Season 18

E1. Auditions: Group 1

Apr 19, 2026 · 79m

MasterChef Australia returns with auditions and 40 of the country's best home cooks are ready. Tonight 20 cooks have 90 minutes to cook their dream dish in order to win one of the 10 aprons on offer.

E2. Auditions: Group 2

Apr 20, 2026 · 58m

Another 20 home cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen to compete for 10 aprons on offer. For those who miss out, they learn there will be one final chance to cook for the last four aprons tomorrow.

E3. Auditions: Second Chance

Apr 21, 2026 · 53m

Tonight, the 20 remaining hopefuls have a second and final chance to cook their way into the competition. Just who will score themselves one of the final four places?

E4. Mystery Box: Jimmy Barnes

Apr 26, 2026 · 75m

Aussie Rock legend Jimmy Barnes set this season's first mystery box, inspiring the Top 24 with seasonal ingredients they love to cook with. Dish of the day will see its maker safe from elimination.

E5. Elimination Challenge: Family Favourites

Apr 27, 2026 · 50m

In the first elimination of the competition, 23 cooks will show the judges a window into their homelife, through a favourite dish that they cook at home for their loved ones.

E6. Invention Test: Cereal

Apr 28, 2026 · 48m

It's the return of a MasterChef classic with an Invention Test challenging cooks to create an inventive dish using cereal.

E7. Pressure Test: Maggie Beer

Apr 29, 2026 · 52m

The bottom five cooks from the Invention Test face off in a Pressure Test set by MasterChef favourite Maggie Beer, tasked with mastering her signature sour cream pastry in a high-stakes pie challenge.

E8. Immunity Challenge: Andy Cooks

May 3, 2026 · 63m

It's Family Favourites week and social media sensation Andy Cooks (chef Andy Hearnden) is on the hunt for the ultimate breakfast, in an immunity challenge cook with 60 minutes on the clock.

E9. Elimination Challenge: Reinventing Carbs

May 4, 2026 · 49m

In an elimination challenge centred on reinventing the judges' quick carb midweek dinner recipes, mistakes and time pressure sends one cook home.

E10. Team Challenge: Family Feast

May 5, 2026 · 49m

It is the first team challenge of the series, and the contestants are all eager to see how well they can work together. The bottom two teams will find themselves in the elimination the following day.

E11. Elimination Challenge: Family Traditions

May 6, 2026 · 46m

Six contestants face elimination as they must create a dish that represent their family food traditions to fight for their place in the competition.

E12. Mystery Box Challenge: Catherine Zhang

May 10, 2026 · 59m

The Top 20 compete for Immunity from tomorrow's Elimination in a fruity Mystery Box challenge set by Catherine Zhang, marking the start of Viral Wonders Week

E13. Elimination Challenge: Viral Ingredients

May 11, 2026 · 49m

Viral sensation Victoria Minell (aka @recipesbyvictoria) sets a challenge to use one of her five viral ingredients in a 75-minute cook to save their place in the competition

E14. Team Service Challenge: Viral-worthy Dish

May 12, 2026 · 49m

Six teams will compete in their first service challenge, tasked with creating one perfect viral-worthy dish to serve to hundreds of diners, and impress a mystery social media-star critic

E15. Immunity Pin Challenge: Khanh Ong

May 13, 2026 · 52m

MasterChef alum and social media star Khanh Ong sets an epic challenge to create a bold, out-there sandwich with a banging cross section, to win the first immunity pin of the season

E16. Mystery Box Challenge: Rick Stein

May 17, 2026 · 59m

It's the start of Around the World Week, and global food icon Rick Stein joins the MasterChef Kitchen to set an extra spicy Mystery Box challenge

E17. Elimination Challenge: Cuisines from Around the World

May 18, 2026 · 49m

In an Around the World elimination challenge, MasterChef contestants must create a dish inspired by a chosen cuisine, featuring a surprise hero ingredient revealed only after they commit

E18. Invention Test: Fusion

May 19, 2026 · 49m

It's a fusion invention test today with the contestants having to make dish featuring cuisines from two countries

E19. Pressure Test: Rosheen Kaul

May 20, 2026 · 51m

Chef Rosheen Kaul sets the first full Pressure Test for the season, with an intense, three-hour challenge

E20. Mystery Box Challenge: Dim Sim Lim

May 24, 2026 · 62m

Kicking off nostalgia-themed week in the MasterChef kitchen, social media sensation chef Dim Sim Lim sets a 60-minute mystery box challenge requiring a steamed element. English

E21. Elimination Challenge: Heritage

May 25, 2026 · 49m

The MasterChef contestants must cook something connected to their heritage to avoid being eliminated.

E22. Team Challenge: Team Relay

May 26, 2026 · 49m

In MasterChef's most notorious team challenge, four teams will navigate the chaos of the Team Relay to compete for a chance to cook for Immunity.

E23. Immunity Pin Challenge: French Techniques

May 27, 2026 · 50m

Guided by MasterChef Alumna Justine Schofield, four contestants put their French techniques to the test for a chance to win a coveted immunity pin.

E24. Mystery Box Challenge: Matt Sinclair & Daniel Dobra

May 31, 2026 · 62m

It's Perfect Pairings week and today the contestants must choose between two Mystery Boxes. One set by MasterChef Legend Matt Sinclair and one by his Peli's head chef Daniel Dobra, aka 'Dobbers'.

E25. Classic Pairs Elimination Challenge

Jun 1, 2026 · 50m

Contestants are cooking off against the other contestant on their bench. The best dish from each bench will be safe, while the remaining contestants must cook in the elimination round.

E26. Invention Test: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Jun 2, 2026 · 47m

As perfect pairs week continues, contestants must work in perfect pairs to create four serves of a dessert inspired by the iconic Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

E27. Elimination Challenge: Time or Ingredients?

Jun 3, 2026 · 50m

Five cooks in the bottom are facing a Time VS Ingredients elimination challenge and the bottom dish will send its maker home.

E28. Mystery Box Challenge: Curtis Stone

Jun 7, 2026 · 62m

Curtis Stone kicks off Aussie Classics week, with a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the cooks to have their dish stocked in Coles, as they are challenged to whip up nostalgic Pie and Ice-cream flavours.

E29. Elimination Challenge: Pork

Jun 8, 2026 · 48m

With Curtis Stone back in the kitchen, the MasterChef contestants are challenged with cooking a dish that features pork to save their place in the competition.

E30. Comeback Challenge

Jun 9, 2026 · 50m

It's Aussie Classics Week, and there's nothing Aussies love more than a great comeback story. Today, the previously eliminated contestants return for a chance to earn their place back in the competition.