Sarah Tiong

The cooks are split into teams for a tricky challenge; it tests their ability to work together as they try to create an edible art installation in under seven hours.

An elimination test to recreate a cake will send one contestant home.

Six of the seven remaining competitors compete to avoid elimination; each are given an entree, main or dessert to serve fifty customers.

The 24 contestants enter the MasterChef kitchen and are greeted by legendary chef Gordon Ramsay; when they get over the shock he tells them will be here for the entire week to mentor them through the first stage of the competition.

Bottom three face an elimination challenge; ice cream float with a helium filled toffee balloon.

Judges welcome a new set of home cooks; they must tackle cooking challenges to win a spot in the Masterchef Australia 2017 competition.