Jimmy Seervai

MasterChef 2010 kicked off with the top 50 contestants cooking a BBQ dish of their own choosing.

The contestants each cooked their signature dishes but were judged by their fellow contestants, not the judges. The women tasted the men's dishes and voted for the best three.

The first challenge was a series of kitchen prep tasks. The final task saw Marion, Daniel, Adele and Courtney cut salmon fillets of the correct weight andtheywere given their Top 24 aprons.

Alvin, Adele, Claire and Sharnee headed to Cabramatta for a MasterClass with Luke Nguyen. Gary showed the other contestants how to make his mum's roast beefmeal, with Gary's mum visiting the MasterChef kitchen to demonstrate her Yorkshire pudding recipe.

Instead of a team challenge this week each Contestant will have to cook 5 identical signature dishes for some of their Culinary heroes.

After a stressful week the contestants relax knowing they've made it to finals week and enjoy a MasterClass with George & Gary, Today's dishes are 1) Smoked Trout and Winter Salad 2) Grilled Prawns with Tzatziki 3) Layered Chocolate Trifle