Episode
MasterChef Australia: Mystery Box - with a twist!
Overview
Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a dish using one or more of the eight ingredients in the mystery box. The contestants are pushed to the limit when a twist is delivered to their benches.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2020-05-13
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Mystery Box - with a twist! is Episode 23 in Season 12 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2020-05-13. The runtime is 75 min.
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Episode 25: Elimination Cook-Off Challenge
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Episode 20: Take-Away Elimination Challenge
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Episode 26: Sweet or Savoury Service Challenge
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Episode 19: Sushi Train 100 Plate Immunity Challenge
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Episode 27: Peter Gunn's Black Box Elimination
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Episode 18: Locally Sourced Mystery Box
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Episode 28: Vegan Mystery Box
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