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.

Season 13 Episode 1 - Auditions, Day 1

The best home cooks from around the country will face challenge after challenge to see who will rise to the top and take home the coveted title of Australia's next MasterChef. Air Date : 19th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 2 - Auditions, Day 2

The judges are looking for just five more cooks to round out the top 24. The home cooks who are given a second chance will battle it out for the remaining aprons. Air Date : 20th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 3 - Emelia Jackson Mystery Box

This mystery box is selected by MasterChef Australia champion Emelia Jackson. The three best dishes will be awarded an immunity pin that can be played at any time during an elimination cook. Air Date : 21st-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 4 - Chicken Or The Egg?

In this two round challenge, contestants must create dishes that feature a chicken or an egg. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be the first sent home. Air Date : 22nd-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 5 - Superstars Week - Nigella Lawason

Superstars Week kicks off with Nigella Lawson. Contestants must recreate Nigella's favourite dish based on her detailed description, with no ingredient list, recipe or visual reference to work from. Air Date : 25th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 6 - Superstars Week - Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi presents his favourite flavour bombs: numbing oil, fenugreek marinade and chipotle peanuts. Each team must create a meal that features one of Yotam's flavour bombs. Air Date : 26th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 7 - Superstars Week - Massimo Bottura (Elimination Challenge)

The judges reveal this elimination challenge is over two rounds and is set by cooking legend Massimo Bottura. Massimo presents his take on the classic dish: mac and cheese. Air Date : 27th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 8 - Superstars Week - Clare Smyth (Mystery Box)

Clare Smyth reveals the dish that has inspired her choice of mystery box ingredients. Contestants must create a sweet or savoury dish using the ingredients that Clare has chosen for the mystery box. Air Date : 28th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 9 - Superstars Week - Heston Blumenthal (Immunity Challenge)

Heston Blumenthal sets an immunity challenge in which contestants must use a popular breakfast ingredient to create a delicious dessert. Air Date : 29th-Apr-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 10 - Poh, Callum & Reynold (Elimination Challenge)

MasterChef alumni Poh, Callum and Reynold present the contestants with three dishes from their venues. Contestants must create a dish worthy of a place on the menu at any of these establishments. Air Date : 2nd-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 11 - Least & Most Comfortable (Team Challenge)

Each team must cook the same six dishes within the time allocated. Each contestant on the team will cook one of the dishes and will be judged against the same dish made by the other two teams. Air Date : 3rd-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 12 - Sweet & Savoury Tart (Elimination Challenge)

Each contestant must choose the dish they feel most comfortable making: a savoury tart or sweet tart. Jock then switches the dishes and contestants must cook the dish they're least comfortable with. Air Date : 4th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 13 - Staples (Immunity Challenge)

Contestants must create a dish using the staple ingredients under their benches as well as two ingredients from the garden for flavour. Contestants with the top five dishes will compete for immunity. Air Date : 5th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 14 - Choose Your Ingredient & Masterclass

Contestants must choose an ingredient they would like to feature in a dish, but they won't know the ingredient they must pair it with until they have locked in their choice. A Masterclass follows. Air Date : 6th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 15 - That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles (Elimination Challenge)

Keen as mustard, the contestants have to cook a dish that interprets one of the classic food sayings on display. The contestant who fails will be going home. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Air Date : 9th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 16 - Meet The Masters

It's Meet the Masters Week. This opportunity gives the contestants up-close insights into the skills of the best culinary masters in Australia. Air Date : 10th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 17 - Pressure Test

The least impressive team from the master team challenge must cook off in this pressure test. Air Date : 11th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 18 - Mystery Box

The contestants enter the kitchen ready to take on the mystery box challenge set by a Michelin-starred chef. Air Date : 12th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 19 - Cooking With Fire (Immunity Challenge)

In a very special challenge, the top four contestants from the previous challenge meet in the kitchen to be taught a lesson in cooking with fire. The most impressive cook wins immunity. Air Date : 13th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 20 - Meet The Masters (Elimination)

For the final cook of Meet the Masters Week, the bottom four contestants must make a dish that demonstrates how they have mastered a skill, flavour or technique they have learnt across the week. Air Date : 16th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 21 - Service Brigade - Tonka (Immunity Challenge)

Andy reveals that every challenge this week will be a service challenge and all 16 contestants are in with a chance at winning immunity from Sunday's elimination. Air Date : 17th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 22 - Service Challenge - Movida (Immunity Challenge)

This challenge is all about the ingredients. Each team must feature the same ingredient in each course Air Date : 18th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 23 - Service Challenge - (Immunity Challenge)

For this challenge, two pantries are on offer: a European pantry and an Eastern pantry. By the toss of a coin, the team that win the toss get to choose their desired pantry. Air Date : 19th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 24 - Service Challenge - (Immunity Challenge)

Each team has two-and-a-half hours to cook a three-course meal and each course must champion a colour chosen by the toss of a coin. Air Date : 20th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 25 - Team Challenge

Each team must create a dish that features the ingredient hidden underneath the tablecloth and must also use an allocated electrical appliance at some stage during the cook. Air Date : 23rd-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 26 - Vegetable Challenge

Contestants must choose from either a potato, broccoli, carrot, brown onion or zucchini, to make a delicious dish featuring the vegetable of choice, but not necessarily a vegetarian dish. Air Date : 24th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 27 - Pressure Test

In this pressure test, it's a fight to stay in the competition and four contestants must re-create a dish without ever seeing it. Air Date : 25th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 28 - 11 Utensils

The contestants must create a dish using only the 11 utensils in the mystery box. The dish can be sweet or savoury, with an open pantry and access to the garden. Air Date : 26th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 29 - Hot Chillies! (Immunity Challenge)

The contestants must cook a dish using some of the hottest chillies in the world. The dish that best highlights the heat and flavour of their chilli will win immunity. Air Date : 27th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 30 - Game ID (Elimination Challenge)

This elimination is played over two rounds. In the first round, contestants must identify the 14 game meats on display. The six contestants with the lowest scores will cook off in round two. Air Date : 30th-May-2021  Read More

Season 13 Episode 31 - Second Chance Week

It's Second Chance Week in the MasterChef kitchen. Across the week, 11 previously eliminated contestants are back with not one, but two chances to get back in the competition. Air Date : 31st-May-2021  Read More