MasterChef South Africa

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants

Contestants are tasked with a technical challenge and cooking a dish that is personal to one of the judges.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

The contestants have to show the judges what they could do with a few South African classics.

The aspiring chefs face a hot pressure test involving different varieties of chilli.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Zola Nene and Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants.

Guest chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen gives the contestants a classic French dish challenge.

Contestants are faced with an egg-cellent challenge for a chance to go straight to the semi-finals.

Using inspiration from Mmabatho Molefe's divine Zulu cuisine, the contestants are split into two teams.

As the competition heats up, three cooks face an elimination challenge.

Battling for a place in the semi-finals, the contestants are thrown a plant-based curveball.

The four remaining cooks have to recreate chef Michael Cooke's dessert using grape bio products.

The cooks are set the challenge to make a fine dining roast dinner featuring seven colours.

The three finalists meet award-winning chef Kobus van der Merwe, then face their final challenge.