The BEST episodes of MasterChef Australia season 13
Every episode of MasterChef Australia season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef Australia season 13!
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 - Grand Finale (Part 2)
Season 13 - Episode 61 - Aired 7/13/2021
It’s day two of the epic MasterChef Australia Grand Finale for 2021 and the contestant who scores the most points overall will win the title of MasterChef 2021 and walk away with $250,000.
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#2 - Semi-Final
Season 13 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/11/2021
Contestants compete in a semifinal service challenge. The contestant with the least impressive menu will leave the competition. Finalists are joined by returning contestants for the final MasterClass.
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#3 - Grand Finale (Part 1)
Season 13 - Episode 60 - Aired 7/12/2021
It’s here, the MasterChef Australia Grand Finale for 2021. Our three finalists face an incredible three round challenge over two days with a total of 140 points up for grabs.
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#4 - Finalists (Advantage Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/7/2021
The finalists enter the MasterChef kitchen to discover the day's advantage challenge, which will see the winner cooking in the Finale.
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#5 - Society (Service & Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 56 - Aired 7/5/2021
The judges welcome the contestants to Martin Benn's opulent new Melbourne restaurant, Society. The pressure is on as they discover today's service challenge is also an elimination.
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#6 - Second Chance Week (Pressure Test)
Season 13 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/1/2021
Renowned pastry chef Anthony Hart reveals his pressure test dish: chocolate oasis. The contestants have 2 hours and 15 minutes, plus a further eight minutes to plate up Anthony's creation. One of yesterday's top four will return to the Masterchef competition!
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#7 - Meet The Masters (Pressure Test)
Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/11/2021
The least impressive team from the master team challenge must cook off in this pressure test.
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#8 - Simpson's Gap (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 52 - Aired 6/29/2021
The team arrive at Simpson's Gap and judges reveal the contestants must create a dish using a variety of foraged bush foods. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be sent home.
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#9 - Service Challenge - Tonka (Immunity Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2021
Andy reveals that every challenge this week will be a service challenge and all 16 contestants are in with a chance at winning immunity from Sunday's elimination.
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#10 - Service Challenge - Lucy Liu (Immunity Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/2021
For this challenge, two pantries are on offer: a European pantry and an Eastern pantry. By the toss of a coin, the team that win the toss get to choose their desired pantry.
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#11 - Uluru (Team Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 51 - Aired 6/28/2021
Today we are in the spiritual heart of Australia, Uluru. Contestants must create a fine dining three-course meal under the stars at the stunning Field of Light installation for 25 diners plus judges.
#12 - Hot Chillies! (Immunity Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/27/2021
The contestants must cook a dish using some of the hottest chillies in the world. The dish that best highlights the heat and flavour of their chilli will win immunity.
#13 - All 7 Ingredients! (Mystery Box Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 53 - Aired 6/30/2021
In the toughest mystery box challenge of the season, the contestants discover they must create a dish using all seven ingredients under the mystery box.
#14 - It's A Knockout!
Season 13 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/3/2021
Four contestants are told they will have two-and-a-half hours to prepare a three-course menu. But the catch is that after each course is tasted, one contestant will be knocked out of the competition.
#15 - Kate Reid Pastry (Immunity Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/10/2021
Jock introduces Kate Reid, the mastermind behind Lune Croissanterie. Contestants must use Kate's world-class pastry and turn it into a dish that is not a croissant.
#16 - Service Challenge - Movida (Immunity Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2021
This challenge is all about the ingredients. Each team must feature the same ingredient in each course
#17 - Nu Nu Ingredient ID (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/20/2021
Contestants must correctly identify ingredients in three dishes from Nick Holloway's Nu Nu menu. The five contestants who name the least amount of ingredients correctly will cook off in round two.
#18 - Vego (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/8/2021
The four contestants cooking in this elimination challenge discover they will be cooking a vegetarian dish, with all ingredients harvested fresh from Dairy Flat Farm in Daylesford.
#19 - Game ID (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/30/2021
This elimination is played over two rounds. In the first round, contestants must identify the 14 game meats on display. The six contestants with the lowest scores will cook off in round two.
#20 - Darren Purchese (Pressure Test)
Season 13 - Episode 47 - Aired 6/22/2021
Contestants must cook a sweet pressure test recipe of their own design. Darren Purchese will be running the floor and mentoring the contestants and the judges will do a blind tasting of each dish.
#21 - Fast Food & Fancy Food (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/4/2021
Contestants must choose an ingredient and cook it two ways, in a fast-food and in a fancy food application. The contestants with the three least impressive fast-food dishes will cook in round two.
#22 - 11 Utensils (Mystery Box)
Season 13 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/26/2021
The contestants must create a dish using only the 11 utensils in the mystery box. The dish can be sweet or savoury, with an open pantry and access to the garden.
#23 - Superstars Week - Clare Smyth (Mystery Box)
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/2021
Clare Smyth reveals the dish that has inspired her choice of mystery box ingredients. Contestants must create a sweet or savoury dish using the ingredients that Clare has chosen for the mystery box.
#24 - Relay Challenge (Elimination)
Season 13 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/2021
Each team must create a dish that features the ingredient hidden underneath the tablecloth and must also use an allocated electrical appliance at some stage during the cook.
#25 - 90 Minute Cook Time (Elimination Challenge)
Season 13 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/13/2021
The contestants must decide how much of their 90-minute cook time they use in round one, because they will only have the remainder of that time to cook in round two.