MasterChef Australia
Season 8 Episode 36 - Mystery Box Challenge: Ugly Ingredients & Invention Test: Relay
It’s the start of another week and for our top 12 contestantsandthat means a Mystery Box and Invention Test.Everyone is excited, because by the weeks end, we will have our Top 10!
Audio Languages: English
Directed by:Richard Smead
Season 8
S08:E01 - Premiere
In the first of three judges' auditions, our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish.
S08:E02 - 2nd Judges' Auditions
In the second judges' auditions our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish in the hopes of receiving an apron.
S08:E03 - Final Round Judges' Auditions
With the Final Round of the Judge's Audition comes the First Pressure Test, which involves a Shannon Bennett Chocolate Bar.
S08:E04 - First Mystery Box Challenge
2015's Masterchef, Billie McKay, picks the ingredients of the First Mystery Box.
S08:E05 - First Elimination Challenge
In the first elimination challenge, 3 contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges.
S08:E06 - Marco Pierre White's Mystery Box Challenge
The hopeful chefs suit up and show up for Marco Pierre White Week. With 75 minutes ticking away, they use the ingredients from Marco's mystery box of ingredients.
S08:E07 - Marco Pierre White's John Dory Pressure Test
It takes 20 ovens, miles of stainless steel, an arsenal of appliances and knives that chop, cut, slice and dice, to discover the best amateur chef in Australia.
S08:E08 - Immunity Challenge With Jake Kellie
The top three contestants from the invention test must make a filled pasta with a matching sauce. The winner will enter a cook off for immunity against guest chef, Jake Kellie.
S08:E09 - Pub Lunch Team Challenge
This challenge is all about the pub lunch. The contestants are split into two teams and must cook three courses for 70 people with Marco Pierre White running the pass.
S08:E10 - Pressure Test & Masterclass
The contestants from the losing pub lunch challenge team must correctly name an ingredient to avoid the elimination cook-off challenge.
S08:E11 - Viewers Choice Mystery Box
This mystery box challenge has been chosen by the viewers. Contestants have 75 minutes to create a dish using at least one ingredient chosen by the viewers.
S08:E12 - Pressure Test Reynold Poernomo
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last nights the invention test face off in the pressure test.
S08:E13 - Popcorn Immunity Challenge
The three best performers in the invention test must create a dish using popcorn as the core ingredient. The winner will then get a chance for immunity.
S08:E14 - Service Challenge
In this service challenge, the contestants are split into two teams. Each team must cook a three-course meal for 30 people.
S08:E15 - No Cooking Elimination Challenge
The losing team from the service challenge now faces elimination as the contestants create a dish without any cooking.
S08:E16 - Nigella Lawson's Mystery Box
Contestants have 75 minutes to create a delicious dish based on Nigella's divine indulgences. The top 3 will have a chance at immunity while the bottom 3 face elimination.
S08:E17 - Nigella Lawson's Three-Course Meal Pressure Test
The bottom three from Nigella's invention test face elimination in what might be the toughest pressure test ever!
S08:E18 - Midnight Snack Immunity Challenge
Matt Preston and Nigella Lawson arrive at the contestant house. The three best from Nigella's invention test are asked to create a midnight snack for a chance at immunity.
S08:E19 - Fete Team Challenge
Split into three teams, each must prepare one savoury and two sweet dishes to sell at a fete in honour of Nigella Lawson with proceeds donated to the Royal Children's Hospital.
S08:E20 - Name That Cake Elimination Challenge
The losing fete challenge team now face elimination. Contestants must correctly name cakes or impress the judges with a cake of their own to stay in the competition.
S08:E21 - Waste Not, Want Not Mystery Box
The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish using the ingredients in the mystery box. The winner will cook for a chance at immunity.
S08:E22 - Pressure Test: Jason Atherton's Quail Afternoon Tea Dish
Guest chef Jason Atherton, a British chef with 19 restaurants in four continents, and three Michelin stars
S08:E23 - Immunity Challenge
A big surprise awaits Matt, Chloe, Karmen and Mimiarrive as they arrive for today’s Immunity Challenge.
S08:E24 - Off-Site Challenge: Hellenic Republic
The contestants arrive for a challenge at George’srestaurant, Hellenic Republic in the Melbourne’s Kew.
S08:E25 - Elimination Challenge: Blind Taste Test
The eight amateur cooks from the losing team in yesterday’s team challenge, including immunity pin wearer Matt, now face elimination.
S08:E26 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
The judges reveal that they have switched things up. Todaythe Invention Test will be first, and the maker of the winning dish will gain a massive advantage.
S08:E27 - Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's Mess
The judges explain that today’s challenge will take ultimate effort andfocus.Then they introduce the ‘punk powerhouse of pastry’from the Shangri-La in Sydney, Anna Polyviou.
S08:E28 - Immunity Challenge
The contestants arrive at the MasterChef Kitchen with Gary, George and Matt there to greet them, along with Immunity Cook mentor Shannon Bennett.
S08:E29 - Team Challenge: Chinese New Year
The contestants arrive inMelbourne’s famed China Town, where the judges reveal that today they will be working in two teams tohelp celebrate Chinese New Year.
S08:E30 - Elimination Challenge
After losing in last night’s Chinese New Year challenge, Matt, Chloe, Mimi, Zoe, Elena, Harry andMilesarrive at MasterChef Kitchen to see 7 benches.
S08:E31 - Mystery Box Challenge: Luke Nguyen & Invention Test
The 13 remaining cooks enter the kitchen to discover it’s POWER APRON week and every day will be a game changer.
S08:E32 - Pressure Test: Ross Lusted
After a poor performance in yesterday’s Invention Test, Elise, Zoe andElena find themselves facing elimination in today’s Pressure Test.
S08:E33 - Top 12
The Top 12 enter the kitchen on nightthree of powerapron week curious as to what their challenge will be.
S08:E34 - Team Challenge
The contestants arrive at Sails On The Bay restaurant, primed for a team challenge where they will be preparing a 6-course degustation meal for 50 diners.
S08:E35 - Elimination Challenge
Trent, Chloe, Elise andNicolettearrive at the MasterChef kitchen to discover that they will be facing off in a series of duels over two rounds.
S08:E36 - Mystery Box Challenge: Ugly Ingredients & Invention Test: Relay
It’s the start of another week and for our top 12 contestantsandthat means a Mystery Box and Invention Test.Everyone is excited, because by the weeks end, we will have our Top 10!
S08:E37 - Pressure Test: Flynn McGarry
After losing yesterday’s Invention Test relay, today Anastasia, Chloe, Heather and Theresaface a Pressure Test, where one of these four friends willleave the competition.
S08:E38 - Immunity Challenge: Victor Liong
In Round One, they must face a skills test. Matt Preston tells them that it is not just any skills test, but a fast and furious triathlon of skills tests related to dessert.
S08:E39 - Team Challenge: Gourmet Cinema
The judges arrive at the contestant’s house to reveal that today the contestants will be competing in a team challenge.
S08:E40 - Elimination Challenge
The five amateur cooks from the losing team in yesterday’s challenge now face elimination: Mimi, Karmen, Elise, Trent and Matt.
S08:E41 - Heston Week
MasterChef favourite Heston Blumenthal returns to set our contestants their biggest challenge yet.
S08:E42 - Team Challenge: Brighton Beach Ice Cream Stands
It’s day two of Heston Week and the contestants arrive at beautiful Brighton Beach, eager to find out what might lie ahead of them today.
S08:E43 - Heston Week: Pop Up Three
The contestants arrive at The University of Melbourne for Heston’s third pop up restaurant. The judges greet them by a gothic style entrance withimposing Greek statues.
S08:E44 - Heston Week: Pop Up Four
The contestants who are cooking today -Mimi, Elise, Harry and Theresa, will be inspired by recipes from the 15th, 17th, 18thand 19th centuries.
S08:E45 - Heston Week: Elimination
It’s the final challenge of Heston week, the contestants are back in the MasterChef kitchen. Each contestant will select a colour which must form the inspiration for their dish.
S08:E46 - Myster Box & Invention Test
The judges welcome the Top Nineto the MasterChef kitchen for what they promise will be the toughest week ever.
S08:E47 - Pressue Test: Peter Gilmore
After serving up two finale challenges with Chocolate Ethereal and Snow Egg, Peter has delivered another extremely hard dish –his Cherry Jam Lamington.
S08:E48 - Immunity Challenge: Shannon Bennett
Elise, Brett and Harry face off for the chance to win the final immunity pin for 2016.
S08:E49 - Team Challenge: North, South, East, West
oday is a team challenge and that contestants will break into four teams of two, each representing a region of Australia –north, south, east and west.
S08:E50 - Elimination Challenge: Time Auction
Each contestant will start with 120 minutes and will bid in 5-minute increments of time for the choice of the ingredients they would like to use in their dish.
S08:E51 - California Week: San Franciso Mystery Box & Invention Test
They’ll kick off the week with a Mystery Box and an Invention Testtoday, but with a twist.They are in the foodie haven of San Francisco!
S08:E52 - California Week: Team Challenge
George tells them that the specially devisedchallenge today will be part Pressure Test part Team Challenge.
S08:E53 - California Week: Fast Track Challenge
The contestants have 90 minutes to create one dish that celebrates the grape, the winner having the honor of being first to make it through to Finals Week of MasterChef 2016.
S08:E54 - California Week: Santa Monica Food Trucks
Each teammustprepare two dishes for at least 200 people in traditional American food trucks bythe boardwalk. They’ll havetwo and a halfhours of preparation before service begins.
S08:E55 - California Week: Elimination Challenge at Maude
Today they’ll be cooking in a special kitchen, at Curtis Stone’s award-winning restaurant Maudein Beverly Hills
S08:E56 - Finals Week: Mystery Box & Invention Test
A familiar lookingmystery boxgreets the contestants, but lifting the lid reveals the not so familiar.
S08:E57 - Finals Week: Christy Tania's Mistique
Christy reveals, Mistique, a dish she has created especially for this challenge and which shedescribes inone word as terrifying.
S08:E58 - Finals Week: Lake House Service Challenge
Alla has designed today’s menu to reflect the region and the season and the judges reveal that they will be cooking five dishes from the Lake House menu
S08:E59 - Finals Week: Elimination Challenge
Today’s elimination challenge is all about celebrating how far each of these contestants have come since they first received their MasterChef aprons.
S08:E60 - Masterclass 5
Matt Preston announces that today there will be a Mystery Box. But it’s not for the contestants, it’s for Gary, George and Shannon.
S08:E61 - Quarter Finals: Elimination Mystery Box Challenge
There are only four contestants left: Matt, Elena, Harry and Elise. They are all excited for the chance to be in the top 3 of MasterChef 2016.
S08:E62 - Semi Final
It’s the semi final of MasterChef 2016 and, after todays cook, our two finalists will be decided.
S08:E63 - Grand Finale
This is it,the Grand Finale. After months of battling it out in the kitchen it all comes down to Elena and Matt, ready to fight it out for the title of Master Chef 2016.
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