Aldo Ortado

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

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 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.

It's day two of Judge's Auditions With 18aprons given away yesterday, there are just six left.

Our mystery box winner and the top two dishes from the invention test will have the chance to cook for immunity with Gordon Ramsay as their mentor.

The judges surprise the contestants by announcing that this episode, a few of them will be journeying to the wide blue yonder.