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MasterChef Australia: The Professionals is an Australian cooking television show, based on the original BBC MasterChef: The Professionals. It aired on Network Ten from 20 January to 17 March 2013.

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    MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 1 - All-in Service Challenge
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    #1 - All-in Service Challenge

    S1:E1

    The series premiere sees our 18 hopefuls put straight to the test by renowned chef Marco Pierre White and Matt Preston in an all-in service challenge.

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  2. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 2 - Guerrilla-style pop-up
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    #2 - Guerrilla-style pop-up

    S1:E2

    Sixteen contestants face the Pop Up Tram Challenge: a classic City Circle tram in Melbourne has been fitted out guerrilla-style as a pop-up restaurant.

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  3. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 3 - Last Chance Invention Test
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    #3 - Last Chance Invention Test

    S1:E3

    The eight chefs from yesterday's challenge must face-off as individuals cooking for their lives in the Last Chance Invention Test. They must show off their skills and tell a story about their lives.

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  4. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 4 - Re-Invention Test
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    #4 - Re-Invention Test

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    In a MasterChef Professionals first, the Re-Invention Test gives contestants the opportunity to cook a classic dish but as the name suggests, it's re-invention not recreation that is the key.

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  5. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 5 - Pressure Test
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    #5 - Pressure Test

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    Adriano Zumbo makes a guest appearance to shake up our 15 professional chefs, but nothing can prepare them for what Adriano's got in store for them.

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  6. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 6 - Restaurant Challenge
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    #6 - Restaurant Challenge

    S1:E6

    The losing teams from the Pressure Test compete in the Restaurant Challenge. Each team is given a three-dish menu to reproduce in which certain elements must be cooked to the minute.

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  8. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 7 - Sunday Roast Re-Invention Test
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    #7 - Sunday Roast Re-Invention Test

    S1:E7

    They're dishes we all know and love, and on the Classic Re-invention Test menu, a contestant draws a knife from the block to reveal an old family favourite, the Sunday roast.

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  9. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 8 - Quick Fire Skills Test
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    #8 - Quick Fire Skills Test

    S1:E8

    This episode sees 13 contestants put to a Quick Fire Skills Test: Three rounds, each with a different core ingredient and a diminished time limit.

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  10. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 9 - Restaurant Challenge
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    #9 - Restaurant Challenge

    S1:E9

    The losing six contestants from the skills test are put to the restaurant service challenge and face world renowned chef Jacques Reymond, who has brought five of his best cooks with him.

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  11. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 10 - The Classic Re-Invention Test
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    #10 - The Classic Re-Invention Test

    S1:E10

    In a real treat for sweet lovers, this week’s knife block contains classic desserts. One of the contestants draws a knife from the block to reveal that The Professionals will be re-inventing the classic Australian dessert, the pavlova. Without a recipe, the worst performer will be going home.

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  12. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 11 - Mystery Box
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    #11 - Mystery Box

    S1:E11

    MasterChef fans rejoice: it’s the return of the Mystery Box and it’s back in a big way. While most of us would treat vegetable peelings, puff pasty trimmings, prawn heads and chicken fat as food scraps destined for the compost bin, tonight our professional chefs are challenged to turn waste into first-class meals. The two worst-performing contestants will face off in tomorrow night’s service challenge.

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  13. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 12 - Restaurant Service Challenge
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    #12 - Restaurant Service Challenge

    S1:E12

    This challenge can be summed up in one word: intense. The two worst-performing contestants from last night’s Mystery Box challenge face off in tonight’s service challenge. With Matt joining 120 patrons in the restaurant and Marco working the pass, the two contestants must prepare and cook everything themselves. It’s a real battle of mate versus mate as the two cook off to secure a place in the Top 10.

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  14. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 13 - Off-Site Challenge
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    #13 - Off-Site Challenge

    S1:E13

    In an offsite challenge like no other, the top 10 contestants are going bush! They must cook for 50 high country cattlemen but there's one hitch? They have no ovens and no electricity.

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  15. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 14 - Immunity Super Invention Test
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    #14 - Immunity Super Invention Test

    S1:E14

    This episode sees the winning team from last night's high country challenge faced with the biggest invention test ever! Laksa. Who will get immunity?

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  16. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 15 - Double Service Challenge
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    #15 - Double Service Challenge

    S1:E15

    The double service challenge begins with a lunch service of two mains, but just when they think they're done they are told to reset for a three course dinner service.

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  17. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 16 - International Invention Test
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    #16 - International Invention Test

    S1:E16

    With nine different cuisines featured in tonight's Knife Block, it's a truly internationally flavoured program.

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  18. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 17 - Offsite Challenge
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    #17 - Offsite Challenge

    S1:E17

    Tonight's offsite challenge sees the eight contestants split into two teams as they forage through suburban homes, knocking on doors and working with whatever ingredients they receive.

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  19. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 18 - Three-course Italian Service Challenge
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    #18 - Three-course Italian Service Challenge

    S1:E18

    The winning team from last night's offsite challenge are split into two teams of two, and each team must design and cook a three-course Italian meal for some very tough customers, 120 Italians.

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  20. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 19 - The Classic Re-invention Test
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    #19 - The Classic Re-invention Test

    S1:E19

    Tonight’s knife block features dishes that have inspired Shannon Bennett over his career and the lucky knife reveals Shannon’s grandmother’s rabbit stew as the order of the day. As we all know, it’s about reinvention, and for one contestant their culinary journey comes to an end.

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  21. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 20 - Pressure Test
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    #20 - Pressure Test

    S1:E20

    Curtis Stone worked for Marco for six-and-a-half years. He joins Marco in the kitchen to teach the contestants one of the dishes that he cooked in Marco’s restaurant, Quo Vadis. The contestants must pay attention as Curtis shows them how the dish is made. Then, they are on their own, and they must recreate the dish without a recipe.

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  22. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 21 - Restaurant Service Challenge
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    #21 - Restaurant Service Challenge

    S1:E21

    Donovan Cooke is in the kitchen tonight. One of Marco’s toughest protégés, each restaurant Donovan has opened has been awarded with three stars. His latest venture, Atlantic, is well on its way to the same accolade. For this restaurant service challenge, the professionals have been given six of Donovan’s dishes from Atlantic, two entrees, two mains and two desserts. With Donovan running the pass, all contestants should be on alert, and it’s time for one to say goodbye.

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  23. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 22 - Luxury Mystery Box
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    #22 - Luxury Mystery Box

    S1:E22

    Welcome to finals week and our top six contestants are faced with a mystery box challenge. They lift the lids to reveal an array of fine dining ingredients: caviar, vintage champagne, abalone, white truffles and chocolate. With just one hour to create a dish, the contestants are out to impress. The contestant with the least impressive dish will leave the competition.

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  24. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 23 - Pressure Test
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    #23 - Pressure Test

    S1:E23

    The heat is on as guest chef Peter Gilmore joins Matt and Marco for tonight’s pressure test. The man behind the legendary snow egg dessert and the eight textured chocolate cake has returned with a dish from his highly awarded restaurant Quay. There are just three hours on the clock in which to replicate Peter’s fragrant poached chicken. One contestant will fail to impress the judges with this technical and complicated dish and be sent home.

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  25. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 24 - Offsite Challenge, Pop Up Restaurant
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    #24 - Offsite Challenge, Pop Up Restaurant

    S1:E24

    It’s the last challenge of finals week as the top four split into two teams to create their own pop up restaurants. Each restaurant must cater for 60 diners. The two teams need to pick a theme for their restaurant, design their dining rooms and create a stunning three course meal, consisting of two entrees, two mains and one dessert. The stakes are high as the four contestants fight for their place in the finale, but for one, their ride comes to an end. Who will be the final three in the running to take home the MasterChef: The Professionals crown?

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  26. MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Season 1 Episode 25 - Finale
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    #25 - Finale

    S1:E25

    The three finalists face a trio of daunting challenges to decide the overall winner, including a leek and lobster terrine.

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Best Episodes Summary

"All-in Service Challenge" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef Australia: The Professionals". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/20/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Guerrilla-style pop-up".