MasterChef AU – Season 9

Grand Final. Who will be crowned the winner of 2017? The finalists are competing for a $250,000 cash prize and a column in Australia's leading premium food magazine, Delicious.

Semi Final. The stakes are high as the three remaining contestants fight it out for the two places in the finale and the chance of winning the coveted prize.

Elimination Challenge & MasterClass 5. Three contestants must create a dish worthy of a place in the semifinal.

Service Challenge: Dinner by Heston. The pressure is on as the top four contestants enter one of Melbourne's top restaurants, Dinner By Heston, for a service challenge. Who will be the first semifinalist?

Elimination Challenge. The top five contestants must create either a sweet or savoury dish and present seven plates of food for the judges as well as four of Australia's top chefs to avoid elimination from the competition.

Pressure Test: Shaun Quade's Pearl on the Ocean Floor. The bottom three contestants from the invention test now cook off in a pressure test to avoid elimination. Who will be the next to leave the competition?

Mystery Box Challenge & Invention Test. It's finals week. The top six contestants enter the kitchen to face a mystery box challenge to prove to the judges just how far they have come in the competition.

The three least impressive contestants from the service challenge must cook to stay in the competition and earn their place in finals week. Who will be the next to leave?

Service Challenge. The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.

Service Challenge. The judges reveal that each contestant will be in charge of either an entree, main or dessert to serve 50 hungry customers. The bottom three contestants will then be up for elimination.