Episode
MasterChef Australia: Mystery Box Challenge: Marco Pierre White
Overview
The hopeful chefs suit up and show up for Marco Pierre White Week. With 75 minutes ticking away, they use the ingredients from Marco's mystery box of ingredients.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2016-05-08
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Mystery Box Challenge: Marco Pierre White is Episode 6 in Season 8 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2016-05-08. The runtime is 75 min.
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Episode 5: First Elimination Challenge
In the first elimination challenge, three contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.
Episode 7: Pressure Test: Marco Pierre White's John Dory
It takes 20 ovens, miles of stainless steel, an arsenal of appliances and knives that chop, cut, slice and dice, to discover the best amateur chef in Australia. Tasks include mystery boxes, celebrity chef challenges, masterclasses and off-site challenges. The usual elimination format applies. MasterChef experts are George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston.
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