Gillian Dinh

Andy Allen welcomes three new judges - Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow, and Jean-Christophe Novelli. The contestants cook a dish that represents their 'new beginning' to impress guest judge Jamie Oliver.

The chefs make a dish from Mystery Box ingredients chosen by Jamie Oliver's parents, Trevor and Sally, and the four weakest dishes will send their makers into the next day's elimination.

With 75 minutes on the clock, the judges task contestants with preparing a dish that best represents their food dream for the first elimination challenge of the season.

The 22 contestants are thrown into their first big Service Challenge. With Jamie Oliver running the kitchen, they must feed 40 returning MasterChef Legends with a three-course meal.

Special guest Luke Nguyen brings in an array of Southeast Asian ingredients, and the contestants get to cook with two randomly assigned ingredients in a two round elimination challenge.

`MasterChef' legend Daren Purchese returns with his toughest challenge yet, and his cherry blossom dessert pushes the novice cooks to their limits as they try to replicate it in four hours, leading to a shock elimination.