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NARRATOR: Previously
on MasterChef Australia...

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

..with a pastry queen
in the house...

I've brought you...

CONTESTANTS: Ooh!
Oh, whoa!

..my eclair.

..they had to step up
their choux game.

You don't want to be in round 2.
Bloody oath, I don't.

The only 'shoes'
I've heard of in the past

are the ones you wear on your feet.

NARRATOR: Sweet or savoury,
they were packed with flavour.

JOCK: I love everything about it.

The texture, the zinginess.
MELISSA: You've nailed the choux.

I think you did an amazing job.

Loved the concept.
Really, really great choux.

ANDY: Perfection, like, seriously.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you.

And after two rounds, Larissa said
goodbye to the MasterChef kitchen.

LARISSA: I'm so gutted.

But not for long.

It's not the last

you're gonna see of me because
I do have the Second Chance Apron.

Tonight, can they handle the heat...

GRACE: It is chaos in the kitchen.
There's so much going on around me.

..of the very first
Service Challenge?

(BIRDSONG)

(ALL TALK AT ONCE)

Wonder what it's gonna be today.

I'm thinking fish.

Oh, yes!
You're always thinking fish.

Let's have fun today, then.

MasterChef has just been
an amazing ride.

They say secrets and surprises.
Every single day is different.

ANDY: Here we go!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Down the front, gang!

ADI: There's rows upon rows
of tables beautifully set up.

It's clearly a Service Challenge
and I'm so nervous.

MAN: That's a bit fancy.
Become too real.

Most I've cooked for
sort of eight people,

maybe 10 people at a time,

at a dinner party.

I don't know how to cook for
a whole restaurant full of people.

Oh, wow! Oh, wow!
Oh, man!

Well, morning, everybody!
CONTESTANTS: Morning.

It is so good
to have you all back in here.

We are almost at a full house.

Rue, Brent and Amy,
they're still recovering at home.

But you're all here ready to go,

and you might have guessed it,

today it is a Team Service Challenge.

(CONTESTANTS CHEER)

So you are gonna need one of these.

Grab an apron
and then get in your team.

No looking.

Second to reach in the bag
and I pull out a blue apron.

So my team today
I'm pretty stoked with.

I've got Jess, Robbie,

Adi, Ralph, myself and Theo.

Snap! Ohh!

CATH: So, I'm on the green team.

So I'm with my buddy Rhi,

and they've got a few
of the young folks,

Phil, Alice, Grace, Antonio.

What a beautiful bunch.
What a great mix.

Now, seeing as it's
Secret to Success Week,

and this is your first
Service Challenge after all,

we've called on a couple of old mates
to give you a few pointers.

These guys, they've been in
your shoes before.

They've had the same fears
and the same dreams.

And now they have their own hugely
successful restaurants.

Please welcome from Sum Yung Guys,
Matt Sinclair.

And from GAJA...
Oh!

..Sashi Cheliah!

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

(GASPS) Oh!

Yeah, real pinch-myself moment.

First Service Challenge,

and Matt Sinclair and Sashi
walk in the kitchen.

Like, how freaking cool,

like, literally MasterChef royalty.

JOCK: Gentlemen, so good to have you
back in the MasterChef kitchen.

It's always great to be back here.

Business in Adelaide pumping?
Yes.

And we also just started
a new one in India.

So, yeah, bit crazy.

In India, ladies and gentlemen.
Amazing.

Matt, what about you?
Just at Sum Yung.

Yeah?
So, we've moved to a new location.

We're in Noosaville, so more
in the heart of Noosa now.

Is there more seats
in the restaurant?

Because every time I go there,
I can't get a bloody booking.

(LAUGHTER)

There is a few more seats.
It's not funny.

We've managed to extend it
a little bit.

Ralph, when we talk about MasterChef,

these are two huge names.

Big heavy hitters.

Yeah, it's amazing.
It's, I guess, what we aspire to be.

So who are you hoping for
in your team?

Yeah, look...
Oh!

I'm not even playing that game.
I'm just gonna...

(LAUGHTER)
I was gonna...

They're both really good
and I just want...

Any one of them would be amazing.
(LAUGHTER)

Rhiannon, how is it to see these two,
particularly Matt?

Well, I've been to Sum Yung
four times,

and, yeah, I'm stoked.

(LAUGHTER)

Well, the good news today

is that Matt and Sashi
are your team captains.

Oh, yes!

And the good news for you,
Rhiannon, is that Matt...

..is on your team.

Yay!

Sashi, you're with the blue team.
Boys, go and join your team.

I'm, like, jumping in the air
like a crazy woman.

To be able to have Matt Sinclair
in our kitchen

is to me, like, the ultimate.

How are you going?
Good to meet you!

This is a real fangirl moment
for me.

Oh, my God, yes!

Underneath both of these cloths
are some ingredients.

Three here for the entree.

Three for the main.

Your team needs to choose
one of these ingredients

to feature in each course,
but once chosen...

..the ingredient will be off
the menu for the other team.

CONTESTANTS: Ooh!

You will have 2.5 hours
before your entrees

need to leave the pass,

and you're cooking entree and main
for 30 diners each, plus us.

DECLAN: Three items for entrees,
three items for main.

I'm hoping there's gonna be
a fish under there.

Today, the best team will head
into tomorrow's Immunity Challenge,

where Malissa up there
has already earned her spot.

And as soon as we reveal
these ingredients...

..your time will start.

What?

So are you ready?

CONTESTANTS: Yes!
Good, because your time starts now.

Oh!
(ALL TALK AT ONCE)

Fish.

Ralph charges for that coral trout.

And big Ralph, 6'5,
no-one's getting past him.

Grab it, grab it, grab it.

So we've got the coral trout
that we need to feature in our main,

and cucumber in our entree.

Cucumber. Can we...

I sort of get around it
and look back to my team,

and I think I yell out...

Can we have eggplant?

"Eggplant, eggplant,"
about 10 times.

Eggplant.
What was the other one?

And pork, alright.

What's that?
Pork belly and eggplant.

OK.

And the penny sort of drops
that I really went for this.

I'm gonna really need to pull
through with an idea here.

Entree. So, you're the one
that grabbed the eggplant.

Where was your head at, my friend?
What have you got? Let's go.

I think we do, like,
some sort of, like,

sweet soy, sticky chilli glaze
on them

and then we can just stack it
with heaps of, like,

fresh coriander, chilli,
some crunch.

Has anyone got any ideas of what
we could do with the pork?

Should we do braised?

Because then, like, we've got
the time, we can slow-cook it.

We can put it in, like, you know,
some beautiful Asian, sort of...

In the pressure cooker?
Yeah.

You think it's too similar,
the dishes?

(CLEARS THROAT)

I just feel like it's both the same
dish, one is pork, one is eggplant.

Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I think.

It's the same thing. So it has
to be... One has to change.

That's stumping me, the eggplant.
Yeah.

Yeah, that's a hard one, isn't it?

RHIANNON: I'm stressing about
the time that's ticking away,

and we still don't have a dish,

and you've got to kind of make it
cohesive with your entree as well,

and we've got eggplant.

Well, could we...

I know it's a bit more work,
but could we braise our pork

and then deep-fry it
so it's crispy.

Have you done that before?
Yeah, I've done it before.

I take the lead because we kind of
weren't going anywhere,

and I felt like someone
had to just go,

"Let's just go with this."

So, yeah,

today for main were doing
an Asian-style crispy pork belly

with a green mango salad,

and some kind of glazed eggplant
for entree.

If you're feeling confident

in doing the sweet,
smoky-style eggplant as a starter,

as long as you can turn it
into a dish

that someone can sit down with a
knife and fork, eat it and enjoy it.

You're gonna have to get moving.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

We really need to motor.

Any idea on what do you want to do
with fish?

I thought, for the main dish,
we do a nice curry.

Curry and fish?
Fish, and have some rice.

Fish curry.
For the main meal.

I think it's an absolute no-brainer
doing a curry

with Sashi as our captain,

Robbie, me with the fish.

So for the blue team's main,

we're gonna be making
a yellow fish curry with cumin rice.

Since now we have a good idea
on the fish, what does it go with?

I'm a bit worried about cucumber.

We gotta make sure that
that ties in with that as well.

What are you gonna do with this?
What are we gonna do with cucumbers?

Sashi, you know,
asks us for an idea,

and for some reason
everyone looks at me.

I think we do a sort of
Indian marinated prawns,

a raita sauce with the cucumber.

And do you think
that's enough for cucumber?

Just remember the cucumber
must be there.

Featured.
Featured prominently.

Yeah, so I think...
yeah, I think a granita

with pickled cucumber...

Yeah, you can have pickle
or something like that, yeah.

We're just spitballing ideas
over the table

and thinking of how we could use
cucumber in an Indian fashion.

And I sort of throw out
the idea of raita,

which is cucumber and yoghurt.

Sashi thinks it could be good,
but we need to make sure

that the cucumber is highlighted
in the dish.

Let's do the cucumber
in a couple of ways.

Yeah, OK.
Yeah, nice.

A pickle.
Yeah.

Fresh.
Yeah.

A cucumber and mint
and chilli granita.

Yeah.

I love Sashi. I've seen him on both
of his seasons of MasterChef.

I know he's got
his great restaurant, GAJA.

He's an amazing cook
who knows how to layer flavour.

So you need a about 80 prawns,
minimum.

Yeah, yeah.

Theo's gonna get started
on the granita.

I'm gonna get started on prepping
the cucumbers,

and Jess is gonna be
working on all of our prawns.

I'm in my element, shelling prawns.

We need about 80 of these prawns
peeled and de-veined,

which is a lot of work.

We've chosen a really finicky
protein in prawns

to be cooking for
this Service Challenge,

but I'm thinking if we marinate
the prawns

in some Indian spices and flavours,

that's gonna elevate this dish
to another level.

Really want to do well today,
and he's in the house,

so I want to impress him.

JOCK: Two tables.
MELISSA: Yep.

Two different choices.

Obviously cucumbers, pumpkin
and eggplant on that first table.

The blue team went for the cucumber.

Straight to cucumber.
Yeah, for the entree.

I'm shocked by that.
Yeah.

And then on the green team,
eggplant.

Yeah.

I think they kind of got
the eggplant thinking that,

and now they're like...

What do we do now?
What do we do?

Yeah.

Main course, even more interesting.
Coral trout from the blue team.

Yeah.
And pork belly from the green team.

There's a lot of work
to fillet coral trout,

pin-bone it and prepare it,

you know, plate-ready for 30 covers.

On the other side of things,
pork belly is a smart choice

for a Service Challenge.

If you choose the right recipe.

Because if you're going for an
even, crispy skin for 33 portions,

and you don't know
what you're doing,

that's stitching yourself up.

But also portion control.

This is gonna be
their first experience

of making enough of a sauce,
making enough of a curry,

proportionally controlling
the protein.

And that is a whole new experience
for them today.

How we looking, guys?
Good. How are you going?

PHIL: Getting there, mate.
Good, good. Yum.

So I'm working the main,
which is braised pork belly.

We've got Phil doing the stock,
Rhi making the sauce,

I'm doing the pork.

It's a lot of work.

Pork for 30 people,
it's a fair bit of pork.

So we're planning on...

..I think it's about
160 grams per person.

So we've just got to
get that right now.

So, actually, thanks for the tip,

because I need to actually
get the scales.

It's very important that all dishes

have to be consistent
in any Service Challenge.

So we're trying to work out

the quantity that we need.

150 per person times 30.
300 by 15.

MATT: Yep.
4.5 plus extra.

Yeah.

If we don't get the quantities
right now,

we may not be able to serve plates
which are consistent

because it needs time to be braised
in the pressure cooker.

Alright, I'm trying to do my maths.
I think you need about eight.

So it's trying to get that right
and trying to do it under pressure.

It's not the kind of thing
you can just whip up.

Like, this is probably a good hour,
1.5-hour process,

so there's no chance of recouping
it if they haven't got enough.

We need about six kilos.

So, three threes are nine.

We've worked it out
that we want 120 portions.

You count it out
and I'll keep chopping.

We need to get this in, though,
so I'm just gonna get another bowl.

Oh, my goodness,
yeah, I'm doing maths.

OK, I'm up to 50.

My brain's not working.
It's not maths.

I'm cooking, I'm not doing maths.

69, I'm up to.

OK, So we're at 70 there.

So, that's 72.

I'm not a finance person.
You know, this is just not my brain.

72.
72, and I just put in...

I just put in 12.

But it's...
Have we got enough pork?

I pray to God you don't fall short.
Yeah.

Yeah.
Yeah.

I hope that they've really done
their calculations

because there's probably gonna be
a couple of them

that will have to answer for it
if there's not enough.

that Team Challenges
are a very different ball game.

You've got 90 minutes till service.
Come on, guys, push! Push! Push!

MATT: So, how, like, how long
till you get this pork in?

Well, it's all done, so...
So, the pork's all done.

Do it. It's there. Do it.

OK, we've got to get it in, so...

The pork's going in, it's done,
lids are on, timers done.

Whew!

This?
Yeah.

Let's do all the lids.

Just let that do its thing,

then it's onto all the other prep
for the green mango salad.

I remember these days.

Mm, the early days.
(LAUGHS)

When you had no idea.
No idea.

Far out.

Declan is my name
and fish is my game. (LAUGHS)

I'm in my element here
and I'm loving it.

Jesus!
(LAUGHTER)

That's the level of confidence
we're working with today.

For today's Team Challenge,

I'm on the blue team.

Sashi's our captain.

Just don't burn your curry, Sashi.
Don't burn your curry, mate, OK?

No way! That will not happen
this time.

And I've got Ralph, Robbie,
Adi, Theo and Jess.

And so I'm just working on the main,

so coral trout curry.

So, we're cooking
Grandpa Robbie's curry today.

Hello, girls.
Hello, Robbie.

Hello, Robbie.

And he is a master of flavour.

Cardamom, coriander.

My God, you are in my forte.
(BOTH LAUGH)

Who else would we want to leave
in charge of the curry?

I'm thinking he's much more
experienced than all of us here.

Hey, Rob? Expectation.
(BOTH LAUGH)

I'm gonna make the yellow curry

'cause I think a yellow curry
goes good with the fish.

Your galangal, your ginger,
the turmeric, lemongrass.

Blend it all up,
make the smooth paste.

The needs to be in the pot
in the next five minutes.

Yep.
If not, you'll be in trouble.

OK, brother.
(BOTH LAUGH)

Cook it well and know
when to stop cooking it.

It's nothing like what I'm used to,
brother. Far out.

I think there's a lot of pressure
on my shoulders,

because I've never done restaurant
sort of cooking before,

and at home
we just chuck the fish on the coals

and we just make a big curry
and be sitting around the camp fire.

For me, I'm thinking,
"Is my food good enough

"to be in a restaurant?"

God, he's not even tasting my food.
He's supposed to be my expert.

(LAUGHS) He's just kicking back.
He goes, "No worries, you're right.

"No worries, Robbie."

I just hope I can pull it off.

So, I'm on the entree course,

and we are featuring eggplant.

So we're gonna do, like,
a sticky-glazed eggplant.

Oh, the nerves are kicking in.

In true MasterChef fashion,

the pressure is really on.

So you cook this at home?

No. (LAUGHS)

That's what it sounded like!
(LAUGHS) No?

Alright, perfect.

I feel like I have picked
this eggplant

and so I need to make sure today
that this could be a winning dish.

How many are we thinking of doing?
We need to do 30.

And a few extra.
34...

Let's do, like, 40 at least,

just in case any of them
don't work out.

I've got Alice and Antonio
working up the front with me,

scoring those eggplants,

making sure that we've got enough

and a few extra
just in case anything goes wrong.

Do you like eggplant?
I... Yeah.

And I begin working on the sauce.

As soon as you guys have done that,

I'll need some help
prepping this sauce.

This sauce is going to be the most
important part of our dish,

and I still don't know
what I'm doing with it.

Any tips, Matt? (LAUGHS)

I feel really excited to have
Matt Sinclair on our team,

and to be able to just
communicate with him

and pick his brain
in terms of what he would do,

and throwing around
a few different ideas.

You want it, like, set and forget,

blast it in the oven, finish it up,

and then you've got time
to dress it up.

Let's do that.
I do miso-sake-mirin.

And to caramelise,
I basically paint it on.

And you have your oven cranked up?
Cranked up.

Blast it.
And then blast them.

Yeah.
Yeah, let's do that.

SASHI: Blue team, need to motor.
Come on!

JESS: Whenever anyone's free,
if they can come...

..help on the prawn prep.

THEO: Yep, yep, no worries.

Time is getting away from us,

and we are still sitting there
shelling prawns

for our prawn
and cucumber raita entree.

Seafood is a bit of a bugger
when it comes to Service Challenges.

Yeah.

Probably a bit silly of us,
but anyway.

We need 80 prawns today
so that all of our diners

and the judges can have two each.

And plus we want a bit extra

so we can taste it
and make sure we're happy.

How many prawns to you have now?
Nearly 40.

40? Well, we need 80.

Oh, honestly,
like, I am covered in prawn juices.

THEO: Delicious.

Gonna have a good shower
when I get home.

Our prawns still need to be rubbed
in this Indian spicy marinade,

and then they need to be cooked
and then cooled down

so they can sit on top
of the granita.

Jess now needs help
getting these prawns peeled,

otherwise we're not gonna get entree
ready for service.

Do this quickly,
and then I can help you.

That's leaving me
to work on the cucumber pickle.

Just trying to think,
pickling liquid.

I haven't done a lot
of pickling before.

Um...

I know it's gonna be one part
vinegar to one part water,

but I don't know how much sugar
and salt to add.

I'm adding the salt
to this pickling liquid,

but I'm not at all sure
about these ratios.

(TENSE MUSIC)

I'm just hoping it works out.

Seven, eight, nine, 10. That's 20.

20 coral trout in front of me

that I'm gonna have to fillet
and fillet perfectly.

Most likely you can get two.
Two, yeah, that...

Two decent pieces.
That's what I was hoping for.

So you've got to motor on, OK?
Yeah, let's motor on.

There's so many fish that we need
to fillet, and I'm like,

"I'll help Declan with these,

"'cause time's gonna run out
really quickly."

Fish is not my strong point,
but we're getting there.

I'm filleting this fish,
and I'm a little bit nervous

because I haven't filleted
many fish before.

JOCK: Have you seen what's going...
No, I haven't seen.

Let's see...

Like, I don't know
what's going on, mate,

but, like, there's not a lot of fish
left on the fillet.

OK, I will go and have a look.
Your portion control's, like...

You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, sure.

Sorry, I messed that up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

I realise that I've massacred
this beautiful fish.

I'm looking at what
I've actually done,

and it's a nightmare,

and I'm not sure exactly how
to fix this.

You have one hour till service!
Come on!

MALISSA: Whoo! Come on, guys!

Let's go!

Yeah, this is a lot of wastage,
lot of meat.

Nearly butchered it.
Yeah.

I'm not feeling pretty good.

I've really messed up
the cutting up of this fish.

And I'm nervous that it's gonna
cost us this challenge.

You are trying to save
as much as possible.

Go slowly. See the bone?
You can see the bone here coming.

So Sashi's showing me how to do it,

but he's just made it
look effortless.

Having Sashi in the kitchen today
is amazing.

He's kind of guiding us, and,
personally, I'm learning so much.

So you get much thicker fish.
Yeah.

Yeah, you see?
Yep. Alright.

Try one more time.

I'm learning a lot about filleting.

I just need to get a lot better
at it.

Do we need fried curry leaf
for a garnish?

Yeah.
So what temperature do you want?

I don't know. I just use it
in the frying pan, usually.

(LAUGHS)

JOCK: Matt, Sashi, let's go.
Yes?

We're in trouble.
You're in trouble already.

Blue team, tell me,
what's happening?

OK, for the entree, they're doing
prawn with a deconstructed raita.

OK.

So they're doing cucumber
in different ways.

Talk to me about mains,

'cause I'm seeing Declan
and the big man, Ralph,

doing the carpaccio,
like, straight off the fillet.

He was butchering it, like, big-time.

But now we've shown them to do
proper filleting.

Yeah, we are doing a fish curry,
Robbie's family recipe.

Against...
Eggplant and...

Miso, yeah, so they're going with
a classic.

Main course?
They're gonna do a...

Like, a twice-cooked pork.
Yeah.

So they started focusing on
the pork,

and they wanted to go sweet-sticky,
then went back to the eggplant,

and what they know is sweet-sticky
with the eggplant.

So they've sort of had to, I guess,
pull back a little bit

and reconfigure
what they're doing with the pork

and how they're going to serve it,

so they're going to braise it,
fry it,

and then do
a really aromatic green mango salad.

(CHUCKLES)
OK. OK.

Pressure.
Playing with fire.

Pressure, absolutely.

The last time I used
a pressure cooker was here.

And I think that
that's saying something.

What have you both got for dessert?

Um...
Bah! I'm only joking!

Paddle Pops.
(ALL LAUGH)

And a beer.

Good luck, boys.
Good luck.

Thank you.
Thanks, gents.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

JESS: Ads, we've got enough
prawns now.

Good job, guys.

Oh, my God, Jess and Theo have
finished prepping these prawns,

it's finally over,

we can finally get the marinade
on them

so they can soak in
all those Indian spices

before we cook them.

There's turmeric
and Kashmiri chilli.

I really want to build flavour
in this dish,

make sure that this feels Indian
to me.

I think adding these spices
is going to really complement

the pickled cucumber.

Can you believe we're doing
our first Team Challenge?

How awesome.

CATH: First Service Challenge,

and everything is on the go
at the moment.

So, we have our pork
in the pressure cooker,

so we're just working on
the salad now.

MATT: Everyone gets an equal amount
of Thai basil and green mango.

It's all even,
you know, and consistent.

(BEEPING)
The pressure cooker goes off.

GRACE: Come on, green team!
Nice work, guys!

Whoo-whoo!

So we need to just sit
once it's finished,

so all of the flavour goes through.

Looks good. Looks good. Just
gonna let a bit of the heat out.

Then after that we have to strain it.

ANTONIO: It smells amazing.
The smell, does it?

Yeah.

And then we've got to cool it,

and then we need to coat it with
rice flour and fry it.

OK, so we need another one of these.

Oh, you right?
Is that plenty? Is that enough?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Time's getting away.

It's definitely a risk
to do twice-cooked pork,

but we've said we want crispy pork,

and we're just going to do that.

So I'm looking at the pork bellies.
I'm a little bit worried.

How are we looking pork-wise?

Well, hopefully, that's enough.

I just hope that I counted
the portions of the pork correctly.

This is it, is it?

Yep.
Bloody hell.

MATT: How you doing, buddy?

GRACE: We are just waiting on
our eggplants to finish cooking.

I'm feeling a little bit nervous
about these eggplants

because I feel like I put my hand up
to take on this dish,

I'm the one
that's put them in the oven.

How's the eggplant?
They're looking good.

So I need to make sure
that I get them cooked perfectly.

Let's take that one out.
Yeah, two tea towels, babe.

See all that stuff
that's on the bottom of the tray?

We want to use that.
Yeah, use...

Yes! Yes!

We still have so much to do.

We've got to paste
all of our eggplants

with that beautiful miso glaze

and get them back in the oven.

OK, that's good to go.
Alright.

Prep our coriander,
our spring onions,

our chillies.

We've still got to toast off
some sesame seeds...

Ooh!
(GASPS) Oh, Grace!

..finalise that vinaigrette.

It's insane.

MALISSA: Oh, good chopping, Phil!
Thanks, Mal.

It's because I'm having
'shallots' of fun.

That was terrible.

(LAUGHS)

It is almost time for service,

but our elements are kind of done
or close to done.

The raita and the granita are done.

Prawns still need to be cooked,

but I know that
that's gonna be really quick.

My only concern
is those pickled cucumbers.

The pickles are really
that acidic element

that this dish needs,
so we need to get it right.

Try that.
Yeah. Is it alright?

I haven't tried it.
Yeah. It's quite salty, though.

(TENSE MUSIC)
It is a bit salty.

I did half the salt.
Yeah, I think it's too much salt.

Oh! All of us immediately make a
face like, "Oh, it's really salty."

What is it?
Do you want to taste that pickle?

It seems very...
Salty.

I did one part...
Oh!

Too salty.

(COUGHS)

I did one part vinegar
to one part water

to half-part salt
and one part sugar.

I know that we can't serve this.

That time has arrived
in your first Team Challenge.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Your diners have arrived.
20 minutes till service.

MALISSA: Whoo!
JOCK: Let's go!

20 minutes!
(APPLAUSE)

ADI: I don't know if we've got
enough time to fix it,

and if we don't have time to fix it,
a whole element is not on the dish.

I'm freaking out right now.

This could really cost my team
the win today.

Take it out?
(CLEARS THROAT)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Your diners have arrived.

20 minutes till service.

MALISSA: Whoo! 20 minutes!
(APPLAUSE)

20. 20.

(CLEARS THROAT)

ADI: Too salty.
(CLEARS THROAT)

(COUGHS)

I did one part vinegar
to one part water

to half-part salt.

Don't use that.
Yeah.

White vinegar, one part.
Yep.

Water, one part, sugar, one part.
Yeah.

Pinch of salt.

Pinch of salt.
That's it.

That's OK.
OK?

The diners are here

and we have to make a whole
new batch of pickled cucumbers.

Let's do it now.
OK.

I'm gonna help you.
Yeah.

Careful, your hand.
I will.

I don't know if we've got
enough time to fix it,

and if we don't have time
to fix it,

a whole element is not on the dish.

I'm not feeling super-confident
at the moment.

This is gonna be really tough.

How long till service?
20. 20.

20. OK, alright.

Where did I put the knife?

Come on, guys. We need some urgency!

Make sure there are no bones
in the fish.

Yeah, I will.

ROBBIE: So at this stage for the
main meal the curry is almost there.

Have a taste, girl.

(SLURPS)
(LAUGHS)

Oh! Hits me at the back.
THEO: Quite warm.

But delicious.

When you taste a curry,

you need to taste the flavours
of the coriander, the chilli,

the galangal, the ginger,
the lemongrass,

you want that to explode
in your mouth.

All my life, I never tasted food
until I come on this competition.

I only went on smell, never taste.

Good curry. Good heat.

That's exactly what I'm looking for.

Are you gonna blitz it up?
Hey?

Are you gonna blitz the curry up?

I'm gonna put it through a sieve.
I like that.

OK, yeah.

We need the rice to go in the pot.
Where's the rice?

With things so busy,
I've got the rice on now.

(LAUGHS) I've got to cook
the fish now.

I think there's a lot of pressure
on my shoulders,

because it's my idea to do the dish,

do the fish.

Let's get this show on the road.

It's full-on. (CHUCKLES)

We are looking at a restaurant
full of hungry diners,

and you have 15 minutes till service!

ANDY: 15 minutes! Bring it home!
JOCK: Let's go! Come on!

GRACE: There's not much time left.

I can hear the judges screaming
for us to hurry up.

And at this stage,
we are so behind in this cook.

Whew!

Do you guys want to help us? Anyone?
Yeah, yeah, I'll help you.

OK.
Yep, what do you want?

We now have 30 plates
to put together.

Pick the plate that you're gonna use,
start getting your plates organised.

Alice is working on the salad,

and we've got Rhiannon and Phil
cutting up the eggplants.

I've got shallots frying.

MATT: Turn this up.

I'm working on our garnish prep.

If I can get all hands
on picking herbs,

that would be really helpful.

We are really at risk
of not making it in time.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

ADI: Are you OK, Theo?
Am I OK?

Yep.
Yeah, I'm good.

ADI: The diners are seated,
and it is almost time for service.

We have somehow made these pickled
cucumbers in record time,

and now we just need to
cook off our prawns.

THEO: Probably need to start
the prawns now, yeah?

Yeah, you can start the prawns now,
yeah.

This is incredible!

So, my job

is to cook all these prawns
perfectly.

This is a big, big part
of this dish.

Alright, these are coming off.

Entree team, five minutes, I want
to see the elements all here.

So there's a lot of pressure now.

Come on, bruh.

Ooh, this is epic, isn't it?

I've got these prawns cooking.
They look amazing.

This is exactly
where I want them to be.

More prawns!
DECLAN: More prawns.

More prawns here.

You guys are doing very well.
Carry on.

I know it's gonna be good.

I'm just excited to serve people.
Like, this is what it's all about.

Alright, give us a hand, everybody!
10!

JUDGES AND GUESTS: 9, 8, 7,

6, 5, 4,

3, 2, 1.

That's it!

MAN: Let's go, guys.
We've got this. Come on.

SASHI: So, plating,

because cucumber is gonna be
the main thing...

ADI: Yep.

..so let's go for one spoonful
of the yoghurt.

Yeah.
THEO: Dust.

Oh, it's so pretty.
So pretty.

Mine would have just been like, "I
just put everything on the plate."

Look at that, man!
We did that!

That's good!
(LAUGHS)

That's amazing.
Yeah, that's good.

This dish has a lot of contrasting
juxtaposed temperatures,

so the cold yoghurt,
the cold granita,

the warm prawns,
the room-temperature pickles,

so I think all of that
works really well together.

DECLAN: Look at this line of
production, guys. You're on fire.

As these dishes are going off
the pass,

it doesn't even look like
a dish that I've created,

because they are so beautiful.

Service, please.

Looks like Indian fine dining.

JOCK: Wow.
MELISSA: Thank you very much.

ANDY: Thank you.

Amazing. OK.

So this is the entree
from the blue team.

Prawns with cucumber raita.

It looks intriguing
Yeah, it does.

For me, I really enjoyed it.

Prawns beautifully marinated,
light touch,

and cooked beautifully.

My ones were perfect.

The granita crunch together
along with the fresh cucumber,

the pickled cucumber with the fennel
fronds really lightened it,

it was a nice light touch.

Again, not too much of it.

Love that prawn.

Love that the edges
of the peeled prawn

are just a little bit crispy
on the outside,

really tender, perfectly set
on the inside.

Got to commend them
on the looks of this plate.

And I know Sashi probably
would've had a good hand.

But that's what he's here for -

to take their ideas
and really put it onto a plate

in a way that's gonna
make it better.

And he did just that.
It looks spectacular.

Lovely texture on those
pickled and raw cucumbers.

I thought it was really well done.

I know that was gonna be
a big part of their dish.

Everything was light, fresh
and spicy and delicious,

and there are so many positives
on this plate of food.

And I'm watching them go out,
they all look exactly the same,

they're all really well composed,

so massive ticks there.

Good job, guys.
You are doing very well.

MATT: Alright, how are the...
Have you got everything you need?

We're gonna need some more cori.
Strain that off, get it into a bowl.

It is chaos in the kitchen.

There's so much going on around me.

Grace, eggplant. Rack two.
Yep.

Just behind you.

We are still miles away
from getting our entrees out.

How long until we get
a finished dish?

Oh, my God.

We've got spring onion coming.

Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

Quick, quick.

You right?

Sashi, thank you so much.
SASHI: No, no worries. All good.

Good, guys.

I can see that the blue team

is sending out their plates
really quickly.

Don't worry about that.
Just keep going.

I can see the room
now full of people,

and we are well and truly
behind schedule.

I am freaking out.

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(SOMBRE MUSIC)

MATT: Just... Yeah.

Are you watching that?
Um, more.

Yeah.
Alright

So is this...
I think it's nice.

Where's your spring onion?
Get all this stuff up the front.

Just make sure
that you're happy with that.

Just give me one last taste.
Yep.

It is chaos in the kitchen.

Alice, can you check out eggplants?
Do you want these in a bowl?

There's so much going on around me.

How long until we get
a finished dish?

Are those cooked?
Straight on the chopping board.

GRACE: We still have not plated up
our entrees.

Every ingredient,
every condiment that you need,

up front to plate.

OK.
And start getting it organised.

So we're finally coming up the pass.

If you want to follow me,
you do sesame and shallot.

Beautiful.

Alice is working the vinaigrette
and salad.

Rhiannon and Phil behind us,

they're placing the eggplants
onto the plates.

More eggplant.
Yep. Coming through with eggplants.

Yeah.

GRACE: And Matt and I
are finishing off the garnishes

and calling for service.

Can I have service, please?

Great work, guys. Keep it up.

I am so excited!

I cannot believe
that we're sending out entrees.

MELISSA: Thank you very much.

JOCK: Thank you.

OK, so, from the green team,

an entree of miso-glazed eggplant.

Looks quite nice.
ANDY: Yeah, it looks nice and neat.

My eggplant
was really nicely cooked.

There was a generous covering
of miso glaze on the eggplant.

It still had a bit of texture,

and when I say that,

I mean it wasn't just
fall-apart mush.

You knew it was eggplant.
Still held its shape.

I thought it was perfectly cooked.

And I think that
that...that herb salad

was just there to provide relief,
and it did.

Fried shallots were great,

the sesame was great, the dressing
was really well balanced.

I think the eggplant's
beautifully cooked.

I wouldn't have wanted it
to be falling apart.

The salad is nicely dressed.

Even the shallots add a really
lovely, nutty, onion-y quality

to the dish.

I think this is very even Steven
right now between the two teams.

Yeah, I agree.

10 more. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

We need one more.

PHIL: Are we good there?
We're good, we're good.

Yeah?
Yeah.

MATT: Tell you what,
I remember a Service Challenge

in this joint
with far-worse-looking food.

Oh, really?
(LAUGHS)

Well, you probably had a...
You've done a pretty good job.

Thank you so much.
Oh! Man.

Can't believe there's another course
after this.

Oh, mate.
(LAUGHS)

Fine there. A few more minutes.
Perfect, bruh.

Four...four minutes will be good.

DECLAN: Now that the entrees are
done, it's time to cook the fish.

And then I think, like, 60 seconds
on the other side.

So it's Robbie's curry today,

so I'm happy to let him jump in
and cook the fish with me.

That's hot, that's hot, brother.
Yeah.

He is 65,
so he's cooked a lot of fish.

How nice is this? Father and son
on the fish together.

As we're taking the fish out
and checking the fish,

couldn't have got any better.

It was cooked superb.

Had the spring in it, the nice
colours that I was looking for.

It looks magnificent.

This is our food, mate.

This is our food that's going out.

My curries at home,
sitting round a camp fire,

just going to the saucepan
and getting your curry out,

chuck it on your plate.

Oh, wow. Great job, guys.
Good work, Deccy.

Look at this.
Mate, the fish!

Listen, it was all you
to begin with.

I know how to cook a fillet of fish,

but I don't know how to present it
this pretty.

Grandpa! Come down here.

Service, please.

Here it is on a nice fancy plate.

They had these guys all dressed up
in suits and stuff.

It was at a...just another level.

I mean, oh, two different worlds,

like, my world and the world
down here.

It's just, like, wow, amazing.

JOCK: Thank you.
Thank you.

Thanks.
ANDY: Thank you.

OK, so from the blue team,

a main of fish curry
with cumin rice.

Hey, the skin on the fish
looks pretty good, huh?

Yeah!
Yeah.

It's a good piece of fish.

The fish is cooked unbelievably.

It's outrageous.

Wow.
It's perfect.

The rice is fantastic.

The rice adds another
spice layer to the curry.

That was a beautiful bowl of food.

Really was.

I'll say it, and we'll get it out of
the way and we'll park it over here.

Robbie's curry,
he's really good at it,

we've seen it a few times,

but I feel like today, though,
he's amped up the spice a little bit,

but you can tell it's his curry.

What really took me by surprise
was the cook on the fish.

Crispy skin,

like, beautifully caramelised
and crispy on the top,

no cook underneath,
so it's, like, skin the whole way,

and it was cooked to perfection.

It's, like, that's what chefs are
trying to look for all day long.

My God, was that a good, good,
very good, competent plate of food!

This is exactly what
we were hoping for

in bringing Sashi and Matt back.

They take the bones of what
these amateur cooks have got,

ie, you know, Robbie's curry,

and they send it into
another stratosphere.

In a three-hat restaurant,
that's getting sent...

..getting sent out to tables.

Like, you can't do it any better.

Are we starting to see
something here?

Robbie, Declan, are they, like,
the fish brothers?

The fish whisperers?

They're pretty good, aren't they?
Not too bad, huh?

Absolutely perfect.

(TENSE MUSIC)

RHIANNON: The entrees took forever,

so now everything's
just rush at this point

to get the mains out.

So it's just all systems go
to finish the pork.

Antonio gets on the pork

and he puts it all in rice flour
ready for deep-frying.

Nice and crispy. Yum!
Yum!

Mm!

And I get onto the deep-fry,
'cause I kind of know what I want.

Crispy pork's crispy.

It's looking good.

So, got to try and get 'em
in threes.

Oh, in threes, OK.
Yeah.

There's been a couple of counts
throughout the cook

on this bloody pork,

but we've just got to get this
on the plate.

MATT: We need the sauce on the
bottom, so a nice, generous amount.

That's just the pork reduction.

We've got the fried pork - looking
good, really nice colour on it.

So that off to the side.

And then we've got all of our
green mango portions here.

OK.
We good? OK. Let's go!

Alright, service on those four,
please.

I'm not gonna lie,

I'm still anxious.

How many we got?
How many we have?

Let's have a look here.
How many we got?

You got enough?
GRACE: Service, please.

PHIL: If any of them need more pork
and you have it,

can you put some in?

I'm really hoping my team can count.

How many have we got left?
Have they been sent already? No.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

JOCK: Thank you.
MELISSA: Thank you.

It's tiny.

I have all the pork.

70g of pork on my plate.

(TENSE MUSIC)

GRACE: Alright,
service on those four, please.

JOCK: Thank you.
MELISSA: Thank you.

The main from the green team,

braised pork belly
with green mango.

Slightly rustic in appearance.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

70g of pork on my plate.

Yeah, it's tiny.

Well, it's inconsistent
in portioning.

I had six pieces,
'cause I ate one just then.

So you had six pieces?
Yeah.

Let me just check that bit
to see if it's OK.

(LAUGHS) You should.

There are lots of big flavours,
lots of lush textures,

lots going on, there's some good
technique going on here,

but is it a complete bowl of food?

My pork was cooked nicely,
but it was a little bit light-on.

I thought it was a bit measly.
I had three.

Well, most if it is salad.

It was light and easy to eat.

I feel like there was nice flavours
going on here,

no doubt about it.

I just feel like the composition
is a little out.

Um, the salad,

like, there is so much
going on there,

in a really good way,

but I think, you know,
there's room for improvement.

I think...

What I was hoping for here
for the green team

was that the main would come out
and just blow it out of the water.

Yeah.

GRACE: Quick, keep going, guys.

CATH: Well done, guys.
Thanks, Cath.

Good to go. Thank you very much.
MATT: Done.

Oh, my goodness!

Well done.
Good work, mate.

What a push.
Thank you.

Buddy.
Well done, you guys.

Teamwork makes the dream work,

and that sentiment couldn't be
any truer than today.

We loved watching all of you
learn from two MasterChef legends.

Everyone give Matt and Sashi
a huge round of applause.

Well done, legends.

Legends!

I know you're all eager to find out
which team

is heading into
tomorrow's Immunity Challenge,

so shall we see how you went?

Yep.

Kicking off with the entrees,

green team, your eggplant
was cooked beautifully.

Blue team...

..your entree looked spectacular

and every element was perfect.

So fairly equal so far.

So it came down to the mains.

Green team.

You had some nice flavours
going on there.

But the pork serve was inconsistent.

The attention to detail was lacking.

Blue team,

the spices in the curry and the rice,
phenomenal.

But...

..that fish...

..Robbie, Declan...

..talk about a dream team.

It was perfect!

(SOARING MUSIC)

Every single piece of fish
was cooked to perfection.

We couldn't have done it better
ourselves with that dish.

There were no complaints,

and that's why, blue team,
you have won the challenge.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

Well done, blue team.

You've won yourselves a spot
next to Malissa

in tomorrow's Immunity Challenge.

But everyone, across the board,
well done today.

Your very first Service Challenge.

You've all smashed it.

Well done.
Well done, guys.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

They're a great bunch.
Yeah, good, good.

They're awesome, yeah.

It's a chapter
they'll never, ever, ever forget.

WOMAN: Amazing!

NARRATOR: Tomorrow night
on MasterChef Australia...

MELISSA: One of you
will be up against

a bona fide legend of the kitchen

for a chance to win...

This guy.
..an immunity pin.

Now is not the time
to chicken out...

Who doesn't love a roast chook?

..because
there's not one

but two types
of immunity

up for grabs.

THEO: By hook
or by chook,

I'm gonna
to get this done.