Aldo Ortado

The MasterChef kitchen welcomes 12 emerging home cooks and 12 of MasterChef's most loved past contestants. Together they will share their love of food and compete to become Australia's next MasterChef.

In a massive service challenge, it's Fans versus Favourites, course versus course in the ultimate three course battle, with the winning teams heading to tomorrow's immunity decider challenge

It's this season's first immunity challenge! Choosing ingredients from mystery cloches, the contestant with the best dish wins immunity and will sit out Sunday's elimination challenge.

Our 2018 cooks enter the MasterChef kitchen for their first challenge as the top 24. The contestants need to imagine they are hosting the judges at their house for a meal.

The room erupts in tears and applause as the domestic goddess herself Nigella Lawsonwalks through the doors.

In a grungy Fitzroy warehouse, contestants lift the lids on their mystery boxes, leading to coffee beans spilling out across their bench as judges reveal they must create a dish that features coffee.