Episode
MasterChef Australia: Top 24: Mystery Box Challenge
Overview
The top 24 contestants enter the MasterChef Australia kitchen for the very first time. First up tonight, the contestants face the classic mystery box challenge, but there's a surprise in store.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2014-05-07
- Runtime
- 67 min
Episode context
Top 24: Mystery Box Challenge is Episode 3 in Season 6 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2014-05-07. The runtime is 67 min.
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Episode 2: Top 50: Core Skills Invention Test
Just 10 aprons remain for the 18 remaining aspiring home cooks.The contestants are put through their paces in a core skills invention test, then, contestants must recreate George Calombaris' superb lemon lime and bitters dessert.
Episode 4: Elimination Challenge: Chinese Fried Rice
In tonight's elimination episode, 21 contestants face elimination for the first time with a three-round challenge. The contestants are given just 30 minutes to cook a perfect Chinese fried rice. Who will be the first contestant to go?
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Series 6 Premiere
MasterChef Australia returns with the best group of home cooks the competition has ever seen. In the first episode, our potential contestants are given one hour to cook their best dish and secure their spot in the top 24.
Episode 5: Mystery Box Challenge and Breakfast Invention Test
The 21 contestants enter the kitchen to find a mystery box at their bench. They have one hour to cook a dish using at least one of the ingredients.
Episode 6: Pressure Test: Shannon Bennett's Fillet of Beef
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from the invention test face off in the pressure test. They are given the challenge of re-creating guest chef Shannon Bennett's fillet of beef with a bone marrow crust.
Episode 7: Off-Site Challenge: Lunch Service in St Kilda
In the season's first off-site challenge, the contestants split into two teams for a lunch service challenge at two popular St Kilda restaurants. The team with the most money in the till at the end of the challenge wins.
Episode 8: Elimination Challenge: Three Dishes from One Snapper
The losing team from last night's challenge are all facing elimination and have to plan three dishes from one snapper. In an unexpected twist, one contestant takes the biggest risk in the history of MasterChef Australia. Will it pay off?
Episode 9: Mystery Box Challenge: Maggie Beer
In a special episode, the queen of the Australian kitchen, Maggie Beer, returns to the kitchen for the Mystery Box challenge. Who will impress the judges in the challenge?
Episode 10: Pressure Test: Alla Wolf-Tasker's Rivers and Lakes
The bottom three contestants from the Invention Test face off in the Pressure Test. Who will be hanging up their apron and leaving the MasterChef kitchen for the last time?
Episode 11: Immunity Challenge: Ollie Gould & Kylie Kwong
The three best performing contestants in the Invention Test get to compete for immunity. Competing against chefs Ollie Gould and Kylie Kwong, who has what it takes to win the immunity?
Episode 12: Team Challenge: Three Course Menu from Memory
In this challenge it's all about strategy, memory, communication, pace and teamwork as the contestants are split into two teams. However, as always, there's a twist.
Episode 13: Elimination Challenge in Three Rounds
The losing team from the latest challenge now face off over three rounds. By the end of round three, one of the 10 contestants will be eliminated from the competition.