MasterChef Recap
Good Lourdes! A contestant performs a flipping miracle in the barbecued dessert challenge
And that miracle was to make a banana pancake cooked on a hydrogen barbecue moderately palatable.
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Andy’s mum sets the bar low (and the cringe factor high) for this retro elimination challenge
Following the departure of judge Jamie Oliver, an even bigger special guest – it’s Andy’s mum! And she’s brought some triggering retro dishes with her.
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To market, to market, to cook food from a supermarket and bid judge Jamie farewell
It’s a team challenge at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market, and guest judge Jamie Oliver eliminates himself from the competition.
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The judges urge the contestants to dare to dream, before destroying one of them
It’s the first elimination of the season and it’s all about sobby backstories and food dreams. So whose is about to turn into a nightmare? Ben Pobjie recaps.
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Steve’s a gateaux superstar and Lourdes needs a miracle in MasterChef’s first immunity challenge
Sav, Sumeet, Stephen, Snezana and a woman who claims to be called “Lourdes” get the chance to flex their cooking muscles for the season’s first immunity pin.
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The MasterChef Australia 2024 recap collection: we watch the show so you don’t have to
Chaos, cliffhangers, and quite a lot of cooking too. It’s MasterChef 2024 as observed by master recapper Ben Pobjie, in order of most recent to oldest episode.
The aim of this game is to make Jamie Oliver not look like a plonker. Can they do it?
It’s only night two and we’re already elbow deep in a service challenge. Hopefully they can handle the heat better than chilli-shy judge Andy.
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MasterChef recap: Cue the frantic music and fireballs, it’s back and boy are there a lot of judges
MasterChef returns with new judges, overenthusiastic contestants and moving montages. There’s also some cooking. Ben Pobjie recaps episode one.
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Watching Jock Zonfrillo did sting, but the MasterChef debut reminds us to do one thing
Jock Zonfrillo in top form is a delight, and remains a delight. But this time it’s a delight that collides with sadness and hurt, writes Ben Pobjie.
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MasterChef recap: Australia's newest cooking queen is crowned in an action-packed grand finale
Heston drops by and sets finalists Sarah and Billie a five-hour tart challenge. Who almost crumbles under the pressure but wins the whole thing anyway? Ben Pobjie recaps the final episode of MasterChef for 2022.