As of July 2026, MasterChef Australia Season 12 aired in 2020 with 61 episodes — streaming now on Paramount Plus. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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MasterChef Australia Season 12

2020 61 Episodes Reality ⭐ 7/10

If you want reality entertainment that actually understands its own format, MasterChef Australia Season 12 is available on and right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 82 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for the format — it delivers exactly what it promises. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, MasterChef Australia Season 12 earns its spot. The production behind MasterChef Australia Season 12 knows exactly which moments to let breathe. Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen take the helm of the show that celebrates food and the love of food. Jock, Melissa and Andy will be joined in the MasterChef Australia kitchen by a delicious assortment of the world’s best chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Curtis Stone, to serve up the 12th helping of MasterChef Australia. The traditional MasterChef Australia recipe also boasts some new ingredients when the best of the best from the past 11 seasons return to the kitchen in MasterChef Australia – Back To Win. Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2020. What keeps MasterChef Australia Season 12 from feeling stale is a production that knows when to get out of the way. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Reality sceptics are warned — MasterChef Australia Season 12 has converted more than a few doubters. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Andy Allen is a big part of why it works, but the format itself is the real star. The kind of thing that generates strong opinions in every room it is watched in.

📡 Where to Watch MasterChef Australia Season 12

🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇸 United States
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇨🇦 Canada
🇳🇿 New Zealand
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🎬 MasterChef Australia Season 12 — Episode Guide

E1
Premiere: Immunity Challenge: Finale-Worthy Dish
2020-04-13
The highly anticipated cooking show is back for an incredible 12th season, with a tasty new recipe - and cooking legend Gordon Ramsay will be in the kitchen the ENTIRE first week!Returning to the MasterChef kitchen are 24 much-loved and respected former contestants, Although these familiar faces fro...
E2
Team Challenge
2020-04-14
Each team must cook a three-course meal for 120 guests. The judges reveal three ingredients: black garlic, ginger and potatoes. Each team must feature one of the ingredients in each course.
E3
Relay Style Team Challenge
2020-04-15
Teams must cook a three-course meal in a relay style cook. Each team member starts a course and after 20 minutes must swap to the next course. The most cohesive menu with the best dishes wins.
E4
Immunity Challenge: Keeping Up with Gordon
2020-04-16
After impressing the judges in the round robin relay challenge, the winning team are back in the kitchen cooking for immunity and a chance to be safe from the next elimination.
E5
Gordon Ramsay's 90-Minute Elimination Challenge
2020-04-19
Every contestant is up for elimination, except the winner of the immunity challenge. The pressure mounts for all contestants to deliver delicious dishes and keep their place in the competition.
E6
Ultimate BBQ Challenge
2020-04-20
The contestants compete in the ultimate barbecue challenge, cooking for a staggering 1200 people. The team who least impresses will find themselves cooking in the pressure test.
E7
Two-Round Pressure Test: Orana
2020-04-21
In the first pressure test of the season, contestants must cook three dishes from judge Jock Zonfrillo's three-hatted, award-winning restaurant, Orana. The least impressive dish will send someone home.
E8
Melissa Leong's Mystery Box
2020-04-22
In the first mystery box challenge of the season, the 22 remaining contestants discover the ingredients have been chosen from all corners of the globe, by judge Melissa Leong.
E9
Immunity Challenge: Judges' Taste Test / MasterClass
2020-04-23
The five contestants with the most impressive dishes from yesterday's challenge find themselves back in the kitchen ready to cook off in an immunity challenge. Plus, MasterClass with Andy and Jock.
E10
Judges' Ingredients Elimination Challenge
2020-04-26
In this episode's elimination challenge, every contestant bar one, the winner of the immunity challenge, is up for elimination. The contestant with the least impressive dish will be going home.
E11
3-Round Team Showdown
2020-04-27
The contestants are split into three teams of seven and compete in a three-round cook-off. After the third round, the bottom six contestants are revealed and will cook off in the next episode's pressure test.
E12
Self Pressure Test
2020-04-28
It's a pressure test with a difference. Each contestant has written their own pressure test recipe and has to create a dish to wow the judges. The least impressive dish will send its maker home.
E13
Barter Mystery Box
2020-04-29
The judges reveal that each contestant's mystery box contains four ingredients which they can barter with one another for. The top four dishes will see their makers cook for immunity in the next episode.
E14
Curtis Stone's Time Auction Immunity Challenge
2020-04-30
Today's immunity challenge with Curtis Stone sees four contestants compete in a MasterChef time auction. The more time they spend on buying ingredients, the less time they have to cook.
E15
Textures Elimination Challenge
2020-05-03
This challenge is all about texture. In round one, contestants must cook a dish with the best crunch. Round two is all about a gooey texture. The least impressive gooey dish will send its chef home.
E16
Thai Team Challenge
2020-05-04
The contestants leave the kitchen for a week of off-site challenges. Teams must make two entrees and three mains for 50 diners. The least impressive team faces a pressure test.
E17
Pressure Test: Guess The Ingredients & Replicate The Dish
2020-05-05
Helly Raichura, of Enter Via Laundry, bases this taste test on her popular dish, 'pasta not pasta'. Contestants who guess the least ingredients correctly must replicate the dish in a challenge.
E18
Locally Sourced Mystery Box
2020-05-06
This episode's ingredients are sourced by locals who grow fruit and vegetables in their backyards. The three most impressive dishes from the mystery box challenge will cook in an immunity challenge.
E19
Sushi Train 100 Plate Immunity Challenge
2020-05-07
Three contestants are told they must prepare 100 small plates each, consisting of five different dishes. All dishes will be served on the sushi train and will be colour-coded in this blind tasting.
E20
Take-Away Elimination Challenge
2020-05-10
In today's take-away elimination challenge contestants must make a dish that will stand the home delivery test. Contestants have 90 minutes from the start of the cook to completed delivery.

🎭 Cast of MasterChef Australia Season 12

Andy Allen
Andy Allen
Himself - Judge & Host
Jock Zonfrillo
Jock Zonfrillo
Himself - Judge & Host
Melissa Leong
Melissa Leong
Herself - Judge & Host

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