Blake Werner

Each cook gets one hour to make a dish. Those who impress all three judges will go on to the next audition. The cooks who impress only two judges will have to cook again.

The contestants take over the menu of a train running from Queenscliff to Drysdale, preparing a four-course vegetarian menu for 30 before boarding the train to serve 30 passengers.

The remaining five contestants fight to keep their spot in the competition. Plus, in a special MasterClass, the contestants are given the opportunity to set their own mystery box challenge for the judges and Curtis Stone.

Four hopefuls compete in an elimination challenge, bidding with minutes for the ingredients they want to use in their dishes. But the more they bid, the less time they have to cook.

Three contestants compete in a pressure test that involves replicating chef Ashley Palmer-Watts' lamington cake, a complex dish that involves almost 70 precise steps.

The contestants prepare a three-course meal for 80 teachers at the State Library of Victoria, taking inspiration for their food from the menus of royal dinners from 1920 and 1954.