Season 16 of MasterChef Australia will premiere on April 22, 2024 on 10 and 10play. There will be four permanent judges with three new judges joining Andy Allen this year. One of the new judges is a familiar face on MasterChef Australia, Poh Ling Yeow, who was an alumna from season 1 and has also been guest judging in many previous seasons while the other two are new faces on Australian television, food writer Sofia Levin and French Michelin-Star chef Jean-Christophe Novelli. An overseas trip will also return this year.
Ep 1, Monday, April 22, 2024
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.
Immunity Pin winner – Kangaroo Larb with Soy Cured Egg Yolk & Toasted Rice Wafer (Nat Thaipun)
Ep 2, Tuesday, April 23, 2024
It’s Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and already the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge, with Jamie Oliver running the kitchen.
Scallop with Mushroom Dashi Sauce (Burgundy Team)
Red Emperor Curry and Rice (Burgundy Team)
Grapefruit Pavlova (Burgundy Team)
Ep 3, Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia’s ‘wrap your hands around this’ challenge.
Pork Belly with Whiskey Tamarind Sauce (Stephen Dennis)
Seeni Sambal and Egg Bun (Savindri Perera)
Mama’s Krofne with Strawberry Jam and Cream Patisserie (Snezana Calic)
Ep 4, Thursday, April 25, 2024
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.
Tropical Squid Ceviche with Mango, Chilli, Coconut and Curry Leaf (Savindri Perera)
Macadamia Nut Gateau (Stephen Dennis)
Ep 5, Sunday, April 28, 2024
The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.
Beef Empanadas (Juan De La Cruz Torales Villarreal)
Three Course Bread and Butter (Snezana Calic)
Winter Squash Soup with Cocoa Cream (David Tan)
Ocean Parcels with Green Peppercorn Sauce (Harry Butterfield)
Khao Soi Gai (Nat Thaipun)
Eliminated: James Holmes
Ep 6, Monday, April 29, 2024
Our cooks are set the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver’s parents, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow’s elimination.
Rainbow Trout with Chip Roasted Potatoes & Prawn Sorrel Bechamel (Harry Butterfield)
Rainbow Trout & Prawn Savoury Tart (Nat Thaipun)
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Custard (Darrsh Clarke)
Lazy Daisy Cake | Sultana Cake with Golden Syrup Crumble and Custard (Josh Perry)
Ep 7, Tuesday, April 30, 2024
In this elimination cook the contestants are challenged to ‘Keeping Up With Jamie’ on an Oliver Family recipe in order to keep their place in the competition.
Trevor’s Chicken (Jamie Oliver)
Eliminated: Steph Griffen
Ep 8, Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.
Tandoori Beef Skewers, Biryani Rice with a Spicy Curry Sauce and Raita (Red Team)
Spicy Eggplant Dip, Semolina Bread and Raita (Red Team)
Ep 9, Sunday, May 5, 2024
Andy’s mum Maree is in the kitchen to set an elimination challenge inspired by some of the Allen household’s classic retro dishes. Contestants must make them MasterChef worthy, or risk going home.
LOL… The flabbergasted looks of the contestants after seeing what Andy ate while growing up, too funny! I am familiar with the pine burger but not the name, we just call it muffin pizza, LOL… I do still make it occasionally because it is actually not that bad and it’s quick to make as a snack!
In the days before internet, apart from cookbooks or magazines, the most common ways of learning new recipes were from the recipes printed on the back of packaged ingredients or canned food, and many are recipes using mostly pantry ingredients, so here’s an ode to the Jelly Slice… For the fruit salad, just add berries to the liquid jelly before setting…
Round 1:
Pine and Swine (Savindri Perera)
Carrot and Three Veg (Snezana Calic)
Round 2:
Thit Kho, Caramelised Braised Pork Belly and Quail Eggs with Cucumber Salad (Gillian Dinh)
Moo Palo, Thai Five Spiced Braised Pork Belly, Quail Eggs and Pickles (Nat Thaipun)
Sri Lankan Brinjal Curry (Darrsh Clarke)
Eliminated: Jonathan Hooper
Ep 10, Monday, May 6, 2024
Today’s Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.
Lochy Pops (Lachlan Whittle)
Quail and Nduja Empanadas with a Nduja Lychee Sauce (Josh Clarke)
Spicy Bird with Parsnip & Spring Onion Puree, Vino Cotto Thyme Nectarines and Spring Onion Oil (Lily Davies)
Quail & Nectarine Dumplings (Nat Thaipun)
Ep 11, Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, ‘Jack in the Box’.
Jack In The Box (Jean-Christophe Novelli)
Eliminated: Khristian Walker
Ep 12, Wednesday, May 8, 2024
In Round 1, one ‘champion’ per team cooks, with the winner of Round 1 then taking their teammates into Round 2, and out into the garden to cook for Immunity.
Round 1:
Cold & Cornfused – Honey Butter Crisps with Frozen Corn Ice Cream (Mimi Wong)
Bonus Recipes:
The World’s Best Beer Nuts (Adam Liaw)
The Mid-Week Chicken Cheat (Adam Liaw)
Bougie Backyard BBQ (Adam Liaw)
The Surprising Celebration: XPA Osso Bucco (Adam Liaw)
Ep 13, Sunday, May 12, 2024
In today’s two round elimination, our contestants’ palettes are challenged with the classic One-Inch cube taste test, which sees six favourites, cook for their spot in the competition.
Round 1: One-Inch Cube Taste Test
Round 2: Cook a dish using the 100 ingredients from Round 1 ONLY, no pantry, no staples, no garden
Beetroot Ravioli (Stephen Dennis)
Prawn and Lobster Bisque (Josh Clarke)
Savoury Breakfast Porridge (Mimi Wong)
Pumpkin Beetroot Soup with Butter Prawns (Sumeet Saigal)
Eliminated: Lily Davies
Ep 14, Monday, May 13, 2024
A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create ‘magnifique’ dishes.
Choux au Craquelin with Thyme Crème Patisserie and Apple in Salted Caramel Sauce (Sumeet Saigal)
Rosemary and Prune Ice Cream with Caramelised Croissant (David Tan)
Ep 15, Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Nat, Gillian, Alex and Lourdes battle it out in a Pressure Test set by Chef Liam Downes at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.
Smoked Egg Yolk Raviolo with Truffle & Asparagus (Liam Downes)
Eliminated: Lourdes Leschen
Ep 16, Wednesday, May 15, 2024
It’s the chaotic, colourful and feared race that is the MasterChef Team Relay! Today in teams of four, cooks will tag-team their way to hopefully plate a cohesive dish and win immunity.
Red Emperor on Potato Rosti with Tomato & Seafood Sauce (Blue Team)
Ep 17, Sunday, May 19, 2024
The ingredient gamble is back and so is Luke Nguyen. Luke has brought in an array of Southeast Asian ingredients our contestants get to cook with in today’s two round elimination challenge.
Round 1:
Sweet and Sour Prawns with Bisque and Crispy Stuffed Prawn Heads (Gillian Dinh)
Sunday Lunch – Crab and Cucumber Curry (Savindri Perera)
Star Anise and Cardamom Ras Malai Cake Cups (Sumeet Saigal)
Tropical Durian Trifle (Darrsh Clarke)
Round 2:
Betel Leaf Herbal Cigars – Miang Kum (Nat Thaipun)
Eliminated: Juan De La Cruz Torales Villarreal
Ep 18, Monday, May 20, 2024
Vincent Yeow Lim or DimSimLim is today’s Mystery Box special guest. Contestants must create a dish using a wok, needing to impress to avoid tomorrow’s Pressure Test.
Flying Lobster Noodles (Vincent Yeow Lim)
It’s about time! After 15 years, we finally see wok burners in the MasterChef kitchen, LOL…
Sichuan Whole Fried Barramundi with Sweet and Sour Sauce (Lachlan Whittle)
Turnip Cake Eggs Benny (Mimi Wong) – please note that the “turnip” used here is luobo 蘿蔔 or now commonly known as daikon radish. This rice cake is very commonly wrongly called “Turnip Cake” or “Carrot Cake” but neither turnip nor carrot are used. It all originated with trying to translate the name luobo in Chinese into English in the old days before westerners knew what luobo 蘿蔔 (Chinese name) or daikon 大根 (Japanese name) was and wrongly translated as “turnip” or “white carrot”.
Gorges Lobster Omelette (Josh Perry)
Ep 19, Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The punk princess of pastry, Anna Polyviou returns with a Pressure Test created especially for this challenge. Never has an egg on toast looked so intimidating as Anna’s Sunny Side Up.
Eliminated: Snezana Calic
Ep 20, Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The Judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.
Spiced Pumpkin and Banoffee Tart (David Tan)
Chicken and Mushrooms for Dessert (Darrsh Clarke)
Fig Leaf Ice Cream, White Chocolate and Macadamia Crumb with Olive Oil (Alex Crisp)
Ep 21, Sunday, May 26, 2024
Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.
Mum’s Steamed Egg Curry (Savindri Perera)
Eliminated: Stephen Dennis
Ep 22, Monday, May 27, 2024
A mystery box challenge with a saucy twist. The cooks must use at least one of six Asian sauces to cook a showstopping dish, with the bottom four headed for tomorrow’s pressure test.
Fried Kingfish Wings with Smoked Egg Yolk Chilli Oil Mayo (Lachlan Whittle)
Ep 23, Tuesday, May 28, 2024
MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.
Cherry Blossom (Darren Purchese)
Eliminated: Savindri Perera
Ep 24, Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.
Redemption winning dish – Sri Lankan Banquet (Savindri Perera)
Stuffed Capsicums in Tomato Sauce, Bread and Kajmak Dip (Snezana Calic)
Ep 25, Sunday, June 2, 2024
King of the sea, Rick Stein is here, and the contestants are excited cooking for such an icon. Over two rounds, seafood is on the menu but for one cook, it will be their last time in the kitchen.
Round 1:
Watermelon and Tuna Salad with Crispy Nori Chips (Alex Crisp)
Tuna Poke with Roasted Macadamia (Lachlan Whittle)
Kingfish and Plum Crudo with Lemon Seawater and Parsley Oil (Harry Butterfield)
Round 2:
Salt Baked Ocean Trout Feast (Sue Bazely)
Nat Thaipun played her Immunity Pin in Round 2.
Eliminated: David Tan
No episode to be aired on Monday, June 3, 2024 due to live sport broadcast.
Ep 26, Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food.
Crumbed Fish and Chip Cakes with Spiced Mayonnaise & Apple and Fennel Slaw (Green Team)
Tandoori Lamb Rack (Green Team)
Ep 27, Wednesday, June 5, 2024
The losing team from the pub challenge must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his Spice Rubbed Pork, Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potatoes.
Spice-Rubbed Pork Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potato (Curtis Stone)
Eliminated: Sue Bazely
Ep 28, Thursday, June 6, 2024
Today’s challenge is to combine two nations’ cuisines into a tasty dish. There is a huge prize on the line: the winning sauce will be made available to buy in Coles stores around the country.
InTalian Simmer Sauce, Meatballs and Naan with Oregano Chilli Butter (Sumeet Saigal)
Ep 29, Sunday, June 9, 2024
Tonight’s elimination is a plant-based challenge, where contestants create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.
Chicken and Waffles (Darrsh Clarke)
Eliminated: Josh Clarke
Ep 30, Monday, June 10, 2024
Sweet Week has arrived! Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box. Contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet to win precious immunity.
“Picnic at Mormors” Rødgrød med fløde jelly & icecream (Alex Crisp)
Nanna Marg’s Jelly Sponge (Josh Perry)
PB and J Cruller (Darrsh Clarke)
Ep 31, Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo, sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.
Croquembouche 2009 (Adriano Zumbo)
Croquembouche 2012 (Adriano Zumbo)
Miso Pumpkin Croquembouche (Mimi Wong)
In the past week or so the recipes on the official MasterChef Australia site are not updated as quickly as usual, a few recipes were late by a couple of days to update! So I can only update when they became available… The sponge recipe by Pezza from the previous episode is finally available today… During the episode Poh was worried the sponge was too blond, now looking at the recipe it is a cornflour sponge so the blondness of the sponge is correct! Since there is no gluten in cornflour the sponge will not turn as brown as the usual sponge made with plain flour.
Ep 32, Wednesday, June 12, 2024
It’s the iconic twin’s challenge. Each team must utilize an appliance in their 90-minute dessert cook, aiming for identical dishes, despite only being able to shout instructions at each other.
Mango Sticky Rice and Cardamom Ice Cream (Purple Twins – Nat Thaipun & Sumeet Saigal)
Pandan and Toasted Coconut Cream Swiss Roll (Yellow Twins – Gillian Dinh & Lachlan Whittle)
Ep 33, Sunday, June 16, 2024
Two tough rounds will test our cooks. First, Adriano Zumbo’s Macaron Taste Test and then, a coffee-inspired dessert cooks, with the weakest dish seeing its maker eliminated from the competition.
Coffee and Peanut Paris Brest (Darrsh Clarke)
Eliminated: Gillian Dinh
Ep 34, Monday, June 17, 2024
Tonight’s mega Mystery Box features the most ingredients ever, the cooks have just 30 minutes to pull off a winning dish, with the bottom three sending their makers into tomorrow’s Pressure Test.
Spicy Pork Scissor Cut Noodles (Mimi Wong) – This noodle is called 麵疙瘩
Ep 35, Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush.
Eliminated: Alex Crisp
Ep 36, Wednesday, June 19, 2024
The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high today, the top dish will win an epic mystery prize, but the bottom dish will be eliminated.
Bacon & Egg Choux Buns with Savoury Chive Custard (Harry Butterfield)
Eliminated: Sumeet Saigal
Ep 37, Sunday, June 23, 2024
MasterChef Australia is in Hong Kong! The first challenge is a Hong Kong style Mystery Box. Today the judges are looking for the top three cooks to progress into tomorrow’s immunity challenge.
Regarding the name Bao Bun, glad Poh pointed out that Bao means bun (as a noun) or to wrap (as verb), so basically saying Bao Bun is Bun Bun! The correct name for this folded bun should be Gua Bao or Kuah Pau, it’s the proper Hokkien dialect pronunciation since this bun originated from Hokkien or Fujian province. Even in written form it is also confusing for people of Chinese heritage. Written as 刈包 or 割包 (meaning cut bun to differentiate it from the common enclosed buns) in Chinese, and if pronounced in Mandarin as written as Yi Bao or Ge Bao respectively, nobody would know what you mean by Yi Bao although Ge Bao is not so bad, LOL… So we should pronounce the name properly in Hokkien dialect or Taiwanese dialect as Gua Bao or Kuah Pau. It is also called 虎咬豬 or Tiger Biting Pig because the folded bun looks like the tiger mouth and the pork filling is pig! If we can pronounce San Choy Bau (Bow) 生菜包 in Cantonese dialect for the lettuce wrap, we should be able to pronounce Gua Bao for this bun, in order to prevent more confusion since just saying Bao usually means the enclosed buns like Cha Siu Bau 叉燒包.
Char Siu Style Pork Belly (Nat Thaipun)
Pineapple Bun Sliders with Pork Filling (Mimi Wong) – ingredient list only, no steps, LOL… Channel 10 must be using work experience kid to upload recipes these days, not only this recipe but some other recipes are late by a few days, and then this happened, no methods provided… (Update July 4, 2024: OK, the methods of cooking are now available…) Also sometimes the Load More button doesn’t load more but brings you to the sponsor page!
Cantonese Egg Noodles with Flower Crab (Harry Butterfield)
Ep 38, Monday, June 24, 2024
After a demonstration from Michelin starred chef Vicky Cheng, three cooks must recreate his dish, from memory alone, the winner claiming immunity from this week’s elimination.
Three Ages of Daikon Radish (Vicky Cheng)
Ep 39, Tuesday, June 25, 2024
The cooks are split into three teams, cooking street food in a traditional dai pai dong. They must prepare a two-dish menu, using either a wok, steamer or deep fryer, catering for 120 hungry locals.
Hong Kong Style Prawn Fritters with Sweet Chilli Sauce (Team Deep-Fry – Nat Thaipun)
Fish Balls with Curry Sauce (Team Deep-Fry – Darrsh Clarke)
Ep 40, Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Today’s Hong Kong Immunity Challenge. A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some, challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each contestant must perfectly pair them to create a dish.
When Pezza got the salted egg yolks, I was like, quick, go get the red bean paste that Mimi rejected, that’s a classic pairing for the mooncake filling! Haha… Also Lachy said the woodear fungus is pungent, what? It is the slippery crunchy texture that it’s known for. My favourite use of it is to make a sauce of stir fried onion, tomato and woodear and served with pan fried fish fillets, yummy!
Fish Agnolotti with Sour Fish Broth and Chilli Oil (Mimi Wong)
Char Siu Pork, Braised Daikon in Vinegar, Chinese Vegetables with Reduced Sweet Vinegar Sauce (Harry Butterfield)
Ep 41, Sunday, June 30, 2024
Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic. Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top 6.
Duck Two Ways with Pear and Berry Sauce (Josh Perry) – wrong credits given on the recipe! This is cooked by Josh Perry, NOT Harry Butterfield… Seriously I’m worried how accurate the recipes are if there are simple mistakes like this so often like sometimes recipes are not credited at all! I wouldn’t be surprised if ingredients are missing on some recipes or wrong amount are given, or missing steps in the recipes, LOL…
Red Snapper with Semolina Crumb, Shallots, Garlic, Leeks Grilled on Hibachi (Harry Butterfield)
Eliminated: Lachlan Whittle
Ep 42, Monday, July 1, 2024
Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh’s Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves $5,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.
Spatchcock, Pineapple and Turnip Cabbage Rolls with Baby Mandarin Sauce (Josh Perry)
Ep 43, Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Chef Guillaume Brahimi has brought a pressure test dish that will push the contestants to their limits. They need to replicate the dish as closely as possible… but they must plate up 5 serves.
Royale of Peas with Duo of Crab, Tarragon Mayonnaise, Caviar and Fried Mussel (Guillaume Brahimi)
Eliminated: Darrsh Clarke
Ep 44, Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Emotions run high as the top five open chests revealing treasured photos of their own family food heroes. each cook, inspired by their photos are fighting for their final shot at immunity.
Roasted Bone Marrow, Jeow Som, Khao Jeep & Betel Leaf Pomelo Salad (Nat Thaipun)
Parmesan Crusted Venison Backstrap with Butternut Pumpkin and Blackberry Jus (Josh Perry)
Ep 45, Sunday, July 7, 2024
Tonight, the contestants face off with some of the world’s most extreme ingredients. These ingredient ‘beasts’ are the spiciest, sweetest, most sour, most bitter and most pungent on offer.
Carolina Reaper Prawn Consommé (Savindri Perera)
Eliminated: Mimi Wong
Ep 46, Monday, July 8, 2024
The mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-final, while the other three will have to battle it out in tomorrow’s pressure test.
Lamprais (Savindri Perera)
Lamb Cutlets, Cauliflower and Cheese Croquettes, Peas Two Ways with Jus (Josh Perry)
Ep 47, Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Internationally renowned chef Josh Niland pushes the contestants to their limits with a unique dish from his acclaimed restaurant, St. Peter. They must each recreate his dish as closely as possible.
Flounder Kandinsky (Josh Niland)
Eliminated: Harry Butterfield
Ep 48, Sunday, July 14, 2024
Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the Semi-Finalists become the judges. The fun doesn’t stop there, as our Semi-Finalists must then take on the judges in a relay.
Smoked Quail Dumplings with a Prawn and Caramelised Apple Skin Sauce (Poh Ling Yeow)
Apple Caramel Glazed BBQ Quail With Apple Mustard, Charred Radicchio and Pickled Apple Salsa (Andy Allen)
Apple Tarte Tatin with Spiced Ice Cream and Sugar Nest (Jean-Christophe Novelli)
Ep 49, Monday, July 15, 2024
With Curtis Stone’s help, our Semi-Finalists must each prepare a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.
XO Abalone (Josh Perry)
Tassie Beef and Reef (Josh Perry)
Vanilla and Honey Panna Cotta with Crumb and Raspberry Coulis (Josh Perry)
Hokkaido Scallop Crudo, Ginger, Nectarine, Lemon Myrtle, Thai Basil, Salmon Roe (Nat Thaipun)
Western Australia Marron, Tom Yum Bisque Sauce, Native Golden Enoki Mushrooms, Bush Tomatoes, Finger Lime (Nat Thaipun)
Eucalyptus Macrorhyncha Honey Tart, Wattleseed and Ricotta Snow, Cornflake Tuille, Fresh Figs, Honeycomb (Nat Thaipun)
Eliminated: Savindri Perera
Ep 50, Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Our two Grand Finalists go head-to-head over two rounds to see who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024!
Round 1:
Sai Oua Scotch Egg & Nam Prig Noom (Nat Thaipun)
Rib Eye Steak With Brussel Sprout Purée And Roasted With Maple And Prosciutto Crumb, Fondant Potato And Peppercorn Sauce (Josh Perry)
Round 2:
Core-teser (Clare Smyth)
MasterChef Australia 2024 Champion: Nat Thaipun
Corner Café 
I do not like new 2024 it’s not the judges but the music we did not want a musical we wanted to hear what was going on. I know many that say it’s to hard to follow with all the music playing so loud. What is it
Comment by Sharon Allen — May 1, 2024 @ 5:04 am |