MasterChef Australia

In the first of three judges' auditions, our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish.

In the second judges' auditions our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish in the hopes of receiving an apron.

With the Final Round of the Judge's Audition comes the First Pressure Test, which involves a Shannon Bennett Chocolate Bar.

2015's Masterchef, Billie McKay, picks the ingredients of the First Mystery Box.

In the first elimination challenge, 3 contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The contestants from the losing pub lunch challenge team must correctly name an ingredient to avoid the elimination cook-off challenge.

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.

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last nights the invention test face off in the pressure test.

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.

In this service challenge, the contestants are split into two teams. Each team must cook a three-course meal for 30 people.

The losing team from the service challenge now faces elimination as the contestants create a dish without any cooking.

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.

The bottom three from Nigella's invention test face elimination in what might be the toughest pressure test ever!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Guest chef Jason Atherton, a British chef with 19 restaurants in four continents, and three Michelin stars

A big surprise awaits Matt, Chloe, Karmen and Mimiarrive as they arrive for today’s Immunity Challenge.

The contestants arrive for a challenge at George’srestaurant, Hellenic Republic in the Melbourne’s Kew.

The eight amateur cooks from the losing team in yesterday’s team challenge, including immunity pin wearer Matt, now face elimination.

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.

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.

The contestants arrive at the MasterChef Kitchen with Gary, George and Matt there to greet them, along with Immunity Cook mentor Shannon Bennett.

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.

After losing in last night’s Chinese New Year challenge, Matt, Chloe, Mimi, Zoe, Elena, Harry andMilesarrive at MasterChef Kitchen to see 7 benches.

The 13 remaining cooks enter the kitchen to discover it’s POWER APRON week and every day will be a game changer.

After a poor performance in yesterday’s Invention Test, Elise, Zoe andElena find themselves facing elimination in today’s Pressure Test.

The Top 12 enter the kitchen on nightthree of powerapron week curious as to what their challenge will be.

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.

Trent, Chloe, Elise andNicolettearrive at the MasterChef kitchen to discover that they will be facing off in a series of duels over two rounds.

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!

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.

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.

The judges arrive at the contestant’s house to reveal that today the contestants will be competing in a team challenge.

The five amateur cooks from the losing team in yesterday’s challenge now face elimination: Mimi, Karmen, Elise, Trent and Matt.

MasterChef favourite Heston Blumenthal returns to set our contestants their biggest challenge yet.

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.

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.

The contestants who are cooking today -Mimi, Elise, Harry and Theresa, will be inspired by recipes from the 15th, 17th, 18thand 19th centuries.

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.

The judges welcome the Top Nineto the MasterChef kitchen for what they promise will be the toughest week ever.

After serving up two finale challenges with Chocolate Ethereal and Snow Egg, Peter has delivered another extremely hard dish –his Cherry Jam Lamington.

Elise, Brett and Harry face off for the chance to win the final immunity pin for 2016.

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.

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.

George tells them that the specially devisedchallenge today will be part Pressure Test part Team 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.

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.

Today they’ll be cooking in a special kitchen, at Curtis Stone’s award-winning restaurant Maudein Beverly Hills

A familiar lookingmystery boxgreets the contestants, but lifting the lid reveals the not so familiar.

Christy reveals, Mistique, a dish she has created especially for this challenge and which shedescribes inone word as terrifying.

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

Today’s elimination challenge is all about celebrating how far each of these contestants have come since they first received their MasterChef aprons.

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.

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.

It’s the semi final of MasterChef 2016 and, after todays cook, our two finalists will be decided.

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.