Khanh Ong

The 24 contestants enter the MasterChef kitchen and are greeted by legendary chef Gordon Ramsay. When they get over the shock he tells them will be here for the entire week to mentor them through the first stage of the competition. He introduces the new judges and a new era of the competition begins, with everyone extremely excited to start the first cook.

It's day three of Gordon Week and the winning team from yesterday's service challenge are back to cook. Today, the challenge is a Round Robin Relay. In teams of three, they have 60 minutes to create a cohesive menu, including an Entrée, Main, and Dessert. Each team member will start on a course, but every 20 minutes they swap places so they all have a turn on each course.

It's day two of Gordon Week and today is a service challenge day with Gordon Ramsay himself running the pass. Gordon praises their efforts from yesterday, saying that he tasted some of the best food Australian has to offer right here in the MasterChef kitchen.

Today is a Mystery Boxes challenge like no other. There are only four ingredients in each mystery box and each box contains a different four ingredients. The contestants must barter with each other for the ingredients they want. The only rules, they must end up with four ingredients and they must use all four ingredients in their dish.

Every contestant is up for elimination, except the winner of Thursday's immunity challenge.The pressure mounts for all contestants to deliver delicious dishes and keep their place in the competition.

It's the start of Suburban Takeover Week, and today our contestants are taking over 'Thai Ute' restaurant in the in the outer Melbourne suburb of Ringwood East. When they arrive, they are divided into two teams, Orange and Aqua.