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The MasterChef Australia 2022 recap collection: we watch the show so you don't have to

Chaos, cliffhangers, and quite a lot of cooking too. It's MasterChef 2022 as observed by master recapper Ben Pobjie, in order of most recent to oldest episode.

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The MasterChef Grand Finale has finally arrived. Let's give it up for the judges everybody!

MasterChef recap: Australia's newest cooking queen is crowned in an action-packed grand finale

Voila! We've made it to kilt night.

MasterChef recap: We now know for certain that faves are better than fans

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Who will go home from the Keyma, Sarah and Dan trio?

MasterChef recap: Tonight, is the night, when four become three

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Tonight, is the night, when Julie, Dan, Billie and Sarah become three.

MasterChef recap: A burnt bottom sends a MasterChef legend packing, pass the tissues

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Mel's right, you can never unsee this.

MasterChef recap: Raise your glasses to the actual fan fave who hasn't made the final five

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The MasterChef funeral home is open for business.

MasterChef recap: Life's a hibachi and then you die of shame because your dish is a dud

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Julie, Billie and Mindy - who will go home?

MasterChef recap: When it comes to pressure tests, this elimination really takes the cake

Melissa Leong, Hugh Allen and Jock Zonfrillo show off their pearly whites.

MasterChef recap: The Disney Prince chef may be in the house but it's no fairytale ending for one fan fave

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MasterChef 2022.

MasterChef recap: You cry, I cry, everyone ugly cries as the families crash the competition

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Jock, Melissa, Khanh and Andy get all judgey in the most mega of pressure tests.

MasterChef recap: What fresh shell is this? A 99-ingredient pressure test leaves one cook all at sea

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Keyma, Sarah, Aldo, Alvin, Montana and Tommy are the six contestants who are up for elimination on Sunday.

Ding, ding, (cry)ing! This three-round elimination is a tear-jerking clash of the titans

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Billie, Julie, Dan and Mindy compete for this season’s final immunity pin.

The final immunity pin is going once, going twice, sold to...

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"Jock and Andy swap stories about the disgusting fruit salads they were forced to eat by sadistic authority figures in their youth, and chuckle over the fact that now they themselves are the sadistic authority figures."

Tutti-frutti? Some of these creations are just plain loopy

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It's Rick Stein time!

It's Rick Stein time! And 10 (or so) years later, we finally get our top 10

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Red team leader Montana, aka the TikTok star.

Risotto, aka 'the death dish', strikes again

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Montana, Alvin, Billie and Steph all face the pressure test.

Who gets the brownie points and who just leaves town with a frown?

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Marco Pierre White perfects his withering stare.

An early favourite flounders and Marco Pierre White brings the sauce

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MasterChef judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen at LUME Melbourne.

Contestants give this arty service challenge a red-hot van Gogh

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Donato Toce's "Honey" dessert.

Gelato Messina's honey dessert has a sting in the tail

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Judges Andy, Melissa and Jock give their best blue steel.

Great Scot! Can they please stop sending fan favourites home?

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The winning MasterChef team from the 'basic to bougie' challenge.

Beautiful setting, shame about the food, just blame it on the bougie

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It's fish guy, aka Josh Niland, night.

The quest for the perfect tuna wellington leaves one cook feeling pretty crepe

Minoli? We hardly knew ye.

There's something fishy about this elimination that sends home another fan favourite

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Judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo send a popular favourite packing.

Tears and disbelief as a dosa bad luck sends a fan favourite packing

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Gareth Whitton of Tarts Anon.

Tarts Anon's pressure test is a real tart-breaker

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The judges only taste test half a dozen dishes from round one. But which one, in Andy-speak, is the most "cracking"?

Who cracks under the pressure of this egg-limination?

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Two-time former contestant and fan favourite, Reynold Poernomo (second from right), sets tonight's pressure test.

Who gets a no after re-creating Reynold's 'noi' dessert?

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Jock Zonfrillo (left) and contestant Tommy sit tonight's service challenge out due to illness.

Service, s'il vous plait! Which team's French menu is smooth as silk?

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John, of white chocolate veloute infamy.

Which team handles the heat of the notorious relay (and will it be veloute redemption for John)?

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Adriano Zumbo's "Polly wanna waffle" pressure test on MasterChef.

Birds of a feather choc together as Zumbo applies some pressure

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Hosts with the most toast: The judges taste test 24 fillings in Sunday's jaffle battle.

Who's toast after this baffling jaffle battle elimination?

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Harry, aka the veg queen of season 2022.

Harry proves you can make friends with salad in week one's endless quest for immunity

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Anyone for golf? Andy, Melissa and Jock get in position for episode two.

The huge shock that absolutely nobody could have seen coming

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Judges Jock, Melissa and Andy return, bigger and brighter than ever.

It's all smiles (and a few tears) as queen Julie returns

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