The BEST episodes of MasterChef Australia season 15
Every episode of MasterChef Australia season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef Australia season 15!
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
Season 15 - Episode 50 - Aired 7/16/2023
It's Grand Finale Day, and whichever cook scores the most points across two rounds will lift the trophy aloft, claiming $250,000 in prize money, and the title of MasterChef Australia winner, 2023!?
#2 - Gabriel Gate - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/1/2023
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 French foodie Gabriel Gate in a fierce fight to the finish?
#3 - Luke Nguyen - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 27 - Aired 6/13/2023
One contender will be shafted as a saucy twist with a standout ingredient ensures stiff competition between the bottom three, who must replicate iconic chef Luke Nguyen's zesty ph? without a recipe.
#4 - Time Auction - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/4/2023
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 just the opening salvo in a battle for a shot at Immunity.
#5 - Freshness - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/3/2023
With an open garden, open pantry and an open mind, freshness will be front and centre as our Top 5 let their imaginations run wild competing for a spot in the next Immunity Challenge.
#6 - Stick Shed - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 44 - Aired 7/6/2023
Our judges face their toughest decision yet in a service challenge at the incredible Stick Shed in Murtoa. Who will separate the wheat from the chaff in our grain event and be first into Finals Week?
#7 - Foraging - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/28/2023
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, only THEN do they find out what course they'll be cooking!
#8 - John Dory - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/12/2023
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, before setting a gnarly John Dory Mystery Box challenge.
#9 - Peter Rabbit Garden - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/20/2023
Chef Nelly Robinson presents Mr. McGregor Garden - a whimsical dish that sends three home cooks down a tricky Pressure Test rabbit hole. For one unlucky contestant there will be no fairytale ending.
#10 - Best Of The Best - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/6/2023
Three more contestants battle the best of the best, dueling with Nick Holloway's Nu Nu crew in a mind-blowing 3-course Pressure Test whipped up by Aru and Sunda Restaurant's gifted chef, Khahn Nguyen.
#11 - Aural Pleasure - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/29/2023
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 offers both aural pleasure and sizzling taste. Sound good?
#12 - Home Cooks vs Pro Cooks - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/5/2023
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 Nomad Restaurant warriors. Who will deliver the knockout blow?
#13 - Mystery Appliance - Immunity Pin Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/25/2023
With an Immunity Pin at stake, whoever creates the best dish with a mystery appliance in Round 1 will earn first pick of flavour pairings and a 15 minute head start against guest chef Sergio Perera.
#14 - Surprise Inside - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/19/2023
The week kicks off with a bang as a Mystery Box Challenge allows our Top 9 to turn the tables on Jock, Andy and Melissa. It's what's inside that counts as our home cooks try to surprise the judges.
#15 - Breakfast Cereals - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/29/2023
Contestants try to bowl the judges over by elevating humble breakfast cereals into nostalgic classics. Who will cry over spilt milk with a Pressure Test awaiting the worst cereal offenders tomorrow?
#16 - NGV Greek - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/21/2023
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 big fat Greek Service Challenge odyssey with a twist. Opa!
#17 - Beat The Chef - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/22/2023
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 brewhaha against The Ritz-Carlton's perky pastry chef Kay-Lene Tan.
#18 - Kirsten Tibballs - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/2/2023
Consummate pastry chef and chocolatier Kirsten Tibballs is here to set a sweet Elimination Challenge over two rounds. Who will pud up some patisserie magic and who will dessert the kitchen?
#19 - 1st Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/17/2023
Get your orders ready, it's time for the first Service Challenge of the season. Two teams, aided by mentors Matt Sinclair and Sashi Cheliah, must cook an Entree and a Main course dish for 30 diners.
#20 - Fiesta - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/5/2023
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 winner will be dancing a salsa in this thorny alfresco fiesta.
#21 - Final 3 - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/13/2023
Your top three must create an entree, main course and dessert for a hungry crowd of diners and judges. The two contestants with the most exciting overall menu will earn their ticket into the grand finale.
#22 - Colours - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/25/2023
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 cooking an elimination dish that highlights one chosen colour?
#23 - Big Week - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/22/2023
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 and big up the flavour to avoid tomorrow's Pressure Test.
#24 - Trip Down Memory Lane - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/4/2023
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 taste buds leads to a tearful farewell to one contestant.
#25 - Peter Gilmore - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/11/2023
Bennelong Restaurant's Peter Gilmore demonstrates how to create an intricate and tasty seafood dish. With no recipe, contestants must use total recall to perfectly replicate the dish or be eliminated.