MasterChef New Zealand

Masterchef NZ is back after a seven year hiatus. Tonight 27 of the country's top amateur cooks arrive in Queenstown to make their signature dish for the judges as they try to secure one of only 16 aprons

The judges auditions continue for the remaining 10 aprons. Tonight the top 16 cooks will be confirmed and will be handed their aprons by the judges as they prepare to enter the MasterChef NZ Kitchen tomorrow.
 

The top 16 cooks arrive for the first time at the MasterChef NZ Kitchen. Tonight they compete in a mystery box challenge attempting to impress the judges and avoid being one of two cooks who will be eliminated.

It's the first MasterChef Team Challenge and the heat is on as the 14 contestants partner up to cook outdoors with fire using some tricky and endemic ingredients

Award winning chef Monique Fiso enters the MasterChef Kitchen for the first Pressure Test where contestants must replicate her complex dish. One will leave in an emotional elimination.

An Invention Test where Whittaker's Chocolate must be the Hero Ingredient in a sweet or savoury dish that will wow the judges. The cook with the best dish wins a huge advantage in the next cook.

One cook has a huge advantage as the MasterChef kitchen moves to an airport hangar where contestants compete in the toughest team challenge yet, cooking a three course meal for Air New Zealand.

 

The winning team from the last challenge is safe, while the other nine cooks face a Mystery Box Challenge set by Judge Michael P. Dearth. At the end of the cook, one contestant will be eliminated.
 

The MasterChef invention test is to cook a Matariki inspired dish using five special ingredients. One contestant will be eliminated leaving the competition's Top 10.
 

The Top 10 MasterChef contestants head outdoors to judge Nadia Lim's Queenstown for a paddock to plate Team Challenge. The winning team will win immunity from the next challenge.

In the MasterChef kitchen, contestants randomly pick an attachment they must use with a stand blender to create an inventive dish to impress the judges and avoid elimination.

The competition is getting tougher as the nine remaining contestants fight to keep their place in a mystery challenge. The judges and contestants are stunned by a shock announcement.