MasterChef Australia (series 6)

MasterChef Australia (series 6)
Country of origin Australia
No. of episodes 60
Release
Original network Network Ten
Original release 5 May (2014-05-05) – 28 July 2014

The sixth series of MasterChef Australia premiered on Monday, 5 May 2014 on Network Ten.

This series was won by Brent Owens in the final against Laura Cassai on 28 July 2014. Coincidentally, Cassai and third-placed Emelia Jackson attended the same high school, Siena College.[1]

Changes

In a reversal from the previous season, the audition and preliminary stages were again broadcast as part of the series, and the weekly theme format was dropped. Series 6 also introduced the "power apron", which granted its wearer a number of advantages and control across a series of challenges. In elimination challenges and pressure tests, the contestant wore black aprons with their name in it. The same type of aprons were used by eliminated contestants in week 8 of 5th season of Masterchef Australia. In the previous seasons, the contestant who faced an elimination test or a pressure test wore a black apron without their name in it. In addition, the Immunity Challenges were expanded to have a preliminary round between three contestants before the winner moved on to cook for immunity against a professional chef. Kylie Kwong regularly appeared as a mentor during the Immunity Challenge episodes in addition to a recurring role as a guest judge.

Contestants

Top 24

The full Top 24 were revealed on Tuesday, 6 May. At the first Top 24 challenge, it was revealed that Cecilia Vuong who was recovering from brain surgery due to a skiing injury, had withdrawn from the competition based on medical advice. Georgia Hughes, who had been the last one eliminated in the Top 50 portion of the show, entered as her replacement. Vuong eventually competed for a second chance in the eighth series and made it to the top 24, she finished in 16th place.[2]

Contestant Age State Occupation Status
Brent Owens 24 VIC Bobcat Driver Winner 28 July
Laura Cassai 18 SA Health Science Student Runner-up 28 July
Emelia Jackson 24 VIC Marketing Coordinator Eliminated 27 July
Jamie Fleming 26 NSW Bartender Eliminated 24 July
Tracy Collins 38 SA Hairdresser Eliminated 21 July
Ben Macdonald 36 QLD IT Systems Consultant Eliminated 20 July
Amy Shields 37 WA Learning Systems Admin Eliminated 17 July
Renae Smith 31 NSW Brand Developer Eliminated 10 July
Sarah Todd 27 QLD Model Eliminated 7 July
Returned 24 June
Eliminated 12 June
Colin Sheppard 51 SA Winemaker Eliminated 3 July
Kira Westwick 31 QLD Nutritional Coach Eliminated 30 June
Georgia Hughes 18 SA Physiotherapy Student Eliminated 23 June
Tash Shan 27 ACT Social Media Manager Eliminated 19 June
Byron Finnerty 27 VIC Deckhand Eliminated 16 June
Sam Gant 26 VIC Kidswear Designer Eliminated 9 June
Rachael Ciesiolka 45 NT Data Manager Eliminated 5 June
Steven Peh 20 WA Commerce Student Eliminated 2 June
Sean Baxter 31 VIC Brand Manager Eliminated 29 May
Scott Yeoman 32 SA Carpenter Eliminated 26 May
Emily Loo 31 QLD Resort Sales Coordinator Eliminated 22 May
Nick Doyle 22 NSW Law Student Eliminated 19 May
Nicole Cleave 55 WA Inflight Manager Eliminated 14 May
Deepali Behar 30 WA Dentist Eliminated 12 May
Brendan Langfield 26 QLD Retail Manager Eliminated 8 May
Cecilia Vuong 30 VIC School Maths Teacher Withdrew 7 May

Guest chefs

Episodes and Ratings

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Ep#/Wk-Ep# Original airdate Episode Title / Event Total viewers (5 Metro Cities) Nightly Ranking Ref.
Week 1
1/01-1 Monday, 5 May 2014 Series Premiere: Auditions Part 1 - Contestants started Series 6 with a challenge to cook their signature dish in one hours, vying for automatic entry into the Top 24. Originally there will be twelve contestants who passed the auditions but Matt announced to the other remaining contestants that they still have a chance to present their dishes where two contestants (to a total of fourteen) joined the Top 24. Eighteen contestants, who were given a second chance, will cooked again in the next episode. 874,000 10 [3]
2/01-2 Tuesday, 6 May 2014 Auditions Part 2 - The eighteen second chance contestants compete in a two-round challenge for ten remaining spots in the Top 24. The first round was an Invention Test where contestants have 75 minutes to cook a dish from a choice of three core skills (filleting, butchering and baking). Jamie, Brendan, Scott, Brent, Kira, Renae and Nick delivered the best dishes, received an apron each and joined the Top 24. The five other contestants (whose dishes had technical issues that failed to impress the judges) will not compete in the second round and were eliminated. The six remaining contestants faced a Pressure Test to claim the last remaining spots in the Top 24. They have two hours to recreate George Calombaris' dessert "Lemon, Lime and Bitters". Steven's version of the dish highly impressed the judges during tasting, winning him an apron. Afterwards, the last two aprons were given to Sarah and Byron. 847,000 9 [4]
3/01-3 Wednesday, 7 May 2014 Top 24 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test - For the Top 24's first challenge, the five winners from previous seasons each chose their personal core ingredients for the Mystery Box: Julie Goodwin chose lemons, guava was selected by Adam Liaw, Kate Bracks pick white chocolate, hazelnuts were chosen by Andy Allen and Emma Dean chose rhubarb; with one hour for the contestants to cook their dishes. Georgia, Ben, Sarah, Tash and Nick were each chosen by the previous winners as the Top 5. It was Nick's salted hazelnut crumb, lemon curd and white chocolate mousse that won him the advantage for the Invention Test. The theme for this next challenge was to cook a dish from the past (over present and future) chosen by Nick with 90 minutes to cook. The top three dishes cooked by their makers will be saved from tomorrow's first elimination challenge. In the end, the judges save Laura, Sean and Jamie from elimination as the Top 3. 787,000 11 [5]
4/01-4 Thursday, 8 May 2014 Chinese Cuisine Elimination Challenge - The remaining contestants faced a three-round elimination challenge set by in-house mentor Kylie Kwong based on Chinese cuisine. The first round was to cook fried rice with different ingredients in the pantry that are not used in Chinese cooking in 30 minutes with the top twelve contestants will be safe from the next round. For the second round, each of the remaining contestants must name a Chinese ingredient. The first three people who guessed the ingredient incorrectly will compete in the final round. Deepali, Rachael and Brendan have sixty minutes to cook their Chinese dishes. They were able to use the ingredients that were guessed correctly in the second round. Rachael's Szechuan Pepper and Coriander Crab with Chinese Broccoli was praised by the judges. Deepali served only three dumplings without filling that had technical issues, despite praising the judges with its taste. Brendan, who had inexperience with Chinese cuisine, produced a dish with under-cooked pork loin that missed the mark on the theme of the challenge which left the judges' decision to eliminate him. 1,001,000 5 [6]
Week 2
5/02-1 Sunday, 11 May 2014 Mystery Box Challenge and Breakfast Invention Test - Contestants have 30 minutes to cook a dish with the use of the following ingredients from the Mystery box: chicken, licorice, pineapple, pistachios, cinnamon, beetroot, yogurt and thyme. Top three dishes were named and Kira won the challenge. She choose eggs from a choice of breakfast ingredients for the contestants (except Scott) to cook a breakfast dish in 60 minutes. The winner will grant an advantage for their first team challenge. Kira was among the top three contestants but it was Sarah's scotch quail eggs that won the advantage. Emelia was at risk of elimination after receiving harsh criticisms on her sous vide eggs but it was Deepali, Nick and Jamie's dishes that have serious issues and sending them to elimination. Because of his decision to sit out of the second challenge, Scott will also be sent to the Pressure test as followed by the rules of the competition. 770,000 10 [7]
6/02-2 Monday, 12 May 2014 Pressure Test: Shannon Bennett's Fillet of Beef - Shannon Bennett presents his Filet De Bouef Et Pommes Souffle Au Jus Gras for Deepali, Nick, Jamie and Scott to recreate in one-in a-half hours. This pressure test struggled all of the contestants: Scott made mistakes during the challenge but his steak and pommes soufflées impressed the judges apart from the jus gras. Nick's steak was very rare and it wasn't cut correctly, after he repeatedly burnt himself in his cooking time. Deepali's steak was unevenly cooked and her pommes didn't rise. Jamie's pommes lack salt and his jus gras was too thick. In the end, the fact that her Indian religion wouldn't allow to either taste or cook a steak was proven to be Deepali's disadvantage and that was enough to seal her elimination. 735,000 13 [8]
7/02-3 Tuesday, 13 May 2014 Restaurant Takeover Team Challenge - At St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, the 22 contestants faced their first team challenge with four hours of prep time and service to customers at two restaurants: Captain Baxter (from upstairs) and Republica (in downstairs) both headed by executive chef, Matt Dawson. Two teams will get identical pantries to create their own menus and select pricing. The team that earns the most money, wins. After winning the Invention Test, Sarah earned the advantage of choosing her own team and a restaurant of choice as a team captain. She chose Nick, Kira, Sam, Jamie, Sean, Colin, Georgia, Emelia, Renae and Ben to cook dishes for Republica as the Red Team while Tracy volunteered as captain of the Blue Team to the remaining cooks in Captain Baxter. After both teams struggled, both of them produced the best dishes but Tracy’s strategy of pricing failed to attract other customers handing the win to Sarah’s Red Team with $2477 to the Blue’s $1952 that sent them to elimination. 701,000 14 [9]
8/02-4 Wednesday, 14 May 2014 Two Dishes from One Snapper Elimination Challenge - Members of the losing team faced a two-round elimination challenge to cook a dish with the use of one snapper in 30 minutes. Tash, Emily, Laura, Rachael and Amy have the top dishes, however the other remaining home cooks were also declared safe after Nicole took a crucial risk of using a whole snapper for the first round, despite the judges' pleading. Unfortunately, that risk didn't pay off as her dish lack crispness in the fish and without any of the remaining protein to cook for the second round, Nicole was automatically eliminated from the competition. 889,000 10 [10]
Thursday, 15 May 2014 Masterchef Australia: Class of 2014 - This episode featured behind the scenes of the show and on-set interviews from this year's Top 24 contestants. 578,000 14 [11]
Week 3
9/03-1 Sunday, 18 May 2014 Maggie Beer's Mystery Box Challenge and Spanish Invention Test - Maggie Beer’s choice of ingredients in the Mystery box contains octopus, dark chocolate, pears, parsley, bay leaves, capers, Japanese plums, vinno cotto and Maggie’s signature ver jus. After sixty minutes was given for the contestants to cook their dishes, Kira, Sarah, Emily, Scott and Rachael have the standout dishes. It was Scott's chocolate ganache tart that won the challenge. The Invention Test was set by chef Frank Camorra of MoVida and from a choice of Spanish ingredients (chorizo, rabbit and citruses), Scott chose chorizo. With all the contestants chose to pair the key ingredient with squid for their dishes, it was Laura, Tracy and Amy that won over to the judges with a chance to cook for immunity. Sean, Nick and Sarah were sent to elimination for serving their dishes with under-cooked squid. 924,000 7 [12]
10/03-2 Monday, 19 May 2014 Pressure Test: Alla Wolf-Tasker's Rivers and Lakes - Sean, Nick and Sarah have two hours to recreate Lake House executive chef Alla Wolf-Tasker's dish "Rivers and Lakes". Sean's curing of both fishes praised in judging but his consommé was opaque and lacked depth of flavour while Sarah's elements of her dish impressed the judges but her watercress puree was overly acidic and lacked vibrance. However, those errors in their singular elements outweigh Nick's soggy crispy skin and deplorable watercress puree that saw him eliminated. 748,000 17 [13]
11/03-3 Tuesday, 20 May 2014 Immunity Challenge: Ollie Gould - Laura, Tracy and Amy compete in the first round of immunity. They faced a Small Mystery Box Challenge containing tiny ingredients (quail, quail eggs, melba toast, honey, candied beetroot, chili and finger lime) using small cooking equipment and required staples (without using anything from the garden) to cook their amuse-bouches in 20 minutes. Despite the critique on the presentation of her dish, Tracy won the challenge with her quail ballontine to cook against Ollie Gould of Stokehouse in Melbourne. The chef decided to cook a dish with fruit in one hour and Tracy have one hour and fifteen minutes to cook her dish from the chosen key ingredient. Tracy's pastry for her Lemon and Lime Curd Tart with Candied Orange Peel and Italian Meringue praise the judges but the meringue was over-whipped and the curd was runny, given a score of 20. Ollie's Seared Pork Loin and Summer Fruits with Pickled Beetroot and Prosciutto have notable flaws but his perfectly cooked pork scored 24 to win. 780,000 13 [14]
12/03-4 Wednesday, 21 May 2014 Three Course Team Challenge from Memory: Cutler & Co. and Ezard - The contestants were split randomly into two teams and had to cook a three-course meal for 30 guests from two restaurants in Melbourne: Cutler & Co. and Ezard. The Blue Team, led by Sarah and her vice-captain Tash, were assigned to cook dishes from Ezard while The Red Team, led by Jamie and his vice-captain Emelia, were assigned to Cutler & Co. The captain and vice captain went to the restaurants and had to memorise the directions of the recipes from the chef of each restaurant (Teage Ezard and Andrew McConnell of Cutler & Co). They then returned to the MasterChef kitchen to relay to their other team members instructions to be able to replicate the dishes in 90 minutes. During service, the Red Team's watercress puree for the entrée was bitter while the Blue Team's plum broth for the main course had an odd taste. In the dessert, both teams have technical issues with their dishes - the Red Team had issues of demoulding their panna cottas, missing out the caramel topping and there's error in their syrup while the Blue Team's honey jelly didn't set and their sorbets were melting but their cheesecake and crumb were well received in judging as the Blue Team wins while the Red Team were sent to elimination. 928,000 8 [15]
13/03-5 Thursday, 22 May 2014 Sudden Death Elimination Challenge - Ten contestants from the losing team compete in a three-round elimination challenge. Each contestant chose ten different ingredients for each round with different time limits. Tracy, Emelia, Sam and Ben had the top dishes and were safe in the first round after thirty minutes. Jamie, Georgia and Brent were next to be declared safe in the twenty-minute second round while Sean, Emily and Steven cook in the ten-minute third round. Steven, despite the issues of filleting his fish, delivered the best dish. When the judges critique Sean's inconsistent cooking of his liver, Emily's fried bananas had technical issues after she mistakenly fried the plantain - the stiffened texture and loss of sweetness in the dish seal her elimination. 870,000 7 [16]
MasterClass: Maggie Beer, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Kylie Kwong and Matt Preston - The nineteen remaining contestants were presented by the judges, Kylie, Maggie and Alla with their recipes in their first MasterClass: Maggie's Octopus with Squid Ink Pasta, Alla's Red Wine Pears, Gary's Ocean Trout on Rosti, George's Walnut with Blue Cheese Mousse, Kylie's Blue Swimmer Crab with Stir Fried Greens and Matt's Chicken Italienne. 629,000 17
Week 4
14/04-1 Sunday, 25 May 2014 Press Club Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test: Proteins or Vegetables - George sets up the Mystery Box Challenge for the nineteen remaining contestants to cook a dish with leftovers from his restaurant the Press Club. Emelia, Kira, Renae, Sarah and Colin were chosen as the top five with Emelia's avgolemono dish that won the advantage. She chose to remove the proteins (including gelatine) from the pantry to cook inventive dishes. This invention test struggled some of the contestants but it was Tash, Brent and Sarah who delivered the top three dishes while the judges slam Jamie, Steven and Scott's dishes, sending them to the Pressure test. 948,000 7 [17]
15/04-2 Monday, 26 May 2014 Pressure Test: Christy Tania's Mango Alfonso - Adelphi Hotel's Om Nom Dessert Bar pastry chef Christy Tania from Melbourne presented one of the signature desserts from the restaurant, Mango Alfonso composed with 10 elements for the bottom three contestants to replicate the dessert. Steven earned praises with his elements of the dessert. He was safe as Scott, who missed out the other elements of the dish and his choux pastries were overmoist, and Jamie, who overuse the shiso cremeaux in his pastries and his mango and shiso sphere toppled on the dish, meant they're the bottom two. The main focus of this challenge was the choux pastries (one of the key elements in the dish) and with his second take of pastries failed to thrive in judging, Scott was eliminated. 718,000 15 [18]
16/04-3 Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Immunity Challenge: Benjamin Cooper - Brent, Tash and Sarah compete in the first round of immunity. They had to cook a dish with their choice of one of the five different chillies with different cooking time limits. Sarah and Brent both lacked spice in their dishes as Tash won the challenge with her Pineapple and Chilli Sorbet with Macerated Fruit to cook against Benjamin Cooper of Chinchin in Melbourne. He decided to cook with spices for the second challenge. Tash's Twice Cooked Spice Chicken praise the judges for the complexity of flavours and her other elements of the dish. Benjamin's Brazilian Seafood Stew was also praised for its complexity and despite the criticisms on leaving the bones as well as the requirement of rice in the dish, he beats Tash with 28 points to 24. 934,000 11 [19]
17/04-4 Wednesday, 28 May 2014 Four-Course Dessert Degustation Challenge - Darren Purchese mentored two teams of contestants to cook a garden-themed four course dessert with the use of savoury ingredients: carrot, thyme, ginger and blue cheese in each course. Emelia and Georgia, both thrive in desserts, elect themselves as captains, and instruct their teams to design their desserts in each course. Each team have their assigned different garden theme: Georgia's Red Team were assigned for “Sunday in the garden” desserts while Emelia’s Blue Team create “Footprints in the garden” desserts. The first course was to create an edible dessert centerpiece with the use of. For the second course, teams prepared their desserts with thyme as the key ingredient. The third course was to cook a dessert with ginger and the use of liquid nitrogen. In the final course, they prepared a hot blue cheese dessert. While both teams were praised each for their two courses, the combination of the Red Team's inconsistent presentation in their centerpiece and overuse of the salt in their thyme biscuits sent them to elimination as the Blue Team wins the challenge. 779,000 11 [20]
18/04-5 Thursday, 29 May 2014 Blind Taste Test Elimination Challenge - Georgia, Sam, Rachael, Brent, Colin, Tash, Sean, Amy and Kira have 3 minutes to identify and write down 23 ingredients of an unknown dish, revealed to be Louisiana Gumbo, while blind-folded. The contestant who have all the ingredients that guessed correctly will not cook in the second round. Contestants who have correct guesses will receive their ingredients to recreate their dishes for 20 minutes. Both Rachael and Colin delivered their standout dishes while Sean, Brent and Kira were the bottom three. Kira's kransky sauce failed to impress the judges despite burning her hand during the challenge. Brent served his char-grilled prawns too hot. Ultimately, it was Sean's overcooked prawns and under-cooked bland flatbread that left him eliminated. 882,000 5 [21]
Week 5
19/05-1 Sunday, 1 June 2014 Perilous Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - Contestants have 30 minutes to cook a dish with the option of choosing between the ingredients from the Mystery box (tofu, paw paw, zuchinni flowers, vegimite, choko, cardimine and pheasant) and the given ingredients from the cutting board in their benches (potato, pumpkin, lamb, brussels sprouts). Georgia, Amy, Jamie and Sarah were among the top five dishes using the Mystery Box ingredients but it was Emelia's use of the "safe board" ingredients that won her the second time for the advantage of the Invention Test with the option of choosing the core ingredient, cooking time and cuisine of her choice. She chose a Thai prawn dish with 45 minutes to cook. However, Steven was feeling unwell and opted to sit out of the second challenge therefore, he will be sent to the Pressure Test. It was Brent, Rachael and Renae who delivered the creativity with their Thai prawn dishes. On the other hand Ben, Byron and Sarah delivered technical errors and were sent to elimination. 885,000 8 [22]
20/05-2 Monday, 2 June 2014 Saint Crispin Pressure Test: Sweet and Savoury - Byron, Ben, Steven and Sarah compete in a two hour challenge set by Saint Crispin chefs Joe Grbac and Scott Picket. They give the option to the contestants to pick one of the two dishes of their choice: sweet and savoury. Byron, Ben and Sarah chose to cook Scott’s venison dish (savoury) while Steven picked Joe’s rice pudding (sweet). All contestants struggled in this challenge, each have critical flaws on their dishes however Ben (who had all the elements of the dish over his burnt crépinette) and Sarah (who received praise from the judges apart from her missing figs and a small strip of cling wrap left in her dish) were first to be declared safe despite their under-cooked venison. Byron was condemned for his panicked plating besides his missing figs while Steven, despite being motivated with his choice of dish, flustered and delivered his dessert with poorly executed elements. Ultimately, Byron’s well-cooked venison saved him in the competition and Steven was eliminated. 743,000 14 [23]
21/05-3 Tuesday, 3 June 2014 Immunity Challenge: Matt Stone - Rachael, Brent and Renae compete in the first round, taking turns of naming different cheeses. Renae and Brent failed to answer their next guesses, and Rachael won the chance to cook for immunity against chef Matt Stone from Greenhouse in Perth. He chose cheese (over ham) as the core ingredient. In one hour, he cooked a Carrot and Manchego salad while Rachael cooked a Lobster Mornay and Cheese Soufflé with Grilled Mango. Matt’s salad was praised for the quality of the dish and highlighting the core ingredient, but lacked balance to taste. While Rachael’s dish earned praises with her lobster and grilled mango, the conflicting flavours to her cheese soufflé on her dish meant she lost with the lowest score of 15 to Matt’s 23. 836,000 12 [24]
22/05-4 Wednesday, 4 June 2014 Queen Victoria Market Team Challenge - Four teams compete at the Queen Victoria Market in a team challenge: to cook a dish with the budget of $700 for ingredients with the team who make the most money wins. By the time they bought their ingredients, The Red Team attempted to debate between two options for their dish to sell. The Green Team spent all their money to buy ingredients for their dish without a captain in charge. During preparation time, tensions between two members of the Red Team (Rachael and Tash) on a task of cooking the elements of their dish. In service, the teams (except Yellow) began losing customers due to the poor service in preparing their dishes. Both the Green Team (now led by Amy) and the Yellow Team (with Sam as captain) spent their budget for ingredients. Therefore, the popularity of their dishes earned the highest money with the Yellow team winning with $3884.35 to Green’s $2328.14. The strategy of saving money on ingredients to allocate to profits didn’t work out for the Blue and Red Teams, earning the lowest money each. In the end, the profit of $1600 mark the Red Team captain Brent’s fourth time to face elimination with his team members. 828,000 9 [25]
23/05-5 Thursday, 5 June 2014 Elimination Challenge: Time Auction - Rachael, Ben, Brent and Tash faced off in the time auction challenge. They had 100 minutes of time to bid for ingredients in 5 minutes. Tash had 30 minutes to cook with mackerel, Asian vegetables and sauces, Rachael was left with 50 minutes to cook with pork belly, forage vegetables and pantry staples, Brent had 50 minutes for rib-eye steak, root vegetables and spices, and Ben got 55 minutes to cook with pigeon, nightshades and dairy. Eventually, it came down to the pressure from one of the contestants and unlike the others who excelled throughout the challenge with their dishes, Rachael struggled during her cooking time, producing a dish that lacked quality. It was enough for the judges’ decision to eliminate her from the competition. 931,000 6 [26]
MasterClass: Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Darren Purchese and Matt Preston - Darren Purchese and the judges presented their dishes in this special Dessert MasterClass: Gary's Pistachio Sponge with White Chocolate Mousse & Yuzu Curd, George's Risogalo Jar, Darren's Apple Tarte Tartin and Matt's three dessert recipes (Flourless Nutella Cake, Simple Peanut Cookies and Instant Ice Cream). 688,000 17
Week 6
24/06-1 Sunday, 8 June 2014 "Superfood" Box Challenge & Chocolate Invention Test - Contestants have 30 minutes to cook a dish with the use of nutritious ingredients from the Mystery box: blueberries, goji berries, sweet potatoes, sardines, walnuts, kale, yogurt and lentils. The top five were Emelia, Ben, Colin, Renae and Brent. Despite Emelia’s third appearance in the top five dishes, she lost to Ben who delivered the best dish the judges had eaten this season. This Invention Test was to create a sweet and savoury chocolate dishes in 60 minutes as Ben will select the teams of three. He picked Emelia and Jamie as his team members. Ben groups Kira, Tracy and Tash; Laura, Byron and Sam; and Brent, Renae and Sarah while Amy, Colin and Georgia were defaulted as the fifth team. It was the latter team who delivered the best chocolate dishes as well as their Chocolate Fettucine with Lamb and were named the top three. While their respective fellow team members’ desserts were praised by the judges, Tracy’s thyme venison dish lack chocolate flavour in her chutney but in a close decision, Byron and Sam’s chocolate chicken roulade dish was deemed as the worst, sending them along with Laura to elimination. 736,000 10 [27]
25/06-2 Monday, 9 June 2014 Nobu Pressure Test - Byron, Laura and Sam compete in a two hour challenge set by famed celebrity chef and world entrepreneur, Nobu Matsuhisa to recreate four plates of sushi: six nigiri and six vegetable rolls without a recipe needed, serving to each judge and Nobu. All three struggled throughout the challenge, but Laura’s performance in the kitchen impress Nobu and was declared safe with the quality of her dish despite missing out one of the elements while both Byron and Sam were criticised for their inconsistent presentation of their plates. A single snapper bone that was found in one of Sam’s dishes resulted her elimination. 830,000 12 [28]
26/06-3 Tuesday, 10 June 2014 Immunity Challenge: Jock Zonfrillo - Georgia, Colin and Amy compete in the first round of immunity, using a randomly selected kitchen gadget of their choice: a blowtorch, a smoking gun and a foam gun to cook their dishes in 45 minutes. Both Colin and Georgia’s use of the foam gun and the blowtorch respectively had issues with their dishes, and Amy’s use of the smoking gun in her puree won the challenge to cook against guest chef Jock Zonfrillo of Orana. Amy was given a choice to either pick between one of the two pantries with 15 minutes less to cook her dish or let the chef pick his choice with the regular cooking time limits. She gave the pick to Jock who chose the ‘pauper’ ingredients containing native Australian ingredients over the ‘prince’ ingredients containing expensive ingredients. He cooked a Roast Beef and Pumpkin with Native Succulents while Amy prepares her Pan-fried Leather Jacket with Potato Puree and Apple Sauce. Jock’s dish impress the judges for its presentation and taste despite the beef being too raw. While Amy was praised for the quality and depth of flavour to her dish, she lost to Nick with the score of 24 points to the professional's 27. 881,000 11 [29]
27/06-4 Wednesday, 11 June 2014 Diamond Jubilee Wedding Anniversary Team Challenge - 847,000 8 [30]
28/06-5 Thursday, 12 June 2014 Elimination Challenge: Classic Dishes - 987,000 5 [31]
Week 7 (Marco Week)
29/07-1 Sunday, 15 June 2014 Mystery Box Challenge: Marco Pierre White & Invention Test: Italian 1,000,000 7 [32]
30/07-2 Monday, 16 June 2014 Pressure Test: White Heat 776,000 12 [33]
31/07-3 Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Immunity Challenge: Donovan Cooke 988,000 7 [34]
32/07-4 Wednesday, 18 June 2014 Offsite Challenge: Taxi Kitchen 859,000 9 [35]
33/07-5 Thursday, 19 June 2014 Elimination Challenge: Risotto 1,039,000 3 [36]
Week 8
34/08-1 Sunday, 22 June 2014 Head-to-Head Mystery Box Challenge & Team Invention Test 863,000 9 [37]
35/08-2 Monday, 23 June 2014 Pressure Test: Vikas Khanna 913,000 9 [38]
36/08-3 Tuesday, 24 June 2014 Mystery Box Challenge: Second Chances 968,000 8 [39]
37/08-4 Wednesday, 25 June 2014 Service Challenge: Starlight Children's Foundation 899,000 8 [40]
38/08-5 Thursday, 26 June 2014 Power Apron: Dream Menu 1,060,000 3 [41]
Week 9
39/09-1 Sunday, 29 June 2014 Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test 952,000 5 [42]
40/09-2 Monday, 30 June 2014 Pressure Test: Croquembouche 994,000 9 [43]
41/09-3 Tuesday, 1 July 2014 Immunity Challenge: Jason Jones/James Viles 991,000 6 [44]
42/09-4 Wednesday, 2 July 2014 Service Challenge: Banquet for 20 Food Producers 896,000 7 [45]
43/09-5 Thursday, 3 July 2014 Elimination Challenge: Mexican 1,086,000 3 [46]
Week 10
44/10-1 Sunday, 6 July 2014 Mystery Box Challenge: Barter & Reinvention Test: The 70s 909,000 9 [47]
45/10-2 Monday, 7 July 2014 Pressure Test: Nick Palumbo's Choc-Top Ice Creams 1,074,000 7 [48]
46/10-3 Tuesday, 8 July 2014 Immunity Challenge: John Lawson 1,007,000 5 [49]
47/10-4 Wednesday, 9 July 2014 Offsite Challenge: Asian 971,000 9 [50]
48/10-5 Thursday, 10 July 2014 Elimination Challenge: Dave Verhuel 1,157,000 2 [51]
Week 11 (Heston Week)
49/11-1 Sunday, 13 July 2014 Heston Week: Cooking for Heston Blumenthal & Invention Test: Australian Food Culture 956,000 9 [52]
50/11-2 Monday, 14 July 2014 Heston Week: Beetroot Risotto 1,042,000 7 [53]
51/11-3 Tuesday, 15 July 2014 Heston Week: Offsite Challenge - Pub Food 973,000 8 [54]
52/11-4 Wednesday, 16 July 2014 Heston Week: Five Senses 1,215,000 2 [55]
53/11-5 Thursday, 17 July 2014 Heston Week: Elimination Challenge - Deception 1,239,000 1 [56]
Week 12 (Finals Week)
54/12-1 Sunday, 20 July 2014 Finals Week: Mystery Box Challenge: Loved Ones & Elimination Challenge: Banana Split 1,076,000 7 [57]
55/12-2 Monday, 21 July 2014 Finals Week: Invention Test 1,165,000 7 [58]
56/12-3 Tuesday, 22 July 2014 Finals Week: Duel Challenge Over Three Rounds 1,123,000 5 [59]
57/12-4 Wednesday, 23 July 2014 Finals Week - Service Challenge: Vue De Monde 1,128,000 2 [60]
58/12-5 Thursday, 24 July 2014 Finals Week - Pressure Test: Forest Floor 1,171,000 1 [61]
Week 13
59/13-1 Sunday, 27 July 2014 Masterchef 2014 Semi Final 1,261,000 3 [62]
60/13-2 Monday, 28 July 2014 Masterchef 2014 Finale (Grand Finale)
1,654,000 		2 [63]
(Winner Announced)
1,703,000 		1

Elimination chart

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Finals Week Pt. 1 Finals Week Pt. 2
Mystery Box Challenge Winner None Nick Kira None Scott None Emelia NoneEmelia NoneBen NoneLaura NoneTracy None Brent NoneAmy NoneNoneBrent
Emelia
Tracy
Laura		NoneNone
Invention Test Winner Laura
Sean
Jamie		SarahTracy
Amy
Laura		 Tash
Sarah
Brent		Brent
Renae
Rachael		Amy
Colin
Georgia		 Tracy
Laura
Ben		 Emelia
Brent
Jamie 		None Amy
Laura
Ben		NoneBrentAmyNoneLauraNoneNoneLauraNone
Immunity
Challenge		 None NoneLose:
Tracy		Lose:
Tash		Lose:
Rachael		Lose:
Amy		 Win:
Laura		None Win:
Tracy		 Lose:
Amy		NoneNone
Brent Top 24 Btm 9 INBtm 6IN Btm 6 Top 3Btm 3 Top 3T.L. Btm 4INTeam LoseINBtm 2 Top 3Team WinLose Btm 5Team LoseINTeam Lose 2Btm 4IN WinINLoseBtm 4 WinBtm 2LoseN/AN/A WinBtm 3Btm 2 WINNER
Laura Top 24 Top 3 INTeam Lose Top 3Team WinINTeam WinIN Team 2ndBtm 3Team Win Top 3 Team Lose/Imm.Btm 3Team LoseININT.L. Saved Top 3Team Win Win Top 3INININ Win Win Win Win WinN/A WinAdvanced WinRunner-Up
Emelia Top 24 Btm 21 INTeam WinINTeam LoseINTeam WinIN Team 3rdINTeam LoseINTeam Lose Top 3Team WinLoseINTeam WinBtm 3 Team 2ndINININININININ Win Top 3N/A WinLoseINBtm 3Elim Eliminated (Ep 59)
Jamie Top 24 Top 3Btm 4Team WinIN Btm 6Btm 3Team WinIN Team 3rdINTeam LoseINTeam Win Top 3Team WinLoseBtm 3Team WinINTeam WinIN Top 3ININININ Top 2Btm 2 Top 3N/ALoseN/AINElim Eliminated (Ep 58)
Tracy Top 24 Btm 21 INBtm 6 Top 3Team LoseINTeam WinINTeam WinINBtm 3 Top 3Team WinWININ WinPower Apron Btm 3/Imm.Team Lose 2Btm 4INLoseBtm 4 WinElimEliminated (Ep 55)
Ben Top 24 Btm 9 INTeam WinINTeam LoseINTeam WinBtm 4T.L.Btm 4INTeam Win Top 3Team WinINTeam LoseIN Btm 5Team Win Top 3Team Lose 1Btm 4 Top 3INLoseBtm 4ElimEliminated (Ep 54)
Amy Top 24 Btm 9 INTeam Lose Top 3Team WinINTeam LoseIN Team 2nd Top 3Team WinBtm 3Team WinBtm 3Team WinLoseINTeam Lose Top 3 Team 2ndINININ Win WinLoseElimEliminated (Ep 53)
Renae Top 24 Btm 9 INTeam WinINTeam WinINTeam Win Top 3 Team 3rdINTeam WinINTeam WinLose/BtmTeam WinLoseINBtm 2Btm 4Team Lose 1ElimEliminated (Ep 48)
Sarah Top 24 Btm 21 WinTeam WinBtm 3Team Win Top 3Team WinBtm 4Team WinINElim Eliminated (Ep 28)[lower-alpha 3]Team LoseININTeam WinElimRe-eliminated (Ep 45)
Colin Top 24 Btm 21 INTeam WinINTeam WinINTeam LoseIN Team 3rd Top 3Btm 3INTeam LoseINTeam LoseINBtm 3ElimEliminated (Ep 43)
Kira Top 24 Btm 21 INTeam WinINTeam WinINBtm 3INTeam WinINTeam WinINTeam LoseINTeam LoseINElimEliminated (Ep 40)
Georgia Return Btm 21 INTeam WinIN Btm 6INTeam LoseIN Team 2nd Top 3Team WinINTeam WinElimEliminated (Ep 35)
Tash Top 24 Btm 21 INTeam LoseINTeam Win Top 3Team LoseINT.L.Btm 4INTeam WinBtm 3ElimEliminated (Ep 33)
Byron Top 24 Btm 21 IN Btm 6INTeam WinINTeam WinBtm 4 Team 2ndBtm 3Team LoseElimEliminated (Ep 30)
Sam Top 24 Btm 9 INTeam WinINTeam LoseINTeam LoseINTeam WinElimEliminated (Ep 25)
Rachael Top 24 Btm 3 IN Team Lose IN Team Win IN Team Lose Top 3 T.L. Elim Eliminated (Ep 23)
Steven Top 24 Btm 9 IN Btm 6 IN Btm 3 Btm 3 Team Win Elim Eliminated (Ep 20)
Sean Top 24 Top 3 IN Team Win Btm 3 Btm 3 IN Elim Eliminated (Ep 18)
Scott Top 24 Btm 21 Btm 4 Btm 6 IN Team Win Elim Eliminated (Ep 15)
Emily Top 24 Btm 21 IN Team Lose IN Elim Eliminated (Ep 13)
Nick Top 24 Btm 21 Btm 4 Team Win Elim Eliminated (Ep 10)
Nicole Top 24 Btm 21 IN Elim Eliminated (Ep 8)
Deepali Top 24 Btm 3 Elim Eliminated (Ep 6)
Brendan Top 24 Elim Eliminated (Ep 4)
Cecilia W/draw
Eliminated (Georgia)
Cecilia		 Brendan Deepali Nicole Nick Emily Scott Sean Steven Rachael Sam Sarah
1st elimination		 Byron Tash Georgia None Kira Colin Sarah
Re-elimination		 None Renae None Amy Ben Tracy None Jamie Emelia Laura
80 points
Brent
83 points (win)

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Notes

  1. ↑ The candidate got to choose between the two cooks, Jones did not cook.
  2. ↑ The candidate got to choose between the two cooks, Viles cooked in the immunity challenge.
  3. ↑ Sarah had come back to Masterchef in Episode 36 by winning a cook-off between all 14 previously eliminated competitors.

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