MasterChef Australia - Secrets & Surprises

Run Time: 75 mins
Air Date: Sun, 7 May 2023
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.8 (74 votes)
Network TenReturning for its 15th season, MasterChef Australia is back to deliver a series full of twists and turns with Secrets & Surprises. Originally scheduled to premiere 1 May 2023, the series was postponed due to the sudden passing of judge Jock Zonfrillo the night before.
50 Episodes

Secrets & Surprises with Jamie Oliver
Season 15 - Episode 1
Expect the unexpected with a season of secrets and surprises. Judges Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen are joined by special gues...

15 Minute Dish & Keeping Up With Jamie
Season 15 - Episode 2
Jamie Oliver is back for another day in the MasterChef Australia kitchen! Contestants must bring their A-game if they want to secure one of...

Surprise Flavour Bomb
Season 15 - Episode 3
There's a catch to the flavour bombs that Jamie Oliver has left behind for the contestants to cook with today - they will only be revealed 1...

Beat The Chef
Season 15 - Episode 4
Contestants must raid Shannon Bennett's fridge to create the tastiest dish in 45 minutes. The winner will go head-to-head with Vue de monde'...

Childhood Ingredients
Season 15 - Episode 5
Contestants fight to stay alive in the first elimination challenge of the season. Cooking from favourite childhood memories, the least impre...

Poh's Plus Mystery Box
Season 15 - Episode 6
This season's first Mystery Box sees fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow back in the MasterChef kitchen for one night only. Contestants must create...

If The Choux Fits
Season 15 - Episode 7
Former MasterChef winner and dessert queen Emelia Jackson is here to share her secrets. Using Emelia's choux pastry recipe, contestants must...

Matt vs Sashi
Season 15 - Episode 8
Get your orders ready, its time for the first Service Challenge of the season. Two teams, aided by mentors Matt Sinclair and Sashi Cheliah, ...

Andy's Chook & Beat the Chef
Season 15 - Episode 9
Winner winner chicken dinner! Contestants must turn Andy's spit roasted chooks into a banger dish, with the winner cooking off for an Immuni...

Julie's Soup
Season 15 - Episode 10
MasterChef royalty Julie Goodwin returns, and survival is on the menu. Those who pick a wrong ingredient in Julie's seafood stew must cook t...

Big Week - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 11
Big Week lives up to its name as the contents of MasterChef's biggest ever Mystery Box are revealed. Contestants must think outside the box ...

Tokyo Lamington Tower - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 12
Pressure Test elimination looms as three contestants strive to replicate Eddie Stewart's Tokyo Lamington Tower, featuring Snickers, strawber...

Grazeland - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 13
As thousands of hungry punters descend on Melbourne's hip Grazeland, it's surf and turf for the masses with two teams vying for a shot at Im...

Mystery Appliance - Immunity Pin Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 14
With an Immunity Pin at stake, whoever creates the best dish with a mystery appliance in round one will earn first pick of flavour pairings ...

2 Day Elimination - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 15
Slow and steady keeps their place! Facing elimination, contestants embark on a two-day challenge with 45 minutes to marinate, pickle, brine ...

Breakfast Cereals - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 16
Contestants try to bowl the judges over by elevating humble breakfast cereals into nostalgic classics. Who will cry over spilt milk with a P...

Viennetta Ice Cream Cake - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 17
Guest chef Donato Toce reveals his superb Viennetta ice cream cake. Pressure Test contestants will need ice in their veins to replicate the ...

Sweet....Or Sour? - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 18
Two teams must wok hard to create a sumptuous banquet at a suburban Chinese Restaurant as they hope to takeaway a crack at Immunity. Will ou...

Gabriel Gate - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 19
Great frypans of fire! It's an Immunity Pin fracas as a field of faves fan the flames in a flipping flambe free-for-all. Who will face fab F...

Trip Down Memory Lane - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 20
Fancy a final trip down memory lane for a '70s-themed dinner party? A little fermented curd will do the trick! Then, time travel for the tas...

Home Cooks vs Pro Cooks - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 21
It's home cooks versus pro cooks in a culinary smackdown. The gloves are off as three contenders go toe-to-toe with Jacqui Challinor and her...

Best Of The Best - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 22
Three more contestants battle the best of the best, dueling with Nick Holloway's Nu Nu crew in a mind-blowing three-course Pressure Test whi...

Louis Tikaram Blind Relay - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 23
Louis Tikaram and his Stanley Restaurant team sprint to the kitchen for a blind relay against three MasterChef contestants. With no handover...

Shock Rock Around The Clock - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 24
Who can knock Jock's socks off in a shock rock around the clock? Three cooks face the chopping block against Serai's flock. Time is docked f...

Rick Stein - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 25
Our home cooks are wading into treacherous waters as global seafood superstar Rick Stein brings his best squid game. Who will end up sleepin...

John Dory - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 26
Contestants must push the boat out to hook the catch of the day as Australia's top chef Josh Niland reels them in with his unique skills, be...

Luke Nguyen - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 27
One contender will be shafted as a saucy twist with a standout ingredient ensures stiff competition between the bottom three, who must repli...

Two Course Root Veg - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 28
Australia's homegrown superstar Curtis Stone visits the MasterChef kitchen to mentor and motivate two teams facing off in a massive Service ...

Condiment Cook-off - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 29
It's a golden opportunity to relish in Curtis' Condiment Cook-off. Today's tastiest condiment wins its maker Immunity, plus their creation w...

Ingredient Gamble - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 30
Australia's most beloved food icon, Maggie Beer, is in the kitchen to spread the joy and inspire a full field of black apron contestants as ...

Surprise Inside - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 31
A Mystery Box Challenge allows our top nine to turn the tables on Jock, Andy and Melissa. It's what's inside that counts as our home cooks t...

Peter Rabbit Garden - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 32
Chef Nelly Robinson presents Mr McGregor Garden - a whimsical dish that sends three home cooks down a tricky Pressure Test rabbit hole. For ...

NGV Greek - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 33
Greece is the word! The National Gallery of Victoria's Temple of Boom is the Herculean setting where food will be given the Midas touch in a...

Beat The Chef - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 34
For a hot shot at an Immunity Pin, the lucky mug to grind out the best sweet coffee dish moves on to stir things up in a tea for two brewhah...

Colours - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 35
It's a colour palette for the palate with a pearler of a taste test to set the tone. Who will then be caught red-handed and feeling blue coo...

Everything Box - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 36
Contestants must include every ingredient in the dreaded Everything Box to plate up a meal with the whole shebang. The makers of the bottom ...

Clare Smith Pie - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 37
Internationally renowned chef Clare Smyth of Sydney's Oncore Restaurant is here to put contestants through their Pressure Test paces with a ...

Foraging - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 38
At the beautiful grounds of the O.MY Farm, contestants are split into 3 teams of 2. After foraging for one ingredient to hero in a dish, onl...

Aural Pleasure - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 39
Hear ye, hear ye! It's crunch time in a cracker of an Immunity Challenge. Judges are listening for the loudest, most rip-roaring dish that o...

Kirsten Tibballs - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 40
Consummate pastry chef and chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is here to set a sweet Elimination Challenge over two rounds. Who will pud up some p...

Freshness - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 41
With an open garden, open pantry and an open mind, freshness will be front and centre as our top five let their imaginations run wild compet...

Time Auction - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 42
A road trip to All Saints Estate in the Murray offers a high-stakes showdown with a classic Time Auction. A bidding war for ingredients is j...

Fiesta - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 43
We're at the pointy end in cactus country, and the most succulent Mexican dish will earn its maker a stab at Immunity. Needles to say, the w...

Stick Shed - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 44
Our judges face their toughest decision yet in a service challenge at the incredible Stick Shed in Murtoa. Who will separate the wheat from ...

Anchovies & Dijon Mustard - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 45
An all-out anchovy assault and a ding-dong Dijon duel sees contestants pitted against each other in pairs for the first elimination round, w...

Tear-jerker - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 46
Emotions run high with a semifinal spot at stake, as contestants feel the love in a tear-jerker of a Mystery Box. Hearts and souls will go i...

Peter Gilmore - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 47
Bennelong Restaurant's Peter Gilmore demonstrates how to create an intricate and tasty seafood dish. With no recipe, contestants must use to...

Curtis Stone - Finals Advantage
Season 15 - Episode 48
The final three must keep up with Curtis Stone as he whips up a magnificent beef dish. The contestant whose plate most closely resembles Cur...

Final 3 - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 49
Our top three must create an entree, main course and dessert for a hungry crowd of diners and judges. The two contestants with the most exci...

Grand Finale
Season 15 - Episode 50
It's the Grand Finale, and whichever cook scores the most points across two rounds will lift the trophy aloft, claiming $250,000 in prize mo...