The BEST episodes of MasterChef Australia season 8
Every episode of MasterChef Australia season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef Australia season 8!
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 - MasterClass 5
Season 8 - Episode 60 - Aired 7/21/2016
Masterclass. The final MasterClass of 2016 sees the return of the eliminated contestants. The shoe's on the other foot for George, Gary & Shannon who must cook a dish from ingredients from a special mystery box.
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#2 - Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 3
Season 8 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/30/2016
Masterclass. The seven contestants who created the least impressive dishes during the pop-ups now face off to stay in the competition in the final Heston-inspired challenge. Plus, a special Heston Masterclass.
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#3 - Service Challenge: Lake House
Season 8 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/19/2016
Finals Week. The Top Five contestants must cook five dishes from the menu of the Lake House in Daylesford under the guidance of legendary chef & owner, Alla Wolf-Tasker.
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#4 - Elimination Challenge: Audition Ingredients
Season 8 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/20/2016
Finals Week. The bottom 3 contestants from the Lake House challenge now face elimination & must impress the judges with a dish produced from the ingredients that they each cooked with to get into the competition.
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#5 - Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 4
Season 8 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/14/2016
Masterclass. The losing team from the Food Truck Challenge now face elimination. Under the mentorship of Curtis Stone, they must cook a dish that symbolises what they're going to do once the competition is over.
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#6 - Pressure Test: Christy Tania
Season 8 - Episode 57 - Aired 7/18/2016
Finals Week. The bottom three contestants from the invention test now face the elimination pressure test set by pastry chef & dessert specialist, Christy Tania.
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#7 - Elimination Challenge: No Cooking
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/19/2016
The losing team from the service challenge now faces elimination as the contestants create a dish without any cooking. The bottom three will then cook-off to avoid elimination from the competition.
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#8 - Mystery Box Challenge: Hottest Ingredients & Invention Test
Season 8 - Episode 56 - Aired 7/17/2016
Finals Week. The top six contestants now face a mystery box challenge containing some of the hottest ingredients being used in the world right now. The winner will gain the advantage going into the invention test.
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#9 - Immunity Challenge
Season 8 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/5/2016
The three best performers in the invention test must now impress the judges in Round One for a chance to cook off against a professional chef and gain immunity.
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#10 - Team Challenge: Santa Monica Pier Food Trucks
Season 8 - Episode 54 - Aired 7/13/2016
California Week. Today the contestants are split into teams to run their very own food trucks at the world famous Santa Monica Pier. There is plenty at stake with the winning team guaranteed a place in finals week.
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#11 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
Season 8 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/3/2016
The judges reveal that this week will be the toughest ever! In today's invention test contestants must choose between three of the hardest invention test dishes ever from previous seasons.
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#12 - Pressure Test
Season 8 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/4/2016
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last night's invention test face off in the pressure test. At the end of the cook, one of these contestants will be going home.
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#13 - MasterChef 2016 Grand Finale
Season 8 - Episode 63 - Aired 7/26/2016
Grand Finale. Who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2016? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize & a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.
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#14 - Immunity Challenge: Victor Liong
Season 8 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/21/2016
The four contestants who impressed in the relay invention test cook for immunity. Does the winner of the first round have what it takes to out-cook guest chef Victor Liong from Lee Ho Fook?
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#15 - First Mystery Box Challenge
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2016
2015's Masterchef, Billie McKay, knows exactly what this crop of aspirants are going through. Do you reckon she'll go easy on them when she picks the ingredients of the First Mystery Box?
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#16 - Premiere
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2016
MasterChef Australia returns with the best group of home cooks the competition has ever seen. In the first of three judges' auditions, our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish.
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#17 - Team Challenge: Three-Course Dessert Spread
Season 8 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/28/2016
Heston Week. Tonight's challenge, Heston inspires the contestants to create a three-course dessert spread using only the food of the Gods: chocolate. The least impressive team will face the elimination challenge.
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#18 - Elimination Challenge: Recipes from the Past
Season 8 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/29/2016
Heston Week. Heston's restaurants are all about taking recipes from the past & giving them a modern twist. Four contestants must prepare a single course inspired by recipes from the past to avoid elimination.
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#19 - First Elimination Challenge
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2016
In the first elimination challenge, three contestants choose a cloche containing a single ingredient to be used in a dish for the judges. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.
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#20 - Mystery Box Challenge: Marco Pierre White
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2016
The hopeful chefs suit up and show up for Marco Pierre White Week. With 75 minutes ticking away, they use the ingredients from Marco's mystery box of ingredients.
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#21 - Immunity Challenge
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/31/2016
With immunity up for grabs, contestants will work in pairs to create a savoury & sweet jaffle in 45 minutes. The winning pair will then need to out cook professional chefs to secure an immunity pin.
#22 - 2nd Judges' Auditions
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2016
In the second judges' auditions our amateur cooks are given one hour to cook their best dish. To receive an apron, the contestants must receive a yes from all three judges.
#23 - Team Challenge: Pub Lunch
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2016
This challenge is all about the pub lunch. The contestants are split into two teams and must cook three courses for 70 people with Marco Pierre White running the pass.
#24 - Pressure Test
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/16/2016
The three contestants with the least impressive dishes from last nights the invention test face off in the pressure test. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.
#25 - Off-site Challenge: Hellenic Republic
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/1/2016
Today's off-site challenge will take place at George Calombaris' Hellenic Republic restaurant. Split into two teams, each team must prepare a three course feast for 120 guests to avoid elimination.