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MasterChef legend Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet, and experience proves to be key in today's Pressure Test - leading to a shock elimination.
All episodes for series 16 of MasterChef Australia
S16 E1
The chefs cook a dish representing their 'new beginning' to impress guest judge Jamie Oliver.
S16 E2
The contestants must feed 40 returning MasterChef Legends with a three-course meal.
S16 E3
Today's top five cooks have the chance to cook in an immunity challenge.
S16 E4
Five chefs face the first immunity challenge of the series.
S16 E5
The contestants must cook a dish that best represents their food dream.
S16 E6
The chefs must make a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, Trevor and Sally.
S16 E7
Five contestants get a personal Jamie Oliver masterclass as they try to 'Keep Up with Jamie'.
S16 E8
It's a Team Challenge at the Queen Victoria Night Market, with street food on the menu.
S16 E9
Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen with an elimination challenge.
S16 E10
The second Mystery Box comes with a twist the judges present secret ingredients for the chefs to use.
S16 E11
Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test with his 1992 dessert 'Jack in the Box'.
S16 E12
Six chefs representing their teams must cook with a unique ingredient.
S16 E13
Blindfolded contestants must correctly guess up to 100 cubed ingredients.
S16 E14
The contestants reach for their finest French cooking skills to create 'magnifique' dishes.
S16 E15
Four contestants battle it out in a Pressure Test at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.
S16 E16
The chefs are divided into four teams and compete in the famous MasterChef Team Relay.
S16 E17
Special guest Luke Nguyen has selected 24 ingredients for the elimination challenge - with a twist!
S16 E18
Special guest DimSimLim shows the contestants how to use a wok.
S16 E19
Australia's pink-haired punk princess of pastry Anna Polyviou sets a Pressure Test.
S16 E20
The judges demonstrate microwaves hacks and the chefs have 75 minutes to create a dish using one of them.
S16 E21
Today's challenge is 75 minute elimination cook.
S16 E22
The chefs must cook a showstopping dish, using at least one of six Lee Kum Kee sauces from the Mystery Box.
S16 E23
MasterChef legend Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet.
S16 E24
Eight eliminated chefs return to fight for a second chance and cook a dish featuring a secret herb.
S16 E25
The contestants prepare a raw seafood dish in the first part of today's elimination cook.
S16 E26
The contestants head to the foreshore of Frankston Beach for a Mystery Box challenge.
S16 E27
In order to escape elimination, the contestants must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone.
S16 E28
The chefs must combine two nations' cuisines to make one tasty dish.
S16 E29
Contestants must recreate a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients.
S16 E30
It's Sweet Week and guest judge Adriano Zumbo kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box.
S16 E31
Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic Pressure Test.
S16 E32
The chefs need to create and execute a dish identical in look and taste - while separated by a wall.
S16 E33
As Sweet Week concludes, the cooks face two tough rounds.
S16 E34
RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi presents the chefs with their largest, most jam-packed mystery box ever.
S16 E35
Australian Chef of the Year, Hugh Allen, is back in the MasterChef kitchen to set a Pressure Test.
S16 E36
The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs.
S16 E37
Our home chefs are off to Hong Kong and face their first challenge: a Hong Kong-style Mystery Box.
S16 E38
The chefs are asked to recreate Michelin-star Chef Vicky Cheng's 'Three Ages of Radish' from memory.
S16 E39
The chefs cook in traditional kitchens to serve hungry Hong Kong locals.
S16 E40
A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some contestants, but challenging for others.
S16 E41
Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic: the Time Auction.
S16 E42
Contestants must cook a dish using every ingredient in Poh's Everything Mystery Box Challenge.
S16 E43
Guillaume brings in another dish that the chefs must re-create in look and taste on five plates.
S16 E44
Tears are shed as the contestants open chests to reveal photos of their family food heroes.
S16 E45
The contestants must cook with some of the most extreme ingredients on the planet.
S16 E46
It's Finals Week, and the Mystery Boxes contain a golden ticket.
S16 E47
The contestants have a guest visit from chef Josh Niland.
S16 E48
After a busy week, the judges believe the Top Three deserve a break.
S16 E49
The semi-finalists each need to make a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.
S16 E50
The two Grand Finalists go head-to-head for the title of MasterChef Australia 2024!
