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MasterChef Australia

★ 6.9 (76 votes) | 2009 | 1h 15m
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Overview

MasterChef Australia is a Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by Shine Australia and screens on Network Ten.

Details
  • Status Returning Series
  • First Air Date April 27, 2009
  • Last Air Date June 24, 2025
  • Seasons 17
  • Episodes 1066
  • Networks 10

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Specials

3 episodes • 2012

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Season 1
Season 1

72 episodes • 2009

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Season 2
Season 2

84 episodes • 2010

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Season 3
Season 3

86 episodes • 2011

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Season 4
Season 4

70 episodes • 2012

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Season 5
Season 5

65 episodes • 2013

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Season 6
Season 6

60 episodes • 2014

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Season 7
Season 7

62 episodes • 2015

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Season 8
Season 8

63 episodes • 2016

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Season 9
Season 9

63 episodes • 2017

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Season 10
Season 10

61 episodes • 2018

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Season 11
Season 11

61 episodes • 2019

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Season 12
Season 12

61 episodes • 2020

Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen take the helm of the show that celebrates food and the love of food. Jock, Melissa and Andy will be joined in the MasterChef Australia kitchen by a delicious assortment of the world’s best chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Curtis Stone, to serve up the 12th helping of MasterChef Australia. The traditional MasterChef Australia recipe also boasts some new ingredients when the best of the best from the past 11 seasons return to the kitchen in MasterChef Australia – Back To Win.

Season 13
Season 13

61 episodes • 2021

Judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen are back in the MasterChef Australia kitchen, ready to introduce the next generation of exceptional home cooks. 2021 will be seasoned to perfection with some of the world’s most recognisable and beloved chefs including Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi, Heston Blumenthal, Massimo Bottura and Clare Smyth - plus homegrown sensations including Curtis Stone, Kirsten Tibballs, Darren Purchese, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Scott Pickett, Poh Ling Yeow, Callum Hann and Reynold Poernomo, all set to challenge the top 24 contestants. Sacrificing everything to follow their food dreams, this season’s passionate contestants have put their lives on hold to be part of this life-changing experience. With heart, soul and drive, this season’s exceptional contestants will follow their food dreams and make magic happen.

Fans & Favourites
Fans & Favourites

62 episodes • 2022

Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen and Melissa Leong return to judge Season 14 of MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites. Original champion Julie Goodwin leads the 12 returning cooks who compete alongside 12 newcomers (and no auditions). The MasterChef kitchen also once again plays host to chefs from Australia and overseas, including Adriano Zumbo, Shannon Bennet, Curtis Stone, Reynold Poernomo, Clare Smyth, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Josh Niland and Maggie Beer.

Secrets & Surprises
Secrets & Surprises

50 episodes • 2023

Returning for its 15th season, MasterChef Australia is back to deliver a series full of twists and turns with Secrets & Surprises. Originally scheduled to premiere 1 May 2023, the series was postponed due to the sudden passing of judge Jock Zonfrillo the night before.

Season 16
Season 16

50 episodes • 2024

This season feature 4 judges. Andy Allen, Sofia Levin, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Poh Ling Yeow. The number of contestants increased from 18 to 22. Like the previous 2 seasons, the season omitted the broadcast of the audition stage. Only one Immunity Pin is up for grabs this season.

Back to Win
Back to Win

60 episodes • 2025

The seventeenth series of the Australian television cooking show MasterChef Australia was announced on 16 September 2024. The series features the same four judges as series 16, namely series 4 winner Andy Allen, food writer Sofia Levin, French chef Jean-Christophe Novelli and series 1 runner-up Poh Ling Yeow. Similar to series 12, the 2025 series features a Back to Win concept, with 24 contestants from previous seasons returning for a chance to win the title.

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MasterChef: The Professionals | First Look

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