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The MasterChef Australia 2020 recap collection: we watch the show so you don't have to

Quarantine has kept us all inside and cooking more than ever before. So it's very timely that MasterChef Australia is back on our screens with new judges, old contestants and a whole lot of blast chilling. Save yourself some time and let us give you the update you never asked for.

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MasterChef Australia grand final with Emelia Jackson and Laura Sharrad.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Emelia versus Laura in a grand final battle of the besties

  • Eloise Basuki
An apple a day keeps the judges away.

MasterChef 2020 recap: There's a bad apple in the bunch as we get down to the top two

  • Eloise Basuki
A socially distanced look of love for these two South Australian mates.

MasterChef 2020 recap: An emotional South Aussie showdown reveals the final three

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Laura got caught cutting onions again.

MasterChef 2020 recap: A socially distanced dinner party decides who cooks in Finals Week

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Accio, immunity!

MasterChef 2020 recap: Can Reynold make a golden snitch dessert fly for final immunity?

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Callum prays for Poh to bring out her signature chaos so he can survive this cook.

MasterChef 2020 recap: A saucy failure brings the ride to an end for a fan favourite

  • Eloise Basuki
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And under this cloche is the ability to manage your time properly, Poh.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Poh wears the 'Captain Chaos cape' again in a clash of the cloches

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Tune in next week, when Reynold cooks "time".

MasterChef 2020 recap: Reynold cooks 'space' in an out-of-this-world elimination

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What Poh personality will be unleashed today?

MasterChef 2020 recap: Poh, Laura and Callum compete in an alphabetic battle for immunity

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MasterChef is going through a "cubist" period.

MasterChef 2020 recap: The umami challenge boots out one of our favourites

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When life gives you lemons, make a gin tart.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Of all the gin tarts in the world, can this one win immunity?

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How do you stuff up fried rice? Just ask Reynold.

MasterChef 2020 recap: A global cook turns emotional as one of our favourites fails

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Another day, another pasta for Laura.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Laura finally makes a pasta Jock doesn't like in a pumpkin challenge

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"How much anxiety will I cause today?" wonders Poh.

MasterChef 2020 recap: A Chin Chin curry causes the sweats and fires a favourite

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Reynold wants to make a Sydney Opera House dessert, how hard can it be?

MasterChef recap: Reynold attempts a Sydney Opera House dessert in an 'Australian food' challenge

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There's three rounds, which means three times as much Poh anxiety.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Poh is pure chaos in this speedy, stressful immunity challenge

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The meat dessert is a mind bend for Khanh.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Anchovy ice-cream and meat desserts is the challenge we never asked for

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Laura wonders how to make pasta into and ice-cream.

MasterChef 2020 recap: We lose a fan favourite in a weird flavour combo challenge

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How do you cook 20-minute rice in 15 minutes? Asking for a friend.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Poh makes a 'dodgy' call and Reynold falls down a rabbit hole

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Kirsten Tibball's 'meljito' is tonight's challenge.

MasterChef 2020 recap: How to turn chocolate into a cocktail with the cocoa queen

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Josh Niland from Saint Peter features on MasterChef.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Josh Niland is in the kitchen for a very fishy elimination

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The calm (Jess) and the chaos (Poh) before the instant noodle storm.

MasterChef 2020 recap: It's a fight over fancy instant noodles and comfort food

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Wait, what? Katy Perry isn't on this episode of MasterChef?

MasterChef 2020 recap: It's chaos in the kitchen as a little black box sends someone home

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It's hot then it's cold, it's overcooked then it's undercooked for Hayden Quinn tonight.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Can Hayden survive a major cooking mistake?

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She's hot then she's cold, she's yes then she's no, she's in then she's out, she's up then she's down.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Katy Perry comes to guest judge and you're gonna hear her 'Roar'

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Amina Elshafei, like all of us, is over the twists already and it's only day two.

Masterchef 2020 recap: Will a pavlova send one of our favourite chefs home tonight?

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Ben Ungermann, man of mystery.

MasterChef 2020 recap: Is a fancy fried rice enough to save Ben from elimination?

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The MasterChef judges patiently waiting for their dragon rolls to arrive.

Episode19: The one where everyone waited three hours at the sushi train

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Poh Ling Yeow is a chaotic good.

Episode 17: The one where Poh, Ben and Rose fight for 'pasta' perfection

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It's a fried 'naughty' eggplant with miso glaze for Dani.

Episode 15: The one with all the the "crunch" and "goo" for the elimination round

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Still not sure why Curtis Stone was in this MasterChef episode, to be honest.

Episode 14: The one with the MasterChef auction and Curtis Stone's dad jokes

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Poh, dreaming up a recipe that defies logic again.

Episode 12: The one where Poh is in a world of pie pain

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Poh hopes that by giving a death stare to her oven, she'll make it cook faster.

Episode 10: The one where we see the return of the 'Poh-llercoaster"

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Too cloche to handle.

Episode 9: the one with Melissa's beef rendang pie

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Melissa, queen of the chicken feet and spirit fingers.

Episode 8: The one where Ben makes chicken-feet ice cream

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Get ready for a lot of talk about prawn poop.

Episode 7: the one with all the poo chutes

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