The BEST episodes of MasterChef Australia season 9
Every episode of MasterChef Australia season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef Australia season 9!
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 - Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 5
Season 9 - Episode 60 - Aired 7/20/2017
Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal. The final MasterClass of the season sees the tables turned on Gary, George and Shannon, who compete in a mystery box challenge. Later, Curtis Stone drops by to take part in an invention test relay.
#2 - Semi Final
Season 9 - Episode 61 - Aired 7/23/2017
The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.
#3 - Elimination Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 50 - Aired 7/6/2017
The losing team from the Yokocho street stall challenge must cook off to stay in the competition. Contestants must cook a dish that celebrates where they have come from and where they are going.
#4 - Grand Final
Season 9 - Episode 62 - Aired 7/24/2017
Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.
#5 - Immunity Challenge: Waffle Iron
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/2017
The three best performers from the invention test are now vying for a chance at immunity. Does the amateur cook have what it takes to out-cook the professional?
#6 - Elimination Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/18/2017
The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia's top chefs to avoid elimination from the competition.
#7 - Auditions Part 1
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2017
The heat is on. A fresh group of home cooks from around the country will eagerly tackle challenges that will see one of them take home the title and $250,000.
#8 - Elimination Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/13/2017
The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?
#9 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
Season 9 - Episode 51 - Aired 7/9/2017
Contestants have an hour to create a dish from four mystery ingredients to gain advantage in the invention test. Later, contestants must recreate a classic dish and avoid facing elimination.
#10 - Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 3
Season 9 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/22/2017
Contestants have 75 minutes to cook a delicious dish to avoid elimination. Later, Heston Blumenthal's MasterClass shows how to cook a tasty BBQ leg of Mallee lamb.
#11 - Service Challenge: Dinner by Heston
Season 9 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/19/2017
The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne's top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?
#12 - Immunity Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/23/2017
The three best-performing contestants from the invention test compete for immunity. Each contestant has 90 minutes to create a dessert while the professional chefs will only have 75 minutes.
#13 - Elimination Challenge & MasterClass
Season 9 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/8/2017
The seven members of the losing team from the vegetarian feast challenge are facing elimination. Which favourite will be going home? Plus, a very special Yotam Ottolenghi MasterClass.
#14 - Immunity Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/4/2017
The winning contestants from the invention test and the Kappo challenge now have a chance to fight it out for immunity in view of Mount Fuji at the Obuchi Tea Plantation.
#15 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
Season 9 - Episode 56 - Aired 7/16/2017
It's finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.
#16 - Kappo-style Degustation Menu
Season 9 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/3/2017
Each of the eight contestants will have to conceive, cook and deliver one course as part of an eight-course Kappo-style degustation for some of Tokyo's food elite.
#17 - Auditions Part 3
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/2017
In the third and final round of the judge's auditions, six contestants are vying for the final apron, which will secure them a place in the top 24.
#18 - Mystery Box Challenge: Yotam Ottolenghi & Invention Test
Season 9 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/4/2017
Master of Mediterranean cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi's mystery box challenge gives contestants 75 minutes to create a delicious dish to gain an advantage going into the invention test.
#19 - Service Challenge: 50 Hungry Customers
Season 9 - Episode 54 - Aired 7/12/2017
The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.
#20 - Heston Blumenthal Road Trip
Season 9 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/18/2017
It's Heston Blumenthal week. Heston takes the top 12 contestants on a road trip through regional Victoria; the first stop is the mighty Murray River in Swan Hill.
#21 - Team Challenge: Identical Plates
Season 9 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/28/2017
Split into pairs, each team must make two plates of the same dish and they must be identical, but they will not be able to see or taste what their team mate is cooking.
#22 - Off-site Challenge: Shinjuku
Season 9 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/5/2017
The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.
#23 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test
Season 9 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/25/2017
Contestants have an hour to create a dish from the Mystery Box ingredients, with only three dishes to be tasted. The maker of the winning dish will receive an advantage in the invention test.
#24 - Auditions Part 2
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2017
After a record-breaking first-round cook that saw an extraordinary 20 aprons handed out, only four aprons remain. Who will have what it takes to impress the judges?
#25 - Elimination Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/15/2017
The six members of the losing team from the pop-up restaurant challenge enter the kitchen facing elimination. Who will be the next contestant to leave the competition?