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Season 16
Episode 31

The Croquembouche Invention Test

June 11, 2024

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MasterChef Australia - S16 - E31

Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.

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MasterChef Australia: Season 16 - 50 Episode s

16x1 - Series Premiere: Identity Dish
April 22, 2024
It's a new era for MasterChef Australia as Andy Allen welcomes three new judges: Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli, plus guest judge Jamie Oliver. The contestants were tasked to create a dish that represents them. The winner will win the only immunity pin of the season and a trip to London to work at Jamie Oliver's latest restaurant for a week.
16x2 - Jamie Oliver's Team Service Challenge
April 23, 2024
It's Day Two in the MasterChef Kitchen and already the 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge, with Jamie Oliver running the kitchen.
16x3 - Finger Food Invention Test
April 24, 2024
Before our contestants can cook for immunity, they must get through Sofia's 'wrap your hands around this' challenge.
16x4 - Time Versus Ingredients Immunity Challenge
April 25, 2024
The first immunity challenge and it's a battle of time vs. ingredients. Five contestants must choose between one ingredient and a 90-minute cook, OR up to 20 ingredients but only 45 minutes to cook.
16x5 - Food Dreams Elimination Challenge
April 28, 2024
The first elimination of the season tasks the cooks with 75 minutes on the clock to create a dish representing their food dream.
16x6 - Jamie Oliver's Parents Mystery Box Challenge
April 29, 2024
Our cooks are set for the challenge of making a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, with the four weakest dishes set to send their makers into tomorrow's elimination.
16x7 - Cook with Jamie Elimination Challenge
April 30, 2024
In this elimination cook the contestants are challenged to 'Keeping Up With Jamie' on an Oliver Family recipe in order to keep their place in the competition.
16x8 - Queen Victoria Market Street Food Immunity Team Challenge
May 1, 2024
The contestants cook for Immunity in a Team Challenge at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.
16x9 - Inspired by Family Elimination Challenge
May 5, 2024
Andy's mum Maree is in the kitchen to set an elimination challenge inspired by some of the Allen household's classic retro dishes. Contestants must make them MasterChef worthy, or risk going home.
16x10 - Mystery Box Challenge with a Twist!
May 6, 2024
Today's Mystery Box comes with a twist, as our four judges throw in a secret ingredient that our cooks will have to wrangle.
16x11 - Pressure Test: Jack In The Box
May 7, 2024
Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli sets the first Pressure Test of the competition with his 1992 dessert, 'Jack in the Box'.
16x12 - Two Round Team Immunity Challenge
May 8, 2024
In Round 1, one 'champion' per team cooks, with the winner of Round 1 then taking their teammates into Round 2, and out into the garden to cook for Immunity.
16x13 - One Inch Cube Elimination Challenge
May 12, 2024
In today's two round elimination, our contestants' palettes are challenged with the classic One-inch cube taste test, which sees six favorites, cook for their spot in the competition.
16x14 - French Mystery Box Challenge
May 13, 2024
A French-themed Mystery Box in Bendigo, regional Victoria, challenges the contestants to create 'magnifique' dishes.
16x15 - Pressure Test: Liam Downes' Smoked Egg Yolk Raviolo, Truffle & Asparagus
May 14, 2024
Nat, Gillian, Alex and Lourdes battle it out in a Pressure Test set by Chef Liam Downes at Black Cat Truffles just outside Ballarat.
16x16 - Heirloom Tomato Team Relay
May 15, 2024
It's the chaotic, colourful and feared race that is the MasterChef Team Relay! Today, in teams of four, cooks will tag-team their way to hopefully plate a cohesive dish and win immunity.
16x17 - Luke Nguyen Ingredient Gamble Elimination Challenge
May 19, 2024
The three losing teams faced a two-round elimination challenge set by Luke Nguyen. In round one each contestant was assigned a pair of ingredients, one visible and the other hidden underneath a cloche, and 75 minutes to cook a dish with the ingredient of their choosing.
16x18 - Vincent Yeow Lim Wok Mystery Box Challenge
May 20, 2024
All of the contestants competed in a mystery box challenge set by guest judge, chef and social media presenter Vincent Yeow Lim, who asked them to create a dish in 75 minutes using a wok.
16x19 - Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's Sunny Side Up
May 21, 2024
The bottom four contestants were given three hours to re-create chef Anna Polyviou's sunny side up dessert.
16x20 - Microwave Hack Immunity Challenge
May 22, 2024
The judges task our contestants to create an immunity worthy dish in 75 minutes, using one of their four microwave hacks.
16x21 - Egg Elimination Challenge
May 26, 2024
Inspired by a visit from viral sensation Mikiko Terasaki, contestants must creatively use eggs in a dish to avoid elimination.
16x22 - Asian Sauces Mystery Box Challenge
May 27, 2024
A mystery box challenge with a saucy twist. The cooks must use at least one of six Asian sauces to cook a showstopping dish, with the bottom four headed for tomorrow's pressure test.
16x23 - Pressure Test: Darren Purchese's Cherry Blossom
May 28, 2024
MasterChef legend Darren Purchese returns with another diabolical dessert, which will spell the end of the competition for one talented cook.
16x24 - Second Chance Cook
May 29, 2024
Eight eliminated contestants return for the chance to cook their way back into the competition.
16x25 - Rick Stein's Seafood Elimination Challenge
June 2, 2024
King of the sea, Rick Stein is here, and the contestants are excited cooking for such an icon. Over two rounds, seafood is on the menu but for one cook, it will be their last time in the kitchen.
16x26 - Pub Food Service Challenge
June 4, 2024
Contestants face off in a team service challenge where they are tasked with elevating traditional pub food.
16x27 - Cook with Curtis Elimination Challenge
June 5, 2024
The losing team from the pub challenge must cook along with legendary chef Curtis Stone as he creates his Spice Rubbed Pork, Smoked Beetroot and Hasselback Potatoes.
16x28 - Sauce Immunity Challenge
June 6, 2024
Today's challenge is to combine two nations' cuisines into a tasty dish. There is a huge prize on the line: the winning sauce will be made available to buy in Coles stores around the country.
16x29 - Plant-Based Elimination Challenge
June 9, 2024
Tonight's elimination is a plant-based challenge. Contestants create a well-known meat dish using only plant-based ingredients for their chance to secure the Top 10 of MasterChef 2024.
16x30 - Adriano Zumbo's Jelly Mystery Box Challenge
June 10, 2024
Sweet Week has arrived! Adriano Zumbo is here as a guest judge and kicks things off with a wobbly jelly Mystery Box. Contestants compete to make a perfect shaky sweet to win precious immunity.
16x31 - The Croquembouche Invention Test
June 11, 2024
Sweet Week continues as Adriano Zumbo sets a challenge that puts a new twist on a classic. The cooks must interpret the croquembouche in their own unique way.
16x32 - Twins Challenge
June 12, 2024
It's the iconic twin's challenge. Each team must utilize an appliance in their 90-minute dessert cook, aiming for identical dishes, despite only being able to shout instructions at each other.
16x33 - Elimination Challenge: Taste Test
June 16, 2024
Two tough rounds will test our cooks. First, Adriano Zumbo's Macaron Taste Test, and then a coffee-inspired dessert cook, with the weakest dish seeing its maker eliminated from the competition.
16x34 - Mystery Box Challenge: Most Ingredients Ever
June 17, 2024
Tonight's mega Mystery Box features the most ingredients ever, the cooks have just 30 minutes to pull off a winning dish, with the bottom three sending their makers into tomorrow's Pressure Test
16x35 - Pressure Test: Hugh Allen
June 18, 2024
Hugh Allen returns to the MasterChef kitchen to set a pressure test merging classic French techniques with flavours of the Australian bush
16x36 - Elimination Challenge: Bacon & Eggs
June 19, 2024
The contestants battle it out to reinvent the classic bacon and eggs. The stakes are high today, the top dish will win an epic mystery prize, but the bottom dish will be eliminated
16x37 - Mystery Box: Hong Kong
June 23, 2024
MasterChef Australia is in Hong Kong! The first challenge is a Hong Kong style Mystery Box. Today the judges are looking for the top three cooks to progress into tomorrow's immunity challenge
16x38 - Immunity Challenge: Vicky Cheng
June 24, 2024
After a demonstration from Michelin starred chef Vicky Cheng, three cooks must recreate his dish, from memory alone, the winner claiming immunity from this week's elimination
16x39 - Service Challenge: Street Food
June 25, 2024
The cooks are split into three teams, cooking street food in a traditional dai pai dong. They must prepare a two-dish menu, using either a wok, steamer or deep fryer, catering for 120 hungry locals
16x40 - Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip
June 26, 2024
Today's Hong Kong Immunity Challenge. A Lucky Dip proves fortunate for some, challenging for others. With two randomly picked ingredients, each contestant must perfectly pair them to create a dish
16x41 - Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Auction
June 30, 2024
Contestants bid against one another, trading time for ingredients in a MasterChef classic. Four contestants compete to cook a dish that helps them avoid elimination and secure their place in the top 6.
16x42 - Mystery Box: Poh's Everything
July 1, 2024
Contestants must cook a dish using all nine ingredients in Poh's Everything Mystery Box. The winner will score themselves ,000 to spend at Harvey Norman.
16x43 - Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi
July 2, 2024
Chef Guillaume Brahimi has brought a pressure test dish that will push the contestants to their limits. They need to replicate the dish as closely as possible... but they must plate up 5 serves.
16x44 - Immunity Challenge: Family Food Heroes
July 3, 2024
Emotions run high as the top five open chests, revealing treasured photos of their family food heroes. Inspired by their photos, each cook fights for their final shot at immunity.
16x45 - Elimination Challenge: The World's Most Extreme Ingredients
July 7, 2024
Tonight, the contestants face off with some of the world's most extreme ingredients. These ingredient 'beasts' are the spiciest, sweetest, most sour, most bitter and most pungent on offer.
16x46 - Mystery Box: Golden Ticket
July 8, 2024
The mystery boxes contain a golden ticket which will fast track the contestant with the top dish into the semi-final, while the other three will have to battle it out in tomorrow's pressure test.
16x47 - Pressure Test: Josh Niland
July 9, 2024
Internationally renowned chef Josh Niland pushes the contestants to their limits with a unique dish from his acclaimed restaurant, St. Peter. They must each recreate his dish as closely as possible.
16x48 - The Judges Become The Cooks!
July 14, 2024
Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the Semi-Finalists become the judges'. The fun doesn't stop there, as our Semi-Finalists must then take on the judges in a relay
16x49 - Final 3 - Service Challenge
July 15, 2024
With Curtis Stone's help, our Semi-Finalists must each prepare a three-course meal for 20 diners and the judges.
16x50 - Episode 50
July 16, 2024
Our two Grand Finalists go head-to-head over two rounds to see who will be crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024!

MasterChef Australia: All seasons

S0: Specials
3 Episode s
S1: Season 1
72 Episode s
S2: Season 2
84 Episode s
S3: Season 3
86 Episode s
S4: Season 4
70 Episode s
S5: Season 5
65 Episode s
S6: Season 6
60 Episode s
S7: Season 7
62 Episode s
S8: Season 8
63 Episode s
S9: Season 9
63 Episode s
S10: Season 10
61 Episode s
S11: Season 11
61 Episode s
S12: Season 12
61 Episode s
S13: Season 13
61 Episode s
S14: Fans & Favourites
62 Episode s
S15: Secrets & Surprises
50 Episode s
S16: Season 16
50 Episode s

16x1 - Series Premiere: Identity Dish

16x2 - Jamie Oliver's Team Service Challenge

16x3 - Finger Food Invention Test

16x4 - Time Versus Ingredients Immunity Challenge

16x5 - Food Dreams Elimination Challenge

16x6 - Jamie Oliver's Parents Mystery Box Challenge

16x7 - Cook with Jamie Elimination Challenge

16x8 - Queen Victoria Market Street Food Immunity Team Challenge

16x9 - Inspired by Family Elimination Challenge

16x10 - Mystery Box Challenge with a Twist!

16x11 - Pressure Test: Jack In The Box

16x12 - Two Round Team Immunity Challenge

16x13 - One Inch Cube Elimination Challenge

16x14 - French Mystery Box Challenge

16x15 - Pressure Test: Liam Downes' Smoked Egg Yolk Raviolo, Truffle & Asparagus

16x16 - Heirloom Tomato Team Relay

16x17 - Luke Nguyen Ingredient Gamble Elimination Challenge

16x18 - Vincent Yeow Lim Wok Mystery Box Challenge

16x19 - Pressure Test: Anna Polyviou's Sunny Side Up

16x20 - Microwave Hack Immunity Challenge

16x21 - Egg Elimination Challenge

16x22 - Asian Sauces Mystery Box Challenge

16x23 - Pressure Test: Darren Purchese's Cherry Blossom

16x24 - Second Chance Cook

16x25 - Rick Stein's Seafood Elimination Challenge

16x26 - Pub Food Service Challenge

16x27 - Cook with Curtis Elimination Challenge

16x28 - Sauce Immunity Challenge

16x29 - Plant-Based Elimination Challenge

16x30 - Adriano Zumbo's Jelly Mystery Box Challenge

16x31 - The Croquembouche Invention Test

16x32 - Twins Challenge

16x33 - Elimination Challenge: Taste Test

16x34 - Mystery Box Challenge: Most Ingredients Ever

16x35 - Pressure Test: Hugh Allen

16x36 - Elimination Challenge: Bacon & Eggs

16x37 - Mystery Box: Hong Kong

16x38 - Immunity Challenge: Vicky Cheng

16x39 - Service Challenge: Street Food

16x40 - Immunity Challenge: Lucky Dip

16x41 - Elimination Challenge: Ingredient Auction

16x42 - Mystery Box: Poh's Everything

16x43 - Pressure Test: Guillaume Brahimi

16x44 - Immunity Challenge: Family Food Heroes

16x45 - Elimination Challenge: The World's Most Extreme Ingredients

16x46 - Mystery Box: Golden Ticket

16x47 - Pressure Test: Josh Niland

16x48 - The Judges Become The Cooks!

16x49 - Final 3 - Service Challenge

16x50 - Episode 50

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9

S10: Season 10

S11: Season 11

S12: Season 12

S13: Season 13

S14: Fans & Favourites

S15: Secrets & Surprises

S16: Season 16