Junior MasterChef Australia (series 3)

The third series of Junior MasterChef Australia, the second spin-off of the Australian reality television series MasterChef Australia, premiered on 11 October 2020 after a nine-year hiatus.[1] The judging panel consists of Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo. The winner will receive $25,000.

Junior MasterChef Australia
Series 3
Judges
No. of contestants14
WinnerGeorgia
Runner-upsCarter, Filo
LocationMelbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkNetwork 10
Original release11 October (2020-10-11) –
9 November 2020 (2020-11-09)
Additional information
Websitehttps://10play.com.au/junior-masterchef-australia
Series chronology

Production

On 27 April 2020, it was announced that a third season of Junior MasterChef Australia had been commissioned, nine years after the second series aired.[2][3][4] Casting was open to children aged between nine and fourteen.[3]

Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo will undertake the role of judges in the new season.[4][5] The series was filmed at the Melbourne Showgrounds in Flemington.[6][7]

Due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the same health rules apply as the Back to Win season. This includes social distancing and having individual tasting plates for each judge.

Top 14

The Top 14 contestants were announced on 29 September 2020. The contestants included Ryan, the son of Season 10 winner Sashi Cheliah.[8]

Contestant Age State Status
Georgia 11 VIC Winner November 9
Carter 12 NSW Runners-up November 9
Filo 12 VIC
Dev 13 NSW Eliminated 8 November
Laura 13 QLD
Tiffany 14 QLD Eliminated 3 November
Vienna 13 VIC
Ben 10 VIC Eliminated 1 November
Ruby 11 WA
Phenix 11 NSW Eliminated 20 October
Salvo 13 WA
Etka 13 VIC Eliminated 13 October
Porsha 11 QLD
Ryan 11 SA

Guest Chefs
Week Guests Challenge
2 Morgan Hipworth Elimination Challenge
3 Emelia Jackson Mystery Box
Xu Immunity Challenge
Darren Purchese Elimination Challenge
4
(Finals Week)		 Curtis Stone Mystery Box
Kirsten Tibballs Semi-Finals Pressure Test

Elimination Table
No. Week 1 2 3 Finals
Immunity
Challenge		 Dev
Laura
(Immunity Gong)		 Carter
Georgia		 Filo
Laura
Ruby
Vienna		 Ben
Dev
Georgia
Laura
Vienna		 Dev
Georgia
(Advanced to Semi-Final)
1 Georgia IN WIN IMM IN Btm 9 Top 3 Btm 3 WIN IMM Top 3 Winner
2 Carter IN WIN IMM IN Btm 9 IN Btm 7 IN Btm 5 Top 3 Runners-Up
Filo IN IN Btm 12 Top 4 Btm 6 IN Btm 4 IN Btm 5 Top 3
4 Dev Top 2 IN Btm 12 IN Btm 6/Imm. WIN IMM WIN IMM Elim Eliminated (ep 12)
Laura Top 2 IN Btm 7/Imm. WIN IMM Top 5 Btm 7 IN Btm 5
6 Tiffany IN IN Btm 7 IN Btm 6 IN Btm 7 IN Elim Eliminated (ep 11)
Vienna IN IN Btm 12 Top 4 Btm 9 WIN IMM IN
8 Ben IN IN Btm 7 IN Btm 6 Top 5 Elim Eliminated (ep 9)
Ruby IN IN Btm 12 WIN IMM IN
10 Phenix IN IN Btm 12 IN Elim Eliminated (ep 6)
Salvo IN IN Btm 7 IN
12 Etka IN IN Elim Eliminated (ep 3)
Porsha IN IN
Ryan IN IN
Eliminated Etka
Porsha
Ryan		 Phenix
Salvo		 Ben
Ruby		 Tiffany
Vienna		 Dev
Laura		 Carter
Filo
Georgia

Ratings and episodes
Ep#/Wk-Ep# Original airdate Episode Title Total viewers (five metro cities) Nightly Ranking Ref.
Week 1
1/01-1 Sunday, 11 October 2020 Series Premiere: Signature Dish — The fourteen contestants were given 75 minutes to cook their signature dish. The contestants who cooked the top two dishes won the opportunity to bang the "immunity gong" once each, in order to save themselves from an elimination challenge at any time during that challenge. The judges were impressed by the quality of the cooking shown by the juniors, but they were especially excited by Dev's lamb Mughlai curry and Indian chicken kebab, and Laura's winter granita. Accordingly, Laura and Dev receive the privilege to bang the gong in an elimination challenge. 524,000 8 [9]
2/01-2 Monday, 12 October 2020 Immunity Challenge: Honey — The contestants were shown how to extract honey from a Flow Hive. The contestants were then tasked to create a dish centred on honey. All of the contestants received positive feedback on the taste of their dish, but Georgia and Carter managed to produce the best dish, winning them the first Weekly Immunity of the season. The others are sent to the weekly Elimination Challenge. 546,000 13 [10]
3/01-3 Tuesday, 13 October 2020 Elimination Challenge: Blindfold Taste Test — All the contestants, other than Carter and Georgia, were faced with the Jar Taste Test, where they were blindfolded and tasked with identifying a variety of ingredients inside jars. Etka mistook marshmallow for Turkish delight, Ryan mistook golden syrup for honey, Laura mistook avocado for parsnip, Salvo mistook pineapple for green melon, Ben mistook scrambled egg for halloumi, Porsha mistook sweet chili sauce for balsamic dressing, and Tiffany mistook oyster for prawn. Since they had guessed incorrectly, they were sent into the second round where they were tasked to cook a dish which could be eaten with either a spoon, a chopstick, or a hand. Laura decided to bang the gong to save herself from the elimination challenge. Tiffany delivered the dish of the day by cooking a Hungarian feast, with Ben and Salvo also receiving praise for their dishes. Etka, Porsha, and Ryan had errors with their dishes, with Etka overcooking the filling for his samsa, Porsha cooking a dish without much technique, and Ryan under-seasoning his chicken, thus causing their elimination. 576,000 9 [11]
Week 2
4/02-1 Sunday 18 October 2020 Old & Young Mystery Box — This week's Mystery Box showcased old and young ingredients, consisting of blue cheese, dates, aged balsamic, black garlic, dry-aged sirloin, red dwarf apples, baby basil, baby snapper, baby carrots and beetroots, baby potatoes, and baby cauliflower. Ruby produced a standout dish, with Laura, Vienna, and Filo also impressing the judges, and landing them in the immunity challenge. The rest were sent into the Weekly Elimination. 498,000 9 [12]
5/02-2 Monday 19 October 2020 Immunity Challenge: Keeping Up with Andy — Filo, Laura, Ruby, and Vienna had to follow Andy and replicate his chipotle scotch fillet tacos, burnt jalapeño and avocado cream, and roasted corn salsa. They were not given a recipe and had to plate the dish within 30 seconds of Andy. Most of the contestants struggled keeping up with Andy. Vienna didn't cut her corn as much as Andy, which caused it to be too acidic. Ruby put the coriander leaves with the stems into the avocado cream, which caused the cream to become more vibrant than Andy's. Although Ruby incorrectly inserted her coriander leaves into the cream, the judges praised her cream as more vibrant and more delicious than Andy's, giving her the first immunity spot. Laura managed to replicate the dish the closest to Andy, giving her the second immunity. 454,000 18 [13]
6/02-3 Tuesday 20 October 2020 Elimination Challenge: Doughnuts Topping & Fillings — This week elimination challenge is set by Morgan Hipworth. The contestants are required to create a topping and filling for the doughnuts given by Morgan in 45 minutes, where the best three dishes will send their makers to safety. Carter, Georgia and Vienna managed to create the best three dishes, impressing the judges and Morgan with their take on unique flavour pairings. Ben, Dev, Filo, Phenix, Salvo, and Tiffany were sent into the second round where they were required to cook a dish that best represents their food dreams. Dev decided to bang the gong to save himself from the elimination challenge. Filo aced the challenge by cooking an Egyptian prawn feast, inspired by his heritage. Tiffany also impressed the judges with her inventive take on carnivore scotch eggs. Although Ben had several problems during the cook, the judges were impressed by his ability to balance sophisticated indigenous Australian ingredients. Both Salvo and Phenix had major errors with their dishes. Salvo had technical errors with the cooking of the tuna, and Phenix had textural errors with her almond crumb. Salvo and Phenix was thus eliminated. 470,000 14 [14]
Week 3
7/03-1 Monday 26 October 2020 Emelia Jackson's Mystery Box — Emelia Jackson returned to set up a mystery box challenge where the contestants were told to create a dish based on the ingredients that Emelia used to create her Mystery Box-shaped cake. The ingredients are strawberries, dark chocolate, white chocolate, passionfruit, vanilla, lemon, and hazelnut. Laura took a risk on serving dark chocolate profiteroles to Emelia. The risk paid off when Emelia and the judges praised the profiteroles as perfect. Georgia's mistake on using cooking cream, which causes the cream to not thicken up, on her deconstructed lemon tart didn't really matter, due to the outstanding flavor and texture of the dish. The judges were also impressed by Vienna's White Chocolate Dome due to the thin white chocolate layer, airy mousse, and perfect passionfruit gel. Ben also managed to impress the judges by the flavor combination of the ice cream and the biscuit in his ice cream sandwich. But, the judges were especially impressed by the Chocolate Sphere Dev has made, with Melissa praising his dish as on par with Reynold's and Jess'. Altogether, five of them proceed to the immunity challenge. 447,000 19 [15]
8/03-2 Tuesday 27 October 2020 Immunity Challenge: Mr. X And The Hand Pulled Noodles — Laura, Dev, Ben, Georgia and Vienna participated in an immunity challenge where the contestants were asked to make a noodle dish from Mr. Xu's hand-pulled noodles. Vienna chose the thinnest noodles, Laura chose the triangular noodles, Dev chose the thick noodles, Ben chose the thinner noodles and Georgia chose the wider noodles. Dev (with his dan dan noodles) and Vienna (with her take on a Vietnamese cha-ca) won immunity. The rest were sent to the weekly elimination. 474,000 14 [16]
9/03-3 Sunday 1 November 2020 Elimination Challenge: Winter Wonderland — The contestants entered the kitchen to find it snowing. The first round is an ice cream taste test. Ben mistook apple for bubblegum, Ruby mistook cherry for raspbery, Filo mistook corn for honey and Georgia mistook black sesame for charcoal. The second round is a pressure test in which they need to recreate Darren Purchase's "Snow". Filo entered round two eager to impress. His focus was impressive, and the judges marvelled at his clean bench and precision. He nailed all four elements of Darren's dish and was safe. Georgia delivered both the flavour and texture of Darren's coconut cake and her white chocolate and mint cream, with both elements deemed the best out of the four aspiring cooks, so she was also declared safe, leaving Ben and Ruby eliminated. 528,000 8 [17]
Week 4
(Finals Week)
10/04-1 Monday 2 November 2020 Curtis Stone's Immunity Mystery Box — In this mystery box challenge, the contestants were challenged to make a potato dish, with the top dishes guaranteeing their makers a spot in the semi-finals. Dev (with his Thai red potato curry with rice and Thai potato croquettes) and Georgia (with her Sri Lankan potato curry, coconut flatbread and dry curry) advanced to the semi-finals 486,000 15 [18]
11/04-2 Tuesday 3 November 2020 Elimination Challenge: Fruit As Savoury Dish Or Vegetable As Sweet Dish — in this challenge the judges asked the contestants to hero a fruit or a vegetable, but the twist was that they had to incorporate a vegetable in a sweet dish, or a fruit in a savoury dish. All the contestants choose to highlight a vegetable in a sweet dish. Laura chose fennel, Carter chose beetroot, Vienna chose pumpkin, Tiffany chose zucchini and Filo chose carrot. Laura's fennel sorbet with blackberry was terrific and Filo's carrot desert was great as well. Carter also managed the cut with his beetroot desert, but Tiffany didn't highlight zucchini and Vienna's tart was raw and thus they were eliminated from the competition. 485,000 16 [19]
12/04-3 Sunday 8 November 2020 Semi Final Pressure Test: Kirsten Tibballs — Laura, Dev, Georgia, Carter and Filo had to recreate Kirsten Tibballs' Lemon Meringue Tart in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Georgia's flawless dish, Carter's delicious dish and Filo's flavour-packed dish got them over the line. Laura's lemon cream was too thick and had textural problems while Dev's tart was raw. Thus, they were eliminated from the competition. 526,000 8 [20]
Week 5
(Grand Finale Week)
13/05-1 Monday 9 November 2020 Grand Finale — The Grand Finalists were welcomed with an orchestra which set in place their challenge for the Grand Finale. They had to make a fancy main and a fancy dessert. Georgia's three curries (pork curry, cashew curry and eggplant curry) along with her three condiments put her in the top box after the mains were served. Her dessert was "A Tropical Mess". Though the flavours were good, the textures weren't. Filo was praised for his prawn and spicy rice during the mains and his dessert was nothing short of extraordinary. Carter did average in both mains and desserts, with his panna cotta tasting bad and his cauliflower puree being grainy. 652,000 12 [21]
Winner Announced — After a long discussion, the judges decided that Georgia's dishes were superior and she was rewarded with A$25,000. Because Filo and Carter got so far in the competition, they were given A$5,000. 881,000 5

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