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 - 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.
#2 - Mystery Box Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/2/2017
This program is about to get even bigger as the competition travels to the land of the cherry blossom, Japan. Contestants must explore Tokyo to find ingredients for the mystery box challenge.
#3 - Pressure Test: Deniz Karaca's Passion for Caramel
Season 9 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/12/2017
The bottom four contestants from the invention test must now cook off in the Pressure Test set by one of the world's top chocolatiers to avoid elimination. Who will be next to leave the competition?
#4 - Second Chance
Season 9 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/13/2017
Twelve of the previously eliminated contestants now have a chance to cook their way back into the competition. Which one of the home cooks will secure themselves a second chance?
#5 - Team Challenge: Pop-Up Restaurant
Season 9 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/14/2017
MasterChef Australia 2016 runner-up Matt Sinclair is on hand to mentor contestants in a pop-up restaurant team challenge to create a three-course menu for 100 diners.
#6 - 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?
#7 - 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.
#8 - Team Challenge: Earth
Season 9 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/19/2017
Contestants split into pairs have 75 minutes to cook one main and one dessert that must incorporate the element of earth. The least impressive team will then need to cook off to avoid elimination.
#9 - Team Challenge: Air
Season 9 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/20/2017
The judges and Heston Blumenthal welcome the eight contestants to the Mildura salt pan. The contestants must cook dishes inspired by 'air' in teams of four.
#10 - Invention Test: Fire
Season 9 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/21/2017
Contestants have 60 minutes to cook a savoury dish inspired by fire. The two least impressive dishes must then cook off to avoid the elimination challenge.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Pressure Test: Paul Carmichael's Bajan Fish Fry
Season 9 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/26/2017
The contestants have three hours and 45 minutes to recreate Paul Carmichael's Bajan fish fry from Momofuku Seiobo. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be eliminated from the competition.
#14 - Immunity Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/27/2017
The three best performers from the invention test now compete for a chance at immunity. Will our amateur cook have what it takes to out-perform one of Australia's best chefs?
#15 - 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.
#16 - Elimination Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/29/2017
The bottom four contestants from the team challenge now must cook off and produce a spectacular dish to stay alive in the competition.
#17 - Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test: Curtis Stone
Season 9 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/11/2017
Contestants have an hour to create a delicious dish from ingredients found in the Mystery Box set by international celebrity chef Curtis Stone.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Pressure Test: Kylie Millar
Season 9 - Episode 52 - Aired 7/10/2017
The three least impressive contestants from the invention test cook off in a pressure test set by MasterChef alumni, Kylie Millar. Who has cooked their last dish in the kitchen?
#23 - Immunity Challenge
Season 9 - Episode 53 - Aired 7/11/2017
The three best invention test performers now face a special souffle immunity challenge. Can our amateur chef out-cook a professional and find themselves cooking in finals week?
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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?