MasterChef South Africa

Thousands of home cooks from across South Africa line up in Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg.

The remaining contestants each get 45 minutes in the kitchen.

15 contestants hand in their aprons.

The Top 25 decamp to the beautiful Nitrox Art Foundation.

The contestants have two hours to create their sandwiches.

For their first Pressure Test, the Bottom 6 each have to prepare a perfect Hollandaise sauce.

It's time to face their first Mystery Box Challenge!

For the Elimination Challenge, the Bottom 3 are presented with the MasterChef judges' version of a classic.

In the MasterChef kitchen, the Bottom 7 are taking part in a Spice Identification Pressure Test.

The contestants have 90 minutes to create a dish with beef.

The three contestants who failed at the Beef Invention Test face off in an Elimination Challenge.

Invention Test Day starts on a dramatic note in the MasterChef House.

The five contestants who fared the worst in the Dairy Invention Test face off.

The Red and the Blue teams set off in their fleet of silver VW Touaregs into the heart of the Mother City.

The five members of the Red team pull up outside the MasterChef kitchen on the Nederburg wine estate.

The subject for today’s Taste Test is fruit.

In the Elimination Challenge, Ozzy, Karen, and Joani prepare a traditional South African Bobotie.

It’s Mystery Box time!

The Top 8 are still in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.