Yossra Abouelfadl

MasterChef Australia is back and tonight each hopeful cook has 60 minutes to produce their dish. If the judges like the dish, they're through to the next stage. If not, sadly, they're heading home.

The pantry is open, there's 75 minutes on the clock and the contestants are asked to cook the dish they'd cook every day for the rest of their lives if they found themselves on a desert island.

A few dozen home chefs battle it out in the Masterchef Kitchen to earn the best chef title, judge by top Australian chefs.

It's the end of the first week in the MasterChef kitchen and the winners from yesterday's challenge will cook for an immunity pin. But it won't be easy, they'll be cooking against chef Curtis Stone.

Today contestants cook outside the MasterChef kitchen for the first time. Their challenge is to create a feast for volunteers, truckies, farmers and their families impacted by drought in Briagolong.

Each cook picks their favourite and least favourite ingredients to cook with. Round 1, cook with either. But those who produce the bottom four dishes face Round 2 with their remaining ingredient. Plus, the first MasterClass of the season.