Episode
MasterChef Australia: Chef Challenge - Maggie Beer
Overview
Aaron cooked off against Maggie Beer, making her pheasant pie.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 38
- Air date
- 2010-06-01
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Chef Challenge - Maggie Beer is Episode 38 in Season 2 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2010-06-01. The runtime is 24 min.
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