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MasterChef Australia

Season 18

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Episode 179 min2026-04-19

Auditions: Group 1

MasterChef Australia returns with auditions and 40 of the country's best home cooks are ready. Tonight 20 cooks have 90 minutes to cook their dream dish in order to win one of the 10 aprons on offer.

Episode 258 min2026-04-20

Auditions: Group 2

Another 20 home cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen to compete for 10 aprons on offer. For those who miss out, they learn there will be one final chance to cook for the last four aprons tomorrow.

Episode 353 min2026-04-21

Auditions: Second Chance

Tonight, the 20 remaining hopefuls have a second and final chance to cook their way into the competition. Just who will score themselves one of the final four places?

Episode 475 min2026-04-26

Mystery Box: Jimmy Barnes

Aussie Rock legend Jimmy Barnes set this season's first mystery box, inspiring the Top 24 with seasonal ingredients they love to cook with. Dish of the day will see its maker safe from elimination.

Episode 550 min2026-04-27

Elimination Challenge: Family Favourites

In the first elimination of the competition, 23 cooks will show the judges a window into their homelife, through a favourite dish that they cook at home for their loved ones.

Episode 648 min2026-04-28

Invention Test: Cereal

It's the return of a MasterChef classic with an Invention Test challenging cooks to create an inventive dish using cereal.

Episode 752 min2026-04-29

Pressure Test: Maggie Beer

The bottom five cooks from the Invention Test face off in a Pressure Test set by MasterChef favourite Maggie Beer, tasked with mastering her signature sour cream pastry in a high-stakes pie challenge.

Episode 863 min2026-05-03

Immunity Challenge: Andy Cooks

It's Family Favourites week and social media sensation Andy Cooks (chef Andy Hearnden) is on the hunt for the ultimate breakfast, in an immunity challenge cook with 60 minutes on the clock.

Episode 949 min2026-05-04

Elimination Challenge: Reinventing Carbs

In an elimination challenge centred on reinventing the judges' quick carb midweek dinner recipes, mistakes and time pressure sends one cook home.

Episode 1049 min2026-05-05

Team Challenge: Family Feast

It is the first team challenge of the series, and the contestants are all eager to see how well they can work together. The bottom two teams will find themselves in the elimination the following day.

Episode 1146 min2026-05-06

Elimination Challenge: Family Traditions

Six contestants face elimination as they must create a dish that represent their family food traditions to fight for their place in the competition.

Episode 1259 min2026-05-10

Mystery Box Challenge: Catherine Zhang

The Top 20 compete for Immunity from tomorrow's Elimination in a fruity Mystery Box challenge set by Catherine Zhang, marking the start of Viral Wonders Week

Episode 1349 min2026-05-11

Elimination Challenge: Viral Ingredients

Viral sensation Victoria Minell (aka @recipesbyvictoria) sets a challenge to use one of her five viral ingredients in a 75-minute cook to save their place in the competition

Episode 1449 min2026-05-12

Team Service Challenge: Viral-worthy Dish

Six teams will compete in their first service challenge, tasked with creating one perfect viral-worthy dish to serve to hundreds of diners, and impress a mystery social media-star critic

Episode 1552 min2026-05-13

Immunity Pin Challenge: Khanh Ong

MasterChef alum and social media star Khanh Ong sets an epic challenge to create a bold, out-there sandwich with a banging cross section, to win the first immunity pin of the season

Episode 1659 min2026-05-17

Mystery Box Challenge: Rick Stein

It's the start of Around the World Week, and global food icon Rick Stein joins the MasterChef Kitchen to set an extra spicy Mystery Box challenge

Episode 1749 min2026-05-18

Elimination Challenge: Cuisines from Around the World

In an Around the World elimination challenge, MasterChef contestants must create a dish inspired by a chosen cuisine, featuring a surprise hero ingredient revealed only after they commit

Episode 1849 min2026-05-19

Invention Test: Fusion

It's a fusion invention test today with the contestants having to make dish featuring cuisines from two countries

Episode 1951 min2026-05-20

Pressure Test: Rosheen Kaul

Chef Rosheen Kaul sets the first full Pressure Test for the season, with an intense, three-hour challenge

Episode 2062 min2026-05-24

Mystery Box Challenge: Dim Sim Lim

Kicking off nostalgia-themed week in the MasterChef kitchen, social media sensation chef Dim Sim Lim sets a 60-minute mystery box challenge requiring a steamed element. English