MasterChef Australia

Back to Win

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The seventeenth series of the Australian television cooking show MasterChef Australia was announced on 16 September 2024. The series features the same four judges as series 16, namely series 4 winner Andy Allen, food writer Sofia Levin, French chef Jean-Christophe Novelli and series 1 runner-up Poh Ling Yeow. Similar to series 12, the 2025 series features a Back to Win concept, with 24 contestants from previous seasons returning for a chance to win the title.

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54 Episodes

  • Gordon Ramsay's Team Service Challenge
    E1
    Gordon Ramsay's Team Service ChallengeIt's back to win and 23 returning contestants are back for another shot at the trophy. Gordon Ramsay greets them to announce that they are splitting into three teams and taking on a service challenge!
  • Keep Up with Gordon Challenge
    E2
    Keep Up with Gordon ChallengeGordon Ramsay is in the kitchen to put 8 cooks through a Keeping Up with Challenge. They'll work at record pace to deliver TWO of Gordon's dishes, in a fight for the only immunity pin of the season.
  • Late Night Snack Immunity Challenge
    E3
    Late Night Snack Immunity ChallengeTo win immunity and a chance to see their creation added to Gordon Ramsay's new London restaurant's menu at 22 Bishopsgate, they must cook and elevate their favourite late-night snack!
  • Food Journey Elimination Challenge
    E4
    Food Journey Elimination ChallengeInspired by watching an emotional video on their MasterChef journeys, the contestants must cook a dish that represents who they are now. But this will result in the first elimination for the season.
  • Mystery Box: Peter Gilmore
    E5
    Mystery Box: Peter GilmorePeter Gilmore has brought a Mystery Box packed with ingredients from his most iconic dishes, which have been responsible for some of the competition's greatest moments of triumph and heart break.
  • The Coffee Caviar Tin: Kirsten Tibballs' Pressure Test
    E6
    The Coffee Caviar Tin: Kirsten Tibballs' Pressure TestChocolatier Kirsten Tibballs joins the MasterChef kitchen for the very first pressure test of the series. With her toughest recipe yet she challenges the contestants with her Coffee Caviar Tin.
  • Shannon Bennett's 20-Minute Immunity Challenge
    E7
    Shannon Bennett's 20-Minute Immunity ChallengeLegendary Australian chef, Shannon Bennett, is cooking in the MC kitchen. After his demo, whoever creates the most delicious dish in 20 minutes will win immunity and be safe from Sunday's elimination.
  • Two-Round Elimination Challenge: One Inch Cube
    E8
    Two-Round Elimination Challenge: One Inch CubeThe cooks take part in a one-inch cube taste test in teams. Their elected team leader could land their whole team in an elimination cook.
  • Mystery Fridge Invention Test
    E9
    Mystery Fridge Invention TestToday's mystery box challenge comes with a twist: contestants must select one of the judges' fridges and use whatever is inside to create a dish worthy for a chance at immunity and a grand prize.
  • Immunity Challenge: Curtis Stone
    E10
    Immunity Challenge: Curtis StoneImmunity is up for grabs today. The contestants have one hour to recreate a Curtis Stone dish. But with a twist: they'll have to do it without the recipe!
  • Jean-Christophe's French Service Immunity Challenge
    E11
    Jean-Christophe's French Service Immunity ChallengeJean-Christophe leads a French service challenge as teams compete for immunity.
  • Finishing Flair Elimination Challenge
    E12
    Finishing Flair Elimination ChallengeIn today's elimination challenge, the contestants have to create a dish with an element of tableside theatre.
  • Wrapped Up Mystery Box Challenge
    E13
    Wrapped Up Mystery Box ChallengeThe MasterChef contestants face off with a mystery box with a wrapped up surprise.
  • Pressure Test: Steven He's Balloon Puppy Cake
    E14
    Pressure Test: Steven He's Balloon Puppy CakeRenowned pastry chef Steven He delivers a magical pressure test with his Balloon Puppy Cake.
  • Squire's Landing Pub Service Immunity Challenge
    E15
    Squire's Landing Pub Service Immunity ChallengeIn Sydney, teams compete for immunity in a pub inspired service challenge.
  • Surf and Turf Elimination Challenge with Josh Niland
    E16
    Surf and Turf Elimination Challenge with Josh NilandSeafood extraordinaire Josh Niland is in the kitchen for his own creative take on Surf and Turf. The challenge is to create a modern dish using both meat and seafood and survive elimination.
  • Mystery Box Challenge: Ixta Belfrage
    E17
    Mystery Box Challenge: Ixta BelfrageMasterChef welcomes Ixta Belfrage for a debut visit. The chef has brought a Mystery Box with a twist. There is one secret ingredient the contestants will only discover halfway into the cook.
  • Pressure Test: Blayne Bertoncello
    E18
    Pressure Test: Blayne BertoncelloToday's pressure test raises the bar with the contestants tasked to recreate guest judge Blayne Bertoncello's highly technical dessert, not once, but in five consistent dishes.
  • Immunity Challenge: Team-relay Challenge
    E19
    Immunity Challenge: Team-relay ChallengeIt's the classic MasterChef team-relay challenge where four teams must compete create a savoury dish that uses potatoes in at least two ways.
  • Elimination Challenge: Butter
    E20
    Elimination Challenge: ButterTwelve MasterChef contestants are faced with a bust of judge Jean-Christophe Novelli made entirely of butter. Fighting for their place in the competition, they must create a dish featuring butter.
  • Mystery Box Challenge: Sooshi Mango
    E21
    Mystery Box Challenge: Sooshi MangoIn a heartwarming and hilarious Mystery Box challenge, contestants must cook a dish worthy of a Nonna's table under the watchful eyes of Sooshi Mango, for a shot at immunity.
  • Pressure Test: John Demetrios
    E22
    Pressure Test: John DemetriosThe MasterChef contestants face a pressure given by Dessert Master winner John Demetrios. In the hope of winning immunity, they'll have to recreate his Chocolate Meteor.
  • Immunity Challenge: Cold Meats Sandwich
    E23
    Immunity Challenge: Cold Meats SandwichIt's viral week and vying for immunity once again, the contestants are challenged to create the ultimate scrollable cold meats sandwich followed by a viral dish mash-up.
  • Elimination Challenge: Andy Cooks
    E24
    Elimination Challenge: Andy CooksSocial media superstar Andy Cooks sets two viral challenges. First, the contestants must create an epic Cheese Pull. In Round Two, the bottom five make a Satisfying Slice. One will be eliminated.
  • Mystery Box Challenge: Lee Kum Kee
    E25
    Mystery Box Challenge: Lee Kum KeeToday's mystery box is a head-to-head battle between those fatefully matched with the same Lee Kum Kee sauce to earn their spot in tomorrow's immunity challenge.
  • Pressure Test: Ice Cream
    E26
    Pressure Test: Ice CreamThe contestants design their own pressure test inspired by seven different Connoisseur ice cream flavours. The best two will win immunity.
  • Team Service Challenge: Dough
    E27
    Team Service Challenge: DoughIt's Dough-Fest in the MasterChef garden and time for the contestants to test their team work in an epic service challenge. The teams have four hours to cook a dough-based savoury and sweet.
  • Elimination Challenge: Laksa Taste-Test
    E28
    Elimination Challenge: Laksa Taste-TestThe cooks take part in a laksa taste-test, set by one of Australia's most renowned Malaysian chefs. First four cooks who guess the wrong ingredient, must fight for their place in the competition
  • Mystery Box: Goo
    E29
    Mystery Box: GooThe first cook of Sweet Week, and for today's mystery box, each contestant must incorporate an element of 'goo' into their desserts. The four cooks with the top dishes will compete for immunity.
  • Pressure Test: Poh
    E30
    Pressure Test: PohPoh sets today's Sweet Week pressure test providing not one, but three of her extraordinary desserts for the cooks to replicate. Four contestants battle it out to win immunity.
  • Taste Test: Jelly Gems
    E31
    Taste Test: Jelly GemsAs Sweet Week continues, a jelly-gem taste test will determine which five contestants will go on to cook a dish incorporating at least one of those ingredients for immunity.
  • Elimination Challenge: Nostalgia
    E32
    Elimination Challenge: NostalgiaToday's elimination challenges the contestants to serve a nostalgic dish.
  • Mystery Box: Nornie Bero
    E33
    Mystery Box: Nornie BeroNornie Bero brings a mystery box filled with native ingredients to the Kitchen!
  • Keep Up with Curtis Challenge
    E34
    Keep Up with Curtis ChallengeAussie legend Curtis Stone returns for a slow cooked lamb raviolo cook-along.
  • Immunity Challenge: Coles Custom Creation
    E35
    Immunity Challenge: Coles Custom CreationIt's a battle for immunity and the chance to make a custom creation for Coles!
  • Elimination Challenge: Maggie Beer
    E36
    Elimination Challenge: Maggie BeerTen contestants compete in a classic challenge set by Maggie Beer.
  • Mystery Box: Air Fryer
    E37
    Mystery Box: Air FryerThe first cook for the Top 10 is an Air Fryer mystery box.
  • Pressure Test: Philip Khoury
    E38
    Pressure Test: Philip KhouryAward-winning pastry chef Philip Khoury sets an elimination pressure test.
  • Immunity Challenge: Over Two Rounds
    E39
    Immunity Challenge: Over Two RoundsThe top 9 contestants compete in two rounds for a chance at winning immunity.
  • Elimination Challenge: Faraway Places
    E40
    Elimination Challenge: Faraway PlacesTo survive elimination, the contestant's dishes need to transport the judges to faraway places! The best dishes will do the same for their makers!!
  • Mystery Box: Doha
    E41
    Mystery Box: DohaCooks arrive on their trip away, to face a mystery box with local ingredients.
  • Immunity Challenge: Fine Dining
    E42
    Immunity Challenge: Fine DiningContestants cook a fine dining menu, inspired by local cultural sights.
  • Immunity Challenge: Last Chance
    E43
    Immunity Challenge: Last ChanceIt's our cooks' final day away, and they have one last chance at immunity.
  • Elimination Challenge: Dual Duel
    E44
    Elimination Challenge: Dual DuelFour contestants face off in an emotional dual duel elimination
  • Mystery Box: Garlic & ?
    E45
    Mystery Box: Garlic & ?The final 7 face a mystery box filled with garlic and a mystery ingredient!
  • Pressure Test: Michael Wilson
    E46
    Pressure Test: Michael Wilson3 contestants face a pressure test by Michelin Star chef Michael Wilson
  • Immunity Challenge: Alphabet Lucky Dip
    E47
    Immunity Challenge: Alphabet Lucky DipContestants have another chance at immunity in an alphabet lucky dip challenge
  • Elimination Challenge: Race Against the Clock
    E48
    Elimination Challenge: Race Against the Clock90 minutes, 2 rounds, it's a race against the clock to avoid elimination.
  • Mystery Box Challenge: The Everything Box
    E49
    Mystery Box Challenge: The Everything BoxIt's the Everything Box. The top 4 dishes will enter tomorrow's Immunity cook.
  • Pressure Test: Vue De Monde
    E50
    Pressure Test: Vue De MondeYesterday's winners are battling it out in a service challenge at Vue De Monde.
  • Immunity Challenge: Heartfelt Letters
    E51
    Immunity Challenge: Heartfelt LettersLetters from their loved ones inspire contestants to cook an immunity-winning dish and claim a coveted spot in this year’s top five.
  • Elimination Challenge: 2 Rounds with Julie Goodwin & Nat Thaipun
    E52
    Elimination Challenge: 2 Rounds with Julie Goodwin & Nat ThaipunA two-round elimination featuring previous winners Julie Goodwin and Nat Thaipun.
  • Mystery Box: Final Immunity
    E53
    Mystery Box: Final ImmunityThe top five battle it out for the last immunity of the season
  • Elimination Challenge: Vaughan Mabee
    E54
    Elimination Challenge: Vaughan MabeeThe mad genius of the South Island Vaughan Mabee will be the end of someone's Masterchef fairytale...

Cast of Back to Win

  • Andy AllenHimself - Judge & Host
  • Poh Ling YeowHerself - Judge & Host
  • Jean-Christophe NovelliHimself - Judge & Host
  • Sofia LevinHerself - Judge & Host

 

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