MasterChef Australia - Season 12

MasterChef Australia - Season 12

Season 12

Back To Win

Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen take the helm of the show that celebrates food and the love of food. Jock, Melissa and Andy will be joined in the MasterChef Australia kitchen by a delicious assortment of the world’s best chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Curtis Stone, to serve up the 12th helping of MasterChef Australia. The traditional MasterChef Australia recipe also boasts some new ingredients when the best of the best from the past 11 seasons return to the kitchen in MasterChef Australia – Back To Win.
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DatesApr 13, 2020 - Jul 20, 2020
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Episodes

Immunity Pin Challenge: Finale-worthy Dish
Season 12Episode 190 min

Immunity Pin Challenge: Finale-worthy Dish

Your favourites are back for another crack at the coveted MasterChef title. Up for grabs is this season's only immunity pin, and joining them all week is chef extraordinaire Gordon Ramsay.

Apr 13, 2020
Service Challenge: Ginger, Potatoes and Black Garlic
Season 12Episode 260 min

Service Challenge: Ginger, Potatoes and Black Garlic

Each team must cook a three-course meal for 120 guests. The judges reveal three ingredients: black garlic, ginger and potatoes. Each team must feature one of the ingredients in each course.

Apr 14, 2020
Team Challenge: Round Robin Relay
Season 12Episode 360 min

Team Challenge: Round Robin Relay

Teams must cook a three-course meal in a relay-style cook. Each team member starts a course and after 20 minutes must swap to the next course. The most cohesive menu with the best dishes wins.

Apr 15, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Keeping Up with Gordon
Season 12Episode 460 min

Immunity Challenge: Keeping Up with Gordon

After impressing the judges in the round robin relay challenge, the winning team are back in the kitchen cooking for immunity and a chance to be safe from the next elimination.

Apr 16, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Gordon's Gift
Season 12Episode 5100 min

Elimination Challenge: Gordon's Gift

Every contestant is up for elimination, except the winner of the immunity challenge. The pressure mounts for all contestants to deliver delicious dishes and keep their place in the competition.

Apr 19, 2020
Team Challenge: Ultimate Barbecue
Season 12Episode 675 min

Team Challenge: Ultimate Barbecue

The contestants compete in the ultimate barbecue challenge, cooking for a staggering 1200 people. The team who least impresses will find themselves cooking in the pressure test.

Apr 20, 2020
Pressure Test: Jock Zonfrillo
Season 12Episode 770 min

Pressure Test: Jock Zonfrillo

In the first pressure test of the season, contestants must cook three dishes from judge Jock Zonfrillo's three-hatted, award-winning restaurant, Orana. The least impressive dish will send someone home.

Apr 21, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Melissa Leong
Season 12Episode 875 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Melissa Leong

In the first mystery box challenge of the season, the 22 remaining contestants discover the ingredients have been chosen from all corners of the globe by judge Melissa Leong.

Apr 22, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Taste Test & MasterClass 1
Season 12Episode 9135 min

Immunity Challenge: Taste Test & MasterClass 1

The five contestants with the most impressive dishes from yesterday's challenge find themselves back in the kitchen ready to cook off in an immunity challenge. Plus, MasterClass with Andy and Jock.

Apr 23, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Judges' Pantry
Season 12Episode 10100 min

Elimination Challenge: Judges' Pantry

In this episode's elimination challenge, every contestant bar one, the winner of the immunity challenge, is up for elimination. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

Apr 26, 2020
Team Challenge: Three-round Cook-off
Season 12Episode 1190 min

Team Challenge: Three-round Cook-off

The contestants are split into three teams of seven and compete in a three-round cook-off. After the third round, the bottom six contestants are revealed and will cook off in the next episode's pressure test.

Apr 27, 2020
Pressure Test: Own Recipe
Season 12Episode 1275 min

Pressure Test: Own Recipe

It's a pressure test with a difference. Each contestant has written their own pressure test recipe and has to create a dish to wow the judges. The least impressive dish will send its maker home.

Apr 28, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Barter
Season 12Episode 1390 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Barter

The judges reveal that each contestant's mystery box contains four ingredients which they can barter with one another for. The top four dishes will see their makers cook for immunity in the next episode.

Apr 29, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Time Auction
Season 12Episode 1460 min

Immunity Challenge: Time Auction

The immunity challenge sees four contestants compete in a time auction. The more time they spend on buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.

Apr 30, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Texture
Season 12Episode 1590 min

Elimination Challenge: Texture

This challenge is all about texture. In round one, contestants must cook a dish with the best crunch. Round two is all about a gooey texture. The least impressive gooey dish will send its chef home.

May 3, 2020
Team Challenge: Thai Ute
Season 12Episode 1660 min

Team Challenge: Thai Ute

The contestants leave the kitchen for a week of off-site challenges. Teams must make two entrees and three mains for 50 diners. The least impressive team faces a pressure test.

May 4, 2020
Pressure Test: Helly Raichura
Season 12Episode 1775 min

Pressure Test: Helly Raichura

Helly Raichura, of Enter Via Laundry, bases this taste test on her popular dish, 'pasta not pasta'. Contestants who guess the least ingredients correctly must replicate the dish in a challenge.

May 5, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Backyard Fruit and Vegetables
Season 12Episode 1875 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Backyard Fruit and Vegetables

This episode's ingredients are sourced by locals who grow fruit and vegetables in their backyards. The three most impressive dishes from the mystery box challenge will cook in an immunity challenge.

May 6, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Sushi Train
Season 12Episode 1975 min

Immunity Challenge: Sushi Train

Three contestants are told they must prepare 100 small plates each, consisting of five different dishes. All dishes will be served on the sushi train and will be colour-coded in this blind tasting.

May 7, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Take Away
Season 12Episode 2090 min

Elimination Challenge: Take Away

In today's take-away elimination challenge contestants must make a dish that will stand the home delivery test. Contestants have 90 minutes from the start of the cook to completed delivery.

May 10, 2020
Service Challenge: Two Twists
Season 12Episode 2160 min

Service Challenge: Two Twists

Contestants learn that there will be a twist with every challenge this week, so they must think on their feet to survive another week in the MasterChef kitchen. Tonight two twists really stir the pot.

May 11, 2020
Pressure Test: Darren Purchese
Season 12Episode 2275 min

Pressure Test: Darren Purchese

Contestants have three hours to complete a simply stunning Darren Purchese dish, but in the final hour of the cook, a twist that no one could anticipate is thrown at the contestants.

May 12, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Twist Ingredients
Season 12Episode 2375 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Twist Ingredients

Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a dish using one or more of the eight ingredients in the mystery box. The contestants are pushed to the limit when a twist is delivered to their benches.

May 13, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Hot 'N' Cold & MasterClass 2
Season 12Episode 24150 min

Immunity Challenge: Hot 'N' Cold & MasterClass 2

Katy Perry guest judges a very special Hot 'N' Cold challenge to honour the iconic MasterChef theme song. The contestant with the best dish will find themselves safe from the elimination.

May 14, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Cuisine Cook-off
Season 12Episode 2590 min

Elimination Challenge: Cuisine Cook-off

Contestants are cooking off against the other contestant on their bench. The best dish from each bench will be safe, while the remaining contestants must cook in the elimination round.

May 17, 2020
Service Challenge: Sweet or Savoury
Season 12Episode 2675 min

Service Challenge: Sweet or Savoury

Jo Barrett and Matt Stone from Oakridge Wines mentor this service challenge, with each team cooking a sweet or savoury menu. The team with the least impressive menu faces the pressure test.

May 18, 2020
Pressure Test: Peter Gunn
Season 12Episode 2775 min

Pressure Test: Peter Gunn

Contestants must replicate chef Peter Gunn's 'Black Box' from his restaurant Ides. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

May 19, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Shannon Martinez
Season 12Episode 2875 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Shannon Martinez

Contestants must create a vegan dish using at least one ingredient from the mystery box set by vegan chef, Shannon Martinez. The top four dishes will cook off in tomorrow's immunity challenge.

May 20, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Comfort Food
Season 12Episode 2990 min

Immunity Challenge: Comfort Food

Tonight's immunity challenge is fought in two rounds. In one round contestants must create a delicious dish using instant noodles. The top two from round one must make a nostalgic and comforting dish.

May 21, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Fish
Season 12Episode 3090 min

Elimination Challenge: Fish

Josh Niland of The Fish Butchery breaks down a kingfish for each of the contestants to choose a cut to cook with. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.

May 24, 2020
Team Challenge: Relay
Season 12Episode 3170 min

Team Challenge: Relay

Each team must cook two dishes: one main and one dessert. Each contestant has 20 minutes to cook and they have just 45 seconds to hand over the dish to the next contestant in the relay.

May 25, 2020
Pressure Test: Kirsten Tibballs
Season 12Episode 3275 min

Pressure Test: Kirsten Tibballs

Queen of chocolate and guest chef Kirsten Tibballs reveals that, for the pressure test, the contestants must create her wow-factor dessert the meljito.

May 26, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Family Photo
Season 12Episode 3390 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Family Photo

The contestants lift the lids of their mystery box to find a photo sent by their loved ones. The contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish inspired by the memory in their family photo.

May 27, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Classic Fairytales
Season 12Episode 3475 min

Immunity Challenge: Classic Fairytales

Contestants must create a dish inspired by one of seven classic fairytales. With an open pantry and garden, the contestant with the best dish and the strongest concept will win immunity.

May 28, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Flavour Pairing
Season 12Episode 3590 min

Elimination Challenge: Flavour Pairing

Contestants must make a dish that has two different flavoured ice-creams that only work when they are eaten together. In round two, they must make a dish using one of five unusual flavour pairings.

May 31, 2020
Heat 1: Citrus Cook-off
Season 12Episode 3670 min

Heat 1: Citrus Cook-off

Contestants cook a sweet or savoury style dish championing a citrus fruit of their choice. In round two, they use the same fruit, but their dish must be in the opposite style.

Jun 1, 2020
Heat 2: Protein Dessert
Season 12Episode 3775 min

Heat 2: Protein Dessert

Contestants discover they must create a dish inspired by chef Coskun Uysal's chicken rice pudding dessert. With this in mind, they must create their own dessert featuring a meat or protein.

Jun 2, 2020
Heat 3: Mystery Box Lottery
Season 12Episode 3875 min

Heat 3: Mystery Box Lottery

This episode's mystery box ingredients are decided entirely by the luck of the draw, with numbered lottery balls corresponding to 25 ingredients on display.

Jun 3, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Three-round Mini Finale
Season 12Episode 3990 min

Immunity Challenge: Three-round Mini Finale

Each round in this immunity challenge is worth 10 points and the contestant with the highest score at the end of round three will win immunity and be free from the upcoming elimination.

Jun 4, 2020
Pressure Test: Australia
Season 12Episode 4090 min

Pressure Test: Australia

It's an Australia-themed pressure test. First up contestants must cook a delicious savoury pie and sauce. The bottom four must then create a dish celebrating what Australia means to them.

Jun 7, 2020
Team Challenge: Identical Dishes
Season 12Episode 4170 min

Team Challenge: Identical Dishes

Teams of two must create two dishes using a chosen ingredient. Dishes must be identical in taste and appearance, but they will not be able to see each other while they cook, so communication is key.

Jun 8, 2020
Pressure Test: Benjamin Cooper
Season 12Episode 4270 min

Pressure Test: Benjamin Cooper

Benjamin Cooper, Executive Chef of Chin Chin Melbourne, sets tonight's pressure test where contestants must recreate his jungle curry with rice and roti without a recipe.

Jun 9, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Smoke
Season 12Episode 4370 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Smoke

Today's mystery box is all about smoke. Contestants can use any method of smoking as long as one element has been smoked with a smoking gun.

Jun 10, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Pumpkin
Season 12Episode 4470 min

Immunity Challenge: Pumpkin

Today's immunity challenge is all about resourcefulness. The contestants are each presented with a pumpkin and have 90 minutes to cook three dishes that feature the pumpkin in some way.

Jun 11, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Food from Different Countries
Season 12Episode 4590 min

Elimination Challenge: Food from Different Countries

Charlie Carrington of Melbourne restaurant, Atlas sets today's elimination challenge focusing on food from different countries. But will a big risk send one contestant home?

Jun 14, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Golden Ingredients
Season 12Episode 4670 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Golden Ingredients

In this episode's golden box mystery box challenge, the contestants have to create a dish using one or more of the golden ingredients. The top four dishes will battle it out in the next immunity challenge.

Jun 15, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Ingredient Reveal
Season 12Episode 4770 min

Immunity Challenge: Ingredient Reveal

Every five minutes an ingredient that can be used in their cook is revealed to our contestants. They can start cooking at any time but only have access to the ingredients revealed up to that point.

Jun 16, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Taste Test
Season 12Episode 4890 min

Elimination Challenge: Taste Test

This elimination will take place over two rounds, the first of which is the classic blind taste test. The first four contestants who guess incorrectly will go into round two.

Jun 21, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: The Everything Box
Season 12Episode 4970 min

Mystery Box Challenge: The Everything Box

The judges reveal that the contestants need to use all the ingredients in their mystery box to create two dishes - a sweet and savoury dish - in 75 minutes.

Jun 22, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Alphabet Game
Season 12Episode 5070 min

Immunity Challenge: Alphabet Game

Three heavy hitters of the competition go head-to-head. Who will make top six?

Jun 23, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Classics & New Inventions
Season 12Episode 5190 min

Elimination Challenge: Classics & New Inventions

In this episode's elimination, contestants are challenged to cook a classic dish. Could this be Reynold's final cook in the kitchen?

Jun 28, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Colour
Season 12Episode 5270 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Colour

This episode's mystery box is inspired by colour. The dish can be sweet or savoury, and contestants can access the pantry with the garden also in play. So why is Melissa so emotional?

Jun 29, 2020
Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip
Season 12Episode 5370 min

Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip

In the battle for top five, contestants must choose two cloches and cook with the ingredients underneath. They can give up one cloche and select a third, however they must cook with the third ingredient.

Jun 30, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Potato, Mushroom and Cauliflower
Season 12Episode 5490 min

Elimination Challenge: Potato, Mushroom and Cauliflower

Phil Wood, from two of Victoria's finest restaurants, reveals that round one is a pressure test. Contestants have 75 minutes to replicate his dish: potatoes duchess with shiitake mushrooms and cauliflower.

Jul 5, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Inspired by Nature
Season 12Episode 5570 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Inspired by Nature

The race to finals week is on! The makers of the top three dishes from the mystery box challenge will battle it out for one last chance at winning immunity this season.

Jul 6, 2020
Immunity Challenge: No Rules
Season 12Episode 5670 min

Immunity Challenge: No Rules

Who will make the finals? With no set rules in place, the contestants must mutually decide the cook time to create a dish, sweet or savoury, that best proves to the judges they have come back to win.

Jul 7, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Four-course Menu
Season 12Episode 5790 min

Elimination Challenge: Four-course Menu

In this mammoth elimination challenge, the contestants discover not only will they be cooking a four-course meal for the MasterChef judges, but for six of the hottest chefs in the country.

Jul 12, 2020
Mystery Box Challenge: Gordon Ramsay
Season 12Episode 5870 min

Mystery Box Challenge: Gordon Ramsay

The contestants discover the mystery box, covered in a Union Jack flag, has been set by guest chef Gordon Ramsay.

Jul 13, 2020
Elimination Challenge: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Pantry
Season 12Episode 5970 min

Elimination Challenge: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Pantry

In this elimination challenge, contestants must choose to use either ingredients from an ordinary pantry or an extraordinary pantry.

Jul 14, 2020
Semi-Final
Season 12Episode 6090 min

Semi-Final

In the semifinal challenge, our top three contestants compete for a place in the Grand Final. At the end of this challenge, three become two.

Jul 19, 2020
Grand Finale
Season 12Episode 6190 min

Grand Finale

After a long culinary journey, the two finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and the title of MasterChef Australia 2020.

Jul 20, 2020

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