My Kitchen Rules New Zealand

The hit cooking competition returns. In Auckland, prison psychologists Hannah and Cathy host the first instant restaurant and cook a three-course dinner for judges Ben Bayly and Gareth Stewart and four rival teams.

In New Plymouth, sporty mates Laurence and Paul host the second instant restaurant and cook a three-course meal for the judges and four rival teams.

At the third instant restaurant in Hawkes Bay, married couple Monique and Henry cook a three-course meal for the judges and four rival teams.

At the fourth instant restaurant, in Canterbury, mother and daughter Cheryl and Ruth cook a three-course meal for the judges and four rival teams.

With the lowest-scoring team facing elimination at the end of the round, best mates Travis and Jeremy host Group One’s final instant restaurant at Macraes Flat, north of Dunedin.

Husband and wife team Jay and Sarah kick off Group Two’s instant restaurant round, hosting a three-course dinner in Hamilton.

Manawatu friends Lauren and Simon host an instant restaurant for the MKR judges and four rival teams at a magnificent stately home in Palmerston North.

Foodie friends William and Zoe go all out to impress with an ambitious three-course menu at their instant restaurant in Auckland.

Sisters Kimberley and Brooke host a three-course meal at their Manawatu farm. But can they impress the city slickers?

The teams host a charity barbecue challenge for Oxfam at Auckland’s Britomart railway station, but there’s a twist no one sees coming.

Six teams face a rapid cook-off then a showdown at MKR headquarters to find who will be safe and who will go to sudden death.

The four bottom teams face off in a double sudden death challenge, cooking three-course meals for MKR judges Ben Bayly and Gareth Stewart and guest tasting panel Robert Oliver, Nadia Lim, Liz Egan and Grace Ramirez.

In a People’s Choice challenge at Auckland’s Ponsonby Rugby Club, the teams cook for a horde of hungry rugby players.

The teams compete in a beef and lamb cook-off and a bar snack challenge to find who will be safe and who will face sudden death.

The four bottom teams face off in a double sudden death challenge, cooking three-course meals for MKR judges Ben Bayly and Gareth Stewart and guest tasting panel Robert Oliver, Nadia Lim, Liz Egan and Grace Ramirez.

The top five teams cook a five-course degustation dinner for students and guests at Auckland’s Pakuranga College.

In the first semifinal, two teams cook their best three-course meals for the MKR judges and guests to find who will go through to the grand final.

In the second semifinal, the two remaining teams compete to win a place in the Grand Final.

The Grand Final. The two finalist teams cook five courses each for the MKR judges and guest tasting panel to find who will win the MKR New Zealand 2015 title and $100,000.