MasterChef Australia

18 contestants go into the second day of the top 50. The episode is in two parts; Part 1 – Invention Test – Core Skills: 7 aprons are awarded to 7 of the successful contestants.

It’s day one in the MasterChef kitchen and our contestants and the judges announce that this challenge will be a Mystery Box challenge and that it will involve some past champions.

Round 1 – Chinese Fried Rice cooking challenge, round 2 – “Name that Ingredient’ challenge and Round 3 – Cooking challenge with the bottom three from the round two challenge.

Contestants have 60 minutes to cook a dish using at least one ingredient. The judges tell contestants that this is the time to take risks! They are looking for skill, improvisation and flavour.

Today is the Elimination test. Who will be eliminated?

Challenge – the contestants were split into two teams and each team was responsible for running a lunch service at a popular restaurant.

The losing blue team from the offsite challenge had to compete against each other in a 3 round elimination. The task for each round was the same - cook one great snapper dish.

On the Mystery Box of the week, they find 8 fairly difficult ingredients inside – octopus, umeboshi plums, chocolate, pear, parsley, fresh bay leaves, verjuice and caper berries.

3 of the most popular contestants were up for elimination in this pressure test because they cooked raw quid in the Spanish Invention Test.

Tracy, Laura and Amy were the top 3 in the Invention Test so they got to compete for immunity. The episode played out in two rounds.

Teams have to cook a three-course meal for 30 guests, which exactly replicated three courses from a 2-hatted restaurant, either Ezard or Cutler and Co.

The losing team from the last challenge all faced a 3 round elimination. In the first round, the 10 contestants had to cook a dish in 30 minutes using only 10 ingredients.

George came walking through the MasterChef door with an army of ninjas carrying Mystery Boxes and they found out the mystery box ingredients for this week had come from The Press Club.

Christy Tania from Om Nom came in and presented her Mango Alfonso dessert which had 10 different elements on it. The contestants had 3 hours to replicate the dish with Christy's recipe.

Tash and Sarah had to cook off against each other in a mini-challenge to decide who would compete against Benjamin Cooper. The mini challenge was all about chillies.

The contestants walked into Sketch at Central Pier Docklands to discover an amazing table of desserts created by Darren Purchese. Their task was to create a four course dessert degustation.

The losing team had to face off in a Blind Taste Test. Their task was to taste a mystery dish in 3 minutes and then write down as many ingredients as they could in 2 minutes from that dish.

The winner from the last mystery box got an advantage in this challenge

The Pressure Test today was set by the two co-head chefs from St Crispin

With immunity up for grabs the three contestants battle it out with cheese. Who will get the chance to cook for immunity and go up against celebrated chef Matt Stone?

The contestants arrive at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market and are tasked to work in teams at four different stalls. The team with the lowest profit will face off in the elimination challenge.

The losing team from the off-site challenge will compete in a time-auction elimination challenge and one contestant's dream will be over. We end with a sweet Masterclass that's all about dessert.

In the invention test, each team has to produce one sweet and one savoury dish using chocolate, showing their versatility. The team that impresses the judges the most will win a chance at immunity.

In a pressure test like no other, internationally acclaimed chef Nobu Matsuhisa sets a challenge for the losing team from the invention test in one of the toughest cooks yet.

The three best performers in the invention test are vying for immunity. However, they must produce a dish using either a blow torch, a smoking gun or a cream whip dispenser.

Love is in the air as the contestants arrive at Melbourne's prestigious Ascot House to celebrate a diamond jubilee wedding anniversary with no food. That's where the contestants come in.

In a two-round elimination challenge the losing team from the off-site challenge go head-to-head to keep their place in the competition. Which amateur cook will say goodbye forever?

The contestants are stunned to find the Godfather of modern cooking, Marco Pierre White, waiting for them. The winner of Marco's mystery box challenge gets to choose the core ingredient in the invention test.

Marco Pierre White sets the pressure test challenge from his iconic cookbook, White Heat. Emotions run high when one contestant is sent packing forever.

The contestant cooking for immunity must match skills with Donovan Cooke from the renowned Melbourne restaurant Atlantic. Have they got what it takes to take down a professional?

The off-site challenge sees the contestants split into two teams to cook a three-course, British-inspired menu for 120 diners at Taxi Kitchen, in Melbourne's Federation Square.

Each contestant has one hour to cook a risotto, but to impress they must take this popular dish to another level. The contestant with the least impressive dish will leave the kitchen.

The contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen to find two mystery boxes, but this week these two boxes will turn the competition on its head.

In the Pressure Test Challenge, the contestants must work with chef and host of MasterChef India, Vikas Khanna. The least impressive dish will leave the competition.

,We are down to the Top Ten contestants but this challenge will present the biggest shock in the competition so far. Only the most courageous will win.

Guest chef Curtis Stone leads the service challenge at the Starlight Children's Foundation charity lunch. The contestants are split in two teams and must raise the most money for the charity.

In an intense Mystery Box challenge, the winning team from the service challenge play off for the power apron, which will mean they control every challenge played out next week.

It's power apron week and the contestant holding the apron will have a big advantage in the Mystery Box challenge and the Invention test. Which three contestants will face-off for elimination?

In one of the most difficult pressure tests yet, the three contestants must battle it out to stay in the competition. However, the power apron plays a role yet again and one cook will say goodbye.

In the immunity challenge the contestant with the power apron will compete for a chance at immunity. But will the power apron help the contestant get one over the professional chef?

he contestants travel toVictoria's Great Ocean Road in a special challenge that will see them cook with key produce from this rich and illustrious food-producing region of Australia.

Following the Blue team's lossat the Great Ocean Road team challenge, it's elimination day and Laura, Colin, Brent, Amy and Renae all face the prospect of going home...or do they?

Kirsten Tibbles - The Pastry Queen - cooks an incrediable multi-layered cake she calls 'Eve'. Decorates like a garden, complete with edible gold, tempered choclate bark and chocolate mushrooms

Its Heston Bluemental Week this week in the kitchen and to kick it off the contestants face a pressure test and must cook in teams HESTON'S JUBILEE TRIFLE a dish he made for the royal family.

The winning Yellow team from yesterday's Jubilee Trifle Pressure Test, all have the chance to win an immunity pin. But to do so, they much cook against Heston Blumenthal- and beat him!

The other 8 contestants are split into 2 teams and will preparing a medieval feast for a noble court of 10 knights and their ladies as well as the judges and Heston.

In todays elimination challenge contestants will have 90 minutes and a open pantry, to create a dish that stimulates all senses plus has a sense of theatre and is packed full of flavor

Tonight, Masterclass wraps up Heston week with the man himself joining Matt, Gary and George in the Kitchen for some cooking excitement.

The Top 8 contestants are off to Dubai for a week! They are to create a traditional banquet in the desert for 36 VIP Emirati guests.

6 contestants take part in todays Elimination Challenge. They must prepare a dinner for 50 VIP guests using the facilities of the Ossiano Kitchen and the guidence of Mark Patten

The judges advise them that World Food Week continues her back in Melbourne. And it starts now as a team challenge where they will be cooking lunch for the workers in Melbourne CBD

It's the end of Heston week and Amy, Tracy, Ben and Brent arrive at the MasterChef kitchen to face elimination. Today's challenge will decide which three contestants will join Laura, Jamie and Emelia in Finals Week and who will be sent home.

Finals Week has arrived and Ben, Brent, Emelia, Jamie, LauraandTracyare the final six, fighting it out to become the 2014 MasterChef Champion.

It's Finals Week in the MasterChef Kitchen and after Ben was eliminated last night the remaining 5 cooks arrive fired up to take on whatever challenge is thrown at them.

The Top 4, Brent, Emelia, Jamie and Lauraarrive at the MasterChef Kitchen and are told that there is no elimination today - only motivation. A guaranteed place in the Semi Final is on offer to the winner of today's challenge The Duel.

Last night Laura won her place in the Semi Final, so she does not have to cook today. Today Brent, Emelia and Jamie are competing for an incredible advantage in tomorrow's Pressure Test that will determine who gets the coveted final two spots in the semi final.

Our youngest contestant Laura hasalready secured a spot in the SemiFinal, so today nerves are running highas Emelia, Brent and Jamiebattle it out in afierce Pressure Test. At stake are the remaining two places in the SemiFinal. The loser willleave the competition.

It's SemiFinal time and Brent, Emelia and Laurahave been working hard to plantheir dream menus as they face one last hurdle before the MasterChef Grand Finale of 2014. At the end of today, only two will be left standing.

The day has finally arrived. MasterChef's Grand Finale. Brent Owens and Laura Cassai arrive atthe MasterChef Kitchen for one last chance to cook. By the end of the day, one of them will be crowned Australia's MasterChef for 2014.