MasterChef Australia: The Professionals

First challenge of the series, the contestants are divided into 6 teams and allocated a course.

Red and Green teams are taking part in the Tram Challenge.

The winning team have immunity. The losing Green team are Cooking For Their Lives.

Sixteen remaining Contestant Chefs enter the MC kitchen to be introduced to 'The Reinvention Test'.

15 Contestant Chefs are told today is another team challenge.

After losing yesterday's Zumbo Wedding Cake Challenge - the teams gather for an elimination service challenge.

Once again, the reinvention test commences with the knife being drawn from a knife block.

13 Contestant Chefs face 3 knock out rounds of cooking - with the bottom of each round going into an elimination cook.  The first round is 30 minutes and they must cook with chicken, meaning that chicken must be the hero.

The 6 losing contestants from yesterday's challenge arrive for an elimination challenge.

It's the Reinvention Test once again for the 12 remaining Contestant Chefs… this time the theme is Desserts.

It's the FIRST Mystery box challenge for MasterChef Professionals - and what a box it is!

The bottom 2 chefs from yesterday's challenge face each other in a one-on-one Service challenge.

Today, the TOP 10 MasterChef Professionals travel out of the MasterChef kitchen.

Today the winning team from yesterday's challenge take part in a Taste Test challenge.

Two teams of 3 Contestant Chefs each prepare a 3 course meal for 120 guests.

The 9 remaining Contestant Chefs are faced with another reinvention test, another elimination.

The EIGHT remaining Contestant Chefs arrive in a leafy park in Prahran, Melbourne where 2 kitchens are set up.

As the winners, Sarah, Nathan, Rhys and Nick will fight for an immunity pin today.

The knife block is set - meaning another Reinvention Test.

The SEVEN Contestant Chefs have something special in store for them today.

This restaurant service is unique to the MasterChef Professionals series.

It's finals week and the final SIX Contestant Chefs are focused, with their eye on the prize.

The Final Five Contestant Chefs are all cooking in today's Pressure Test.

The Top 4 Contestant Chefs arrive at the Luminare terrace.