Gracia Seger

Aprons on. Get set. Go! The most watched primetime event in 2015, My Kitchen Rules returns tonight with a new batch of home cooks ready to do battle in Australia’s most popular and hotly contested cooking competition. But this time around, a secret ingredient has been added to the My Kitchen Rules recipe. It’s a twist that will change the rules and raise the stakes, pushing each team to boiling point. But one thing will be on the menu for sure: more instant restaurants than ever before with a surprise guest ringing the MKR doorbell! Each team will take turns to transform an ordinary home into an instant restaurant for one pressure cooker night. They’ll plate up a three-course menu designed to impress the judges and their fellow contestants. Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Tonight is the first Instant Restaurant with NSW’s Monique and Sarah cooking the first meal of the series. Will these cops from Sydney be able to wow their competitors and our judges? Or will the pressure take its toll? Let the battle begin!

The Instant Restaurant round has officially finished as contestants now move from their homes to Kitchen HQ. However, the first challenge takes place off site at North Ryde RSL where teams must impress patrons with a flavoursome buffet menu. Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Let the battle begin!

Tonight we travel to Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula where siblings Mitch and Laura are serving up in the second Instant Restaurant. The youngest team in the competition, will this brother and sister be able to hold their own in the kitchen? Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Let the battle begin!

In another offsite challenge the remaining ten teams cook for 100 fisherman and their families on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. On the menu is the produce they know better than anyone; seafood. Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Let the battle begin!

The two teams that scored the highest in their Instant Restaurant round have now found themselves in a shock sudden death elimination. Gianni and Zana against Luciano and Martino, who will be victorious? Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Let the battle begin!

The countdown to Rio 2016 is on as all teams return with the prestigious challenge of cooking a notorious and healthy dish for 200 members of the Australian Olympic team. With teams wary of large quantities, outdoor cooking and fat content who will bring home the gold medal with dish of the day? Manu Feildel and Pete Evans return to host and judge this ultimate home cooking showdown. The judges table will see the return of guest judges Colin Fassnidge, Guy Grossi, Karen Martini and Liz Egan. Again this year, the top two teams will battle it out in the grand final where they will present their ultimate dining menu to a full restaurant. With $250,000 in prize money on offer, it’s the ultimate battle to decide whose kitchen rules! Let the battle begin!