The fourteenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 18 April 2022 on Network 10. The format for this season was Fans & Favourites, and featured 12 new contestants and 12 former contestants. Andy Allen, Melissa Leong, and Jock Zonfrillo returned to the show as judges from the previous season.
In October 2021, Ten announced that MasterChef Australia would return for its 14th season in 2022, initially announced as Foodies Vs. Favourites. In January 2022, production was temporarily halted after several members of the cast and production team tested positive for COVID-19. The judges, cast and crew were all fully vaccinated against the virus.
This series was won by Billie McKay in the grand finale against Sarah Todd, on 12 July 2022, making her the first and only two-time MasterChef Australia champion.
Changes
This season omitted the broadcast of the audition stage for the new contestants and started with the 24 contestants competing in an Immunity Pin Challenge. Like the previous season, the holders of an Immunity Pin were able to use them at any point during future Elimination Challenges. The series featured more Immunity Pins handed out than any previous series, with seven being handed out in total. Christina, Harry, Tommy, Billie, Michael, Sarah and Julie were the winners of the seven pins at various points during the season.
Initially, instead of randomly chosen teams most team challenges at the beginning of the season featured contestants competing as members of either the Fans (new contestants) or Favourites (returning contestants) teams. This continued until week 6 when the two teams were dissolved.
This season, the typical MasterChef weekly format was slightly changed. Mondays now feature a Mystery Box with the bottom entries facing Tuesday's Pressure Test elimination. Wednesdays feature a Team Challenge with the winning team competing in the Immunity Challenge on Thursday, in which one contestant will be granted immunity from the upcoming elimination. All the other contestants then head into the All-In Elimination Challenge on Sunday.
Like season 12, this season did not feature a "second chance" challenge for eliminated contestants to return to the show.
Contestants The 12 returning contestants were announced in a sneak peek on 23 March 2022. The full cast was announced on 3 April 2022. Contestant State/Terr Occupation Original Series PreviousSeasonPlacing Status Billie McKay NSW Restaurant manager Series 7 WinnerWinner 12 July Sarah Todd VIC Chef & restaurateur Series 6 9th Daniel Lamble NT Firefighter New Contestant Keyma Vásquez Montero VIC Stay-at-home mum New Contestant Eliminated 10 July Julie Goodwin NSW Cook, author & radio/TV presenter Series 1 Winner Eliminated 5 July Alvin Quah NSW Medical manager Series 2 6th Eliminated 3 July Mindy Woods NSW Chef & restaurateur Series 4 4th Eliminated 28 June Aldo Ortado NSW Restaurant manager Series 10 13th Eliminated 26 June Montana Hughes QLD TikToker New Contestant Eliminated 21 June Tommy Pham NSW Kindergarten teacher Series 13 7th Eliminated 19 June Michael Weldon VIC Developmental chef & TV presenter Series 3 2nd Eliminated 12 June Steph Woon VIC Banking analystNew Contestant Eliminated 7 June Harry Tomlinson VIC Barista & coffee roaster New Contestant Eliminated 5 June Matt Landmark VIC Secondary school teacher New Contestant Eliminated 31 May Ali Stoner VIC Artist New Contestant Eliminated 29 May Melanie Persson WA PhD student New Contestant Eliminated 24 May Jenn Lee QLD Dentist New Contestant Eliminated 19 May Minoli De Silva NT Chemical engineer Series 13 10th Eliminated 17 May Sashi Cheliah SA Chef & restaurateur Series 10 Winner Eliminated 15 May Christina Batista NSW Chef & restaurateur Series 5 5th Eliminated 10 May John Carasig VIC Chef & restaurateur Series 7 12th Eliminated 8 May Max Krapivsky VIC Osteopath New Contestant Eliminated 3 May Dulan Hapuarachchi VIC Financial analyst New Contestant Eliminated 26 April Chris Tran VIC Marketing advisor New Contestant Eliminated 24 April
Future appearances
In Series 15 Sashi Cheliah appeared as a guest team captain for a service challenge. Julie Goodwin later appeared as a guest judge for an elimination challenge. In Series 16 Julie & Sashi along with Alvin Quah, Mindy Woods, Aldo Ortado, Michael Weldon, Steph Woon, Harry Tomlinson, Ali Stoner, Dulan Hapuarachchi and Chris Tran appeared as guests for the 1st service challenge. Sarah Todd appeared on Series 17 for her 3rd chance to win. She was eliminated on July 27 2025, finishing 6th and Julie also appeared on the same day as a guest judge.
Guests Week Guest Challenge 2 Adriano Zumbo Pressure Test Rosheen Kaul MasterClass Matt Stone Immunity Challenge 3 Shannon Bennett Service & Mystery Box Challenge Reynold Poernomo Pressure Test Curtis Stone Service & Immunity Challenge 4Gareth WhittonPressure Test Clare Smyth Service Challenge 5Alla Wolf-TaskerPressure Test 6 Maggie Beer Mystery Box ChallengeJosh NilandPressure Test 7(Mega Week)Donny TocePressure Test Marco Pierre White Immunity Challenge Nick Riewoldt MasterClass Thi Le 8Marco Pierre WhiteElimination ChallengeDave PyntMystery Box ChallengeAndreas PapadakisPressure Test 9(Top 10 Week) Rick Stein Elimination Challenge 10Khanh NguyenPressure TestNatalie PaullMasterClass 11Hugh AllenElimination ChallengeKirsten TibballsPressure Test 13(Grand Finale Week) Peter Gilmore Pressure Test Shannon Bennett Service Challenge Heston Blumenthal Grand Finale
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Episodes and ratings Colour key: – Highest rating during the series – Lowest rating during the series