Episode
MasterChef Australia: Pressure Test: Guess The Ingredients & Replicate The Dish
Overview
Helly Raichura, of Enter Via Laundry, bases this taste test on her popular dish, 'pasta not pasta'. Contestants who guess the least ingredients correctly must replicate the dish in a challenge.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2020-05-05
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Pressure Test: Guess The Ingredients & Replicate The Dish is Episode 17 in Season 12 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2020-05-05. The runtime is 75 min.
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