MasterChef Australia Premiere (Season 5, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 70 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

MasterChef Australia

Premiere (Season 5, Episode 1)

TV-G

TV Episode | 70 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

Series five started with its 22 contestants being welcomed to Melbourne with their first challenge at the MCG. With the first themed week of the series being 'boys vs. girls', each team of eleven were tasked with creating a three-course ...See moreSeries five started with its 22 contestants being welcomed to Melbourne with their first challenge at the MCG. With the first themed week of the series being 'boys vs. girls', each team of eleven were tasked with creating a three-course meal for their new 'family': the opposing team plus the three judges, on a budget of $204 (what the average Australian family spends on groceries per week). Up for grabs was also an extra $33.70 (what the average Australian family spend on take-away per week) which is given to the winning team of an egg-separating "mini-challenge". Rishi and Clarissa battled it out in the egg challenge for their teams, with Rishi winning the money for the boys. Each team then had four hours to plan, shop and prepare their menu. Both teams struggled to stay under budget while shopping, forcing the girls to neglect cream for their lemon tart which was later criticized by the judges. Overall each team produced one fantastic dish (the girl's Middle Eastern chicken and the boy's chicken pie), one bad dish (the girl's overcooked pasta and the boy's disastrous Eton mess) and one average dish (the girl's lemon tart without cream and boy's thick and slightly grainy pumpkin soup). Despite it being a fairly evenly matched competition, and the boys' meat pie being extraordinary; the mushy peas served alongside the pie were judged to be under-cooked and therefore the girls won the first challenge against the boys, winning themselves an advantage in the next challenge. See less

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
George Calombaris Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Gary Mehigan Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Matt Preston Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Nicky Agahari Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Jules Allen Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Christina Batista Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Liliana Battle Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Daniel Churchill Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Emma Dean Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Rishi Desai Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Clarissa Dodawec Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Xavier Doran Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Totem Douangmala Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Samira El Khafir Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Vern Fitzgerald Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Daniel Kelty Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Noelene Marchwiki Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Andrew Prior Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Faiza Rehman Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Neha Sen Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Pip Sumbak Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Lynton Tapp Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Michael Todd Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Dan Tuddenham Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)
Lucy Wallrock Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	MasterChef Australia (2009)