Mindy Woods

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.

Contestants become artists today for a creative service challenge, and the judges expect three-course masterpieces as they take inspiration from a virtual forest at digital art gallery, The LUME.

Contestants must create a dish using ingredients from culinary king Marco Pierre White's array of pantry items that he uses at home. The least impressive dish will ensure elimination for its maker.

It's elimination day and the creator of the best Round 1 fare will keep their team safe. Those fighting to avoid the drop must then prepare a tasty dish to be left overnight and cooked the next day.

Gelato master Donny Toce presents his intricate dessert, Honey, comprising a honey tuille, gelato honeycomb, and blown sugar beehive for tonight's Pressure Test, and failure will send someone home!

In a massive service challenge, it's Fans versus Favourites, course versus course in the ultimate three course battle, with the winning teams heading to tomorrow's immunity decider challenge