MasterChef Australia
MasterChef Australia
2009
Season 11
1 Auditions: Day 1
2019-04-29
Each hopeful cook has 60 minutes to produce their dish. If the judges like the dish, they're through to the next stage. If not, sadly, they're heading home.
2 Auditions: Day 2
2019-04-30
It's day two of auditions and 13 contestants return for a second chance to show the judges they deserve to be in the top 24. With 18 aprons given away yesterday, just six aprons are up for grabs.
3 Desert Island Dish
2019-05-01
The pantry is open, there's 75 minutes on the clock, and the contestants are asked to cook the dish they'd cook every day for the rest of their lives if they found themselves on a desert island.
4 Immunity Challenge - Curtis Stone
2019-05-02
It's the end of the first week in the kitchen and the winners from the previous challenge will cook for an immunity pin. But it won't be easy: they'll be cooking against chef Curtis Stone.
5 Special Ingredient Mystery Box & Black Mystery Box Challenge
2019-05-05
It's mystery box time and our cooks must create a delicious dish using at least one of the elected ingredients. Next up is the black mystery box, but this time, whoever cooks the worst dish is going home.
6 Pressure Test - Darren Purchese
2019-05-06
Those that failed to impress in the previous episode are facing the dreaded pressure test. Our cooks are charged with recreating a Darren Purchese dessert, and whoever doesn't impress the judges will be going home.
7 Immunity Challenge - Max Sharrad
2019-05-07
The winners of the mystery box and invention test face the immunity challenge. History is made when the judges choose who will cook against Young Chef of the Year, Max Sharrad.
8 Off-Site Team Challenge - Briagolong Drought Feast
2019-05-08
Contestants cook outside of the kitchen for the first time. Their challenge is to create a feast for volunteers, truckies, farmers and their families impacted by drought in Briagolong.
9 Elimination Challenge - Choices! & Masterclass 1
2019-05-09
Before each cook sits their favourite and least favourite ingredients. Round one: cook with either. But those that produce the bottom four dishes face round two with their remaining ingredient. Followed by a Masterclass with Billie, Poh and Matt
10 Nigella's Mystery Box Challenge & Team Relay Invention Test
2019-05-12
It's Nigella Week. MasterChef favourite Nigella Lawson sets the mystery box ingredients. Whoever cooks the best dish heads into immunity, but the rest must compete in a relay invention test.
11 Pressure Test - Nigella's Roast Chicken
2019-05-13
It's pressure test time for the losing team from the previous challenge. The contestants have 90 minutes to cook Nigella's infamous roast chicken with two sides and gravy. Who will fail to impress and be sent home?
12 Immunity Challenge - Coskun Uysal
2019-05-14
Nigella week continues, and the four best cooks from her Mystery Box challenge must cook a dish that celebrates custard. The top contestant will compete against Coskun Uysal, of renowned Tulum restaurant.
13 Off-Site Team Challenge - State Library of Victoria with Nigella
2019-05-15
Nigella and contestants are given historical recipes at the State Library of Victoria to inspire a three-course meal. The team who create the least impressive menu will head into the next elimination.
14 Elimination Challenge - Condiments & Masterclass 2 with Nigella
2019-05-16
The bottom team from the previous challenge are presented with an array of condiments they must identify correctly. The first five to guess incorrectly head into an elimination cook. Plus, a Masterclass with Nigella.
15 Rick Stein's Mystery Box Challenge & Fish and Potatoes Invention Test
2019-05-19
It's Legends Week and our cooks have to create a dish using Rick Stein's Mystery Box. Later, a fish and potatoes themed Invention Test determines who will face the Immunity Challenge and Pressure Test.
16 Pressure Test - Clare Smyth's Dessert
2019-05-20
This episode's Pressure Test has contestants recreating a dessert from culinary legend Clare Smyth. During four hours of preparation time, there are tears and even a dish that collapses before the judges' eyes.
17 Immunity Challenge - Donovan Cooke
2019-05-21
Matt Sinclair mentors the Immunity cook which uses only equipment from a typical office kitchen. Best dish enters Round 2, where they will compete against culinary legend Donovan Cooke.
18 Team Challenge - Street Food for 360!
2019-05-22
Joined by Yotam Ottolenghi, our contestants are cooking street food for 360 people. Each team must hero a different cuisine, and the least impressive team will be sent into the next elimination.
19 Elimination Challenge - Deli Challenge with Yotam Ottolenghi
2019-05-23
Legends week continues as Yotam Ottolenghi hosts a deli item challenge. The first three contestants to incorrectly name a deli item must cook to stay in the competition. Who will be heading home?
20 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Secret's Week
2019-05-26
It's Secrets Week, and, after a quick workshop with Din Tai Fung's Edward Yulianto, our cooks must create a tasty dumpling dish and later invent a dish that incorporates a secret. Shh.
21 Pressure Test - Paella by Leno Lattarulo
2019-05-27
Three contestants face a pressure test and will cook a paella based on an award-winning dish by Leno Lattarulo from Melbourne's Simply Spanish. Simple, right? Wrong. It is Secrets Week, after all.
22 Immunity Challenge - Sauce, Secrets and Citrus
2019-05-28
These immunity rounds involve sauce, secrets and citrus. A contestant will face off against an established chef that will be kept secret from everyone, including the judges, until the very end.
23 Team Challenge - Secret Weapons
2019-05-29
Each team is allocated a 'secret weapon' and must create a four-course Italian meal for 40 diners. Whichever team serves the least impressive meal will go into the next pressure test.
24 Elimination Challenge - Blindfold Taste Test & One Last Secret
2019-05-30
Secrets Week closes with the previous episode's losing team facing a blindfolded taste test. The first five to guess incorrectly have a 60-minute open pantry cook, but one last secret will ruffle some feathers.
25 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Queensland
2019-06-02
This episode's mystery box challenge has contestants creating dishes using Queensland's finest ingredients. The judges will taste the five most appealing dishes and the winner will head into an immunity challenge.
26 Pressure Test - Shannon Kellam
2019-06-03
Contestants must re-create one of Shannon Kellam's signature dishes, but without a recipe. The contestant who re-creates the dish least like Shannon's will be going home.
27 Immunity Challenge - Ginger & Ben Williamson
2019-06-04
In round one, contestants must prepare a sweet or savoury dish with one of Queensland's finest ingredients - ginger. The winner will cook off against chef Ben Williamson for an immunity pin.
28 Team Challenge - BBQ For 150 Noosa Locals
2019-06-05
The Queensland trip continues and the teams must cook a barbecue feast to serve 150 Noosa locals. The team that serves the least impressive feast will go into the next elimination.
29 Elimination Challenge - Skills Test/ Seafood Platter Challenge & Masterclass with Ash Martin
2019-06-06
In this episode's elimination, contestants undergo a skills test followed by a seafood platter challenge including raw, fried and steamed elements. MasterClass with judges and Homage restaurant's Ash Martin.
30 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - The Dreaded Everything Box
2019-06-09
It is the dreaded Everything Box, where contestants must use every one of the eight ingredients. They will have to be extra creative if they want to win a place in the next immunity challenge.
31 Pressure Test – The Surprise Twist!
2019-06-10
Three contestants will face the chopping block in an elimination challenge with a surprise twist.
32 Immunity Challenge – Letters from home & Jessie McTavish
2019-06-11
Contestants awake with letters from home containing special instructions for round one of the immunity cook. The winner will cook off against chef Jessie McTavish from North Bondi Fish.
33 Team Challenge – A Picnic At Hanging Rock with Maggie Beer
2019-06-12
Contestants find themselves in the Macedon Ranges for this team challenge: a picnic at Hanging Rock. What will be a surprise is who is the guest chef - none other than the beloved Maggie Beer.
34 Elimination Challenge – with Maggie Beer
2019-06-13
Maggie Beer is back for the elimination challenge which will take place over two rounds. In round one, the contestants must celebrate herbs from the garden. In round two, they must feature spices.
35 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test with Heston Blumenthal – Sweet Week
2019-06-16
Kicking off Sweet Week, molecular master Heston Blumenthal enters the kitchen with a mystery box for the contestants.
36 Pressure Test – Kate Reid
2019-06-17
In a surprise twist, our bottom three contestants from the cereal invention test have been thrown straight into a pressure test. Aprons on: it's time to cook a unique creation by Kate Reid.
37 Immunity Challenge - Ice Cream Challenge & Alice Wright
2019-06-18
Sweet Week continues with an immunity ice cream challenge. In round two, the best cook will go up against chef Alice Wright.
38 Team Challenge - Identical!
2019-06-19
The team challenge requires contestants to create a delicious, sweet dish that is identical in look, texture and flavour to their teammate's dish. Communication is key.
39 Elimination Challenge – The Dessert With No Sugar!
2019-06-20
In a very challenging cook, the contestants must make a sweet dish without using refined sugar.
40 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Best Selling And Australia's Most Popular Ingredients
2019-06-23
This episode's mystery box holds some of the best-selling ingredients from Coles and along with these, contestants must cook with some of Australia's favourite ingredients: Vegemite, tomato sauce or Milo.
41 Pressure Test – Jock Zonfrillo
2019-06-24
This episode's challenge has been set by special guest Jock Zonfrillo from Restaurant Orana. Contestants must create dishes that showcase one of his favourite native ingredients.
42 Immunity Challenge – Beluga Caviar & Phil Wood
2019-06-25
The three winners of the challenges must create a dish featuring Beluga caviar. The best dish will see its maker compete for an immunity pin against Pt Leo Estate chef Phil Wood.
43 Team Challenge – Best Diners & Best Ingredients
2019-06-26
The contestants must cook a four-course meal for the Best Diners In The World while showcasing the Best Ingredients In The Country. Little do they know, the diners are their loved ones.
44 Elimination Challenge - Massimo Bottura
2019-06-27
The top 10 are joined by the world’s top chef Massimo Bottura and asked to cook with ingredients that are very close to Massimo’s heart: ones that are frequently disposed of.
45 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Deja Vu
2019-06-30
This episode’s mystery box involves some deja vu and later, in the invention test, contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish that takes the judges to a moment in time that evokes a particular memory.
46 Pressure Test – Kirsten Tibballs
2019-07-01
Champion chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is in the MasterChef kitchen for this episode's pressure test. Three contestants from the previous invention test must recreate Kirsten's apple pie. Who will be going home?
47 Immunity Challenge – Same Ingredients/Different Styles & Adam D’Sylva
2019-07-02
All contestants will cook with the same ingredient but in a different style. The winner of round one will be cooking against renowned chef Adam D'Sylva for the illustrious immunity pin.
48 Team Challenge – Q Train Vegetarian Course
2019-07-03
Aboard the Q Train travelling restaurant our contestants, in teams, must prepare a vegetarian course using oyster mushrooms, baby zucchini, eggplant or figs. The bottom two teams face elimination.
49 Elimination Challenge – Time Auction
2019-07-04
This episode is the return of the time auction where contestants bid for ingredients with time rather than money. The more time they spend buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.
50 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - WA
2019-07-07
The remaining contestants fly to Western Australia for a mystery box challenge and later an invention test, using all the great produce WA has to offer.
