Episode
MasterChef Australia: Mystery Box Challenge
Overview
This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 46
- Air date
- 2017-07-02
- Runtime
- 75 min
Episode context
Mystery Box Challenge is Episode 46 in Season 9 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2017-07-02. The runtime is 75 min.
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Episode 45: Elimination Challenge
The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.
Episode 47: Kappo-style Degustation Menu
Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-style degustation for some of Tokyo's food elite.
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Episode 43: Immunity Challenge
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Episode 49: Off-site Challenge: Shinjuku
The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.
Episode 42: Pressure Test: Paul Carmichael's Bajan Fish Fry
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Episode 50: Elimination Challenge
The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.
Episode 41: Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
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.
Episode 51: Japan Week Masterclass
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Episode 52: Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test