Benita Orwell

The top 24 face their first mystery box challenge. The bottom four cook off in an elimination challenge, resulting in one contestant being sent home.

An elimination challenge for the underperforming team and the judges hold their first MasterClass for the contestants.

An immunity challenge has contestants under pressure to use ingredients from the mystery box in a race against the clock.

The bottom three contestants must impress Gary in preparing his roast chicken dish to progress to the next round.

The judges welcome a fresh batch of home cooks to tackle creative cooking challenges in order to win a spot in the Masterchef Australia 2017 competition.

Pastry chef Anna Polyviou sets the remaining hopefuls a cracking recreation challenge for the first Pressure Test of 2017.