The BEST episodes of MasterChef Australia season 11
Every episode of MasterChef Australia season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef Australia season 11!
MasterChef Australia is an Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British version of MasterChef. Chef Andy Allen, restaurateur and chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, Poh Ling Yeow and food critic Sofia Levin serve as the show's hosts and judges.
#1 - Immunity Challenge - Same Ingredients/Different Styles & Adam D'Sylva
Season 11 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/2/2019
All contestants will cook with the same ingredient but in a different style. The winner of round one will be cooking against renowned chef Adam D'Sylva for the illustrious immunity pin.
#2 - Immunity Challenge - Letters from home & Jessie McTavish
Season 11 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/11/2019
Contestants awake with letters from home containing special instructions for round one of the immunity cook. The winner will cook off against chef Jessie McTavish from North Bondi Fish.
#3 - Team Challenge - A Picnic At Hanging Rock with Maggie Bear
Season 11 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/12/2019
Contestants find themselves in the Macedon Ranges for this team challenge: a picnic at Hanging Rock. What will be a surprise is who is the guest chef - none other than the beloved Maggie Beer.
#4 - Elimination Challenge - with Maggie Beer
Season 11 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/13/2019
Maggie Beer is back for the elimination challenge which will take place over two rounds. In round one, the contestants must celebrate herbs from the garden. In round two, they must feature spices.
#5 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test with Heston Blumenthal - Sweet Week
Season 11 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/16/2019
Kicking off Sweet Week, molecular master Heston Blumenthal enters the kitchen with a mystery box for the contestants.
#6 - Pressure Test - Kate Reid
Season 11 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/17/2019
In a surprise twist, our bottom three contestants from the cereal invention test have been thrown straight into a pressure test. Aprons on: it's time to cook a unique creation by Kate Reid.
#7 - Immunity Challenge - Ice Cream Challenge & Alice Wright
Season 11 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/18/2019
Sweet Week continues with an immunity ice cream challenge. In round two, the best cook will go up against chef Alice Wright.
#8 - Team Challenge - Identical!
Season 11 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/19/2019
The team challenge requires contestants to create a delicious, sweet dish that is identical in look, texture and flavour to their teammate's dish. Communication is key.
#9 - Elimination Challenge - The Dessert With No Sugar!
Season 11 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/20/2019
In a very challenging cook, the contestants must make a sweet dish without using refined sugar.
#10 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - Best Selling And Australia's Most Popular Ingredients
Season 11 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/23/2019
This episode's mystery box holds some of the best-selling ingredients from Coles and along with these, contestants must cook with some of Australia's favourite ingredients: Vegemite, tomato sauce or Milo.
#11 - Pressure Test - Jock Zonfrillo
Season 11 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/24/2019
This episode's challenge has been set by special guest Jock Zonfrillo from Restaurant Orana. Contestants must create dishes that showcase one of his favourite native ingredients.
#12 - Immunity Challenge - Beluga Caviar & Phil Wood
Season 11 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/25/2019
The three winners of the challenges must create a dish featuring Beluga caviar. The best dish will see its maker compete for an immunity pin against Pt Leo Estate chef Phil Wood.
#13 - Team Challenge - Best Diners & Best Ingredients
Season 11 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/26/2019
The contestants must cook a four-course meal for the Best Diners In The World while showcasing the Best Ingredients In The Country. Little do they know, the diners are their loved ones.
#14 - Elimination Challenge - Massimo Bottura
Season 11 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/27/2019
The top 10 are joined by the world's top chef Massimo Bottura and asked to cook with ingredients that are very close to Massimo's heart: ones that are frequently disposed of.
#15 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Deja Vu
Season 11 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/30/2019
This episode's mystery box involves some deja vu and later, in the invention test, contestants have 60 minutes to create a dish that takes the judges to a moment in time that evokes a particular memory.
#16 - Pressure Test - Kirsten Tibballs
Season 11 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/1/2019
Champion chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is in the MasterChef kitchen for this episode's pressure test. Three contestants from the previous invention test must recreate Kirsten's apple pie. Who will be going home?
#17 - Pressure Test - The Surprise Twist!
Season 11 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/10/2019
Three contestants will face the chopping block in an elimination challenge with a surprise twist.
#18 - Team Challenge - Q Train Vegetarian Course
Season 11 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/3/2019
Aboard the Q Train travelling restaurant our contestants, in teams, must prepare a vegetarian course using oyster mushrooms, baby zucchini, eggplant or figs. The bottom two teams face elimination.
#19 - Elimination Challenge - Time Auction
Season 11 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/4/2019
This episode is the return of the time auction where contestants bid for ingredients with time rather than money. The more time they spend buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.
#20 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - WA
Season 11 - Episode 50 - Aired 7/7/2019
The remaining contestants fly to Western Australia for a mystery box challenge and later an invention test, using all the great produce WA has to offer.
#21 - Team Challenge - Wildflower 5 Course Degustation
Season 11 - Episode 51 - Aired 7/8/2019
At Wildflower Restaurant in Perth, contestants will cook a five-course degustation featuring an ingredient that chef Matt Sartori has selected.
#22 - Immunity Challenge - Fast Track to Finals Week
Season 11 - Episode 52 - Aired 7/9/2019
The winners from the previous two days now cook for an opportunity to fast-track themselves into Finals Week. Round two comes down to the wire as contestants are hungry for the win.
#23 - Team Challenge - Leeuwin Estate Safari Club
Season 11 - Episode 53 - Aired 7/10/2019
This episode's setting is the beautiful Leeuwin Estate Safari Club in Margaret River. Guided by head chef Dan Gedge, our contestants will battle it out in a team challenge.
#24 - Elimination Challenge - Santiago Fernandez & Masterclass
Season 11 - Episode 54 - Aired 7/11/2019
This pressure test is set by Santiago Fernandez and it's a doozy. The stakes are high and the least impressive cook will be sent home. Plus, catch a masterclass showing off delicious recipes.
#25 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - The Loved One's Selection
Season 11 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/14/2019
Each contestant has an ingredient chosen for them by a loved one, with the note explaining their choice. Later, the judges select an ingredient for each contestant to cook with in the invention test.