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NARRATOR: Previously on
MasterChef Australia...

..it was a Pressure Test
straight out of a storybook.

You're gonna be making my...

..Mr McGregor Garden.

CATH: Oh, look at that!

(GASPS)

..with an action-packed plot.

Oh, my God! This is chaos!

Come on. You gotta go quicker, bro.

MALISSA: There's a lot
going on here!

They tried to follow it
to the letter...

JOCK: All the components
were really beautiful.

I think it was so very well done.

Good effort. Really good effort.

..but there was no fairytale ending
for Ralph.

Thank you so much, guys.

Leaving the kitchen today,
as much as it hurts,

I can walk out of here
with my head high.

Give it up for Ralph, everybody!

Tonight,

they're on a Greek odyssey.

THEO: I feel, like, a bit of
pressure because of my heritage,

being the resident Greek.

..to win their chance at immunity.

(ELEGANT MUSIC)

(MUSIC DISTORTS AND STOPS)

(ROCK MUSIC)

RUE: I have never been here!

I've never been to the NGV.
I've never even heard of it.

So I'm looking at it. I love art.

Sometimes I don't really understand
what's going on,

because sometimes
it's a blank picture and it's white

and people are, like,
"Wow. This is it."

I'm, like, "I did not see it,"
you know?

Oh, we're going to Greece today!
Yep!

JOCK: Come on, guys. Come on in.

THEO: How cool's this?

Today we're at the NGV,
the National Gallery of Victoria,

and they have set up this incredible
Parthenon structure

but it's so colourful.

It's rainbow,
it's got florals on it -

it's just stunning to behold.

That's the Parthenon. Parthenon.
RUE: That's beautiful.

'Parthenone'? How do you know that?

I've been to Greece.
I know what that structure is.

Surely we're cooking
Greek food today.

JOCK: Morning, everyone.
Get a load of this!

Yeah, this is awesome!
It's beautiful.

Welcome to the NGV.

This the oldest and most visited
art gallery in Australia.

And you're standing in front of
the 'Temple of Boom',

an evocative re-imagining

of an ancient Greek icon.

It's a place where people
can experience

art, music, performances,

and in today's Service Challenge,

your food.

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

Time to grab an apron.

BRENT: There's a lot of talk
about Greece,

so let's face it, it's probably
gonna be a Greek Service Challenge.

And there's one person
I want on my team today.

And it's...Declan.

CONTESTANTS: Ohh!

No, I'm joking. It's Theo.

Come on, he's the Greek!
I need the Greek in my team.

(ALL CHEER)

And you would not believe it,

but Theo is also on the red team.

Ohh!

Yay!

Alright, ladies.

Righto - to the task at hand, eh?

The 'Temple of Boom' here

takes something that's
thousands of years old

and turns it into modern-day art.

And today, that's the key
to the challenge.

We wanna see Greek food,
but we wanna see it re-imagined

with a contemporary twist.

RHIANNON: This is gonna be
a tough one.

I'm so not modern! (LAUGHS)

I'm still stuck in the '80s!

To give us a best shot

at avoiding a little Greek tragedy,

we've organised another
surprise for you.

Because it's MasterChef:
Secrets & Surprises,

you all know him, you all love him,

today he's running the pass.

Shannon Bennett.

(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)

SHANNON: Can't believe I'm here!

Hey, guys! How are you?

(LAUGHS) How are you, mate?

RUE: Not only do we have to
impress the judges,

but we want to work really well

and we want to impress Shannon.

OK, I want to impress Shannon.

You know, so I'm going to be
on my best behaviour.

MELISSA: OK, down to business.

Each team today will be cooking
a main and a dessert

of contemporary Greek cuisine.

You have 2.5 hours before your mains
need to leave the pass.

And your desserts, of course,
will need to be served after that.

Shannon will be helping you out in
the kitchen today, leading the charge

so use him to your advantage.

You will have a fully stocked
Greek pantry

to make a feast fit for the gods.

But the gods won't be judging
your food today - we will be.

(ALL CHUCKLE)
ANDY: Sorry!

So are you ready?
CONTESTANTS: Yeah.

Good luck.

Your time starts...now.

MALISSA: Yay!

Go, team!

ADI: Go, Cath! Let's go, ladies!

Let's go!
Let's go, red team!

Oh!
Hey, look at this! Look at this!

Let's go.
OK.

Alright, let's do this.
Alright, guys.

Greek.
You!

That's me.
(LAUGHS)

I was thinking, like...

So classic dish, Greek dish,
is lamb.

Yeah, nice.
Alright.

I feel like the challenge
was made for me today

because I know Greek food.

And so I'm leading my team
to do that.

So let's just write down that
for main.

So, um...

Lamb shoulder?
Braised lamb shoulder?

And we sort of sear it
and put it in the pressure cooker?

Yeah.
Yeah.

And then we serve it, it'll just be
nice pulled-off chunks

of that lamb shoulder.

With dessert, what are we thinking?

So...I'm thinking potentially

to do some sort of filo pastry.

Um, I was thinking, like...

So classic dish, Greek dish,
is galaktoboureko.

So the galaktoboureko
is a semolina custard.

And then you could do, you know,
crushed walnuts...

Or pistachios?
Walnuts and pistachios, yeah.

Walnuts and pistachios.

I've got the whole Greek community
on my shoulders.

I've got my dad on my shoulder,
yelling at me

if I get this wrong,
that's for sure.

And then I've got my team as well
that are relying on me.

And so no red wine in the...

No, no. No red wine. Lemon.

OK, where are we at?
Ah, here he is.

Ah, there he is! (LAUGHS)

I wanna get in there and I wanna
show the judges what I'm made of.

So I'm thinking braised lamb, but
then we're thinking maybe skordalia,

which is, like, potato with, um,
a load of garlic and lemon.

Nice. Yeah, great.

This is what we were thinking for,
uh, dessert.

Galaktoboureko.

Say that again for me?
Galaktoboureko.

'Galakapureko'.
Yeah.

Which is milk custard.
Milk custard. OK.

I think you're on
the right path there.

I think we can get
some refinement going.

OK.

It's gonna be difficult today
for these Greek dishes

because they're so close
to my heart and traditional

that I need to figure out
how to make them refined

without losing that heritage.

You guys think about that.
I'll go and visit the navy team.

And I'll come back, OK?
Yep, alright.

We can just brainstorm.

I really love and have clear
memories of eating

a lot of seafood in Greece.

And that could look quite elegant
and sexy on the plate.

I was lucky enough to go
to Greece last year.

For me, thinking about Greek food
automatically takes me to seafood

because all across the Greek Islands

they'll have octopus strung up,

they'll have the best
and freshest seafood.

Just write it down as an option.

Do we wanna try and do...
So obviously the flavours.

Simple? Let's think simple?
Yes, keep it simple.

And that's usually what -
lemon, tomato, oregano, garlic?

Oh, I love that!

OK. Wow!
Oh, hi!

Yeah, so we're just...
We're brainstorming.

I'm liking what
I'm seeing here, though.

OK, let's start with the mains.
Tell me what you've...

We're gonna do the seafood stew.

So you've got some scallop,

you've got some prawns,
white fish, squid.

Sounds great.
Yeah.

Imagine you're on the coast
somewhere in Corfu.

Yeah, yeah.

And you're looking out on that view
and you've got this amazing,

refined, beautiful
Greek seafood stew.

And then I liked what I saw here.

Greek yoghurt. Yep.

Honey. Honey is a huge...
Obviously, yep.

So for the dessert, I was thinking
we could do a Greek yoghurt mousse.

The mousse, to me, like,
with Greek yoghurt,

like, I think that's got
a real appeal.

Got some beautiful red grapes there.
We could even roast some grapes.

Roast apricots would be
really nice as well.

Generally these guys
are good on the sweet.

Do you wanna do that?
Yes, I'm happy.

And we'll just brainstorm
and see how we go?

OK, so you're splitting up
into twos, yeah?

Yeah.
Alright, guys. Good luck.

I'll be coming backwards
and forwards, OK?

Let's just get onto the seafood.
Yep.

Um, so we'll go in
and get all our things.

I'm just gonna go and pick up
the Coles delivery.

Yep. I'm just making sure
that it's all doable.

We have so much seafood prep to do.

There's no time to waste.

Here you go!
Hi! Thank you.

Thank you! Thanks.
There you go!

It's a mammoth task.

We need to clean down these prawns,
break up the squid,

cut down the fish,
clean off the mussels.

Every single step needs
something done to it.

Oh, man.

We need to move. Like, really.
We've got so much to do.

(TENSE MUSIC)

How about this? 'Temple of Boom'.
How good does this look?

I hope the food today is gonna
look as good as this.

Obviously Greek is what
we're looking at today,

but contemporary Greek.

Whether it's a souvlaki or moussaka

or even just a humble Greek salad,

how do you take the bones of that

and refine it to something
that is worthy of,

you know, where we are today -
that's their challenge.

Regardless, I hope both teams
transport us with their food today

and give us something that is worthy
of this incredible backdrop.

Me too.
Me three!

What are you starting on?
I'm working on a custard.

Nice. Have you tried
the dessert before?

Nah.
No, it's new...new to us all.

And I've never done sk...'skodoppia'
before either,

but I feel like from the sounds of it

it's just a mashed potato.

I'm working on main with Brent.

We've got braised lamb shoulder

with a smash and oregano oil.

We know the hero here
is gonna be the lamb.

It's got, obviously...

Parsley and oregano are our
two big heroes with that.

And then the 'skordelia'
is the starch, yeah?

Brent's working on getting that lamb
in the pressure cooker

and I'm on the potatoes.

Are you alright if I just
keep peeling these

for the skor...'skordoppia'?

'Skordalia'.

I go back to Deccy,
see what he's up to

and he's...he's telling me
he's gonna make a 'skordappia'

or a 'skordelia'

or a 'skenangdia'.

What am I working on?

Skordalia.
And I'm working on the skordalia.

He's got no idea
what he's talking about.

He's...he's lost it every time
he tells me what he's making.

(LAUGHS) I know how to pronounce it.
With a bit of help.

Um, sko... Oh.

Come on. Skordalia.

(SPEAKS GREEK)

Take me through what you're gonna do
with this potato dish.

Alright, so skordalia.

Um, mashed potatoes.
Yes.

And then, you know, really boost up

that flavour with garlic, lemon.

Could we make this one nice
quenelle on the plate?

Yep.
Beautifully refined shoulder.

And then we've gotta think of
that other element on the plate

to bring it all together
and say, "Wow, I'm in a restaurant."

Exactly.

We really need to make sure
this dish is elevated enough

and especially being at the NGV,

you know, we wanna plate up some art.

Then we're thinking something
a bit fresh to go with it.

Those beautiful little
green zucchini.

Yep.
In half.

With stuffed pepper,
olives, anchovies.

Perfect. Great.
Beautifully refined, though.

Yep.

I think, like, with meat and potato,
you need that little bit of freshness

and I'm thinking with this courgette,

we can put all that saltiness
in there

so when you do bite into that lamb
and heavy skordalia,

you've got this beautiful burst
of freshness in your mouth.

Do you think we lay one anchovy
in each thing?

Nah. Nah, dice it up.
Dice it up? Yeah, perfect.

How you going?
THEO: Yeah, good.

So I'm working on the filo pastry
for the dessert

and Malissa's working on
the custards.

The dessert today is galaktoboureko.

It's a very traditional dish.

It's basically served
pretty much in a sheet pan.

You have filo on the bottom,
the custard in the middle,

filo on top.

And then when it comes
out of the oven,

a warm syrup is poured on the top.

But I'm a little bit confused about
how to present this dessert

because it needs to look refined.

We're talking classic Greek food

taken to a level now where
it's going to be restaurant.

How are you gonna refine it?

Um, so I'm not 100% sure.

I need to think about this and, um...

This is gonna be probably the thing
that makes or breaks this dish.

This dish could make you.

You could be getting asked,
you know,

"Theo, can you come and
be our guest chef here

"to replicate this dessert?"

This is your moment.

How are you gonna refine
this dessert?

Um, so I'm not 100% sure.

This is your moment.

So I'd suggest that everything else
here works beautifully.

Your custard. Then you've got
the textures with your nuts.

Yep.
Have a think about the presentation.

That make sense?

Yeah, thank you. Thanks, mate.

I feel, like, a bit of pressure
because of my heritage,

being the resident Greek.

So we'll have to think about this

because we want it to look
really refined.

I would be so gutted
if the navy team

beat the red team today

and beat me.

And I can't allow for this to happen.

Maybe park the custard on the bottom.
Yep.

The beautiful disc of filo pastry
on top of that.

Yeah, nice.

I'm gonna put some lemon sugar on top

and then creme brulee it

so it kinda looks like
a creme brulee as well.

And then potentially
we're gonna hollow out

the centre of the custard, actually,

and put the fig-and-honey syrup
inside that.

The dessert in my mind now has become

a sort of galaktoboureko
creme brulee.

Let's do your version.

Greek creme brulee.
I love it, yeah.

I did live in France,
so that speaks to me as well.

Yeah, totally! Yeah.

For me to pull off this dessert,
I need to focus on the filo.

The filo's quite an important thing
to nail today.

I gotta roll this out

and I'm gonna let that rest
for as long as possible,

because I want it to be pliable
and be able to work with it.

Normally filo is kind of rustic.

It doesn't matter if it's uneven.

We're looking for refinement today.

And I wanna cut these filos
into discs

and I need it to be perfect.

Now we're gettin' fancy.

MALISSA: OK, awesome. Great.

THEO: I feel inspired.
I feel energised.

This is what food is all about.

And it's taken to a new level
today too at the NGV.

RHIANNON: Oh, how nice is that!
Beautiful.

So we've got scallops done.
Working on prawns.

Scallops are done.
Squids are happening.

Yeah, exactly.
And so that's enough squid?

This is head.
This is head and shell?

For main, Rhiannon and I are working
on a Greek-style seafood stew.

We've got a lot of different types
of seafood going into this.

We need two pieces of fish per plate

plus a prawn plus a scallop.

We've got squid, mussels.

So, yeah, quite a bit of seafood
in every plate, yeah.

This dish needs to be really refined
and not just a normal stew.

So this seafood needs
to be cooked to order

so that it can be served
in its best form.

The seafood's actually all
gonna be cooked differently.

Like, currently the plan is
to get the squid all crispy

and to poach off the fish
and things like that.

I've also done the math

and we're gonna need
at least four litres of stock

This stock is the main part
of our dish.

If there's no stock,
it's not a stew.

We need to motor.
We need to get this bloody stock on.

We need to get this stock on asap.

Let's keep pushing.

Red team, navy team?
Yes?

You've only got 90 minutes to go.

Only 90 minutes!
Come on, guys, let's go!

Push! 90 minutes.

Just look where you are, Cath.

You're at the NGV, prepping
for a service with the girls.

RUE: Orange blossom water...

Cath and I are working on
the dessert today.

So we're going to make
a Greek yoghurt mousse with, um...

I do know that Greeks use
a lot of honey,

so we're actually going to do, like,
a honey syrup.

And we're also going
to roast some fruits

and spice up some nuts.

We are really capturing
the flavours of Greece.

When I think of Greek desserts,

I think of, like, a Greek baklava

which has that honey syrup

and also some spiced walnuts.

So we're going to draw inspiration
from that and use it in our dish.

Going to Greece,
it's like my dream destination.

I've never been there,
but I'm here now. (LAUGHS)

We do have quite
a fair bit of elements

that we want to put on the plate.

So I'm in charge of
the Greek yoghurt mousse

and the honey and orange blossom
syrup

and Cath will work on
the caramelised walnuts

and the roasted fruit.

Hey, Shannon?
Yeah?

I'm just testing these.

I've just had, like, a tablespoon of
apple-cider vinegar in there.

Any spices there, guys?

Yep. Cinnamon and cloves.

Oh, perfect. Perfect, great.

Now, if you do them ahead of time

and just let them cool down a bit,
but you still wanna serve them warm.

Get all of those grapes done, these
walnuts. Let's get it all going.

Watch out, Theo. Watch out.

I'm not the one to toot my own horn,

but I think this could be a winner.

How you going, boys?
Yeah, good.

Brent and I are doing main

and we've got the beautiful
lamb shoulder

that we're gonna chuck
in the pressure cooker

served with our skordalia
and 'corgets'.

With the garlic lemon
going in the potatoes,

do you blitz it up, do you roast it?

I think we need to blanch
the garlic a little bit

in some milk,

which'll take away that real
harshness of the garlic.

And then you're gonna grate it.
Yeah.

Brent, do you want the juicer?

Nah, nah. Just gonna
throw 'em in whole.

I am on the lamb.

You know, the lamb is obviously
such an iconic Greek ingredient.

So I just wanna do it justice.

I want it to scream of
garlic, lemon,

oregano, thyme, rosemary,
all the aromats.

I've got three pressure cookers
going, so life's good.

I'm gonna put 'em in
for about 50 minutes.

Lamb's on.
OK, great.

So now I'm gonna work on
the filling for the 'corgets'.

There's no chance we're gonna lose
to the blue team.

We've got our heads down,
our bums up

and we're working hard,
so we've got a good chance.

I hope you are having
a fantastic time in here.

You have one hour till service.
Come on!

Come on, guys.

CATH: One hour to service.
Come on, let's go!

Smells good in here, by the way!

Really good!
Smells Greek, eh?

Smells delicious!

Oh, Jesus.

We've got a lot to do, Adi.

We've got a LOT to do, Rhi.

This was, like, a huge dish.
This stock's gotta get on.

We've got an hour to go
and our stock's not on.

Like, honestly, generally you need
stock on for a couple of hours.

Definitely need to get
that stock going, girls.

I'm thinking we've bitten off
more than we can chew.

What are you doing?

Once I've done this,
I'll get the fish stock on.

And then you maybe get
some lemons juicing.

Yep. It's an hour to go.

Hot, hot behind you, Adi.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

And I'm thinking,
"Our stock's not on."

Like, generally you need stock on
for a couple of hours.

Yeah, I'm kinda going, "Oh, my God,
we've got a lot to do." Like...

How are we gonna get this flavour
into this broth?

Definitely need to get
that stock going, girls.

So we've got the bones in.
Yeah, great.

Maybe a pressure-cooker stock.

Oh, yeah. Pressure cooker?
Yeah, we can do that.

Yeah. Get it in there.
OK.

We just need to get this broth
in the pressure cooker

and leave it until service.

So just putting equal amounts
in every three...

I'm just hoping that
it's gonna get that flavour

into this stock in time.

It's just gonna be frantic.

Yeah, we are.

OK, we need to be able
to get organised here

so we can help these other guys.

RUE: Mains is going to need
all hands on deck

because we need to cook
our seafood to order.

This was, like, a huge dish
for not a long time.

OK, how's this, Shannon?
Yeah, good work. Good work.

Put it onto a tray, though.
I've put some salt in.

We have our caramelised walnuts

and the honey syrup.

But Cath's working on the grapes

while I finish off the white
chocolate Greek yoghurt mousse.

OK, I think more yoghurt.
Yep.

And more lemon.
Yep.

We could nail this,

because we are really capturing
the flavours of Greece.

JOCK: Shannon!
MELISSA: Here he comes.

Hello!
How are you?

Uh, what news from the kitchen?

What are we eating today?

Navy team, OK, they're gonna do
a really refined seafood stew.

Technically hard. I think that
they're taking on a big challenge.

Everything's gotta be cooked
perfectly with, obviously,

limited amount of time
in executing and plating.

Cooking all that seafood to order
is pretty tough.

I think Adi's really
driving the dish.

Well, she's prepping
a kingfish at the moment

that's nearly as big as her.

So, um...
(JUDGES LAUGH)

If they can execute that,

it just blows anything else
out of the water.

Yeah. The red team is doing lamb.
Lamb shoulder.

Gotcha.
With a bit of garlic and lemon.

Skordalia - just
a nice quenelle of that.

I like that! That's elevating.

So then we've got a courgette

and we're gonna make a really nice
Mediterranean sort of Greek salsa

to go into the middle of that.

I'm...I'm ordering that.
Yeah!

Thank you.

Good?
Yep. Nice.

Hey, um, is the courgettes,
zucchinis, all in?

Yeah.

And you've got your
potatoes cooking.

Potatoes are cooking, timer's on.
Courgettes are in.

OK.

For the main, I'm looking after
the skordalia potatoes

and the stuffed courgettes.

Do you wanna, um,

get the anchovies - the other
tinned ones that were over there?

And then we're putting that
in this mix.

With the courgettes,
I'm just gonna be jamming in

strong Greek flavours.

Push, push, push, push, push.

Olives, anchovies,
red peppers, shallots,

lots of olive oil, garlic and lemon.

So they're just about ready.

So I'll get a sieve and just
pass it all through the sieve.

Yep.
OK.

I'm working on the stuffing
for the courgettes

but I need to go back
to those potatoes

because I'm just still
a bit unsure about this skordalia.

Theo. Do you blitz it up?

So making it at home,
just like a mashed potato,

but it's quite a fine puree

with garlic and lemon -
that's pretty much it.

"Lots of garlic, lots of lemon."

I'm, like, "OK, but
what does that tell me?"

Do I weigh it and go off
weight-to-butter ratio?

BRENT: Do you know
the weight-to-butter ratio?

No.

I've gotta work on passing these
through the sieve

and then going and getting my butter

to just sort of make this skordalia
come together.

So I think I need about,
like, 1.5 kilos of butter.

THEO: We all good?
Yep.

Checking in with Melissa
for our galaktoboureko,

and she's going great.

She's got the custard done.

Yeah.
Good? Yeah?

I think Malissa's really...

She's a close neighbour,
you know, being Italian.

(LAUGHS)
So I think she's really...

She's really showing her colours now,

getting into the Greek flavours.

That's it!
So, yeah, very happy.

SHANNON: Are you happy with
the pastry? Where's your filo?

There's a tester in the oven now.
Oh, show me.

I've made a tester filo
and I'm hoping that

it comes out as
a beautiful filo disc.

Oh, no!

Oh, no, that's not what we're after.

I'm not happy with it.

It's lifted too much.
It's uneven now.

It doesn't look refined at all.

OK.

You're getting under the pump
a bit now.

I want them to cover the whole bowl.

I want this like a creme brulee.

Everything underneath is a surprise.
Yep, OK.

I just need to, yeah, figure out
how to bake this

to keep that round shape
that I want for it.

We want it to look really refined.

What can I help you with?

Um, maybe organise the biggest
cookie cutter we have.

I think I have a good idea
to keep these uniform.

From failures, that's where
you learn and you get better.

I wanna cut these filos into discs.

Another pan on top of the baking tray

so it keeps pressure on the filo

so it doesn't move too much.

Behind, behind, behind.

The clock keeps ticking.
That's the enemy today.

So I throw it in the oven
and I pray to...Zeus.

Red team, navy team,

there is 30 minutes to go!

Come on, push! Let's go!

Beautiful.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Did you... Did you pass this?

Yeah, I did.
Lumpy as.

Looking into the pot,

this skordalia,
it does look thick and clumpy.

Yeah, too much butter.
OK.

It's separated.

Like, these potatoes

are not looking good
from anyone's perspective.

It's like the temple of doom.

It's not looking good.

10 minutes to go to service!
Come on! 10 minutes!

DECLAN: Alright.

Did you...did you pass this?

Yeah, I did.
Lumpy as.

Yep. Oh, that's butter.

Big clumps of butter,
maybe, in there.

Yeah, too much butter.
OK.

So next time you just put
a little bit of butter

to stop lumps forming - that's all.

JOCK: What's that?
ANDY: That's split mash.

Um, my sko...'skordoppia'.

Huh?
'Skordoppia'.

Skordalia.
Skordalia.

That's all meant to be emulsified,
isn't it?

My skordalia has split.

And I just want, like, silky-smooth
mashed potato.

I want you go get five pans
with a handle.

Yeah.
OK?

And we're gonna have a little bit of
milk and bring it back, OK?

Alright.

If I don't serve up perfection
here at the NGV,

like, I'm gonna be
letting the team down.

Keep pushing, Deccy.

So Shannon just wants me
to do it in saucepans.

So let's do it.

Yeah, so just with the quantity
that we've got going on

I think it's better
to spread it out.

I'm a fixer and I'm a fighter,

so I'm gonna fix this mash.

As the whisk gets into that
and these lumps around the side,

that's where you got the issue.

So get a rubber spatula.
And scrape it all in.

Lamb's finished.

I release it and...

(LAUGHS) Like, stuff is
going everywhere.

I'm expecting, um...

..some beautiful fall-apart lamb.

Um...

It's making a big enough mess,
so it deserves to be fall-apart.

We've gotta get this meat
into servings.

I can smell the oregano, garlic,
lemon. It's ready to fall apart.

You know, you put a fork in it
and it just goes, "Buh."

That's what you want!

We need to get that reducing.
I've got a pan there ready to go.

OK.

THEO: We've gotta move now. Come on!

Come on!

ADI: 26...

This whole thing, this whole dish,

oh, my gosh, we've got so much to do

and we're, like, five minutes
to service.

It's almost time to service
and we haven't started even cooking

the seafood for our seafood stew.

Maybe get a strainer and a pot
ready for that stock.

Yep, yep.

I'm finally venting
my pressure cookers

and we need to balance our stock.

Needs to yell "Greece!"

It smells delicious.
Smells great, yeah.

So I don't think it's gonna need
much refinement.

The stock is super flavoursome.

We've actually managed to pack
a lot of flavour in there

in a short amount of time.

RUE: What do you have left?

We have to cook all the seafood,
so we need all hands on deck.

Cath and Rue need
to leave dessert behind

and come and help us on mains,

because we are cooking all of
the seafood individually to order

and it all needs to be perfect.

What do you want me to do?
Um...

I've gotta run over to
the other guys in a sec.

Yeah, that's fine.

Maybe you can then pick out
the mussels, yeah.

THEO: Behind. Hot, hot, hot.

It's time to take that second tester
out of the oven for my filo.

And I pull it out

and I take off that
baking sheet and...

Yes! This is what I want.

I'm rapt with those.

Little discs of...discs of
filo pastry. Really happy.

MALISSA: Oh, beautiful, Theo!
Good job.

A perfect filo disc.

They look golden-brown and crispy.

Alright, now I'm ready to go.

Oh, it's so good!

I'm gonna clear this space
for service, guys.

So this'll be all ready for service

and then I'll come
and help you guys.

This is split, is it?

No, mate. That's come back together.

I'm feeling a sense of relief.

I've brought it back together.

It's really yummy.

Opa! (LAUGHS)

You got that...that sauce
for me, Brent?

BRENT: Yeah, yeah. Coming.

DECLAN: We really need
to motor on now

and start plating for service.

SHANNON: OK, guys,
it's come down to this.

10 seconds to go.

CATH: Coming through,
coming through.

DECLAN: Alright, lamb's up.

Good job, guys.

THEO: Service, please!

Tell you what - you close your eyes
and you're somewhere in Greece.

Like, the nice big chunk
of lamb there.

Skordalia's next to it.

We've got the stuffed courgette.

Beautiful sauce.

And then the oregano oil
just dotted around.

Service!

I think Brent and Declan have done
really well with these dishes.

You know, it's refined Greek dishes

and I think, yeah,
it all works, yeah.

As I'm watching these dishes go out,

I can see this as my future now.

DECLAN: It's like
'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'.

I love being in here,

a commercial kitchen.

You know, I've got my troops,

I'm cooking Greek food.

And I'm loving it.

It's amazing to have that vision

because when I started
this competition,

it was kinda, like, "Well,
who knows what's gonna happen?"

And now I can see where I'm going
and it's amazing.

Service, please!

(DELICATE MUSIC)

ANDY: Here we go!
Hello! Thank you!

Hello!
Alright.

OK, so this is the main
from the red team.

A lamb shoulder, skordalia,

stuffed courgette with
oregano and parsley oil.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Smashed it.

Oh-ho!
(LAUGHS)

I absolutely loved that.

The meat itself was fall-apart,
delicious.

Then you have a little bit of the
courgette with the capers in there

and the capsicum and the olives.

Then you have the fattiness
of that skordalia that's in there.

Oh, my God.

It brought everything together

and just made me want more.

I was a little worried
with this challenge

that perhaps they might have gotten
carried away with

trying to modernise something

and then in that effort,
kind of lose

or detract from
the Greekness of it all.

But this is a delicious
dish of food.

The texture of the lamb itself is
really fall-apart and tender.

I loved the zucchini
or the courgette

bringing some pepperiness
and some bitterness there.

It's the thing that really just
underpins everything

and brings the dish together.

The skordalia - hats off to Declan.

Like, that did NOT look like that
about half an hour ago.

It was silky, it was smooth,
it was rich.

So...yes.

I'm stoked. I'm happy.

Oh, yes.
I'm ready for some more food now.

RHIANNON: Let's get this
seafood happening, guys.

So one of us on seafood each.

You'll do scallops. I'll do prawns.
You do fish.

SHANNON: Have you cooked
the seafood yet?

Uh, no.

Service has started, the red team
is sending their dishes out.

Our team is still not ready.

We still have to cook off
our seafood.

I'm worried about your prawns
are gonna be cooked on here.

Kingfish is here. I'm gonna have
someone on the kingfish.

It's, like, crazy in the room.

Let's get this kingfish in, quickly.

Let's go.

Everyone is panicking.
Take them out. Take them out now.

Holy moly, ladies.

RUE: Yeah, I know.

Applications for contestants
are now open.

Head to the link and apply.

SHANNON: OK, let's bring the plates
up. You get the plates all ready.

Yep.
Two of you plate, two of you cook.

I feel so deflated
when I look at the red team

and their plates are going out
and we still don't even have a dish.

Guys, we're working on
four plates at a time. Yep.

We have got so much to do.

So we're all pulling together to help
each other get this dish out.

Two fish, four tomato, one scallop,

one mussel, one prawn, one calamari.

Rue and I are plating
as fast as we can.

ADI: Here's another four scallops.

I'm gonna work on the next set of...

Squid, squid, squid?
Squid coming up. OK.

I'm looking at the squid.
It's crispy.

The rest of the seafood looks like
it's cooked perfectly.

And it's finally come together.

RUE: It looks bougie.

Service, please!

There's one jug per two plates,
please. Thank you.

Thank you.

I can see seafood stew.
Ooh!

Ooh!

Thank you!
Thank you.

Wow!
Thank you.

So from the blue team,
a Greek seafood stew.

And may I just say,
this looks stunning.

That looks epic. That looks so good.

So I think we, uh...have got
a little sauce job.

Pour a little more? Yep.
Here you go.

Ladies first.
Oh, thank you so much.

Sauce job.

Beautifully cooked prawn.

Yeah, my fish is great.
Stunning.

Again, I'm a happy man.
I'm a happy man.

I think it came to the table
and we all just got excited

'cause it looked elevated,
it looked refined,

it looked like exactly what we were
looking for from this challenge.

The cooking of the seafood -

like, we were always going to be
honing in on that with this dish.

They're all perfectly cooked.

Scallop - beautifully caramelised
on one side.

Prawn - just-set silky goodness.

Tail removed so I don't need to mess
around with it. I love that.

Mussel - plump, juicy.

Kingfish and the squid tentacles -
perfectly cooked.

All of us, exactly the same story.

And can I just say how difficult
it is to achieve this?

Yeah.

This is definitely
a lot harder to pull off

than the braised lamb dish.

Yes.
Ooh, tough one!

Difficulty rating definitely counts
for something here, I think.

RUE: Service, please!

MALISSA: Service, please!

Are these the last three?
Yes. Thank you!

Good job, guys.

The main has gone out now and
I'm ready to plate up the dessert.

Presentation is key today.

Does that look like a creme brulee?

Or do I need more sugar?
Yeah, it does.

In the beginning, I'm thinking

to torch the top of the filo
kinda like a creme brulee.

BRENT: Ooh. Nah, bitter.

Bitter, right? Yeah.
Bitter.

That doesn't work.

I think that looks nice
glossy like that.

Yeah.

So maybe we brush some of
the lemon honey syrup on top.

I like the way that looks.

Piling everything up
would be quite nice.

Yeah.

Makes it look like
a fine-dining galaktoboureko.

And it's gonna eat so nice

with the lemon honey syrup.

Then you're gonna crack into it
and just...

..the beautiful surprise of fig,
pistachio, just...

That's my heart. Love it.

(HUMS TUNE)
(TRADITIONAL GREEK MUSIC)

Whoo-hoo!

You're actually good at that!
(LAUGHS) Yeah!

I am so happy today.

I feel like I've thrived
under the pressure.

(MALISSA LAUGHS)

Service, please.

I'm lapping it up.

I'm grateful to be here.

I'm so happy to be sharing
my culture with everyone.

And this is what food is all about.

Good job! You're amazing.

Far out.
Well done.

(SIGHS)

Thank you!
Thank you.

(WAITER MURMURS)
Thank you.

OK, so from the red team,
a dessert of

Greek creme brulee galaktoboureko

with fig and honey syrup.

(PASTRY CRUNCHES)

That's a crispy filo.
Yeah.

Firstly, the filo pastry,

like, it is so good.

I was keen to see how he'd go
doing it in bulk

and especially 'cause he had
a little bit of trouble, Theo,

in his first batch.

But I mean, it was golden,
it was flaky,

it was layers upon layers
upon layers.

So whatever problems he had,
he overcame them

and he's produced a perfect result
again.

Going underneath and you get, like,

you know, the roasted pistachios,

the kinda softened figs

and then it's really
all just bound together by

that kinda semolina custard.

So definitely got Greek flavours,
Greek vibes.

Creme brulee to me is
all about two textures.

One is the snap of burnt sugar.

Brulee.
Yep. Magical.

And the second thing is the creme,

which is that just-set,
impossibly creamy texture.

And he's nailed both. I loved that.

Service, please!

Last ones!
Oh, my God!

So we have just finished
main service

and we have to get started
on our dessert.

And we're rushing to plate up.

You can do the mousse.
I'll probably, like...

Oh, I'm scared too.
Are ya?

Yeah.
It's your dessert! Make it happen!

You'll be amazing, Rue!
OK!

Believe in yourself!
OK!

So we've decided to use
the espuma gun

and actually make our mousse
into a foam

to elevate the dish.

But I've never done it before.

Ah!

I'm not gonna lie...
Go. Go, go. You've got this.

Yep, OK.

ALL: Ohh!

I'm so sorry!

This is not good.

I am making a mess.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(LAUGHS) Oh, my gosh!

Oh, my gosh!

I get one plate.

The next plate, I'm thinking, "OK,
I'm confident now. I got this."

I...I think I've got
the hang of it now.

I'm sorry, guys.

It will not happen again.

Yeah, nice, Rue.
Yeah, look at you!

Go, guys! Like, the other team
have finished desserts.

Whilst I'm plating up the mousse,

Adi and Rhi are adding
the roasted grapes,

the apricot
and the caramelised walnuts.

Happy?
Yep.

In the end, I drizzle a bit of

the honey and orange blossom syrup.

Yeah, beautiful.

CATH: Very strong,
the orange blossom.

That's gonna be beautiful with
everything else, though.

Yeah, that's true.
Only a tiny little bit.

OK. Service, please!

Thank you!

Thank you very much.

Wow!

From the blue team,
we have a Greek yoghurt mousse

with roasted grapes, honeyed syrup
and spiced walnuts.

I like the candied walnuts.

I think that they are
beautifully crunchy.

They have that lovely
bitterness to them.

And those in themselves
are quite nice.

The grapes give you some nice pops
of sweetness.

The mousse has a nice sourness
from the Greek yoghurt.

I think why I'm grappling
with this dish

is that it feels like a lot of ideas

trying to form together
a cohesive dish

and it really just
hasn't gotten there.

I understand the intention...

..of this dish was to have
a white-chocolatey, fruity...

Like, I get it. I get what they were
trying to manifest here.

Lot of really good, considered things
going on there.

But I think it's a flavour battle
that's just one step too much for me.

Couldn't agree more.

There's a lot of big flavours,

and especially that honey and orange
blossom syrup around the outside.

There's so many things
going on here,

but nothing's really
meshing together.

I think that that's the biggest
problem with this dish.

I'm ready. You ready?
ALL: Service, please!

(ALL CHEER)

Oh, well done!

My God.
Well done!

Whoa!
Good, right?

(MALISSA MUMBLES) That's so good!

(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)

Alright, let's see which team
has earned their place

in tomorrow's Immunity Challenge.

Navy team, your seafood stew

was sophisticated and elevated.

It was exactly what we asked for.

Red team, nothing is more Greek
than lamb, potatoes and zucchini.

But you took those simple flavours

and turned them into
a completely refined dish.

I think it was perfectly executed.

Well done, well done.

Wow!

So both the mains
were really strong.

You know what that means.
It all came down to dessert.

Navy team,

while the concept of
a Greek yoghurt dish

with grapes and walnuts,
it sounds fantastic,

unfortunately, the dish
lacked identity as a whole.

Ohh.

Red team, we understood
the concept of the dish.

But more than that,

we loved the snap of
that perfect filo pastry.

And that's why, red team,
you are the winners today.

(CONTESTANTS CHEER)
DECLAN: Opa!

Opa!

Yes!

Oh, my God, this is relief.

All the weight has been
lifted off my shoulders.

Thank you.

You can go home to your parents'
house this weekend.

(LAUGHS)

My dad would be... Yeah.

"You're lucky you didn't embarrass me
and yourself."

So I'm really happy
that I got it done today

for that fact alone.

Declan, Brent, Theo and Malissa,
congratulations.

You have won an all-important spot
in tomorrow's Immunity Challenge,

where one of you will be
guaranteed safety

from Sunday's elimination.

And just maybe...

..a shiny little gold pin as well.

ALL: Ooh!

Of course, Shannon
will be joining us again

to help you get your hands on it.

Well done today, everybody.
Head on out.

See you tomorrow!
ANDY: Nice one, crew.

Good stuff today.

(ALL CHATTER)

Oh, good job!

Tomorrow night on
MasterChef Australia...

ADI: Come on, guys!

..with only four of them
cooking for immunity...

MALISSA: I just want this so badly.

DECLAN: I really wanna push myself,

maybe do a couple of
risky things today.

Surprise!

..their chances are good.

High risk, high reward.

If you nail this,
you could see yourself

with a pin
back on that apron,

and how good
would that be?

But...

Please put
your hands together

for Kay-Lene Tan!

(CONTESTANTS CHEER)

..what are the odds

of beating
a professional chef?

Time to bring out
the big guns. Let's go.

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