Episodes
Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: May 7, 2018 (90 min)
The amateur cooks are given one hour to recreate their signature dish for the first of the two judges' auditions. The judges introduce the nine past winners of the program, who are there to cheer them on.
Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: May 8, 2018 (90 min)
After handing out 18 aprons on the first day of cooking, the judges are looking for six more cooks to round out the top 24. The cooks who were given a second chance will battle it out in a challenge.
Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: May 9, 2018 (60 min)
Our 2018 cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first challenge as the top 24. The contestants need to imagine they are hosting the judges at their house for a meal, cooking anything they want.
Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: May 10, 2018 (60 min)
In the first elimination challenge of the season, three contestants fight to stay in the competition. They are given 75 minutes to cook, using only the ingredients contained in their fridges from home.
Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: May 13, 2018 (90 min)
The 23 cooks enter the kitchen for the first mystery box challenge of the season. This time, the rules are changing: the winner of the mystery box will get a game-changing advantage.
Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: May 14, 2018 (60 min)
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face-off in the pressure test. Queen of the kitchen Maggie Beer enters with the dish to be recreated.
Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: May 15, 2018 (75 min)
The winner of the mystery box challenge and the three best-performing cooks from the invention test will compete for immunity, with Shannon Bennett back in the kitchen to guide and mentor the contestants.
How will the contestants make use of the humble egg? In the first immunity challenge of the season, one dish will crack, while the others will be eggs-quisite!
Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: May 16, 2018 (75 min)
The contestants find themselves on the turf of the iconic MCG for the first team challenge. Split into two teams, each must cook delicious and nutritious food for 50 diners using a different protein.
Episode: 10x09 | Airdate: May 17, 2018 (60 min)
The losing team from the MCG service challenge must face-off in this elimination challenge. The contestants must cook something inspired by the dish that made them fall in love with food.
Episode: 10x10 | Airdate: May 20, 2018 (105 min)
Culinary goddess Nigella Lawson arrives in the kitchen for a week of challenges and surprises. The lid is lifted on Nigella's mystery box to reveal some of her favourite ingredients.
Episode: 10x11 | Airdate: May 21, 2018 (60 min)
The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test will face off in this episode's pressure test. The contestants have 75 minutes to complete four of Nigella Lawson's favourite chocolate dishes.
Episode: 10x12 | Airdate: May 22, 2018 (60 min)
The winning contestant from the mystery box challenge joins the top three contestants from the invention test in this episode's two round immunity challenge.
Episode: 10x13 | Airdate: May 23, 2018 (60 min)
In a team service challenge, it will be a battle of the brunches, as in two groups of 10, they take over two cafes. Contestants will have real customers, with real orders and real dockets.
Episode: 10x14 | Airdate: May 24, 2018 (120 min)
The contestants in the losing team are in the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them. Plus, the first Masterclass of the season with Nigella Lawson.
Episode: 10x15 | Airdate: May 27, 2018 (105 min)
In one of the biggest surprises of the season so far, and in a program first, Gordon Ramsay enters the kitchen for a mystery box challenge.
Episode: 10x16 | Airdate: May 28, 2018 (60 min)
With Gordon Week off to a flying start, the bottom three contestants in the invention test roll up to the kitchen ready to cook for their place in the competition with a pressure test.
Episode: 10x17 | Airdate: May 29, 2018 (60 min)
Our mystery box winner and the top two dishes from the invention test will have the chance to cook for immunity with Gordon Ramsay as their mentor.
Episode: 10x18 | Airdate: May 30, 2018 (90 min)
The contestants enter the kitchen only to find Gordon Ramsay, who is already yelling at them to hurry up. Divided into two teams, they prepare a three-course meal for 50 diners.
Episode: 10x19 | Airdate: May 31, 2018 (75 min)
The team who lost the service challenge will have to cook for their lives in an intense elimination which will see one contestant back themselves into a corner. Who will be going home?
Episode: 10x20 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2018 (100 min)
Contestants are shopping for their own mystery box ingredients with only $20 and 20 minutes. Maker of the best dish goes through to the immunity challenge, followed by the winners of the invention test. This will be the most feared challenge: The Team Relay. What will Ben do that will make or break his team? What will be the big surprise in the mystery box?
Episode: 10x21 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2018 (60 min)
The losing team from yesterday's invention test are in the kitchen, ready to fight for their place in the competition.
Episode: 10x22 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2018 (60 min)
The winner of Sunday night's mystery box, along with the members of the winning team in the invention test relay will compete for a coveted immunity pin.
Episode: 10x23 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2018 (60 min)
The judges surprise the contestants by announcing that this episode, a few of them will be journeying to the wide blue yonder.
Episode: 10x24 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2018 (75 min)
The eight contestants who lost the previous challenge are cooking in this episode's elimination, with Curtis Stone to keep them company.
Episode: 10x25 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2018 (90 min)
It's the beginning of South Australia Week for the contestants, where they will be cooking with some of the best ingredients South Australia has to offer.
Episode: 10x26 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2018 (60 min)
The contestants find themselves at the incredible D'Arenberg Cube restaurant in the heart of McLaren Vale wine country, with the bottom two teams from the night market challenge facing elimination.
Episode: 10x27 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2018 (60 min)
This immunity challenge takes place at the stunning Mt Lofty House in the Adelaide Hills. Does our contestant have what it takes to outscore the chef and win immunity?
Episode: 10x28 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2018 (60 min)
The team challenge will take place in the Barossa Valley. Divided into two teams, contestants will be given two hours to prepare an entree, main and dessert with each course celebrating table grapes.
Episode: 10x29 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2018 (120 min)
For the elimination challenge, the contestants go to Maggie Beer's Eatery in the Barossa Valley. Plus, a masterclass takes place at the Adelaide Markets.
Episode: 10x30 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2018 (90 min)
The contestants arrive back at the kitchen after a week of adventure in South Australia. There is a lot at stake, knowing that the top 10 is just around the corner.
Episode: 10x31 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2018 (60 min)
The bottom three contestants from the invention test are facing elimination.
Episode: 10x32 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2018 (60 min)
The winner of the mystery box and the top three from the invention test have the chance to cook for immunity.
Episode: 10x33 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2018 (60 min)
The contestants find themselves in the Dandenong Ranges where a fiery team challenge awaits them.
Episode: 10x34 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2018 (75 min)
The losing team from the previous challenge arrive at the kitchen for what will be the last time for one of them.
Episode: 10x35 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2018 (90 min)
The judges reveal this is Sweet Week. To kick off the week, they introduce the master of sweets, Adriano Zumbo, who has selected the mystery box ingredients and will reveal the invention test.
Episode: 10x36 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2018 (60 min)
Continuing Sweet Week, the judges are joined by social media cake superstar Katherine Sabbath. The bottom two teams from the previous invention test will face off in a pressure test.
Episode: 10x37 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2018 (60 min)
Our two Sweet Week mystery box winners and the winning team from Zumbo's invention test compete for immunity during a gelato challenge. It's the tastiest, trickiest and most deceiving taste test yet.
Episode: 10x38 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2018 (60 min)
George pays a surprise visit to the MasterChef contestant house with a special guest. Together, they reveal the challenge: the contestants are taking over two of Australia's best restaurants. There'll be smokin' hot drama and smokin' hot dishes.
Episode: 10x39 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2018 (70 min)
The losing team from the previous challenge will fight for their place in the competition.
Episode: 10x40 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2018 (90 min)
For the mystery box challenge the contestants find a big surprise among their ingredients. Later, the invention test is a chance for the contestants to prove they deserve to be in the top 10.
Episode: 10x41 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2018 (60 min)
The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test face elimination in a pressure test. One little mistake can turn into a royal disaster.
Episode: 10x42 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2018 (60 min)
The mystery box winner and the top three contestants from the invention test compete for immunity. The contestants only have 10 minutes to create a spectacular dish. In a royal race for immunity, who will do the impossible?
Episode: 10x43 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2018 (75 min)
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, makes his debut as part of the team challenge. Each team is to make four types of canapes, with the losing teams to face elimination.
Episode: 10x44 | Airdate: Jul 5, 2018 (75 min)
Continuing their adventure, the contestants arrive at their next destination. The two losing teams from the previous challenge face elimination in this challenge.
Episode: 10x45 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2018 (90 min)
The judges have a surprise: it's survival week and the contestants will be cooking for their lives every day. By the end of the week, one of them will win the most powerful advantage.
Episode: 10x46 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2018 (60 min)
As survival week continues, the contestants are shocked to discover that another challenge may lead to elimination when they have to turn a tray of terror into a modern masterpiece.
Episode: 10x47 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2018 (60 min)
The contestants remaining in survival week will learn all about making decisions under pressure as they decide what is of more value to them: time or ingredients. To win the ultimate super power, Samira will take a super risk. Gorgonzola and anchovy? Find out if she's pulled off the impossible.
Episode: 10x48 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2018 (60 min)
The challenge is off site at Panama Dining Room, in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. The contestants will be cooking a main course and dessert for 25 people each.
It's the battle for the super power. Chloe and Sashi have to cook a main and a dessert for 30 people each. Who will win the biggest advantage in MasterChef history?
Episode: 10x49 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2018 (120 min)
This is no ordinary elimination, but a pressure test with an iconic dish. How will the contestants cope with this massive challenge? Plus, join us for a masterclass.
Episode: 10x50 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2018 (105 min)
The seven remaining contestants are in the kitchen ready to fight for their place with a big surprise awaiting them. What will the contestants be challenged with for this invention test?
Episode: 10x51 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2018 (60 min)
The bottom three contestants from the invention test face elimination. Tonight is a pressure test with a terrifying twist... contestants won't see the dish, taste the dish or even get the recipe! They'll need to follow the clues to cook the dish hidden before them.
Episode: 10x52 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2018 (60 min)
The winner of the mystery box and of the invention test will face off in round one, vying for the chance to cook off against a professional cook in round two to get fast tracked to Finals Week.
Episode: 10x53 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2018 (75 min)
This episode is all about raising money for Second Bite, a charity that the program supports. The contestants will cook using only ingredients donated by the charity, cooking a six-course vegetarian degustation menu.
Episode: 10x54 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2018 (120 min)
This is the final elimination before Finals Week, and will determine the top five for 2018. It's an elimination over three rounds. Plus, a MasterClass with Curtis Stone.
Episode: 10x55 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2018 (105 min)
On the first day of finals week, each contestant will cook with one of five mystery boxes from a past season. Who will make it through to the next challenge?
Episode: 10x56 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2018 (60 min)
It's the first pressure test of finals week and the bottom three contestants from the previous invention test line up for what will be the last time in the MasterChef kitchen for one of them.
Episode: 10x57 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2018 (60 min)
We are down to the top four in the competition and they will compete for a massive advantage. Just days from the grand finale, this advantage will be a game changer.
Episode: 10x58 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2018 (75 min)
The contestants arrive in Sydney at the iconic Icebergs restaurant in Bondi. They are competing for a place in the semifinal and need to be inspired by the Italian menu at Icebergs.
Episode: 10x59 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2018 (120 min)
The elimination challenge will determine who will go into the semifinal. The bottom three contestants will fight it out for their place in the competition. Plus, a final MasterClass of the season.
Episode: 10x60 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2018 (90 min)
It is the semi-final of 2018. Our top three contestants are told that they will be cooking for some very special guests.
Episode: 10x61 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2018 (120 min)
It's the grand finale of 2018 and our top 24 has been whittled down to two home cooks battling it out in one final day in the kitchen.