Celebrity MasterChef Australia: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Celebrity MasterChef Australia is an Australian competitive cooking game show. It is spin-off of MasterChef Australia.

In contrast to its parent show, the celebrity version is based around a heats and semi-finals format similar to MasterChef Goes Large, and is aired only once a week in an hourly format.

Celebrities are split into groups of three as they compete in a heat round featuring two challenges, with one celebrity making their way from each heat into the semi-finals. The heats consist of an Invention Test, in which they prepare a dish of their own concoction, and a Pressure Test, in which they must complete a dish from a professional chef. Due to the difficulty of these dishes contestants are given a single "lifeline" in which the chef is able to aid them for 90 seconds.

The six remaining celebrities will then face further challenges in order to secure their place in the final.

Series details

• Title: Celebrity MasterChef Australia
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2009-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Network 10
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9758
• IMDb ID: tt4164896
• TVDB ID: 116551

Cast and credited roles

• Jock Zonfrillo — Host & Judge
• Andy Allen — Host & Judge
• Melissa Leong — Host & Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-09-30; final listed air date 2009-11-25; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-10-10; final listed air date 2021-11-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Celebrity MasterChef Australia on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.