MasterChef Australia All-Stars is an Australian cooking reality show that aired on Network Ten from 26 July 2012. It featured a number of returning contestants from the first three seasons of MasterChef Australia (including season 1 and season 3 winners Julie Goodwin and Kate Bracks), revisiting past challenges in order to raise money for charity.
The series aired for three weeks, mostly during the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was also the last iteration of the show to be shot in the MasterChef kitchen in Alexandria, Sydney, home of the series for all past seasons.David Knox, "MasterChef exits the kitchen in hunt for a new home", TV Tonight, 14 August 2012
Contestants The following contestants returned from seasons 2009 (Blue Team), 2010 (Red Team) and 2011 (Yellow Team). Notable absentees were Season 2010 winner Adam Liaw (due to shooting his new TV series) and Season 2011 runner-up Michael Weldon. The initial stages of the competition focused on the Teams raising money, but from episode 7, contestants competed separately and were eliminated in order to crown the 'best of the best' All-Star.
ContestantPreviousSeasonPlacingCharityMoneyRaisedStatus Callum Hann 2nd Cancer Council Australia $20,000Winner 19 August Chris Badenoch 3rd Lort Smith Animal Hospital $15,000Runner-up 19 August Kate Bracks 1st Lort Smith Animal Hospital $11,000Third Place 19 August Justine Schofield 4th Youth Off The Streets $5,000Eliminated 16 August Julie Goodwin 1st Oxfam $15,000Eliminated 14 August Dani Venn 4th Starlight Children's Foundation $10,000Eliminated 13 August Poh Ling Yeow 2nd Cambodian Children's Fund $5,000Eliminated 12 August 9th Save the Children $10,000 Jonathan Daddia 8th OzHarvest $5,000Eliminated 8 August Hayden Quinn 6th Boys Town $5,000 Aaron Harvie 7th The Salvation Army $5,000Eliminated 6 August Kumar Pereira 11th Médecins Sans Frontières $5,000
Guest chefs Adriano Zumbo – Series Premiere Adrian Richardson – Immunity Challenge Dan Hong – Immunity Challenge Jeremy Strode – Immunity Challenge Martin Boetz – Immunity Challenge Darren Purchese – Immunity Challenge Alessandro Pavoni – Immunity Challenge Shaun Presland – Immunity Challenge Vincent Gadan – Immunity Challenge Curtis Stone – Elimination Challenge 2 Neil Perry – MasterClass Maggie Beer – Grand Finale Peter Gilmore – Grand Finale
Elimination chart Contestants Original Placing Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Finale Callum2nd IN IN IN IN IN IN WINNER Chris 3rd IN IN IN IN IN Kate 1st IN IN Third Place Justine4th IN IN IN IN IN INElim Julie 1st IN IN IN Elim Dani 4th IN IN IN IN IN Elim Poh 2nd IN IN IN IN IN Elim rowspan="2" colspan="2" Marion 9th IN IN IN IN IN IN IN Jonathan 8th IN IN IN INElim rowspan="2" colspan="2" Hayden 6th IN IN IN IN Aaron 7th IN IN INElim rowspan="2" colspan="2" Kumar 11th IN IN Notes None None None None Eliminated None AaronKumarNone JonathanHaydenNone PohMarionDaniJulie None JustineKate31 points(out of 40)Chris62 points(out of 80)Callum70 pointsto win
In Episode 8, Justine, Kate and Dani received immunity from the elimination challenge for winning the previous challenge. In Episode 10, Kate had immunity from the elimination challenge for winning the previous challenge. In Episode 15, Kate earned a pass straight into the finale for winning the challenge. In the Finale, the first round was an elimination round. Kate scored the fewest points and became the 3rd Place finisher.
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