MasterChef Australia All-Stars

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MasterChef Australia All-Stars
MasterChef All-Stars Logo.jpg
Genre Cooking
JudgesGary Mehigan
George Calombaris
Matt Preston
Narrated by Nicholas McKay
Theme music composer Katy Perry
Opening theme Hot n Cold performed by Katy Perry
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes19
Production
Production locations13 Doody Street, Alexandria, New South Wales
Running time60 minutes
Production company Shine Australia
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release26 July (2012-07-26) 
19 August 2012 (2012-08-19)
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MasterChef Australia All-Stars is an Australian cooking reality show which screened on Network Ten from 26 July 2012. It featured a number of returning contestants from the first three seasons of MasterChef Australia (including season 1 and season 3 winners Julie Goodwin and Kate Bracks), revisiting past challenges in order to raise money for charity. [1]

Contents

The series aired for three weeks, mostly during the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] It was also the last iteration of the show to be shot in the MasterChef kitchen in Alexandria, Sydney, home of the series for all past seasons. [2]

Contestants

The following contestants returned from Season's 2009 (Blue Team), 2010 (Red Team) and 2011 (Yellow Team). Notable absentees were Season 2010 winner Adam Liaw (due to shooting his new TV series) and Season 2011 runner-up Michael Weldon. The initial stages of the competition focused on the Teams raising money, but from episode 7, contestants competed separately and were eliminated in order to crown the 'best of the best' All-Star.

ContestantPrevious
Season
Placing
CharityMoney
Raised
Status
Callum Hann2nd Cancer Council Australia $20,000Winner 19 August
Chris Badenoch3rdLort Smith Animal Hospital$15,000Runner-up 19 August
Kate Bracks 1st Lort Smith Animal Hospital $11,000Third Place 19 August
Justine Schofield 4th Youth Off The Streets $5,000Eliminated 16 August
Julie Goodwin 1stOxfam$15,000Eliminated 14 August
Dani Venn4th Starlight Children's Foundation $10,000Eliminated 13 August
Poh Ling Yeow 2nd Cambodian Children's Fund $5,000Eliminated 12 August
Marion Grasby 9th Save the Children $10,000
Jonathan Daddia8th OzHarvest $5,000Eliminated 8 August
Hayden Quinn 6th Boys Town $5,000
Aaron Harvie7th The Salvation Army $5,000Eliminated 6 August
Kumar Pereira11th Médecins Sans Frontières $5,000

Guest chefs

Elimination chart

ContestantsOriginal PlacingEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4Episode 5Episode 6Episode 7Episode 8Episode 9Episode 10Episode 11Episode 12Episode 13Episode 14Episode 15Episode 16Finale
Callum2ndTeam 2nd$5000Team WinINTeam 2ndINININTop 4Btm 6INBtm 4Top 2Top 3INWinWINNER
Chris3rdTeam 3rd$5000Team 3rdINTeam WinININBtm 5Top 4Btm 6INTop 3Top 2WinINBtm 2Runner-Up
Kate1st$5000INTeam 2ndTop 3Team 3rdINWinImm.$5000Imm.Top 3Btm 4Btm 4Top 3WinImm.Third Place
Justine4thTeam 3rdINTeam 3rdINTeam WinINWinImm.Top 4Btm 6ININBtm 4Btm 2INElimEliminated (Ep 16)
Julie1stTeam 3rd$5000Team 3rdINTeam Win$5000INTop 2INBtm 3$5000WinBtm 4ElimEliminated (Ep 14)
Dani4th$5000$5000Team 2ndINTeam 3rdINWinImm.INININTop 3ElimEliminated (Ep 13)
Poh2ndTeam 3rdINTeam 3rdINTeam Win$5000INBtm 5ININTop 3ElimEliminated (Ep 12)
Marion9thTeam 2ndINTeam Win$10000Team 2ndININININININ
Jonathan8thTeam 2ndBtm 4 Team WinINTeam 2ndININWinINElimEliminated (Ep 10)
Hayden6th$5000Btm 4 Team 2ndINTeam 3rdININBtm 5IN
Aaron7thTeam 2ndBtm 4 Team WinINTeam 2ndININElimEliminated (Ep 8)
Kumar11th$5000Btm 4 Team 2ndTop 3Team 3rdININ
NotesNone SeeNone SeeNone SeeNone See
EliminatedNoneAaron
Kumar
NoneJonathan
Hayden
NonePoh
Marion
DaniJulieNoneJustineKate
31 points
(out of 40)
Chris
62 points
(out of 80)
Callum
70 points
to win

Episodes

Ep#Original airdateEpisode Title / EventTotal viewers
(5 Metro Cities)
Nightly RankingWeekly Ranking
1Thursday 26 July 2012Series Premiere: Croquembouche Challenge – The MasterChef All-Stars returned to the kitchen and were given a "rude awakening" by Adriano Zumbo with the greatest classic MasterChef dessert: Season 1's croquembouche. The Blue Team produced the worst copy of Zumbo's piece with various technical flaws. As it boiled down to the Red Team and the Yellow Team, the judges preferred the overall decoration and silky custard of the Yellows over the consistency and richer caramel of the Reds. The Yellows won the first $20,000 at $5,000 per contestant for their charity of choice.1,256,0001st19th
2Sunday 29 July 2012International Challenge – The teams were faced with a four-round challenge, in which one member from each team cooked against each other. The winner of each round would earn $5,000 for their charity. Each team captain picked their champion, and the team that won the previous challenge would get to pick the cuisine to be cooked in the next round. As the Yellows won the previous challenge, team captain Kate got the first cuisine and contestant pick. She pitted herself against Julie and Jonathan in Lebanese food. Jonathan produced a bad dish, while Julie managed to snag a win. Julie then picked Poh to go up against Marion and Dani in Chinese. Dani scored a surprising win with her modern take on a traditional Chinese dessert. Kate then let Kumar take on Aaron and Chris in Indian cuisine, with Chris' sophisticated salmon dish taking the prize over top favourite Kumar's mussel curry. Justine, Callum and Hayden were assigned French cuisine by Julie, and it was Callum's dish that pulled off the first win for the Reds.728,0007th38th
3Monday 30 July 2012Offsite Challenge – The teams prepared a sausage sizzle for 100 trainee firefighters. The winning team would be determined by total votes given by the firefighters and would be given an advantage for the next day's Mystery Box Challenge. The Blue Team's pork and fennel sausages splitting and oozing all their fat led them to be dry and left them in third place with 28 votes. It was a tie between the Yellows and Reds with 36 votes each. As the decision came down to the judges, they preferred the Red Team's dish despite inconsistency in size and pronounced them the winners.826,0009th31st
4Tuesday 31 July 2012Mystery Box Challenge – The contestants found eight ingredients in their Mystery Boxes each chosen by a world-famous chef, including Heston Blumenthal's signature dry ice, Rick Stein's spanner crab and a sea urchin picked by Anthony Bourdain. Marion, Kate and Kumar cooked the top three dishes, and it was Marion's delicate and technical Crab and Sea Urchin Soufflé with Singaporean Black Pepper Sauce that earned $10,000 for her charity.771,00011th37th
5Wednesday 1 August 2012Fix-That-Dish Challenge – The All-Stars participated in a race to be the first to finely dice 1 kilo of onions. The winner would get an advantage for their team in the upcoming challenge. Poh won it for the Blue Team. The Fix-That-Dish Challenge was a relais challenge in which the teams were to fix a poor bolognese in 45 minutes. Only the first in line would learn what the dish was, and each following team member would have to leave obvious hints for the next cook. The Blues' advantage consisted of all four team members knowing what the dish was and getting two minutes to strategize. The Yellows plated the worst dish, mostly due to errors from Kumar and Dani. It was between the Reds, who oversalted their bolognese by adding too much Parmesan at the end, and the Blues, who added too much sugar. It was the latter's choice to use pappardelle that got them the win, as it was deemed a better fit than spaghetti for a traditional bolognese.852,0007th28th
6Thursday 2 August 2012Worst Nightmare Challenge – The Blues were each faced with three of their failed dishes from series 1. The dish they would have to revisit would be determined by a random draw from a knife block. It turned out to be an all-dessert challenge as every contestant drew a tricky dessert from the block. For Justine it was the Warm Pear Tart from the Celebrity Chef Challenge against Matt Moran (episode 44). For Chris, it was Zumbo's Vanilla Panna Cotta with Macaroons from Week 11's Pressure Test (episode 61). For Julie, it was her Passionfruit Puddle Pie from a Finals Week Elimination (episode 67) and for Poh, it was Matt Moran's Chocolate Tart from the Grand Finale. Poh and Chris got 2.5 hours to cook as their dishes were more intricate, while Julie and Justine had to wait on the balcony for an hour before their cooking time started. All three dishes showed great improvement from their season 1 counterparts, but Julie and Poh's were considered the top two. Though the judges considered both desserts virtually flawless, it was a split-hairs decision due to Poh failing to perfectly temper her chocolate on her highly technical dish. Julie won the $10,000 for Oxfam, but she decided to split it with Poh due to how close the decision was.772,00010th36th
7Sunday 5 August 2012Immunity Challenge – Upon learning that two cooks would be eliminated in the next challenge, the All-Stars were pitted against twelve of the best chefs in Australia to win guaranteed immunity. Whoever cooked a better dish than the chef they were paired with, as judged in a blind tasting by three food critics, would receive immunity from the next day's Pressure Test. Kate, Dani and Justine were the only three to pull this off and received immunity. Chef Darren Purchese, paired with Kate, also promised an extra $1,000 donation from his restaurant to Kate's charity.787,0007th31st
8Monday 6 August 2012Pressure Test – All contestants except for Dani, Kate and Justine (who had immunity) had to cook Gary's Beef Wellington with an accompanying red wine sauce in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Despite struggling with the dish's various elements, everyone managed to put up a passable dish. Jonathan, who had already cooked the dish in the Top 50 portion of Season 2, was "miles ahead" during cooking and delivered a stellar Wellington and sauce. Julie, Marion and Callum were also applauded. Chris, Poh, Aaron, Hayden and Kumar's dishes all had significant flaws, but Aaron and Kumar made the most mistakes and were eliminated.753,00011th36th
9Tuesday 7 August 2012Where Are You Now? Challenge – With $5000 up for grabs, the contestants were asked to revisit and improve the first dish the cooked on MasterChef. After 75 minutes the standout dishes were Justine's Coq Au Vin, Callum's deconstructed Peaches and Cream, Chris' Chicken Tagine and Kate's Retro Coffee Cake. Kate won the challenge, winning the money for her charity and immunity from the next day's Elimination Challenge.773,00010th32nd
10Wednesday 8 August 2012Elimination Challenge 1 – With two more people going home, the All Stars faced a three-round chicken elimination challenge. Given 30 minutes, unlimited use of the pantry and a whole chicken, the only catch was, if they went through to subsequent rounds the chicken they had leftover was all they had to use. Round one saw Dani, Marion and Poh safe as the best performers. With 20 minutes in the second round, this time it was Justine, Callum and Chris who produced the best dishes, leaving Julie, Hayden and Jonathan in the 10-minute round three. Despite all producing great dishes, Julie's had the slight edge over Hayden and Jonathan who were therefore eliminated. Jonathan received $5000 for his charity.745,00011th38th
11Thursday 9 August 2012Cake Challenge – With $5,000 at stake for today's winner, the judges were joined by three members of the Country Women's Association. The All-Stars each had to bake and assemble a cake in 1 hour and 40 minutes and had to meet up to the CWA's exacting standards regarding flavour, size and overall look and detail. As no one received exceedingly bad comments, it came down to selecting a top three that made the least mistakes. Kate claimed third position with her lamingtons, Poh came in second with her passionfruit cake despite struggling to get it in the oven in time, and Julie's perfectly detailed Neapolitan cake scored the win and another $5,000 for Oxfam.741,00010th40th
12Sunday 12 August 2012Mystery Box Challenge – Great joy among the All-Stars as they got to chop up their Mystery Boxes as kindling for a barbecue with prawn and chicken as core ingredients. Aside from the contents of the box, they each got to pick five ingredients from the pantry and were given 75 minutes to cook their barbecue dish. With such elementary cooking processes, there was very little room for error. In the end, the judges found at least some fault with Kate, Marion, Poh and Callum's creations, and Marion and Poh were sent home as the producers of the two worst dishes.779,00010th38th
13Monday 13 August 2012Dessert Challenge – The final six were tasked with reproducing George's "Zeus and his 8 Mistresses" dessert in 3 hours. The extremely intricate dish with 13 recipes proved highly challenging: it included a chocolate mousse with a liquid center surrounded by a chocolate crack, a white chocolate aero, chocolate clay, a salted caramel sauce, a chocolate sorbet, chocolate cake, caramelized pear balls, salt and vinegar chocolate sticks, assorted berries and flowers and a tempered chocolate gold bar in a decorative box to symbolize Zeus' wife, Hera. Chris and Callum produced the standout dishes, as only they managed to put every element on the plate. It was Dani who was sent home for failing to plate three elements of the dish and some other technical errors.702,00017th>40th
14Tuesday 14 August 2012Elimination Challenge 2 – Guest chef Curtis Stone entered the kitchen again, this time to set a two-round elimination challenge. In the first round, the All-Stars had to keep up with Stone as he cooked his signature dish of Lobster Ravioli with a Shellfish Sauce, Caramellized Butternut Pumpkin, Sage, Lemon and Pine Nuts. Chris produced the best dish (with only his sauce lacking some flavour) and was pronounced safe after the first round. In the second round, the remaining contestants had to cook a dish with one of four of Stone's favourite Australian core ingredients. Callum and Justine opted for artichokes, while Julie chose the pork and Kate the apples, to make the only dessert of the night. Callum and Kate received good comments overall. Curtis thought Justine's dish was "odd" and Gary also didn't like the idea of putting two dishes on the same plate. Julie had some trouble with her pork in the pressure cooker, but pulled herself together in time to plate up a Plan B. Despite being commended for her survival instincts in the kitchen, Julie was sent home.788,00013th36th
15Wednesday 15 August 2012Seafood Challenge – The final four All Stars cooked for a guaranteed place in the Finale, preparing seafood dishes for 100 Navy heroes. With a little help from some MasterChef 2012 favourites (Andy, Ben, Amina and Julia), each contestant had a different type of seafood (Callum – salmon, Justine – crab, Chris – prawns, Kate – squid). Judging was tight, as each dish was praised and only slightly criticised, but Kate and Julia's Chilli Squid Salad that was judged as the best dish, meaning Kate became the first All Star to make it through to the Finale.751,00013th39th
16Thursday 16 August 2012Elimination Challenge 3 – The All-Stars were confronted with their own favourite ingredients (chestnuts for Justine, beer for Chris and mushrooms for Callum) and had to cook a dish with each other's ingredients in three 45-minute rounds. The cook of the best dish would receive 3 points, the second 2 points and the loser 1 point. The two highest scoring cooks at the end of the final round would join Kate – who had immunity – in the Grand Finale. Callum was triumphant and took 3 points in the mushroom round, putting up a dish that would fit on any Two-hat menu according to Matt Preston. Justine took 2 points and Chris 1. Surprisingly, Callum also took the win in the beer round with his Stout Panna Cotta. Beer lover Chris got 2 points, Justine got 1. With Callum at 6 points and the others both at 3, he became technically unbeatable for points and therefore didn't have to cook in the final round. Chris was pitted against Justine in her favourite ingredient chestnuts. With both delivering an excellent dish according to the judges, they had to make a split-hairs decision to determine the winner. Chris came out on top, and Justine was eliminated. As with other eliminated contestants that hadn't raised any money for their charity, she also earned a default $5,000 for the Chris Riley Foundation.797,00010th32nd
17Friday 17 August 2012MasterClass666,00010th>40th
18Sunday 19 August 2012Finale Night – Kate, Callum and Chris faced off in the Grand Finale, consisting of two rounds.
  • Sudden Death – The first round was a Sudden Death challenge: the maker of the worst dish would strand in third place, with the remaining two moving to the deciding round. Maggie Beer came in and asked the top three to cook a family-style feast. Kate's dish had the most inconsistencies, with some of her roast pheasant left completely raw and the rest cooked perfectly. She was also criticized on her "boring" side of steamed beetroot, hastily put together as she ran out of time. Callum and Chris were sent into the final round, with 36 and 32 points, respectively.
  • Snow Egg Challenge – Peter Gilmore from Quay restaurant in Sydney entered the kitchen with a new version of what could be considered the most infamous dessert in the history of the show: his Snow Egg from the 2010 Grand Finale. This updated version featured jackfruit as the core ingredient, as opposed to the strawberry guava in the original. As Callum had already made this dish as a Season 2 finalist, Chris was first shown how to plate up the dish to level the playing field. Both versions of the dish got positive and negative feedback from the judges, joined by Gilmore, but in the end Callum's was considered slightly superior. He took the challenge with 34 points out of a possible 40, to Chris' 30.
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19Sunday 19 August 2012The Winner Announced – Callum was pronounced the winner, with 70 points over Chris' 62. He wins $25,000 for the Cancer Council, but decides to split his winnings with Chris and donates $10,000 to the Lort Smith Animal Hospital.1,050,0007th22nd

International syndications

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