Celebrity MasterChef Australia series 2

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Celebrity MasterChef Australia series 2
Season 2
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Celebrity MasterChef Australia series 2 logo
Judges
No. of contestants10
Winner Nick Riewoldt
Runner-up Tilly Ramsay
No. of episodes13
Release
Original network Network Ten
Original release10 October (2021-10-10) 
22 November 2021 (2021-11-22)
Additional information
Filming dates15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)
Season chronology
 Previous
Series 1

The second series of the Australian cooking game show Celebrity MasterChef Australia premiered on 10 October 2021. [1] Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo reprised their roles as judges from the main series of the show. [2]

Contents

Former AFL player Nick Riewoldt won the series, winning $100,000 for charity Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision. [3]

Contestants

In May 2021, Network Ten announced that the celebrity cooks would include a legendary sports person, an Aussie icon and a famous actor. [2] [4] [5]

On 17 June 2021, Network Ten announced the ten celebrity contestants competing on the second series of the show. [6]

ContestantAgeOccupationStatus
Nick Riewoldt 38Former AFL footballerWinner 22 November
Tilly Ramsay 19TV presenterRunner-Up 22 November
Collette Dinnigan 55Fashion designerThird Place 22 November
Rebecca Gibney 56ActressEliminated 15 November
Dilruk Jayasinha 36Comedian
Archie Thompson 42Former soccer playerEliminated 14 November
Ian Thorpe 38Olympic swimming championEliminated 7 November
Matthew Le Nevez 42ActorEliminated 31 October
Dami Im 32SingerEliminated 24 October
Chrissie Swan 47Television and radio broadcasterEliminated 17 October

Guest Chefs

WeekGuest ChefChallenge
2 Gordon Ramsay Elimination Challenge
3 Curtis Stone Team/Elimination Challenge
4 Heston Blumenthal Immunity Challenge
6Hugh AllenElimination Challenge
Finale Martin Benn Grand Finale

Elimination chart

No.Week123456Finals
Immunity
Challenge
Dilruk
(Immunity Pin)
ColletteTillyNick
Rebecca
NickRebeccaNone
All-In
Elimination
Winner
Archie
Dami
Nick
Rebecca
Tilly
Archie
Collette
Rebecca
Ian
Archie
Collette
Ian
Rebecca
Tilly
Collette
Dilruk
Nick
Tilly
1NickINWINTeam LoseIMMIMMTop 4Top 3WINNER
2TillyINTop 5IMMBtm 3Top 2Top 4Top 3Runner-up
3ColletteTop 4IMMTeam WinTop 3Btm 4Top 4Top 3Third-place
4DilrukWINI.P.Btm 3/Imm.Team LoseBtm 3Btm 4Top 4ElimEliminated (Ep 12)
RebeccaINTop 5Team WinIMMTop 2IMM
6ArchieINTop 5Team WinTop 3Btm 4ElimEliminated (Ep 11)
7IanINBtm 2Team WinTop 3ElimEliminated (Ep 9)
8MattINBtm 4Team LoseElimEliminated (Ep 7)
9DamiTop 4Top 5ElimEliminated (Ep 5)
10ChrissieTop 4ElimEliminated (Ep 3)
EliminatedChrissieDamiMattIanArchieDilruk
Rebecca
Collette
30 points
Tilly
34 points
Nick
38 points

Episodes and ratings

Ep#Original airdateEpisode Title / EventTotal viewers (five metro cities)Nightly rankingRef.
Week 1
1Sunday, 10 October 2021Opening Night: Signature Dish – The ten celebrities had 90 minutes to cook the dish for which they were 'famous'. The contestant who cooked the best dish would win the only immunity pin of the season. Dami, Collette, Dilruk and Chrissie were named as being in the Top 4 before Dilruk was announced as the winner of the immunity pin.620,0006 [7]
2Monday, 11 October 2021Immunity Challenge: Comfort Food – The contestants had 75 minutes to cook their favourite 'comfort food'. Collette, Nick, Tilly and Rebecca were names as being in the Top 4 contestants before Collette was announced as having produced the best dish and winning the first weekly immunity of the season. The other contestants were sent to the elimination challenge.601,00010 [8]
Week 2
3Sunday, 17 October 2021Elimination Challenge: Bacon and EggsGordon Ramsay set the first elimination challenge of the season via a live stream. In the first round, the contestants had 60 minutes to cook a dish using eggs. Nick impressed the judges with his dippy eggs, which were perfectly cooked, and was named as the best dish. Chrissie, Dilruk and Ian were sent to the second round where they had 60 minutes to cook another dish using bacon. During the last 30 seconds, Dilruk played his immunity pin so his dish wasn't tasted by the judges. Chrissie's quiche lorraine had raw pastry on the bottom and, as a result, she was the first contestant eliminated from the competition.561,0007 [9]
4Monday, 18 October 2021Beauty and the Beast Immunity Mystery Box – In the first mystery box challenge of the season, the contestants could choose between a beauty mystery box, with 60 minutes of cooking time, or the additional beast mystery box, with 75 minutes of cooking time. All contestants could open the beauty mystery box but those who also opened the beast mystery box had to cook with it. Ian and Tilly were named in the top two for their scallop dishes but Tilly won weekly immunity because she had the better presentation.588,00010 [10]
Week 3
5Sunday, 24 October 2021Curtis Stone's Team Relay Challenge – The celebrities are split into two teams and Curtis Stone revealed mango as the feature ingredient for the relay challenge. The Pink team, led by Ian, won against the Red team, led by Nick, despite the chaos that ensued among them as Red team's fish was overcooked and their coconut rice texture was not right. In the second round, Nick, Dilruk, Dami and Matt from the losing Red team had to cook a sweet dish in 60 minutes. Nick, Matt and Dilruk impressed the judges with their desserts and were declared safe. Dami had an undercooked Basque cheesecake due to the time constraints, thus making her the second contestant eliminated from the competition.573,0006 [11]
6Monday, 25 October 2021Service Challenge - Immunity Challenge – The celebrities are split into four teams of two. Each team must cook a dish and serve it to 20 diners plus the judges in their very first service challenge at Starward distillery in Port Melbourne. Nick and Rebecca were revealed as the winners of the challenge and won immunity from next Sunday's elimination.527,00012 [12]
Week 4
7Sunday, 31 October 2021Elimination Challenge – Tonight's elimination challenge is a two rounder, starting off with a classic MasterChef taste test. The ingredients from the round one taste test make up the pantry for round two!421,0008 [13]
8Monday, 1 November 2021Immunity Challenge – Heston Blumenthal explains to the remaining celebrities how nostalgia is so important to the way he cooks, and challenges them to cook a dish that takes them back to their childhood.446,00014 [14]
Week 5
9Sunday, 7 November 2021Elimination Challenge – Two most important things in MasterChef kitchen are time and ingredients. The celebrities have four pantries to choose from. One pantry is revealed every 10 minutes in tonight's elimination challenge.395,0009 [15]
10Monday, 8 November 2021Immunity Challenge – The judges reveal that today the celebrities are going to have to keep up with Jock and replicate his dish as well as they can without a recipe or dish to reference.477,00014 [16]
Week 6
11Sunday, 14 November 2021Finals Week: Elimination Challenge – The celebrities have 2.5 hours to prepare 12 dishes and 30 minutes to serve. Tonight, is an elimination, so whoever serves the least impressive course will be knocked out of the competition!545,0004 [17]
12Monday, 15 November 2021Finals Week: Double Elimination Challenge – In tonight's challenge the judges have decided to be generous and throw out the rules, they want to see a dish that is the culmination of everything the celebrities have learnt so far.557,0009 [18]
Week 7
13Monday, 22 November 2021Grand Finale – Celebrity MasterChef grand finale! They are playing for the title, trophy and most importantly $100,000 for their charity. The dish that will seal their fate is set by culinary legend, Martin Benn.700,0006 [19]
Winner Announced – Nick was crowned the winner after he scored 38 out 40 points, defeating Tilly on 34 points and Collette on 30 points.805,0005

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