MasterChef Australia Season 15

MasterChef Australia - Season 15

2023 • 50 episodes

5.8
50 episodes
May 07, 2023

About this season

Returning for its 15th season, MasterChef Australia is back to deliver a series full of twists and turns with Secrets & Surprises. Originally scheduled to premiere 1 May 2023, the series was postponed due to the sudden passing of judge Jock Zonfrillo the night before.

Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

50 episodes
Secrets & Surprises with Jamie Oliver
Episode 1

Secrets & Surprises with Jamie Oliver

Episode 1 • May 07, 2023

Expect the unexpected with a season of secrets and surprises. Judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen are joined by special guest Jamie Oliver.

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81m
15 Minute Dish & Keeping Up With Jamie
Episode 2

15 Minute Dish & Keeping Up With Jamie

Episode 2 • May 08, 2023

Jamie Oliver is back for another day in the MasterChef Australia kitchen! Contestants must bring their A-game if they want to secure one of two spots in the first Immunity challenge of the season.

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65m
Surprise Flavour Bomb
Episode 3

Surprise Flavour Bomb

Episode 3 • May 09, 2023

There's a catch to the flavour bombs that Jamie Oliver has left behind for the contestants to cook with today - they will only be revealed 15 minutes into the cook and must be included in the dish.

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Beat The Chef
Episode 4

Beat The Chef

Episode 4 • May 10, 2023

Contestants must raid Shannon Bennett's fridge to create the tastiest dish in 45 minutes. The winner will go head-to-head with Vue de monde's Hugh Allen in the hope of winning an elusive immunity pin.

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52m
Childhood Ingredients
Episode 5

Childhood Ingredients

Episode 5 • May 14, 2023

Contestants fight to stay alive in the first elimination challenge of the season. Cooking from favourite childhood memories, the least impressive dishes over two rounds will send its maker home.

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71m
Poh's Plus Mystery Box
Episode 6

Poh's Plus Mystery Box

Episode 6 • May 15, 2023

This season's first Mystery Box sees fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow back in the MasterChef kitchen for one night only. Contestants must create a winning dish with just under bench staples and little else.

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47m
If The Choux Fits
Episode 7

If The Choux Fits

Episode 7 • May 16, 2023

Former MasterChef winner and dessert queen Emelia Jackson is here to share her secrets. Using Emelia's choux pastry recipe, contestants must create a superb sweet or savoury dish to avoid elimination.

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48m
Matt vs Sashi
Episode 8

Matt vs Sashi

Episode 8 • May 17, 2023

Get your orders ready, its time for the first Service Challenge of the season. Two teams, aided by mentors Matt Sinclair and Sashi Cheliah, must cook an entree and a main course dish for 30 diners.

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48m
Andy's Chook & Beat the Chef
Episode 9

Andy's Chook & Beat the Chef

Episode 9 • May 18, 2023

Winner winner chicken dinner! Contestants must turn Andy's spit roasted chooks into a banger dish, with the winner cooking off for an Immunity Pin against Three Blue Ducks chef, Darren Robertson.

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52m
Julie's Soup
Episode 10

Julie's Soup

Episode 10 • May 21, 2023

MasterChef royalty Julie Goodwin returns, and survival is on the menu. Those who pick a wrong ingredient in Julie's seafood stew must cook to avoid elimination using only the items in Julie's recipe.

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69m
Big Week - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 11

Big Week - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 11 • May 22, 2023

Big Week lives up to its name as the contents of MasterChef's biggest ever Mystery Box are revealed. Contestants must think outside the box and big up the flavour to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.

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48m
Tokyo Lamington Tower - Pressure Test
Episode 12

Tokyo Lamington Tower - Pressure Test

Episode 12 • May 23, 2023

Pressure Test elimination looms as three contestants strive to replicate Eddie Stewart's Tokyo Lamington Tower, featuring Snickers, strawberry matcha, charcoal pumpkin and yuzu curd meringue flavours.

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47m
Grazeland - Service Challenge
Episode 13

Grazeland - Service Challenge

Episode 13 • May 24, 2023

As thousands of hungry punters descend on Melbourne's hip Grazeland, it's surf and turf for the masses with two teams vying for a shot at Immunity in MasterChef's biggest ever service challenge!

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50m
Mystery Appliance - Immunity Pin Challenge
Episode 14

Mystery Appliance - Immunity Pin Challenge

Episode 14 • May 25, 2023

With an Immunity Pin at stake, whoever creates the best dish with a mystery appliance in round one will earn first pick of flavour pairings and a 15 minute head start against guest chef Sergio Perera.

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51m
2 Day Elimination - Elimination Challenge
Episode 15

2 Day Elimination - Elimination Challenge

Episode 15 • May 28, 2023

Slow and steady keeps their place! Facing elimination, contestants embark on a two-day challenge with 45 minutes to marinate, pickle, brine and more in an overnight cook to finish off the next day.

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70m
Breakfast Cereals - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 16

Breakfast Cereals - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 16 • May 29, 2023

Contestants try to bowl the judges over by elevating humble breakfast cereals into nostalgic classics. Who will cry over spilt milk with a Pressure Test awaiting the worst cereal offenders tomorrow?

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47m
Viennetta Ice Cream Cake - Pressure Test
Episode 17

Viennetta Ice Cream Cake - Pressure Test

Episode 17 • May 30, 2023

Guest chef Donato Toce reveals his superb Viennetta ice cream cake. Pressure Test contestants will need ice in their veins to replicate the nostalgic dessert or risk being frozen out of the kitchen.

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48m
Sweet....Or Sour? - Service Challenge
Episode 18

Sweet....Or Sour? - Service Challenge

Episode 18 • May 31, 2023

Two teams must wok hard to create a sumptuous banquet at a suburban Chinese Restaurant as they hope to takeaway a crack at Immunity. Will our judges deem their plates of fortune to be sweet ... or sour?

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48m
Gabriel Gate - Immunity Challenge
Episode 19

Gabriel Gate - Immunity Challenge

Episode 19 • Jun 01, 2023

Great frypans of fire! It's an Immunity Pin fracas as a field of faves fan the flames in a flipping flambe free-for-all. Who will face fab French foodie Gabriel Gate in a fierce fight to the finish?

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52m
Trip Down Memory Lane - Elimination Challenge
Episode 20

Trip Down Memory Lane - Elimination Challenge

Episode 20 • Jun 04, 2023

Fancy a final trip down memory lane for a '70s-themed dinner party? A little fermented curd will do the trick! Then, time travel for the taste buds leads to a tearful farewell to one contestant.

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63m
Home Cooks vs Pro Cooks - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 21

Home Cooks vs Pro Cooks - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 21 • Jun 05, 2023

It's home cooks versus pro cooks in a culinary smackdown. The gloves are off as three contenders go toe-to-toe with Jacqui Challinor and her Nomad Restaurant warriors. Who will deliver the knockout blow?

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46m
Best Of The Best - Pressure Test
Episode 22

Best Of The Best - Pressure Test

Episode 22 • Jun 06, 2023

Three more contestants battle the best of the best, dueling with Nick Holloway's Nu Nu crew in a mind-blowing three-course Pressure Test whipped up by Aru and Sunda Restaurant's gifted chef, Khahn Nguyen.

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49m
Louis Tikaram Blind Relay - Service Challenge
Episode 23

Louis Tikaram Blind Relay - Service Challenge

Episode 23 • Jun 07, 2023

Louis Tikaram and his Stanley Restaurant team sprint to the kitchen for a blind relay against three MasterChef contestants. With no handovers and zero communication... who will be the runaway winners?

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44m
Shock Rock Around The Clock - Immunity Challenge
Episode 24

Shock Rock Around The Clock - Immunity Challenge

Episode 24 • Jun 08, 2023

Who can knock Jock's socks off in a shock rock around the clock? Three cooks face the chopping block against Serai's flock. Time is docked for the best stock. Tick tock, tick tock, don't get crocked!

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52m
Rick Stein - Elimination Challenge
Episode 25

Rick Stein - Elimination Challenge

Episode 25 • Jun 11, 2023

Our home cooks are wading into treacherous waters as global seafood superstar Rick Stein brings his best squid game. Who will end up sleeping with the fishes in a chaotic aquatic 2-part challenge?

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72m
John Dory - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 26

John Dory - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 26 • Jun 12, 2023

Contestants must push the boat out to hook the catch of the day as Australia's top chef Josh Niland reels them in with his unique skills, before setting a gnarly John Dory Mystery Box challenge.

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49m
Luke Nguyen - Pressure Test
Episode 27

Luke Nguyen - Pressure Test

Episode 27 • Jun 13, 2023

One contender will be shafted as a saucy twist with a standout ingredient ensures stiff competition between the bottom three, who must replicate iconic chef Luke Nguyen's zesty pho without a recipe.

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49m
Two Course Root Veg - Service Challenge
Episode 28

Two Course Root Veg - Service Challenge

Episode 28 • Jun 14, 2023

Australia's homegrown superstar Curtis Stone visits the MasterChef kitchen to mentor and motivate two teams facing off in a massive Service Challenge to create next level root vegetable dishes.

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47m
Condiment Cook-off - Immunity Challenge
Episode 29

Condiment Cook-off - Immunity Challenge

Episode 29 • Jun 15, 2023

It's a golden opportunity to relish in Curtis' Condiment Cook-off. Today's tastiest condiment wins its maker Immunity, plus their creation will be on Coles supermarket shelves Australia-wide tomorrow!

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52m
Ingredient Gamble - Elimination Challenge
Episode 30

Ingredient Gamble - Elimination Challenge

Episode 30 • Jun 18, 2023

Australia's most beloved food icon, Maggie Beer, is in the kitchen to spread the joy and inspire a full field of black apron contestants as they compete in a two-round Elimination Challenge.

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70m
Surprise Inside - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 31

Surprise Inside - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 31 • Jun 19, 2023

A Mystery Box Challenge allows our top nine to turn the tables on Jock, Andy and Melissa. It's what's inside that counts as our home cooks try to surprise the judges.

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48m
Peter Rabbit Garden - Pressure Test
Episode 32

Peter Rabbit Garden - Pressure Test

Episode 32 • Jun 20, 2023

Chef Nelly Robinson presents Mr McGregor Garden - a whimsical dish that sends three home cooks down a tricky Pressure Test rabbit hole. For one unlucky contestant there will be no fairytale ending.

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48m
NGV Greek - Service Challenge
Episode 33

NGV Greek - Service Challenge

Episode 33 • Jun 21, 2023

Greece is the word! The National Gallery of Victoria's Temple of Boom is the Herculean setting where food will be given the Midas touch in a big fat Greek Service Challenge odyssey with a twist. Opa!

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48m
Beat The Chef - Immunity Challenge
Episode 34

Beat The Chef - Immunity Challenge

Episode 34 • Jun 22, 2023

For a hot shot at an Immunity Pin, the lucky mug to grind out the best sweet coffee dish moves on to stir things up in a tea for two brewhaha against The Ritz-Carlton's perky pastry chef Kay-Lene Tan.

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51m
Colours - Elimination Challenge
Episode 35

Colours - Elimination Challenge

Episode 35 • Jun 25, 2023

It's a colour palette for the palate with a pearler of a taste test to set the tone. Who will then be caught red-handed and feeling blue cooking an elimination dish that highlights one chosen colour.

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65m
Everything Box - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 36

Everything Box - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 36 • Jun 26, 2023

Contestants must include every ingredient in the dreaded Everything Box to plate up a meal with the whole shebang. The makers of the bottom three dishes will face tomorrow's mind-blowing Pressure Test

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47m
Clare Smith Pie - Pressure Test
Episode 37

Clare Smith Pie - Pressure Test

Episode 37 • Jun 27, 2023

Internationally renowned chef Clare Smyth of Sydney's Oncore Restaurant is here to put contestants through their Pressure Test paces with a complex dish inspired by beef, oyster and Irish stout pie.

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48m
Foraging - Service Challenge
Episode 38

Foraging - Service Challenge

Episode 38 • Jun 28, 2023

At the beautiful grounds of the O.MY Farm, contestants are split into 3 teams of 2. After foraging for one ingredient to hero in a dish, only THEN do they find out what course they’ll be cooking!

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47m
Aural Pleasure - Immunity Challenge
Episode 39

Aural Pleasure - Immunity Challenge

Episode 39 • Jun 29, 2023

Hear ye, hear ye! It's crunch time in a cracker of an Immunity Challenge. Judges are listening for the loudest, most rip-roaring dish that offers both aural pleasure and sizzling taste.

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50m
Kirsten Tibballs - Elimination Challenge
Episode 40

Kirsten Tibballs - Elimination Challenge

Episode 40 • Jul 02, 2023

Consummate pastry chef and chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is here to set a sweet Elimination Challenge over two rounds. Who will pud up some patisserie magic and who will dessert the kitchen?

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71m
Freshness - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 41

Freshness - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 41 • Jul 03, 2023

With an open garden, open pantry and an open mind, freshness will be front and centre as our top five let their imaginations run wild competing for a spot in the next Immunity Challenge.

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47m
Time Auction - Pressure Test
Episode 42

Time Auction - Pressure Test

Episode 42 • Jul 04, 2023

A road trip to All Saints Estate in the Murray offers a high-stakes showdown with a classic Time Auction. A bidding war for ingredients is just the opening salvo in a battle for a shot at Immunity.

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49m
Fiesta - Pressure Test
Episode 43

Fiesta - Pressure Test

Episode 43 • Jul 05, 2023

We're at the pointy end in cactus country, and the most succulent Mexican dish will earn its maker a stab at Immunity. Needles to say, the winner will be dancing a salsa in this thorny alfresco fiesta.

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45m
Stick Shed - Service Challenge
Episode 44

Stick Shed - Service Challenge

Episode 44 • Jul 06, 2023

Our judges face their toughest decision yet in a service challenge at the incredible Stick Shed in Murtoa. Who will separate the wheat from the chaff in our grain event and be first into Finals Week?

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47m
Anchovies & Dijon Mustard - Elimination Challenge
Episode 45

Anchovies & Dijon Mustard - Elimination Challenge

Episode 45 • Jul 09, 2023

An all-out anchovy assault and a ding-dong Dijon duel sees contestants pitted against each other in pairs for the first elimination round, with the bottom two duking it out to remain in the competition.

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64m
Tear-jerker - Mystery Box Challenge
Episode 46

Tear-jerker - Mystery Box Challenge

Episode 46 • Jul 10, 2023

Emotions run high with a semifinal spot at stake, as contestants feel the love in a tear-jerker of a Mystery Box. Hearts and souls will go into a MasterChef version of their family's favourite dish.

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48m
Peter Gilmore - Elimination Challenge
Episode 47

Peter Gilmore - Elimination Challenge

Episode 47 • Jul 11, 2023

Bennelong Restaurant's Peter Gilmore demonstrates how to create an intricate and tasty seafood dish. With no recipe, contestants must use total recall to perfectly replicate the dish or be eliminated.

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49m
Curtis Stone - Finals Advantage
Episode 48

Curtis Stone - Finals Advantage

Episode 48 • Jul 12, 2023

The final three must keep up with Curtis Stone as he whips up a magnificent beef dish. The contestant whose plate most closely resembles Curtis' creation will earn a whopping advantage for the semifinal.

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50m
Final 3 - Service Challenge
Episode 49

Final 3 - Service Challenge

Episode 49 • Jul 13, 2023

Our top three must create an entree, main course and dessert for a hungry crowd of diners and judges. The two contestants with the most exciting overall menu will earn their ticket into the grand finale.

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67m
Grand Finale
Episode 50

Grand Finale

Episode 50 • Jul 16, 2023

It's the Grand Finale, and whichever cook scores the most points across two rounds will lift the trophy aloft, claiming $250,000 in prize money and the title of MasterChef Australia winner, 2023!?

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