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 - 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?
#2 - 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.
#3 - Two Course Root Veg - Service Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 28 - Aired 6/14/2023
Australia's homegrown superstar Curtis Stone visits the MasterChef kitchen to mentor and motivate two teams facing off in a massive Service Challenge to create next level root vegetable dishes.
#4 - Condiment Cook-off - Immunity Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 29 - Aired 6/15/2023
It's a golden opportunity to relish in Curtis' Condiment Cook-off. Today's tastiest condiment wins its maker Immunity, plus their creation will be on Coles supermarket shelves Australia-wide tomorrow!
#5 - Ingredient Gamble - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/18/2023
Australia's most beloved food icon, Maggie Beer, is in the Masterchef kitchen to spread the joy and inspire a full field of black apron contestants as they compete in a 2-round Elimination Challenge.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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!
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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?
#11 - Everything Box - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/26/2023
Contestants must include every ingredient in the dreaded Everything Box to plate up a meal. The makers of the bottom three dishes will face tomorrow's mind-blowing Pressure Test.
#12 - Clare Smith Pie - Pressure Test
Season 15 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/27/2023
Internationally renowned chef Clare Smyth of Sydney's Oncore Restaurant is here to put contestants through their Pressure Test paces with a complex dish inspired by beef, oyster and Irish stout pie.
#13 - 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!
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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?
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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?
#20 - Anchovies & Dijon Mustard - Elimination Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/9/2023
An all-out anchovy assault and a ding-dong Dijon duel sees contestants pitted against each other in pairs for the first Elimination round, with the bottom two duking it out to remain in the competition.
#21 - Tear-jerker - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 15 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/10/2023
Emotions run high with a semi final spot at stake, as contestants feel the love in a tear-jerker of a Mystery Box. Hearts and souls will go into a MasterChef version of their family's favourite dish.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Curtis Stone - Finals Advantage
Season 15 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/12/2023
The final three must keep up with Curtis Stone as he whips up a magnificent beef dish. The contestant whose plate most closely resembles Curtis' creation will earn a whopping advantage for the semifinal.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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!?