an elimination challenge; ice cream float with a helium filled toffee balloon.
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Episode 18
Aired May 23, 2017
Immunity challenge with a twist; three top competitors from the last challenge; each competitor must face a professional chef.
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Episode 19
Aired May 24, 2017
Pressure Test (5th Elimination)
The cooks are split into teams for a tricky challenge; it tests their ability to work together as they try to create an edible art installation in under seven hours.
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Episode 20
Aired May 25, 2017
Mystery Box
The blue team faces elimination in a taste-test challenge; must create a dish in 75 minutes to gain a spot in the next round.
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Episode 21
Aired May 28, 2017
Mystery box of Thai ingredients; trying to gain an advantage for the upcoming round.
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Episode 22
Aired May 29, 2017
Three hours to impress to keep their spot; pressure test by the 2016 chef of the year to eliminate another competitor.
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Episode 23
Aired May 30, 2017
Top three competitors take on a professional chef to get immunity; must reinvent a classic.
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Episode 24
Aired May 31, 2017
Competitors split into teams at South Melbourne Market; bottom two teams face elimination.
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Episode 25
Aired Jun 1, 2017
Eight contestants compete to keep their spot as elimination dawns; must do three rounds to continue.
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Episode 26
Aired Jun 4, 2017
Mystery box by Yotam Ottolenghi; earning an advantage for next round's invention test.
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Episode 27
Aired Jun 5, 2017
Pressure test by Yotam Ottolenghi; bottom three contestants face elimination.
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Episode 28
Aired Jun 6, 2017
Three top competitors must face off with a professional chef to win immunity.
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Episode 29
Aired Jun 7, 2017
Must create a vegetarian dish for meat lovers; split into teams and bottom team faces elimination.
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Episode 30
Aired Jun 8, 2017
Losing team from the previous challenge faces elimination; Yotam Ottolenghi MasterClass.
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Episode 31
Aired Jun 11, 2017
International chef Curtis Stone sets the mystery box challenge; an hour to impress judges before the elimination round.
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Episode 32
Aired Jun 12, 2017
The bottom four from the invention round must do the Pressure Test; competitors must recreate a dessert dish by a top chocolatier to avoid elimination.
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Episode 33
Aired Jun 13, 2017
Eliminated contestants have a second chance; one of the twelve can secure a place in the kitchen.
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Episode 34
Aired Jun 14, 2017
Competitors team up and create a three-course menu for 100 people; Matt Sinclair guest stars to mentor the competitors.
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Episode 35
Aired Jun 15, 2017
The pop-up restaurant challenge leaves six members of the losing team with the threat of elimination; it's an elimination round with a twist.
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Episode 36
Aired Jun 18, 2017
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal takes the remaining 12 on a journey through country Victoria; begins alongside Murray River as they create dishes along the way.
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Episode 37
Aired Jun 19, 2017
Competitors form teams of two to impress guest judge, Heston Blumenthal; must use a specially chosen element to avoid elimination.
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Episode 38
Aired Jun 20, 2017
Guest judge Heston Blumenthal takes the team to Mildura; theme of the challenge is inspired by Earth elements; split into two groups of four in the hopes of avoiding elimination.
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Episode 39
Aired Jun 21, 2017
The competitors must create a savory meal in one hour; the dish must include the fire element; bottom two must compete in a cooking challenge to avoid elimination.
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Episode 40
Aired Jun 22, 2017
The chefs must cook a meal in 75 minutes; Heston Blumenthal shares his recipe for barbeque leg of Mallee lamb.
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Episode 41
Aired Jun 25, 2017
The chefs must create three meals, using only the ingredients from the Mystery Box, for their chance to gain advantage in the invention test; Peter Gilmore guest judges.
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Episode 42
Aired Jun 26, 2017
The chefs must recreate a Bajan fish dish to avoid elimination; Paul Carmichael guest judges.
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Episode 43
Aired Jun 27, 2017
Immunity Challenge
Top three winners from the invention test face off to avoid elimination; all aiming to out-perform one of Australia's top chefs.
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Episode 44
Aired Jun 28, 2017
Each team of two must create two plates of identical dishes; the teams are not allowed to look at or taste their partners' dish.
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Episode 45
Aired Jun 29, 2017
The four contestants who came last in the team challenge must participate in a cook-off in order to gain immunity from elimination.
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Episode 46
Aired Jul 2, 2017
The remaining contestants are flown to Japan; they must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.
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Episode 47
Aired Jul 3, 2017
The nine contestants continue their mission trip in Tokyo; with Ben's win in the earlier challenge, the remaining eight must create a dish for an eight course meal; George overlooks the whole operation.
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Episode 48
Aired Jul 4, 2017
Challenge winners Sarah, Karlie and Ben fight for immunity; they must add a Japanese fruit in a dish within an hour.
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Episode 49
Aired Jul 5, 2017
The remaining competitors tackle a feed-the-public challenge in Shinjuku; the team that stays calm in a busy alleyway remains, while the other faces elimination.
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Episode 50
Aired Jul 6, 2017
The losing team from the street stall challenge fight to continue in the competition; the bottom contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they want to go.
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Episode 51
Aired Jul 9, 2017
The eight competitors return to the Australia kitchen; there's one hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients in an invention test.
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Episode 52
Aired Jul 10, 2017
Ben, Eloise and Diana compete in a pressure test; the competitors have three hours to create the Nest; the losing competitor is sent home.
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Episode 53
Aired Jul 11, 2017
The three best invention test dishes battle for immunity in a souffle challenge; the winner competes against chef Federico Zanellato.
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Episode 54
Aired Jul 12, 2017
Six of the seven remaining competitors compete to avoid elimination; each are given an entree, main or dessert to serve fifty customers.
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Episode 55
Aired Jul 13, 2017
The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge compete to remain safe; two more contestants get fast-tracked to finals week.
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Episode 56
Aired Jul 16, 2017
Eliza, Karlie and Tamara have 75 minutes to inspire their dishes with the memories of their respective vacation with their loved ones for the last two places to advance in the Finals Week.
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Episode 57
Aired Jul 17, 2017
The bottom three from the invention test battle each other in a pressure test.
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Episode 58
Aired Jul 18, 2017
Diana, Karlie and Sarah have three and a half hours to make the signature dish of Chef Shaun Quade; the dish is composed of various seafood and lemon marmalade concealed with flavoured sand, mussel foam and a miso pine nut ice cream.
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Episode 59
Aired Jul 19, 2017
The top four contestants go to a Melbourne restaurant called Dinner by Heston to take part in a service challenge.
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Episode 60
Aired Jul 20, 2017
The bottom three contestants have to create a dish to secure a spot in the semi-final; the judges participate in a masterclass run by Shannon Bennett; Curtis Stone with an invention test.
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Episode 61
Aired Jul 23, 2017
The top three competitors must create two courses for twenty guests to reach the grand finale.
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Episode 62
Aired Jul 24, 2017
The final two compete for $250,000 and the title of MasterChef 2017; also fighting for a column in the Australian food magazine, Delicious.
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Episode 63
Aired Apr 28, 2023
MasterChef Australia is a Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef.
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