Episode
MasterChef Australia: Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
Overview
Contestants have an hour to create a dish from the Mystery Box ingredients, with only three dishes to be tasted. The maker of the winning dish will receive an advantage in the invention test.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 41
- Air date
- 2017-06-25
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test is Episode 41 in Season 9 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2017-06-25. The runtime is 75 min.
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