Gary shows how to make perfect pizza dough and then both he and George create a delicious pizza
Aaron, Claire, Matthew and Alvin join Matt Preston and Peter Gilmore for a private MasterClass
Tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, onion, pistacchios, capers, dried figs - all of these ingredients make up a lovely and fresh, easy to make salad!
George gently tosses the ingredients together and plates up the hummus, chicken winglets and oysters, along with the raw vegetable salad
Callum gets a hands-on lesson on how to butcher the chicken to get those perfect winglets and oysters
The seven members of the blue team face a mystery box elimination challenge and must create a dish that matches with a Chandon sparkling wine
The mystery box is full of fresh produce from around the Yarra Valley, the contestants can use as many or as few ingredients as they like
Matthew has struggled making fresh pasta but plates it up with the trout anyway
Fiona serves up a steak with vegetables but the dish does not match with the sparkling wine, a crucial element of the challenge
Jimmy, Matthew and Fiona's dishes all have serious flaws but Fiona's dish was the least impressive and she is eliminated
The contestants will re-open George's restaurant, The Press Club. Each team splits into kitchen staff and floor staff to cater for the 60 special guests
Callum struggles throughout the challenge, as he buys unusable white pepper, has to remake the soup and serves up raw chicken to a guest
Matthew and Skye are in charge of the desserts today, and receive some tips from The Press Club chefs
The Red team wins the challenge and Claire receives an extra reward of a helicopter tour over the Yarra Valley, choosing Jake to accompany her
All members of the Blue team are extremely upset after loosing the challenge. They will now all face an elimination challenge but one will be sent home
Still in Melbourne, Marion is up against chef Frank Camorra today in the celebrity chef challenge!
Frank reveals that Marion will be making two dishes today and she has an hour and a half to complete them both
Marion appears focused and in control and even gets ahead of Frank with the recipes!
George, Donna and Matt judge each dish today and give a score out of 10 points
Scoring one point more in total than Camorra, Marion has won the challenge and earnt herself the immunity pin!
The contestants hit the ground running and stop at the markets to source all ingredients for the dish they're about to make
Peter makes it to the hotel first finds the judges and Stephanie Alexander waiting. Peter is shown the dish by Alexander before he starts his work
All dishes must be ready by noon for the tasting and judging. The contestants are under the pump as they multi-task and aim to get all elements finished
Stephanie Alexander joins the judging panel to discuss how the contestants went with her recipe
Unfortunately the missing spinach in Carrie’s dish as well as her sauce and the texture of the duck neck sees her eliminated today
The mystery box has been replaced by a pizza making challenge! The contestants have 45 minutes to make the best pizza they can
Fiona has the advantage of choosing the core ingredient for the invention test, prawns, lamb or tropical fruits?
Claire becomes emotional as she presents her dish to the judges and she knows that it's not one of her best
Sharnee, Skye and Marion are the top three performers today. But it is Marion who has won the invention test today and will cook off against a celebrity chef
Unfortunately today Carrie, Jimmy and Peter have produced three lowest quality dishes and will compete against each other in a pressure test
Gary and Alvin show how quick and easy it is to whip up a quality, fresh mayonnaise
The balance of sweetness and acidity is achieved through multiple ingredients such as sugar, vinegar, bourbon, tomatoes, mustard, cumin, chilli powder and many more!
Peter Kuruvita from Flying Fish restaurant reveals all there is to know about crustaceans in this private Masterclass
Kuruvita stresses the importance of a swift chop through the tail so the shell of the marron doesn't crush
George smears the tuile mixture with a palette knife, ensuring it's as smooth as possible. This is then baked at 180 degrees for 8 minutes
George and Gary will host today's challenge, a taste test where the dish is a Bouillabaise and includes 24 ingredients!
The four bottom performers from yesterday's team challenge; Philip, Jonathan, Carrie and Callum, face the test today
The contestants take turns naming an ingredient, the first to incorrectly name an ingredient is eliminated
Philip names 'white wine' as an ingredient but George reveals that white wine is not included in the bouillabaise
The three safe contestants gather around Philip to say goodbye as Philip must leave the MasterChef kitchen and competition
For the team challenge, the contestants find a family in the supermarket and are welcomed back into their home to cook them a three course dinner!
Each team has a $100 budget and one hour to produce three quality courses for the family in the household kitchen
Curtis Stone joins Matt Preston for the task of judging the meals presented in each family home
Joanne feels as though she wasn't supported as leader by her team, and Jonathan expresses his feelings that there was a lack of leadership
After both families score their team a 7 out of 10, and Matt and Curtis did not agree on a winner, the bottom two performers of each team now face the elimination challenge
Today Aaron, Joanne and Matthew will cook against three highly experienced chefs from restaurant Arras
Head Chef and owner of Restaurant Arras, Adam Humphrey, explains the complexities of the dish to the contestants and emphasises the importance of balancing the flavours
Joanne, Aaron and Matthew make a top team and each concentrate on their separate tasks in order to bring the dish together
George, Donna and Matt carefully decipher both dishes and rate the plates according to their technique, presentation and taste
After Joanne, Aaron and Matthew score a total of 19 points for their dish, Team Arras wins the challenge having received 22 out of 30
Fiona, Alvin and Daniel face the pressure test and must reproduce this schnitzel, chips and coleslaw without a recipe!
Alvin chooses pork for his schnitzel but knows his coleslaw is too roughly chopped and not as neat as the original
Gary and George are concerned that Daniel didn't know which meat he picked up from the fridge
Gary, George and Matt are disappointed that so far the contestants didn't know which meat they tasted or chose from the fridge
After believing he tasted and cooked veal but actually cooking pork, Daniel has failed the pressure test today and is eliminated from the competition
The contestants find a large mud crab, finger limes, coconut cream, chillies, fresh pasta sheets, radicchio, mixed mushrooms and gorgonzola cheese under the box
Jake hopes to impress the judges with his dish, having often caught and cooked his own seafood
Winning the mystery box challenge, Peter is able to choose the trio's and their cuisine's for the invention test challenge
Aaron is excited to be cooking mexican food and is teamed up with Joanne and Matthew for the challenge
Aaron, Joanne and Matthew have produced the top dish of the day and will all compete together in a celebrity chef challenge
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