MasterChef Australia: The Professionals

Season 1

25 episodes · Jan 20, 2013

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  • All-in Service Challenge
    S1E1

    All-in Service Challenge

    Jan 20, 201345m

    The series premiere sees our 18 hopefuls put straight to the test by renowned chef Marco Pierre White and Matt Preston in an all-in service challenge.

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  • Guerrilla-style pop-up
    S1E2

    Guerrilla-style pop-up

    Jan 21, 201345m

    Sixteen contestants face the Pop Up Tram Challenge: a classic City Circle tram in Melbourne has been fitted out guerrilla-style as a pop-up restaurant.

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  • Last Chance Invention Test
    S1E3

    Last Chance Invention Test

    Jan 22, 201345m

    The eight chefs from yesterday's challenge must face-off as individuals cooking for their lives in the Last Chance Invention Test. They must show off their skills and tell a story about their lives.

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  • S1E4

    Re-Invention Test

    Jan 27, 201345m

    In a MasterChef Professionals first, the Re-Invention Test gives contestants the opportunity to cook a classic dish but as the name suggests, it's re-invention not recreation that is the key.

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  • Pressure Test
    S1E5

    Pressure Test

    Jan 28, 201345m

    Adriano Zumbo makes a guest appearance to shake up our 15 professional chefs, but nothing can prepare them for what Adriano's got in store for them.

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  • Restaurant Challenge
    S1E6

    Restaurant Challenge

    Jan 29, 201345m

    The losing teams from the Pressure Test compete in the Restaurant Challenge. Each team is given a three-dish menu to reproduce in which certain elements must be cooked to the minute.

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  • Sunday Roast Re-Invention Test
    S1E7

    Sunday Roast Re-Invention Test

    Feb 3, 201345m

    They're dishes we all know and love, and on the Classic Re-invention Test menu, a contestant draws a knife from the block to reveal an old family favourite, the Sunday roast.

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  • Quick Fire Skills Test
    S1E8

    Quick Fire Skills Test

    Feb 4, 201345m

    This episode sees 13 contestants put to a Quick Fire Skills Test: Three rounds, each with a different core ingredient and a diminished time limit.

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  • Restaurant Challenge
    S1E9

    Restaurant Challenge

    Feb 5, 201345m

    The losing six contestants from the skills test are put to the restaurant service challenge and face world renowned chef Jacques Reymond, who has brought five of his best cooks with him.

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  • The Classic Re-Invention Test
    S1E10

    The Classic Re-Invention Test

    Feb 10, 201345m

    In a real treat for sweet lovers, this week’s knife block contains classic desserts. One of the contestants draws a knife from the block to reveal that The Professionals will be re-inventing the classic Australian dessert, the pavlova. Without a recipe, the worst performer will be going home.

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  • Mystery Box
    S1E11

    Mystery Box

    Feb 11, 201345m

    MasterChef fans rejoice: it’s the return of the Mystery Box and it’s back in a big way. While most of us would treat vegetable peelings, puff pasty trimmings, prawn heads and chicken fat as food scraps destined for the compost bin, tonight our professional chefs are challenged to turn waste into first-class meals. The two worst-performing contestants will face off in tomorrow night’s service challenge.

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  • Restaurant Service Challenge
    S1E12

    Restaurant Service Challenge

    Feb 12, 201345m

    This challenge can be summed up in one word: intense. The two worst-performing contestants from last night’s Mystery Box challenge face off in tonight’s service challenge. With Matt joining 120 patrons in the restaurant and Marco working the pass, the two contestants must prepare and cook everything themselves. It’s a real battle of mate versus mate as the two cook off to secure a place in the Top 10.

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  • Off-Site Challenge
    S1E13

    Off-Site Challenge

    Feb 17, 201345m

    In an offsite challenge like no other, the top 10 contestants are going bush! They must cook for 50 high country cattlemen but there's one hitch? They have no ovens and no electricity.

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  • S1E14

    Immunity Super Invention Test

    Feb 18, 201345m

    This episode sees the winning team from last night's high country challenge faced with the biggest invention test ever! Laksa. Who will get immunity?

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  • Double Service Challenge
    S1E15

    Double Service Challenge

    Feb 19, 201345m

    The double service challenge begins with a lunch service of two mains, but just when they think they're done they are told to reset for a three course dinner service.

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  • International Invention Test
    S1E16

    International Invention Test

    Feb 24, 201345m

    With nine different cuisines featured in tonight's Knife Block, it's a truly internationally flavoured program.

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  • Offsite Challenge
    S1E17

    Offsite Challenge

    Feb 25, 201345m

    Tonight's offsite challenge sees the eight contestants split into two teams as they forage through suburban homes, knocking on doors and working with whatever ingredients they receive.

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  • Three-course Italian Service Challenge
    S1E18

    Three-course Italian Service Challenge

    Feb 26, 201345m

    The winning team from last night's offsite challenge are split into two teams of two, and each team must design and cook a three-course Italian meal for some very tough customers, 120 Italians.

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  • The Classic Re-invention Test
    S1E19

    The Classic Re-invention Test

    Mar 3, 201345m

    Tonight’s knife block features dishes that have inspired Shannon Bennett over his career and the lucky knife reveals Shannon’s grandmother’s rabbit stew as the order of the day. As we all know, it’s about reinvention, and for one contestant their culinary journey comes to an end.

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  • Pressure Test
    S1E20

    Pressure Test

    Mar 4, 201345m

    Curtis Stone worked for Marco for six-and-a-half years. He joins Marco in the kitchen to teach the contestants one of the dishes that he cooked in Marco’s restaurant, Quo Vadis. The contestants must pay attention as Curtis shows them how the dish is made. Then, they are on their own, and they must recreate the dish without a recipe.

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  • Restaurant Service Challenge
    S1E21

    Restaurant Service Challenge

    Mar 5, 201345m

    Donovan Cooke is in the kitchen tonight. One of Marco’s toughest protégés, each restaurant Donovan has opened has been awarded with three stars. His latest venture, Atlantic, is well on its way to the same accolade. For this restaurant service challenge, the professionals have been given six of Donovan’s dishes from Atlantic, two entrees, two mains and two desserts. With Donovan running the pass, all contestants should be on alert, and it’s time for one to say goodbye.

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  • Luxury Mystery Box
    S1E22

    Luxury Mystery Box

    Mar 10, 201345m

    Welcome to finals week and our top six contestants are faced with a mystery box challenge. They lift the lids to reveal an array of fine dining ingredients: caviar, vintage champagne, abalone, white truffles and chocolate. With just one hour to create a dish, the contestants are out to impress. The contestant with the least impressive dish will leave the competition.

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  • Pressure Test
    S1E23

    Pressure Test

    Mar 11, 201345m

    The heat is on as guest chef Peter Gilmore joins Matt and Marco for tonight’s pressure test. The man behind the legendary snow egg dessert and the eight textured chocolate cake has returned with a dish from his highly awarded restaurant Quay. There are just three hours on the clock in which to replicate Peter’s fragrant poached chicken. One contestant will fail to impress the judges with this technical and complicated dish and be sent home.

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  • Offsite Challenge, Pop Up Restaurant
    S1E24

    Offsite Challenge, Pop Up Restaurant

    Mar 12, 201345m

    It’s the last challenge of finals week as the top four split into two teams to create their own pop up restaurants. Each restaurant must cater for 60 diners. The two teams need to pick a theme for their restaurant, design their dining rooms and create a stunning three course meal, consisting of two entrees, two mains and one dessert. The stakes are high as the four contestants fight for their place in the finale, but for one, their ride comes to an end. Who will be the final three in the running to take home the MasterChef: The Professionals crown?

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  • Finale
    S1E25

    Finale

    Mar 17, 201345m

    The three finalists face a trio of daunting challenges to decide the overall winner, including a leek and lobster terrine.

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