Season 18
57 episodes · Apr 19, 2026
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S18E1Auditions: Group 1
Apr 19, 202679mMasterChef Australia returns with auditions and 40 of the country's best home cooks are ready. Tonight 20 cooks have 90 minutes to cook their dream dish in order to win one of the 10 aprons on offer.
S18E2Auditions: Group 2
Apr 20, 202658mAnother 20 home cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen to compete for 10 aprons on offer. For those who miss out, they learn there will be one final chance to cook for the last four aprons tomorrow.
S18E3Auditions: Second Chance
Apr 21, 202653mTonight, the 20 remaining hopefuls have a second and final chance to cook their way into the competition. Just who will score themselves one of the final four places?
S18E4Mystery Box: Jimmy Barnes
Apr 26, 202675mAussie Rock legend Jimmy Barnes set this season's first mystery box, inspiring the Top 24 with seasonal ingredients they love to cook with. Dish of the day will see its maker safe from elimination.
S18E5Elimination Challenge: Family Favourites
Apr 27, 202650mIn the first elimination of the competition, 23 cooks will show the judges a window into their homelife, through a favourite dish that they cook at home for their loved ones.
S18E6Invention Test: Cereal
Apr 28, 202648mIt's the return of a MasterChef classic with an Invention Test challenging cooks to create an inventive dish using cereal.
S18E7Pressure Test: Maggie Beer
Apr 29, 202652mThe bottom five cooks from the Invention Test face off in a Pressure Test set by MasterChef favourite Maggie Beer, tasked with mastering her signature sour cream pastry in a high-stakes pie challenge.
S18E8Immunity Challenge: Andy Cooks
May 3, 202663mIt's Family Favourites week and social media sensation Andy Cooks (chef Andy Hearnden) is on the hunt for the ultimate breakfast, in an immunity challenge cook with 60 minutes on the clock.
S18E9Elimination Challenge: Reinventing Carbs
May 4, 202649mIn an elimination challenge centred on reinventing the judges' quick carb midweek dinner recipes, mistakes and time pressure sends one cook home.
S18E10Team Challenge: Family Feast
May 5, 202649mIt is the first team challenge of the series, and the contestants are all eager to see how well they can work together. The bottom two teams will find themselves in the elimination the following day.
S18E11Elimination Challenge: Family Traditions
May 6, 202646mSix contestants face elimination as they must create a dish that represent their family food traditions to fight for their place in the competition.
S18E12Mystery Box Challenge: Catherine Zhang
May 10, 202659mThe Top 20 compete for Immunity from tomorrow's Elimination in a fruity Mystery Box challenge set by Catherine Zhang, marking the start of Viral Wonders Week
S18E13Elimination Challenge: Viral Ingredients
May 11, 202649mViral sensation Victoria Minell (aka @recipesbyvictoria) sets a challenge to use one of her five viral ingredients in a 75-minute cook to save their place in the competition
S18E14Team Service Challenge: Viral-worthy Dish
May 12, 202649mSix teams will compete in their first service challenge, tasked with creating one perfect viral-worthy dish to serve to hundreds of diners, and impress a mystery social media-star critic
S18E15Immunity Pin Challenge: Khanh Ong
May 13, 202652mMasterChef alum and social media star Khanh Ong sets an epic challenge to create a bold, out-there sandwich with a banging cross section, to win the first immunity pin of the season
S18E16Mystery Box Challenge: Rick Stein
May 17, 202659mIt's the start of Around the World Week, and global food icon Rick Stein joins the MasterChef Kitchen to set an extra spicy Mystery Box challenge
S18E17Elimination Challenge: Cuisines from Around the World
May 18, 202649mIn an Around the World elimination challenge, MasterChef contestants must create a dish inspired by a chosen cuisine, featuring a surprise hero ingredient revealed only after they commit
S18E18Invention Test: Fusion
May 19, 202649mIt's a fusion invention test today with the contestants having to make dish featuring cuisines from two countries
S18E19Pressure Test: Rosheen Kaul
May 20, 202651mChef Rosheen Kaul sets the first full Pressure Test for the season, with an intense, three-hour challenge
S18E20Mystery Box Challenge: Dim Sim Lim
May 24, 202662mKicking off nostalgia-themed week in the MasterChef kitchen, social media sensation chef Dim Sim Lim sets a 60-minute mystery box challenge requiring a steamed element. English
S18E21Elimination Challenge: Heritage
May 25, 202649mThe MasterChef contestants must cook something connected to their heritage to avoid being eliminated.
S18E22Team Challenge: Team Relay
May 26, 202649mIn MasterChef's most notorious team challenge, four teams will navigate the chaos of the Team Relay to compete for a chance to cook for Immunity.
S18E23Immunity Pin Challenge: French Techniques
May 27, 202650mGuided by MasterChef Alumna Justine Schofield, four contestants put their French techniques to the test for a chance to win a coveted immunity pin.
S18E28Mystery Box Challenge: Curtis Stone
Jun 7, 202662mCurtis Stone kicks off Aussie Classics week, with a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the cooks to have their dish stocked in Coles, as they are challenged to whip up nostalgic Pie and Ice-cream flavours.
S18E29Elimination Challenge: Pork
Jun 8, 202648mWith Curtis Stone back in the kitchen, the MasterChef contestants are challenged with cooking a dish that features pork to save their place in the competition.
S18E30Comeback Challenge
Jun 9, 202650mIt's Aussie Classics Week, and there's nothing Aussies love more than a great comeback story. Today, the previously eliminated contestants return for a chance to earn their place back in the competition.
S18E31Elimination Challenge: Aussie Native Ingredients
Jun 10, 202658mAussie Classics week draws to a close with an exciting day in the MasterChef Kitchen as guest judge and Aussie icon Robert Irwin sets an Aussie Native Ingredients Elimination Challenge.
S18E32Mystery Box Challenge: Adriano Zumbo
Jun 14, 202661mIt's the start of Sweet Week, and confectionery king Adriano Zumbo challenges the cooks to hero a mystery ingredient in a dessert. The top three dishes will win immunity from tomorrow's elimination.
S18E33Elimination Challenge: Ice Cream Taste Test
Jun 15, 202648mAs Sweet Week continues, the contestants take part in an Ice Cream Taste Test. The first four who guess incorrectly will land in the Round Two cook, after which someone will be sent home.
S18E34Invention Test: Air Fryer
Jun 16, 202648mIt's Sweet Week, and today's challenge is an Air Fryer Invention Test, with the top four dishes going into tomorrow's Immunity Challenge. Dish of the day will claim a $5,000 Harvey Norman voucher!
S18E35Immunity Pin Challenge: Beat the Chef
Jun 17, 202651mOn Sweet Week's final day, four contestants face dessert powerhouse Jess Lemon in a 'Beat the Chef' Immunity Pin challenge, attempting to outcook one of the MasterChef kitchen's pastry prodigies.
S18E36Skills Challenge: Fish Butchery
Jun 21, 202661mTo kick off Masters Week, industry icon Josh Niland gives a fish butchery masterclass, and the contestants must use one of his signature butchery techniques to prepare flathead in 75 minutes.
S18E37Elimination Challenge: Flat Iron Steak
Jun 22, 202649mMasters Week continues with Michelin-starred chef Curtis Stone returning to the MasterChef kitchen for a high-stakes elimination where contestants must hero a flat iron steak.
S18E38Immunity Challenge: Tom Sarafian
Jun 23, 202650mMasters Week continues as hatted Melbourne chef Tom Sarafian joins to showcase his famous hummus dish, inspiring contestants to make an immunity-worthy dish to get one step closer to the Top 10.
S18E39Pressure Test: Kirsten Tibballs
Jun 24, 202659mIn the final Masters Week challenge, four contestants compete in a pressure test set by Kirsten Tibballs to avoid elimination and secure their place in the Top 10.
S18E40Twins Challenge
Jun 28, 202660mIt's Knockout Week, and our 10 cooks face the iconic twins challenge inspired by MasterChef couple Sarah Todd and Declan Cleary and their identical twin girls, Charlotte and Claudia.
S18E41Mystery Box Challenge: The Judge's Fridge
Jun 29, 202649mAs Knockout Week continues, the MasterChef judges have each filled a fridge with ingredients. Eight contestants must choose a fridge, without looking inside, and use its contents to make a dish.
S18E42Team Challenge: Fine Dining
Jun 30, 202650mIt's Knockout Week, and two teams of three, led by Andy and Jean-Christophe, must deliver a two-course fine dining menu for 16 Coles Farmers. The losing team will head into tomorrow's elimination.
S18E43Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Choice
Jul 1, 202648mIt's Knockout week and the first elimination for the Top 10. The seven contestants cooking must feature an ingredient chosen by one of their fellow cooks to keep their place in the competition.
S18E44Mystery Box Challenge: Sanjeev Kapoor
Jul 5, 202663mOur Top 9 contestants welcome one of the most famous chefs in India, with over 150 cookbooks and 20 million social media followers, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, who is here to set a Mystery Box.
S18E45Elimination Challenge: International Ingredients
Jul 6, 202649mContestants must produce a dish featuring one of five internationally sourced ingredients that they have never used before, in an elimination cook-off. For one cook, it will be their final dish.
S18E46Immunity Challenge: Ice Cream Flavours
Jul 7, 202648mThe top eight of MasterChef Australia get to select a Connoisseur ice cream to start the day. Cooking for immunity, they must cook a dessert inspired by their ice cream flavour.
S18E47Pressure Test: Sam Aisbett
Jul 8, 202655mIn a high-stakes pressure test featuring Michelin-starred Chef Sam Aisbett's 'Crab Salad', four contestants must navigate complex technical components and personal errors to avoid elimination.
S18E48Mystery Box Challenge: Marion Grasby
Jul 12, 202659mTo mark the start of Heat Week, food and media mogul Marion Grasby returns to MasterChef for the first time in 16 years with a spicy mystery box challenge.
S18E49Elimination Challenge: Hot New Chilli Dish
Jul 13, 202648mHeat Week continues with a looming elimination as six of the seven remaining cooks are challenged to create a hot new chilli dish in just 60 minutes.
S18E50Immunity Challenge: Hibachi
Jul 14, 202649mFive cooks must prove their skill and creativity using only a hibachi, with the winner earning immunity and a spot in the Top 6.
S18E51Elimination Challenge: Head-to-Head Duels
Jul 15, 202652mIt's the final day of HEAT WEEK, and four cooks face off in head-to-head duals in an elimination challenge. After two rounds of battle, the bottom dish in the final duel will send its maker home.
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Episode 52
Jul 19, 2026Contestants must choose a mystery box set by Sofia containing just one ingredient. Using just that and under-bench staples, the best dish wins immunity and the first spot in the Top 5.
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Episode 53
Jul 20, 2026With a coveted place in the Top 5 of MasterChef 2026 at stake, contestants must personalise a classic French sauce, as demonstrated by Jean-Christophe. For one cook, it will be the end of the line.
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Episode 54
Jul 21, 2026It's an immunity challenge today for the Top 5 to 'Keep up with Andy' as he cooks his delicious BBQ Lamb, Burnt Eggplant Cream, and Braised Borlotti Beans dish. The top cook will go directly into the Top 4.
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Episode 55
Jul 22, 2026Four of the Top 5 contestants battle it out to stay in the competition, taking on an epic pressure test set by judge Poh Ling Yeow to recreate three of her beautiful and delicious Malaysian snacks.
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Episode 56
Jul 26, 2026The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, joins the MasterChef Australia kitchen today, offering some of her favourite seasonal produce to feature in a heartfelt dish, with immunity on the line.
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Episode 57
Jul 27, 2026It's elimination day, and there are two spots up for grabs in the semi-final. Emotions run high when letters and ingredients from home inspire our cooks to make a dish to keep them in the competition.