Master Chef Australia

It's a new era for MasterChef Australia as Andy Allen welcomes three new judges; Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli, plus guest judge Jamie Oliver.

Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge. With Jamie Oliver running the kitchen, they need to impress the judges and feed 40 returning MasterChef Legends with a three-course meal.

The top five cooks from today's challenge will get the chance to cook in the first immunity and avoid the first elimination of the season. But first, Sofia has set them the challenge of making a dish that the judges cannot keep their hands off.

It's the first immunity challenge and it's a battle of Time Vs Ingredients. Five contestants must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook, OR up to 20 ingredients but only 45-minutes to cook.

The first elimination of the season is emotional, as the judges and contestants both share their food dreams, and stories of how they got there. With 75 minutes on the clock, the contestants must cook a dish that best represents their food dream.

Our cooks are set the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, Trevor and Sally, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.

Today in the MasterChef kitchen five contestants will get a Jamie Oliver masterclass as they try to 'Keep Up with Jamie'. The contestant whose dish least resembles Jamie's in look and taste will be sent home from the competition.

The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the Queen Victoria Night Market, with street food on the menu. In teams of five, they must create two dishes, one protein-led and one vegetarian to feed the hungry masses and wow the judges.

Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen with an incredible elimination challenge where the contestants must create a new dish taking inspiration from one her household classics: The Pine Burger, Maree's Lamb Chops & Maree's Fruit Salad Slice. 

This second Mystery Box comes with a twist our judges present secret ingredients that our cooks must use.The problem is, they won't know what the ingredients are until 30 minutes into the cook.

4 Michelin star chef and MasterChef judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the season with his 1992 dessert 'Jack in the Box' which helped him secure his first Michelin star and save his restaurant from financial ruin.

It's a two-round Immunity challenge. In the 1st round, 6 contestants represent their teammates,cooking with a unique ingredient. The Round 1 winner then cooks against their teammates, where the best dish will win immunity from the next elimination.

Today's two round elimination is the One Inch Cube taste test, where our blindfolded contestants must guess cubed ingredients to avoid round 2. The cooks in Round 2 have 75 minutes to create a dish using only the ingredients from round 1.

A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, curated by Jean-Christophe, has the contestants reaching for their finest French cooking skills to create 'magnifique' dishes. Who will rise to the occasion and avoid tomorrow's pressure test?

Four contestants battle it out in a Pressure Test at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat. They have four hours to recreate truffle farm owner – and hatted chef – Liam Downes' signature dish.

In the MasterChef kitchen today the cooks are divided into four teams where they must compete in the famous MasterChef Team Relay, in a bid to create one tasty, cohesive plate of food – with only 30 seconds to handover between each leg!

The Ingredient gamble is back and so is the one and only Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of South East Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today's two round elimination challenge.

"DimSimLim" aka Vincent Yeow Lim is today's Mystery Box special gues. Contestants must create a dish using a wok for at least one element. The pressure is on to harness the flame, as the bottom four dishes are destined for tomorrow's Pressure Test.

The pink-haired punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a pressure test. The "Sunny Side Up" dessert was created especially for this challenge and an egg on toast has never looked so intimidating.

Today the Judges each demonstrate a microwave hack - crispy chicken skin, sweet potato chips, a caramelised white chocolate crumb and meringue - and task our contestants with creating an immunity winning dish incorporating one of them.

Guest Mikiko Terasaki of Sydney's Omu restaurant shows off her technique in making Japanese comfort dish, omurice. Inspired by her visit, contestants will have 75 minutes to create a dish featuring eggs creatively in order to avoid elimination.

The remaining contestants have 75 minutes to cook a showstopping dish, using at least one of the box's six Asian sauces. Some play it safe, while others push the boundaries. The bottom four will face off in tomorrow's pressure test.

Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet. Inspired by Japan, Darren's Cherry Blossom dessert will push the novice cooks to their limits as they try to replicate it in four hours. For one cook, this will be the dish that sends them home.

Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition. They have 75 minutes to cook a winning dish with a herb allocated at random. With only one white apron on offer, the competition is bound to be fierce.