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The Best Episodes of MasterChef Australia Season 2

Every episode of MasterChef Australia Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MasterChef Australia Season 2!

The Best Episodes of MasterChef Australia Season 2

MasterChef Australia is a Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by Shine Australia and screens...
  1. Background image for Top 50 Begins - BBQ Challenge
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    #1 - Top 50 Begins - BBQ Challenge

    S2:E1

    The top 50 began with a barbecue challenge, with the freedom to cook whatever they wanted. The 10 worst performers were sent into a pavlova pressure test led by Donna Hay. The 5 contestants who produced the worst pavlovas were eliminated from the competition.

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  2. Background image for Signature Dish
    6.8/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Signature Dish

    S2:E2

    The remaining contestants were asked to prepare their signature dish. In a first for MasterChef Australia the contestants did the judging, with the men voting for their favourite dish from the women, and vice versa. The top 7 vote-getters (4 women, 3 men) were then put into a beef wellington pressure test, with the best man and woman progressing directly to the top 24. The winners, Claire and Jimmy, were the first pair to advance to the Top 24.

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  3. Background image for Bottom 10 Elimination Challenge
    6.8/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Bottom 10 Elimination Challenge

    S2:E3

    The 10 contestants who performed worst in Tuesday's signature dish challenge were split into 5 groups of 2 and given 7 hours to drive out to local farms, collect fresh produce, and return to the MasterChef kitchen to prepare a main and a dessert. One contestant, Andrea, found the challenge difficult, and realised that MasterChef was not for her; her withdrawal from the competition forced her partner in the challenge, Philip, to prepare both dishes on his own. Despite this setback, he and 4 others kept their spots in the competition, while 5 contestants were eliminated.

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  4. Background image for 10 More Spots with Matt Moran
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #4 - 10 More Spots with Matt Moran

    S2:E4

    With 10 spots in the Top 24 on the line, the remaining contestants competed in a mise en place challenge. The challenge had 4 stages, with the worst performers in each stage removed by Gary and George. The first stage involved separating egg yolks and whites. The second asked the contestants to julienne carrots. In the third, the first 10 contestants to shuck 12 oysters satisfactorily moved onto the final stage, wherein Marion, Adele, Courtney and Daniel successfully cut 6 fillets of salmon weighing between 170g and 190g first, gaining their places in the Top 24. Following the mise en place challenge, the remaining contestants had to follow a recipe from Matt Moran, with poor performers gradually eliminated in stages. 10 contestants had their dishes tasted, with Jonathan, Peter, Aaron, Adam, Kate B. and Philip impressing the judges the most, winning their spots in the Top 24.

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  5. Background image for Masterclass 1
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Masterclass 1

    S2:E5

    The six contestants who won Top 24 spots cooking against Matt Moran are treated to a Masterclass with him in ARIA’s kitchen. Matt shows them how to make seafood canapés. The other contestants learn how to cook a dish of baby vegetables and techniques for grilling meat by George and Gary. George also makes a raspberry dessert with jelly, granita and champagne.

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  6. Background image for The Top 24 - Mystery Box Challenge
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #6 - The Top 24 - Mystery Box Challenge

    S2:E6

    After a mystery box challenge, 4 contestants will be through to the Top 24, and 4 will be sent home. The contestants cook a Neil Perry fish dish in a pressure test and Neil also judges the dishes.

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  8. Background image for Childhood Memory Invention Test
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Childhood Memory Invention Test

    S2:E7

    The Top 24 arrived at the MasterChef house and then headed to the MasterChef kitchen. The contestants had 90 minutes to create a dish that was a childhood memory for them. The winner will now cook off against a celebrity chef and if they win, will be given an immunity prize, which can be uses to escape an elimination if need be.

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  9. Background image for Chef Challenge - Luke Nguyen
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Chef Challenge - Luke Nguyen

    S2:E8

    Luke Nguyen

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  10. Background image for Italian Restaurant Team Challenge
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Italian Restaurant Team Challenge

    S2:E9

    The off site team challenge, to take over the running of two Italian restaurants, saw the Red Team conquer despite having a simpler menu. From the Blue Team, Jonathan and Devon were selected by the judges as the two worst performers and were up for elimination. Sarah withdrew from the competition to return to her family.

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  11. Background image for Eggy Elimination Challenge
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Eggy Elimination Challenge

    S2:E10

    As the Red Team enjoyed their reward: lunch and a mini MasterClass with Luke Mangan, Jonathan and Devon faced off in the Elimination Challenge; a best of three challenge with the theme: eggs. Jonathan won the first round; to correctly name different birds' eggs. The next round Jonathan and Devon raced to be the first to beat egg whites to stiff peaks.

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    6.1/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Masterclass 2

    S2:E11

    The judges share their own food memories in this week's MasterClass. A good old English Sunday Roast was Gary's dish of the day while George cooked up lasagne with a twist.

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  13. Background image for Mystery Box & Invention Test
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #12 - Mystery Box & Invention Test

    S2:E12

    Japanese theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants making the "perfect burger", with only five selected to taste by the judges. Marion won the challenge and picked tuna as the core ingredient for the Invention Test. With a Japanese theme, Adam was favourite to win the challenge but it was Callum who triumphed.

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  14. Background image for Pressure Test - Peter Gilmore
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Pressure Test - Peter Gilmore

    S2:E13

    Carrie, Kate and Fiona faced off in the Pressure Test after cooking the three least impressive dishes in the Invention Test. They were asked to replicate a chicken dish from chef Peter Gilmore. Fiona had a slow start but she finished strongly and cooked the chicken perfectly but her dish lacked detail. Despite a strong start, Kate failed to read her recipe thoroughly, she wrapped up her chicken too much that it didn't cook properly and she ended up serving the judges raw chicken although her vegetables were perfectly cooked. Carrie struggled through the whole challenge, she cooked the chicken perfectly but all the flavour leaked out in the water bath because she left a hole in her chicken's skin and her vegetables were undercooked.

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  15. Background image for Chef Challenge - Philippa Sibley
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Chef Challenge - Philippa Sibley

    S2:E14

    This dessert is no piece of cake

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  16. Background image for Kids Birthday Team Challenge
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Kids Birthday Team Challenge

    S2:E15

    In an unprecedented twist, Callum as winner of the weeks Invention Test was granted the power to pick his entire team first. The off site challenge was to put on a children's birthday party for 150 people, who would vote for their favourite dish. The Blue Team proved to have too great an advantage and won easily.

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  17. Background image for Fix That Dish Elimination
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Fix That Dish Elimination

    S2:E16

    As the Blue Team enjoyed their reward at Sails on Lavender Bay with Nathan Darling, Jonathan and Adele faced off in a "fix the dish" challenge. They had to fix a poorly made dish (a bolognese sauce) in ten steps, each step adding their choice of a range of ingredients.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Masterclass 3

    S2:E17

    Shaun Presland shows how simple Japanese is.

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  19. Background image for Mystery Box & Invention Test
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #18 - Mystery Box & Invention Test

    S2:E18

    Indian theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants choosing between a main and a dessert, with Skye's Crispy Duck winning her the challenge and picking goat as key ingredient in the Invention Test. Jimmy was the favourite to win but in the end it was Jonathan whose invention impressed the judges the most.

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  20. Background image for Black Forest Cake Pressure Test
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Black Forest Cake Pressure Test

    S2:E19

    Dominic, Joanne and Matthew faced off in the Pressure Test; to make a black forest cake. Joanne was able to put off a shaky start and finish strongly, leaving the judges to pick the least impressive of the two men. Dominic's cake only had three layers instead of the five in the recipe, while Matthew left a cherry pit in his cake.

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  21. Background image for Chef Challenge - Justin North
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Chef Challenge - Justin North

    S2:E20

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  22. Background image for Classic French Meal Team Challenge
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Classic French Meal Team Challenge

    S2:E21

    The two teams were tasked with preparing a Classic French 3-course meal for Matt Preston, Tetsuya Wakuda and Guillaume Brahimi. Michel Roux mentored the Red Team, Tony Bilson mentored the Blue Team.

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  23. Background image for Name That Herg Elimination
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Name That Herg Elimination

    S2:E22

    While the Blue Team enjoyed their lunch with Giovanni Pilu, the Red Team faced off in a two-round Elimination challenge. The first challenge was to make a traditional Genovese Pesto completely by hand in ten minutes, from which, only Marion's was of an acceptable quality, with Sharnee, Courtney and Daniel as the worst of the rest. Those three then competed in the second round of the challenge: naming herbs.

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  24. Background image for Masterclass 4
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Masterclass 4

    S2:E23

    The judges serve up duck two ways and invite guest chef Kumar Mahadevan to cook a spicy prawn curry. Justin North also helps the contestants make crackling pork.

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  25. Background image for Mystery Box & Invention Test
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Mystery Box & Invention Test

    S2:E24

    "Around the world" theme. The Mystery Box challenge saw the contestants tackle a complex range of ingredients and a time of just 25 minutes. Peter took out the challenge and was given a significant advantage in the Invention Test, which for the first time would see the contestants competing in trios. Peter was given the power to not only pick the core ingredient for each country's cuisine, but also to pick the members of each team.

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  26. Background image for Schnitzel & Chips Pressure Test
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Schnitzel & Chips Pressure Test

    S2:E25

    Alvin, Daniel and Fiona faced off in the Pressure Test; to recreate a Pork Schnitzel with chips and coleslaw with no recipe to follow. While each contestant cooked the correct meat, Daniel and Fiona were under the impression that they were cooking veal. Aside from that, each dish had its shortcomings: Alvin failed to flatten his meat and it was undercooked, Daniel's meat was overcooked and he used shop-bought mayonnaise in his coleslaw, and Fiona used packaged breadcrumbs instead of fresh.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Top 50 Begins - BBQ Challenge" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef Australia" season 2. It scored 6.7/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/19/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Signature Dish".