A Sizzling Start For Australia’s Favourite Kitchen.
Jamie Oliver Is The First Bombshell Of MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises.
Australia’s most popular cooking competition is back with a bang on May 1, and already MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises is serving up the twists and turns.
Order up! International megastar and super chef, Jamie Oliver, has been revealed as the first special guest judge of Season 15.
“I’m very, very excited to be back in the MasterChef Australia kitchen, and honoured to be kicking off the new season of Secrets & Surprises alongside Jock, Andy and Mel.
I want to give the contestants some little nuggets of advice, some techniques and some thoughts most importantly, that might help them to navigate some of the big moments ahead,” said Jamie.
Jamie will turn up the heat with a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges across two episodes, marking his first return to the MasterChef Australia kitchen in over a decade.
The beloved UK star kicks off an illustrious line up of guest judges throughout the season, including Curtis Stone, Maggie Beer, Rick Stein and Peter Gilmore.
From colossal lamington towers to exploding confetti mystery boxes, the element of surprise will be this season’s secret ingredient.
The promo’s for this season are great. It seems like a bit of a ramped up season - straight to the point, less contestants, less filler and more random/fun tasks. Should be good.
Meet Ralph And Alice, Two Of The Top 18 Contestants On MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises.
Eighteen of Australia’s hungriest hopefuls have scored a place in MasterChef Australia: Secrets and Surprises and it’s time to meet two of them.
Ralph is relaxed by nature, but rattled by Jamie Oliver. This auditor from WA loves Italian cuisine and looks forward to sharing his Zimbabwean food, culture and traditions with the judges. The kitchen is his creative outlet away from the constraints of work, but can Ralph reign in his nerves long enough to impress Jamie with more than his singing?
Click here to see if Ralph’s pasta passes the test.
Alice is an academic at heart but decided to get creative in the kitchen in hopes of wowing the one and only Jamie Oliver. With a Harvard degree and a Stanford Master under her belt, this multilingual clever cookie is ready to pursue her long-held dreams to enter the culinary field as a cook, writer and entrepreneur.
See Alice balance the cerebral with the creative as she decides to invent a dish for the judges.
Australia’s most popular cooking competition, MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises, premieres Monday, 1 May at 7:30pm on 10 and 10 Play.
Meet One Of The Top 18 Contestants On MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises.
Meet Cath, an Administration Manager from Victoria, who wears her heart of gold on her sleeve, and wants to inspire her two daughters to embrace challenges and chase their dreams.
Cath joins the competition armed with bucket loads of life experience, good humour, and a healthy dose of tenacity to go after what she wants.
Australia’s most popular cooking competition, MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises, premieres Monday, 1 May at 7:30pm on 10 and 10 Play.
Meet One Of The Top 18 Contestants On MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises.
Inspired by her Ukrainian and Russian heritage, Larissa’s biggest influence has been her babushka, whose sharing of traditions has shaped the cook she is today.
Having fled their homeland during the Russian Revolution, three of Larissa’s grandparents resettled in the Xinjiang region of China. This fusion of cultures meant that Larissa was raised on a unique melting pot of flavours. Time spent living and working in the USA and South Korea further broadened her palate and diverse cooking style, while inspiring her dreams to one day open a small cooking school and write about food and culture.
Describing her cooking as generous and abundant, Larissa currently lives an urban-farm lifestyle in Adelaide with her husband, twin boys and her much-loved heritage chickens.
Australia’s most popular cooking competition, MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises, premieres Monday, 1 May at 7:30pm on 10 and 10 Play.
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