The tenth series of the Australian cooking game show ''

MasterChef Australia ''MasterChef Australia'' is an Australian competitive cooking reality show based on the original British ''MasterChef (British TV series), MasterChef''. It is produced by Endemol Shine Australia and screens on Network 10. Restaurateur and ch ...

'' premiered on 7 May 2018 on

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is o ...

. Judges

Gary Mehigan Gary Mehigan (born 12 February 1967) is an English-Australian chef and restaurateur. Mehigan was one of the original judges of the Network 10 series ''MasterChef Australia''. Career Chef Mehigan trained at The Connaught (hotel), The Connau ...

George Calombaris George Dimitrios Calombaris (; born 4 October 1978) is a Greek Australian chef and restaurateur and television personality. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series ''MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role ...

and

Matt Preston Matt Preston (born 21 July 1961) is an English-Australian food critic, writer, food journalist, television and radio presenter. Preston has a weekly national food column that appears in NewsCorp's metro newspapers. He is also a senior editor ...

returned from the previous series, with

Shannon Bennett Shannon Bennett (born 23 November 1975) is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne's Rialto Tower. Bennett currently serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its pare ...

as the contestants' mentor. This series was won by Sashi Cheliah in the grand finale against Ben Borsht, on 31 July 2018.

Changes

This season introduced a change in the Mystery Box Challenge. The winner will be going straight into the Immunity Challenge, which means they will not be cooking in the invention test and will be safe from the Pressure Test on the following day. Week 10 featured the remaining contestants competing for a special "10-Year Superpower" apron, which works similar to an immunity pin and a Power Apron but allows the bearer to withdraw during any stage of any individual challenge up to tasting.

Contestants

Top 24

The Top 24 were announced on 7–8 May 2018. Contestant Jo Kendray was a returning auditionee after two previous attempts to make it into the Top 24 Future appearances * Khanh Ong, Jess Liemantara, Reece Hignell, Brendan Pang and Sarah Clare appeared on Series 12. Sarah was eliminated on May 19, 2020, finishing 14th. Jess was eliminated on May 31, 2020, finishing 12th. Khanh was eliminated on June 14, 2020, finishing 9th. Brendan was eliminated on June 21, 2020, finishing 8th and Reece was eliminated on July 12, 2020, finishing 5th. * In Series 14 Aldo Ortado appeared for another chance to win the title, along with Sashi Cheliah who is competing to win the title for the second time. Sashi was eliminated on May 15, 2022, finishing 19th and Aldo was eliminated on June 26, 2022, finishing 8th. * In Series 15 Sashi appeared as a guest team captain for a service challenge. * Jess competed on the Dessert Masters spin off series. She finished 3rd on November 28, 2023. * In Series 16 Sashi, Khanh, Jess, Reece & Aldo along with Genene Dwyer appeared as guests for the 1st service challenge. * Reece competed in the second series of Dessert Masters. He finished 5th on November 18, 2024.

Guest chefs

Elimination chart

Episodes and ratings

; Colour key: : – Highest rating during the series : – Lowest rating during the series

References

External links

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