Episode
MasterChef Australia: Mystery Box Challenge
Overview
In a Mystery Box challenge that focuses on detail, plating and using what's available from a choice of tiny ingredients, cooks must plate up a winning entree-sized dish to avoid a Pressure Test.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 46
- Air date
- 2022-06-20
- Runtime
- 55 min
Episode context
Mystery Box Challenge is Episode 46 in Fans & Favourites of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2022-06-20. The runtime is 55 min.
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Episode 45: 3 Round Elimination Challenge
Six contestants are cooking to survive in a challenge played out over three rounds, where they can only pick one ingredient to use: pumpkin, chicken or fish. What would you cook to stay in the game?
Episode 47: 99 Ingredient Pressure Test
Chef Khanh Nguyen reveals his seafood plate for today's Pressure Test, and there are 99 ingredients, 143 steps and 13 pages in the recipe! The chef whose dish least resembles Khanh's will go home.
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Episode 48: Cooking For Your Loved Ones
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Episode 43: Classic Invention Test
This challenge is the classic invention test. Our cooks must be inventive, creative and able to think outside the box as they reimagine a classic we all grew up with: the humble fruit salad.
Episode 49: Tame The Prickly Ingredient
This episode's challenge is to tame one of these very prickly ingredients: chestnuts, stinging nettle, prickly pear or sea urchin. The best dish will win its maker immunity from the week's elimination.
Episode 42: Own Pressure Test
Contestants have been asked to write their own Pressure Test overnight. Now, they must handle their own pressure and exceed the high bar they have set for themselves and bring their best dish yet.
Episode 50: Hugh Allen Elimination Challenge
Seven contestants cook to avoid elimination. Over two rounds, using ingredients selected by guest chef Hugh Allen, competitors must create dishes impressive enough to see them through to safety.
Episode 41: Top Ten Week Mystery Box
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Episode 51: Rainbow Mystery Box
Episode 40: Rick Stein Elimination
Someone will be eliminated and miss out on the top 10 as contestants attempt to create an entrancing dish that transports the judges and legendary guest chef Rick Stein to a special place.
Episode 52: Kirsten Tibballs' Pressure Test