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Sydney and Adelaide auditions.
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Brisbane and Perth Deliver.
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The Auditions continue in Melbourne
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The 12 weakest performers in the onion dicing challenge are tasked with cooking a dish that will 'wow' the judges using only the limited ingredients available in the pantry.
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Contestants are brought to Sydney's famous fish markets where their task is to prepare a two course seafood meal in just 2 hours. However that time must also be used to shop for ingredients and make their way back to the kitchen.
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The top 20 contestants are revealed.
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The contestants cook up a storm in the new MasterChef kitchen. Top 20 Cooking Challenge
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Celebrity Chef Challenge 1 - Manu Feildel beat Sam.
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Sushi Restaurant Team Challenge
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Having lost the challenge, the blue team contemplate who to eliminate.
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Lamb Rack with Pomme Puree, Pain Perdu with Chocolate Olive Oil Mousse.
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In an emotional invention test, the remaining five contestants are surprised to learn that there are no rules or restraints: they can cook whatever they choose with full access to the pantry.
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Julie, Aaron and Linda are asked to make a tarte tatin (caramelized apple tart) using a basic recipe.
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Martin Boetz takes on Brent in cooking the signature longrain dish of eggnet, pork, prawns, and cucumber relish,
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In today's seafood banquet team challenge, Brent was given captainship of the blue team for winning the invention test and chose Geni as the captain of the red team.
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The blue team, headed by Brent, face elimination.
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Poached egg salad with tomato tea (consommé), roast saddle of rabbit with white bean puree, ricotta tortellini, eton mess. The chefs expressed surprise that Brent had been voted off. Calombaris said, "Interesting. Really interesting."
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Todays mystery box challenge includes chocolate, oranges, eggs, sugar, coconut, flour.
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Michelle, Sam and Kate had to follow a basic recipe to cook chargrilled, stuffed squid in their challenge. Despite not having the time to cook her squid, Kate managed to produce the best of the three. Michelle's was deemed worse than Sam's and she was sent packing.
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Julia and chef Peter Evans compete in preparing tea-smoked duck breast with ravioli with water chestnut, pear, and duck liver with blood orange sauce, spinach, and crispy fried ginger.
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Today's challenge is a three-course meal in one hour using a limited pantry to be served to Matt Preston and fellow food critics Simon Thomsen and Larissa Dubecki.
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At elimination, most of the team feel that Josh's abilities were inadequate and believe that he was the main flaw in determining their loss. Almost all the team, with the exception of Julie voting for Geni and Josh himself voting for Aaron, vote for Josh, sending him home.
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Chilli and Fennel Squid, Chinese Mushroom Stir-fry with Tofu, Chocolate and Jaffa Soufflé. The chefs express surprise that Josh had been the one voted off.
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Today's mystery box challenge include eggs, chili peppers, ale, potato and a whole red snapper.
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Trevor, Sam and Tom make a Sticky Date and Toffee Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce and Almond Praline from a provided recipe. There are only minor flaws in each, but overall Tom's is deemed the best. The judges choose to spare Sam and Trevor as the differences between the dishes are too trivial.
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Chris competes with Alex Herbert of Bird Cow Fish making one of her signature dishes, Potato Gnocchi with Sauteed Prawns in a Burnt Butter Sauce. He has an hour and forty-five minutes, she has an hour and fifteen. The judges give Chris 7/8/6 and Alex 8/9/8 out of ten. Winner: Alex Herbert.
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Today's challenge sees both teams with a $750 budget. Red team made lamb skewers with yogurt sauce, aroncini balls, toffee apples, caramelized pineapple skewers. Blue team made lamb kofta with yogurt relish and mushroom risotto.
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At elimination, Sandra and Kate both receive an equal number of three votes, Sandra for her service and Kate for her lack of cooking skills and leadership qualities. Kate being the team leader decides to vote herself out to pursue a pastry apprenticeship outside MasterChef.
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Snapper in a Bag and Chunky Chips, Risotto with Pumpkin and Goat's Cheese, Rib Eye Steak with Red Wine Sauce and Spinach.
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Today's mystery box challenge requires contestants to make cupcakes. John Torode of MasterChef UK serves as guest judge.
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Aaron, Sandra and Julie faced elimination and had to make paella. Sandra produced the best whilst Aaron's overconfidence saw him neglecting to taste, and hence, did not achieve a correct balance of spices. Ultimately, he was sent home.
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Justine competes with Guy Grossi of Grossi Florentino making one of his signature dishes, Lobster with Russian salad. She has an hour and thirty minutes, he has an hour. The judges give Justine 7/7/6 and Grossi 7/7/7 out of ten. Winner: Guy Grossi beat Justine.
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Contestants must prepare a three-course meal to be served at the Sydney's Flying Fish restaurant.
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Sam was scolded by the judges for producing the worst of the dishes of the Blue Team and Trevor was criticised for his choice to use bait as ingredients for the meal. In the end, Trevor voted for Sam, but Trevor's choice to use the bait, which made the food "taste like the bottom of a boat," was enough to see him have majority of votes to send him home.
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Lobster Linguine, Tuscan Vegetable Soup, Roast Chicken with Buttery Potatoes, Lemon Diva cupcakes.
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Contestants are thrown a curve ball. Instead of a mystery box, they face a taste test, with the contestant who correctly guesses the most ingredients of the dish will win an advantage in the invention test.
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Tom, Poh, Chris and Julie had to make Croquembouche. Despite an unsettling start, Poh went on to produce the best dish. Julie came in second leaving Tom and Chris as the two worst. In the end, Tom was eliminated.
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Lucas Parsons faces off with Chef Ben O'Donoghue cooking kangaroo.
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With the remaining contestants split into two teams, they must compete to prepare 600 canapes for the exclusive James Bond themed launch of the Martini Club at the Observatory Hotel.
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Geni's fig and duck lady cigars is hailed as "the best dish all night". The losing Blue team from the Martini Club challenge are made to cast their votes and eliminate one person from the competition.
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Feta Blini with Smoked Beetroot, John Dory on the Bone with Vegetables, Coffee éclairs with Vanilla Cream Filling.
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Contestants must cook a two-course meal in 90 minutes using both prawns and nuts as core ingredients. Whoever cooks the worst dishes must face a pressure test.
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Geni, Poh and Andre were in the bottom three and had to make salmon terrine. Again, Poh produced the best dish of the three. Geni, with her injured fingers could not cope and produced the worst dish which ultimately saw her eliminated.
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Justine goes head to head against Aria's celebrity chef Matt Moran, with both of them preparing a poached pear tart dessert.
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The 6 competitors face their greatest challenge as they cater for a wedding with only 24 hours notice, and discover the wedding will take place on a boat with over 100 guests.
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Poh and Sam must name the 18 ingredients in a pot of minestrone. Poh incorrectly guessed 'barley' and she was eliminated.
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Kingfish Skewers with Zucchini Salad, Piña Colada, Prawn Saganaki, Raspberry Tart.
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The final five contestants head to Hong Kong for the week. They arrive to be greeted by a Chinese dragon and the judges at the Langham Place hotel where they will stay in the penthouse suite. The week starts with a Dim Sum challenge.
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High Tea/Rainbow Fish Challenge. Contestants Andre, Justine and Julie are taken to Lamma Island, near Hong Kong, to visit a local fishing village, where they will compete with a guest chef in a super challenge.
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As the winner of the Lamma Island fish challenge, Julie will face off against celebrity chef Donovan Cooke's top apprentice, Tam Kin Pak, in a Hong Kong style cook-off.
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Mystery Steamer Challenge and Super Challenge. Men and women compete against in the Hong Kong Super Challenge which takes both teams on a trek across the city for fresh ingredients to recreate a 3 course menu risking elimination.
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Justine and Julie landed in the bottom 2 and had to make a sweet and sour duck stir fry. Justine, despite being a frontrunner, produced the worst dish and was eliminated.
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Fried Rice, Hot Salami Pizza, Seared Scallops with Braised Pork Belly, Lemon and Date Scones.
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Three-course meal, 'Romance' theme - No contestants up for elimination.
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Each of the four can cook whatever they want, to represent their aspirations and self-profile as a chef. They even get unlimited access & time in the pantry, previously never possible. The winner will get a great reward: lunch with three outstanding and acclaimed chefs in Sydney.
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In the celebrity chef challenge, Andre faces Emmanuel Stroobant. They both cook scampi with mushrooms and potatoes Tasmanian style.
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Offsite challenge to feed 200 crew on a Navy ship; the remaining four contestants are joined by Tom, Poh and Justine. Judges' choice returning contestants to cater for the crew of HMAS Kanimbla. Losing dishes face elimination.
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Sam and Tom, as the bottom two from the navy challenge, now face a taste off in which they need to identify the 20 ingredients in a moussaka.
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Crepes Suzette, Twice Baked Cheese Souffle, Braised Lamb Shanks, Open Beef Kofta.
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'Christmas in July' theme. In the mystery box challenge, the remaining contestants choose from an array of ingredients, and then must create their own unique sausage.
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In today's pressure test elimination Sam, Poh, Chris and Andre must cook a combination of panna cotta, passionfruit emulsion ("passionfruit slick") and filled macaroon biscuits.
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It's the final celeb chef challenge and Julie as winner of the Christmas in July challenge faces celeb chef Adrian Richardson; they both cook a stuffed loin of saltbush lamb with pommes gallete and a beetroot glaze.
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Contestants must cook for a dinner party hosted by Matt Preston for four leaders of the Australian food industry, Armando Percuoco, Margaret Fulton, Jacques Reymond and Cheong Liew.
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Andre and Chris had to guess 24 ingredients in a pot of Sri Lankan curry. After reaching the halfway point, Andre struggled and guessed "curry powder". It was not in the dish, and Andre was eliminated.
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Pork and Fennel Sausages with Baked Beans, Roast Salmon and Artichokes with Red Wine Sauce, Chocolate Cigar with Sabayon.
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Contestants are asked to cook a meal for under ten dollars using ingredients bought from the pantry. Goat was chosen as the core ingredient for the invention test.
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Today's elimination challenge sees contestants making two pies - one sweet and one savoury. Everyone must make their own pastry.
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Poh selects Malaysian as the theme and picks coconut cream and ling fish for the core ingredients in today's elimination challenge. Contestants have 90 minutes to make two courses.
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Today's elimination challenge emulate the pressure test challenge where the contestants needed to make a several layered 'Chocolate Mousse' cake. Bill Granger is in the MasterChef kitchen as a guest judge.
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Contestants must cook dishes they would include in a self-authored recipe book. Cookbook writer Donna Hay acts as the guest judge.
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The Top 20 contestants were reunited in the final Masterclass and revealed what they have been up to since leaving the show. Poh and Julie also challenged George and Gary to a Mystery Box Challenge.
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Poh and Julie compete against each other in three rounds consisting of a taste test, an invention test and a pressure test. Points are earned for each test, with the winner decided based on the final tally.
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