Lisa Diep

The amateur cooks have one hour to recreate their signature dishes for the first auditions.

The top 24 enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first official challenge.

The contestants are at the MCG for their first team challenge, where they must cook delicious and nutritious protein-rich meals for 50 diners.

The winner of the mystery box challenge goes up against the three best invention test cooks in a fierce competition for immunity; Shannon Bennett returns to mentor the contestants.

The contestants are divided into two teams and put to the test when Gordon Ramsay yells at them to hurry up to create a three-course meal for 50 diners.

The first mystery box is presented to the 23 cooks; a change in the rules sees the winner gain an advantage in the competition.