Marion Grasby

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

The Red Team head off for their reward lunch at Red Lantern. The judges decide they will not be choosing the bottom 3 performers but will be leaving it to contestants to choose.

For their first team challenge, the contestants took over two Italian restaurants in Sydney. The team who made the most money by 9pm won the challengeand it was up to the customers to decide how much they would pay for their meals.

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.

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 six contestants who won Top 24 spots cooking against Matt Moran were treated to a Masterclass with him in ARIA's kitchen.