Episode
MasterChef Australia: Eclectic Mystery Box Challenge & Perception Invention Test
Overview
The 23 cooks enter the kitchen for the first mystery box challenge of the season. This time, the rules are changing: the winner of the mystery box will get a game-changing advantage.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2018-05-13
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Eclectic Mystery Box Challenge & Perception Invention Test is Episode 5 in Season 10 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2018-05-13. The runtime is 75 min.
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Episode 4: Home Fridge Elimination Challenge
In the first elimination challenge of the season, three contestants fight to stay in the competition. They are given 75 minutes to cook, using only the ingredients contained in their fridges from home.
Episode 6: Pressure Test - Maggie Beer
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face-off in the pressure test. Queen of the kitchen Maggie Beer enters with the dish to be recreated.
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Episode 7: Immunity Challenge - Shui Ishizaki
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Episode 2: Auditions Part 2
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Episode 8: Team Challenge: MCG
The contestants find themselves on the turf of the iconic MCG for the first team challenge. Split into two teams, each must cook delicious and nutritious food for 50 diners using a different protein.
Episode 1: Auditions Part 1
The amateur cooks are given one hour to recreate their signature dish for the first of the two judges' auditions. The judges introduce the nine past winners of the program, who are there to cheer them on.
Episode 9: Elimination Challenge - Source of Inspiration
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Episode 10: Nigella's Mystery Box & Invention Test
Culinary goddess Nigella Lawson arrives in the kitchen for a week of challenges and surprises. The lid is lifted on Nigella's mystery box to reveal some of her favourite ingredients.
Episode 11: Pressure Test - Nigella Lawson
The bottom three contestants from the previous invention test will face off in this episode's pressure test. The contestants have 75 minutes to complete four of Nigella Lawson's favourite chocolate dishes.
Episode 12: Immunity Challenge - Alanna Sapwell
The winning contestant from the mystery box challenge joins the top three contestants from the invention test in this episode's two round immunity challenge.
Episode 13: Team Challenge - Battle Of The Brunch
In a team service challenge, it will be a battle of the brunches, as in two groups of 10, they take over two cafes. Contestants will have real customers, with real orders and real dockets.