Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia’s leading premium food magazine, Delicious.

The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.

Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home, while two contestants will go through…

The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne’s top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?

The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia�s top chefs to…

The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a pressure test to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?

It’s finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.

The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?

The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up…

The three best invention test performers now face a special souffle immunity challenge. Can our amateur chef out-cook a professional and find themselves cooking in finals week?

The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?

Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.

Japan week concludes at Tateyama Castle for a very special MasterClass with Michelin star sushi chef who walks the contestants through the simplicity and beauty of the perfect sushi.

The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and…

The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds…

The winning contestants from the invention test and the Kappo challenge now have a chance to fight it out for immunity in view of Mount Fuji at the Obuchi Tea…

Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-style degustation for some of Tokyo’s food elite.

This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery…

The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.

Split into pairs, each team must make two plates of the same dish and they must be identical, but they will not be able to see or taste what their…

The three best performers from the invention test now compete for a chance at immunity. Will our amateur cook have what it takes to out-perform one of Australia’s best chefs?

Unwatched The contestants have three hours and 45 minutes to recreate Paul Carmichael’s Bajan fish fry from Momofuku Seiobo. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated from…

Contestants have an hour to create a dish from the Mystery Box ingredients, with only three dishes to be tasted. The maker of the winning dish will receive an advantage…

Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a delicious dish to avoid elimination. Later, Heston Blumenthal’s MasterClass shows how to cook a tasty BBQ leg of Mallee lamb.

Contestants have 60 minutes to cook a savoury dish inspired by fire. The two least impressive dishes must then cook off to avoid the elimination challenge.

The judges and Heston Blumenthal welcome the eight contestants to the Mildura salt pan. The contestants must cook dishes inspired by ‘air’ in teams of four.

Contestants split into pairs have 75 minutes to cook one main and one dessert that must incorporate the element of earth. The least impressive team will then need to cook…

It’s Heston Blumenthal week. Heston takes the top 12 contestants on a road trip through regional Victoria; the first stop is the mighty Murray River in Swan Hill.

The six members of the losing team from the pop-up restaurant challenge enter the kitchen facing elimination. Who will be the next contestant to leave the competition?

MasterChef Australia2016 runner-up Matt Sinclair is on hand to mentor contestants in a pop-up restaurant team challenge to create a three-course menu for 100 diners.

Twelve of the previously eliminated contestants now have a chance to cook their way back into the competition. Which one of the home cooks will secure themselves a second chance?

The bottom four contestants from the invention test must now cook off in the Pressure Test set by one of the world’s top chocolatiers to avoid elimination. Who will be…

Contestants have an hour to create a delicious dish from ingredients found in the Mystery Box set by international celebrity chef Curtis Stone.

The seven members of the losing team from the vegetarian feast challenge are facing elimination. Which favourite will be going home? Plus, a very special Yotam Ottolenghi MasterClass.

Split into two teams, each group must prepare a Yotam Ottolenghi-style vegetarian feast for a group of meat lovers. The team that serves the least impressive feast will be up…

The three best performers in the invention test must first face off for a chance to cook against a professional chef for immunity. Does an amateur have what it takes…

The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test must cook off to avoid elimination in a pressure test set by the master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam…

Master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi’s mystery box challenge gives contestants 75 minutes to create a delicious dish to gain an advantage going into the invention test.

Eight contestants now face elimination and must survive three rounds if they are to keep their food dream alive. Will one of the top contenders fail to impress the judges?

Each team must serve two dishes in one of four market-friendly ways at the famous South Melbourne Market. The two teams that make the least amount of money will face…