MasterChef Australia series 14

MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites
Season 14
Judges	Andy Allen Melissa Leong Jock Zonfrillo
No. of contestants	24
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	18 April 2022 (2022-04-18)
Additional information
Filming dates	December 2021 (2021-12)
Series chronology

The fourteenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 18 April 2022 on Network 10. The format for this season is Fans & Favourites, and features 12 new contestants and 12 former contestants. Andy Allen, Melissa Leong, and Jock Zonfrillo returned to the show as judges from the previous season.

In October 2021, Ten announced that MasterChef Australia would return for its 14th season in 2022, initially announced as Foodies Vs. Favourites. In January 2022, production was temporarily halted after several members of the production team contracted the COVID-19 virus. The judges, cast and crew are all fully vaccinated against the virus.

Changes

This season omitted the broadcast of the audition stage for the new contestants and started with the 24 contestants competing in a Immunity Pin Challenge. Like the previous season, the holders of an Immunity Pin were able to use them at any point during future Elimination Challenges.

Initially, instead of randomly chosen teams most team challenges at the beginning of the season featured contestants competing as members of either the Fans (new contestants) or Favourites (returning contestants) teams. This continued until week 6 when the two teams were dissolved.

Contestants

The 12 returning contestants were announced in a sneak peek on 23 March 2022. The full cast was announced on 3 April 2022.

Contestant	State/Terr	Occupation	Original Series	Previous Season Placing	Status
Aldo Ortado	NSW	Restaurant manager	Series 10	13th	Competing
Ali Stoner	VIC	Artist	New Contestant		Competing
Alvin Quah	NSW	Medical manager	Series 2	6th	Competing
Billie McKay	NSW	Chef & restaurant manager	Series 7	Winner	Competing
Daniel Lamble	NT	Firefighter	New Contestant		Competing
Harry Tomlinson	VIC	Barista & coffee roaster	New Contestant		Competing
Julie Goodwin	NSW	Cook, author & radio and TV presenter	Series 1	Winner	Competing
Keyma Vasquez Montero	VIC	Stay-at-home mum	New Contestant		Competing
Matt Landmark	VIC	Secondary teacher	New Contestant		Competing
Melanie Persson	WA	PhD student	New Contestant		Competing
Michael Weldon	VIC	Developmental chef & TV presenter	Series 3	2nd	Competing
Mindy Woods	NSW	Chef & restaurateur	Series 4	4th	Competing
Montana Hughes	QLD	Influencer	New Contestant		Competing
Sarah Todd	VIC	Chef & restaurateur	Series 6	9th	Competing
Steph Woon	VIC	Banking analyst	New Contestant		Competing
Tommy Pham	NSW	Kindergarten teacher	Series 13	7th	Competing
Jenn Lee	QLD	Dentist	New Contestant		Eliminated 19 May
Minoli De Silva	NT	Chemical engineer	Series 13	10th	Eliminated 17 May
Sashi Cheliah	SA	Chef & restaurateur	Series 10	Winner	Eliminated 15 May
Christina Batista	NSW	Chef & restaurateur	Series 5	5th	Eliminated 10 May
John Carasig	VIC	Chef & restaurateur	Series 7	12th	Eliminated 8 May
Max Krapivsky	VIC	Osteopath	New Contestant		Eliminated 3 May
Dulan Hapuarachchi	VIC	Financial analyst	New Contestant		Eliminated 26 April
Chris Tran	VIC	Marketing advisor	New Contestant		Eliminated 24 April

Guests

Week	Guest	Challenge
2	Adriano Zumbo	Pressure Test
	Rosheen Kaul	MasterClass
	Matt Stone	Immunity Challenge
3	Shannon Bennett	Service & Mystery Box Challenge
	Reynold Poernomo	Pressure Test
	Curtis Stone	Service & Immunity Challenge
4	Gareth Whitton	Pressure Test
	Clare Smyth	Service Challenge
5	Alla Wolf-Tasker	Pressure Test

Elimination chart

No.	Week	1			2			3		4		5		6
	Mystery Box Challenge Winner	None			Aldo Melanie			Ali Julie Sashi Tommy		Minoli		Ali
	Immunity Challenge	Christina Harry Tommy		Chris Harry Julie Montana	Aldo Alvin Billie Julie Melanie Michael Minoli			Michael Sarah Sashi Tommy		Ali Jenn Montana		None		Sarah (Immunity Pin)
	Elimination Challenge Winner	Minoli			None			Daniel		Melanie		Keyma
	Aldo	IN		Team Win	WIN	Fast Track		Team Win 1	Team Lose	IN	DNP	IN	Team 2nd	IN
	Ali	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 3		Team Lose 1	Team Win	IN	IMM	WIN	Team 2nd	IN
	Alvin	IN		Team Win	Btm 3	Team Win		Btm 2	DNP	IN	Team Lose	IN	Team 2nd	IN
	Billie	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Win	I.P.	Team Lose 3	T.L./Imm.	IN	Team Lose	IN	Team 2nd	IN
	Daniel	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 2		Team Win 2	WIN	Btm 4	Team Win	IN	Btm 4	IN
	Harry	Top 3	I.P.	Btm 2	IN	Team Lose 3		Team Win 2	Team Win	IN	Team Win	Btm 4/Imm.	Btm 4	IN
	Julie	IN		IMM	Btm 4	Team Win		DNP	Btm 2	IN	Team Lose	IN	Team Win	IN
	Keyma	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 2		Team Win 2	Team Win	IN	Team Win	IN	WIN	IN
	Matt	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 2		Btm 5	Team Win	Btm 4	Team Win	IN	Team Lose 2	IN
	Melanie	IN		DNP	WIN	Fast Track		Team Win 3	Team Win	IN	WIN	IN	Team Lose 2	IN
	Michael	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Win	I.P.	Team Win 1	IMM	IN	T.L./Imm.	IN	Team Win	IN
	Mindy	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Lose 3		Team Lose 2	Team Lose	IN	Btm 2	IN	Team Win	IN
	Montana	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 3		Team Win 3	Team Win	IN	Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1	IN
	Sarah	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1		Team Win 1	Team Lose	IN	Team Lose	Btm 2	Team Win	WIN	I.P.
	Steph	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 3		Team Win 3	Team Win	IN	Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1	IN
	Tommy	Top 3	I.P.	Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1		DNP	T.L./Imm.	Btm 2	DNP		Btm 2	IN
17	Jenn	IN		Team Lose	IN	Team Lose 2		Btm 4	Team Win	IN	Team Win	Btm 4	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 24)
18	Minoli	IN		WIN	IN	Team Win		Team Lose 2	Team Lose	WIN	Team Lose	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 22)
19	Sashi	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1		Team Lose 2	Team Lose	IN	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 20)
20	Christina	Top 3	I.P.	Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1		Team Win 1	DNP/Imm.	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 17)
21	John	IN		Team Win	IN	Team Lose 1		Btm 4	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 15)
22	Max	IN		Btm 3	Btm 2	Team Lose 2		Elim	Eliminated (Ep 12)
23	Dulan	IN		Team Lose	Elim	Eliminated (Ep 7)
24	Chris	IN		Elim	Eliminated (Ep 5)
	Eliminated	Chris			Dulan	None		Max	John	Christina	Sashi	Minoli	Jenn

Episodes and ratings

Colour key:

  – Highest rating during the series

  – Lowest rating during the series

Ep#/Wk-Ep#	Original airdate	Episode Title / Event	Total viewers (five metro cities)	Nightly Ranking
Week 1
1/01-1	Monday, 18 April 2022	Series Premiere: Strengths Immunity Pin Challenge — The 24 contestants were tasked with cooking a dish which showcased their strengths for one of three immunity pins. The contestants competed in their teams, as Fans or Favourites. The contestant who cooked the top dish in each team received an immunity pin, as well as the contestant who cooked the next best dish in either team. The pins were won by Tommy, Harry and Christina.	545,000	#9
2/01-2	Tuesday, 19 April 2022	Featured Ingredients Service Challenge — The contestants competed in their Fans and Favourites teams in a three-course service challenge, in which each course had to feature a key ingredient chosen by the Fans or the Favourites. Teams were broken up into three smaller sections of four people who worked on each course; the sections who cooked each of the winning courses will enter the immunity decider challenge. The Fans had the best entree and dessert, while the Favorites had the winning main. Fans Harry, Max, Jenn, Chris, Melanie, Montana, Steph and Keyma and Favourites Sashi, Tommy, Julie and Michael advanced to the team challenge.	436,000	#12
3/01-3	Wednesday, 20 April 2022	Food Pyramid Invention Test — The 12 winning contestants from the service challenge were given 75 minutes to cook a dish using one or more layers of the food pyramid. Steph, Sashi and Chris had access to the entire pyramid, while Melanie, Julie and Jenn cooked using the bottom three rows. Keyma, Tommy, and Harry had the bottom two rows, and Montana, Michael and Max were limited to the bottom row, consisting of fruits, vegetables and legumes. Montana, Harry, Julie and Chris' dishes were deemed the best in their respective categories, and they earned the four spots in the immunity challenge.	376,000	#15
4/01-4	Thursday, 21 April 2022	Lucky Dip Immunity Challenge — Chris, Harry, Montana and Julie each chose one cloche blindly from four rows containing fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices, pantry items, and cooking techniques. They had 75 minutes to cook a dish featuring leeks, anchovies, saffron and a deep-fried element. The judges liked Harry's gnocco fritto with ricotta and leeks, but they loved Julie's prawn, leek and chorizo paella, and she won immunity from elimination.	490,000	#9
Week 2
5/02-1	Sunday, 24 April 2022	Great Aussie Jaffle Elimination Challenge - In the first of a two-round elimination challenge, all contestants except Julie (with immunity) and Melanie (who sat out to balance the team numbers) had 45 minutes to cook a dish using a jaffle maker. Minoli's chicken and potato jaffle was considered the best and the Favourites were saved from elimination, sending the Fans into the second round, where they had 75 minutes to make a dish that had changed their lives. Harry, who decided not to play her immunity pin, had multiple issues with her dish as her pumpkin was under-seasoned and her lentils were under-cooked. Max's tart was also under-cooked. Chris struggled during the cook as he burned the first batch of crispy noodles for his dish and forgot to clean the oil before cooking his second batch. Ultimately, the burnt oil overpowered the flavour of the dish, which resulted in his elimination.	442,000	#5
6/02-2	Monday, 25 April 2022	Throwback Mystery Box Challenge — The contestants were given 75 minutes to cook a dish using the first mystery box from the first series, containing ingredients such as a pork chop, Granny Smith apples and dark chocolate, as well the pantry staples. Aldo's pork cotoletta Milanese and Melanie's gluten-free choux lemon meringue were the top two, fast-tracking them to the immunity challenge. Julie's noodles for her fettucine dish were rolled too thin and overcooked, and Alvin's noodles were under-cooked. Dulan's pork chop was overcooked, while Max's agnolotti was under-seasoned and bland. The four were sent to the pressure test as a result.	438,000	#14
7/02-3	Tuesday, 26 April 2022	Zumbo Pressure Test Challenge— Alvin, Julie, Dulan and Max faced a pressure test set by pastry chef Adriano Zumbo. They had four hours and thirty minutes to recreate his chocolate dessert Polly Want a Waffle, with the chocolate feathers already prepared for them. Julie's and Alvin's desserts were near-perfect, with the latter's dish being the dish of the day, and they were safe, putting Max and Dulan in the bottom two. Max's waffle layers were set well, but his marshmallow was problematic. Dulan, who struggled and fell behind early in the cook, rushed to make his layers and his dish was unbalanced, which sealed his elimination.	498,000	#10
8/02-4	Wednesday, 27 April 2022	Chili Team Relay— With Aldo and Melanie fast-tracked to the immunity challenge, the 20 remaining contestants were divided into four teams of five and tasked with cooking a dish featuring chillies, given 15 minutes each to cook and 45 seconds to transfer information to the next cook. John and Julie, the captains of the Red and Grey Teams, respectively, decided to make curries. Harry, who captained the Green Team, selected chicken wings, and Matt, leading the Purple Team, opted for tacos. The Red Team's Sri Lankan chicken curry was praised, but their chilli jam was over-reduced and over-caramelised. The Purple Team struggled from poor communication as Max, the last cook on the team, scrapped the tacos and chose to serve a steak with a chilli salsa, which was criticised for being a jumble of flavours. Ultimately, the Grey Team's Thai chicken curry beat the Green Team's sweet chilli chicken wings, earning them the chance to compete for immunity alongside Aldo and Melanie.	443,000	#14
8/02-5		MasterClass: Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen, Rosheen Kaul, Julie Goodwin and Jenn Lee- Jock and Andy each cooked a dish using Monday's mystery box, while guest chef Rosheen Kaul presented her wood-fired mackerel with charred tomato sambal. Julie and Jenn then demonstrated their favorite fried chicken recipes.	369,000	#17
9/02-6	Thursday, 28 April 2022	Matt Stone Immunity Challenge— Aldo, Alvin, Michael, Billie, Julie, Minoli and Melanie competed against guest chef Matt Stone for one of seven immunity pins. They had 75 minutes to cook a dish highlighting one of the following controversial ingredients: licorice, blue cheese, Brussels sprouts, coriander, oysters, and pineapple. Matt's grilled oyster dish earned 26 out of 30 points. Billie and Michael impressed the judges, receiving 27 and 29 points for their coriander panna cotta, and pineapple and ham broth, respectively, and they each won a pin.	510,000	#8
Week 3
10/03-1	Sunday, 1 May 2022	Shannon Bennett French Service Challenge — The 22 remaining contestants except Tommy, who was ill, and Julie, who sat out to balance the teams, faced a service challenge set by guest chef Shannon Bennett. They were given two hours to prepare a three-course meal showcasing French cuisine, with the contestants cooking the least impressive courses being sent to the elimination decider challenge. The Favourites presented the best entree, but they had issues in their main and dessert, giving the Fans the win on the latter two courses. Favourites Aldo, Christina, Sarah and Michael, and Fans Daniel, Harry, Keyma, Montana, Melanie and Steph, were safe from elimination, sending the others, including Julie, to the mystery box challenge.	460,000	#7
11/03-2	Monday, 2 May 2022	Shannon Bennett Mystery Box Challenge — Tommy and the 10 losing contestants in the service challenge had 75 minutes to cook a dish using a mystery box assembled by Shannon Bennett, featuring ingredients such as sweetbreads, turmeric, and spanner crab, with the bottom four facing elimination. Ali, Tommy, Sashi, and Julie received high praise for their dishes, however, Alvin's sweetbreads were overcooked, Jenn's turmeric pawpaw parfait was unbalanced in flavour, and John's ajoblanco was overpowered by sweet elements. Following the disappointing reception to his dish, John suffered an emotional meltdown, and was consoled by Melissa. In a close decision between Max and Matt, the judges chose to send Max to the Pressure Test with Alvin, John and Jenn, due to a piece of crab shell in his dish.	466,000	#15
12/03-3	Tuesday, 3 May 2022	Reynold Poernomo Pressure Test - Chef Reynold Poernomo challenged Alvin, Jenn, John and Max to replicate his new signature dish, Noi. John and Jenn, whose chocolate twigs were too thick, impressed the judges with their dishes, putting Alvin and Max in the bottom two. Alvin's dessert lacked in presentation, but it tasted better than it looked. Max, however, had multiple errors in his dish. His jasmine mousse lacked tea leaf flavour, his green apple sorbet was malformed and lacked caramelisation, and his muscovado tuiles were too soft. Those errors were enough to eliminate him.	451,000	#11
13/03-4	Wednesday, 4 May 2022	Curtis Stone Service Challenge - Fast and Fancy — Guest judge Curtis Stone returned for another service challenge. Minoli sat out due to illness and Billie joined the Fans to balance the team numbers. Each team was then split into groups of five and given two hours and thirty minutes to serve 80 diners, with one group from either side cooking two fast food dishes, and the other cooking one fancy dish. The Fans were tasked with heroing pork, while the Favourites were assigned chicken. The Favourites' outperformed the Fans in both the challenges, with their Chicken shawarma and Korean fried wings being deemed the best fast food dishes, and their rendang roasted chicken being declared the better fine dining dish. As a result, the Favourites, aside from Billie and Minoli, advanced to the Immunity Challenge.	399,000	#14
14/03-5	Thursday, 5 May 2022	Curtis Stone Immunity Challenge - Ingredients or Time - Alvin, John, Mindy, Julie, Sarah, Aldo, Michael, Sashi, Christina and Tommy had up to one hour to cook a dish using up to 10 sets of ingredients, with each set becoming available every three minutes. They also had to incorporate Curtis' chosen ingredient, apples. Tommy and Sarah were the first to start, with both making apple cakes in 57 minutes. Sashi had 39 minutes to cook a pork and apple red curry with parsnip chips. Michael started as the final set of ingredients was made available, having only 30 minutes to cook his apple and scallop ceviche. Sarah, Tommy, Sashi, and Michael were declared the Top 4, but Michael's ceviche was praised for its exceptional balance, and he was awarded Weekly Immunity.	480,000	#9
Week 4
15/04-1	Sunday, 8 May 2022	Egg Elimination Challenge — Michael had Weekly Immunity, and Alvin and Christina sat out the first round to balance the teams. The other contestants faced a two-round elimination challenge featuring eggs. In round one, they had 30 minutes to cook a dish using a single egg, with only the top three dishes from each team being tasted. Aldo, Steph, Ali, and Daniel were deemed the Top 4, with Daniel's crab omelette with chilli butter was declared the winning dish, saving the Fans from elimination. In round two, the Favourites (except Michael) were given one hour to cook another dish with at least one of eleven eggs. Not feeling confident about her chances, Billie played her pin at the beginning of the cook, while Christina and Tommy played their pins towards the end, feeling dissatisfied with their dishes. Most of the contestants impressed the judges, with Aldo's filoscio, Minoli's egg pan rolls, Alvin's Nyonya egg curry, Mindy's Chinese omelette, and Sashi's egg sambal. Landing in the bottom two were Julie, whose fried rice was tasty but greasy, and John, whose lemon tart contained too much pastry, as well as an overcooked lemon curd. Additionally, he was unable to whip up his meringue and was forced to replace it with cream. Due to the flaws in his egg elements, the judges felt that John had missed the brief and he was the first Favourite to be eliminated.	452,000	#7
16/04-2	Monday, 9 May 2022	Alphabet Mystery Box — The contestants had to each choose a letter of the alphabet revealing a mystery ingredient starting with that letter. They then had 60 minutes to cook a dish using that ingredient. Minoli's curry leaf-cured kingfish was the dish of the day, earning the Favourites an advantage later in the week. Tommy's macadamia puree was grainy in texture, while Christina's burrata was too dry and her fig jam was too heavy. Daniel was criticised by the judges for not featuring kale in his ricotta and kale turnovers, and Matt undercooked the pastry for his tahini mille-feuille. As a result, those four ended up in elimination.	532,000	#11
17/04-3	Tuesday, 10 May 2022	Tarts Anon Pressure Test — Chef Gareth Whitton set the pressure test, which tasked Christina, Tommy, Daniel and Matt with recreating his smoked pecan and butterscotch tart in two hours and fifty minutes. Daniel's and Matt's desserts were considered the best, saving them from elimination. The judges liked Tommy's tart, but while it was tasty, the pastry was rough and thick. Christina struggled during the cook, falling behind early and not having enough time to bake her tart. While her tart was also rough and thick, the flavours were not enough to save her. Overall, the judges felt that Christina had missed the brief, eliminating her.	504,000	#9
18/04-4	Wednesday, 11 May 2022	Clare Smyth Service Challenge — The contestants except Sarah, who sat out to balance the teams, faced a service challenge set by Michelin-starred chef Clare Smyth. The teams were split into groups of three and given two hours to cook a three-course meal highlighting one core ingredient, honey for the Fans and cherries for the Favourites. The Favourites won on the main course, but the Fans won on the entree and dessert, and they earned the right to compete for immunity.	510,000	#12
19/04-5	Thursday, 12 May 2022	Two-Round Duel Immunity Challenge — Ali, Daniel, Matt, Keyma, Harry, Melanie, Jenn, Montana and Steph competed in a two-round immunity challenge. In round one, they had 60 minutes to cook a dish using either tea, milk or cinnamon. Ali, Jenn and Montana, who had the best tea, milk and cinnamon desserts respectively, advanced to round two, where they had 60 minutes to make another dish incorporating one ingredient chosen blindly from three, which was white nectarines. Ali, who initially disliked the choice of ingredient, impressed the judges with her nectarine and squid noodles with daikon. She narrowly beat Montana's nectarine and basil sorbet to win Weekly Immunity, sending the others to the elimination.	505,000	#8
Week 5
20/05-1	Sunday, 15 May 2022	Time Elimination Challenge — Ali had Weekly Immunity, while Aldo sat out of the first round to balance the teams. The remaining contestants had to cook a 10-minute dish. Melanie's silken tofu with fried egg was considered the best, saving the Fans from elimination. The Favourites then faced a two-day elimination cook-off, where they were given 45 minutes to prepare a dish of their choice, then 60 minutes to cook it the next day. Michael, whose beef brisket became tough and dry, played his pin minutes into the cook. Most of the Favourites' dishes were praised by the judges, particularly Aldo's octopus and octopus broth, Julie's Moroccan lamb shoulder with couscous, Minoli's pork belly curry with chana dal curry, and Billie's confit duck leg. The judges liked Mindy's Peking broth, but her pork and chicken dumplings were undercooked. Sashi, who had to remake the dosas for his overnight fish curry, mistakenly left his curry to cook on the stove at high heat, burning it. Ultimately, the burnt flavour overpowered the sauce, and Sashi was eliminated. Tommy, who was absent isolating, must compete in the first elimination challenge after his return.	477,000	#6
21/05-2	Monday, 16 May 2022	Fitzroy Mills Mystery Box — The 18 remaining contestants were taken to the Fitzroy Mills Market in Melbourne for their next mystery box challenge, where they had 75 minutes to cook a dish highlighting coffee. The judges praised Aldo's panna cotta al caffe, but they were impressed by Ali's coffee-marinated eggplant with tofu latte, earning the Fans an advantage in the next team challenge. Billie, Matt and Julie received special mentions for their dishes. However, Jenn burnt the coffee for her pumpkin dish, and Harry overcooked the bacon for her breakfast sandwich and her toast was soggy. Sarah's gulab jamun didn't have the right texture, while Minoli's coffee and berry dish was overpowered by her mixed berry compote. The four of them ended up facing the pressure test.	535,000	#12
22/05-3	Tuesday, 17 May 2022	Pressure Test: Alla Wolf-Tasker's Summer Cucumbers with Murray Cod — Harry, Jenn, Minoli and Sarah traveled to Alla Wolf-Tasker's Lake House restaurant for a demonstration of her summer cucumbers and Murray cod dish. They then returned to the MasterChef kitchen, where they had 90 minutes to replicate the dish from memory. Harry, who struggled to properly cook her fish, played her immunity pin in the last few minutes of the cook, while Jenn was praised for her near replication. Sarah and Minoli both had issues in their dishes. Sarah's cod was slightly overcooked, her vichyssoise was potato-like in texture and her dill fronds were missing. Minoli's fish was also overcooked, but while her vichyssoise was executed well, her dill oil tasted like a puree and she left numerous elements off the plate due to time constraints. Those errors resulted in Minoli's elimination.
23/05-4	Wednesday, 18 May 2022	Date Night Service Challenge — The contestants, aside from Tommy, competed in a delivery service challenge, where they were split into four teams of four and tasked with cooking a three-course date night meal for 25 couples, with the bottom two teams facing an elimination challenge. The Purple Team, led by Aldo, had Ali's advantage of having Andy cook with them for 15 minutes. The Orange Team, led by Julie, impressed the judges with their retro South Asian menu, and they were safe. The Teal Team struggled under Daniel's leadership. They didn't have enough broccolini in their entree and the pulled pork was unseasoned and bland. The judges liked the Pink Team's meatball main, but they felt their entree and dessert were problematic. While the Purple Team's pizzaiola sauce was rushed and their cauliflower puree lacked cauliflower flavour, their sticky date pudding was judged as the dish of the day, saving them and sending the Pink Team to the elimination.
24/05-5	Thursday, 19 May 2022	90-Minute Two-Round Elimination Challenge — Tommy and the Teal and Pink Teams faced a two-round elimination challenge, where they were given 90 minutes to split between the two rounds however they chose to. The judges liked Matt, Melanie, Montana and Steph's dishes, and they were safe. Keyma, who used 60 minutes to make her Caribbean prawn curry, impressed the judges and she was also safe. Daniel, Harry, Jenn and Tommy were sent into the second round, where they had to cook another dish using whatever time they had left. Harry and Daniel redeemed themselves with their curried carrots and ocean spared ribs respectively, saving them. There were a few issues with Tommy's bun cha as his fish was overcooked and his broth was under-seasoned. Jenn attempted to improve her mapo tofu dish. However, while her rice was improved, her tofu was problematic. In the end, the judges felt that Jenn failed to meet the brief and she was eliminated. She was, however, invited to attend the masterclass following the elimination.
24/05-6		MasterClass: Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen, Country Cob, Michael Weldon and Keyma Vasquez Montero - Jock and Andy each cooked a dish using ingredients in the MasterChef garden. Chan and Ryan from Country Cob Bakery baked their slow-cooked barbeque beef with quail egg and curried scallop pies. Michael and Keyma then went head-to-head making 30-minute desserts, and Keyma won with her lime churros with dulce de leche sauce.
Week 6
25/06-1	Sunday, 22 May 2022	Two Cuisines Immunity Challenge — The judges announced that the Fans vs Favourites format would be dropped and the teams would be combined. The contestants were then given 75 minutes to cook a fusion dish combining two cuisines of their choice. Several contestants stood out with their dishes, including Aldo's shiitake mushroom risotto, Julie's eggplant biryani with hummus, Tommy's banh xeo tacos, Michael's prawn tostadas and Daniel's paperbark barramundi with tom yum broth. However, the judges found Sarah's Indian inspired butter-poached lobster dish to be flawless, and she won the immunity pin, along with $10,000.
26/06-2	Monday, 23 May 2022	—
27/06-3	Tuesday, 24 May 2022	—
28/06-4	Wednesday, 25 May 2022	—
29/06-5	Thursday, 26 May 2022	—