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MasterChef 2024: The Ben Pobjie episode recaps

Chaos, cliffhangers, and quite a lot of cooking too. It’s MasterChef 2024 as observed by master recapper Ben Pobjie, in order of most recent to oldest episode.

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The MasterChef finalists and judge and their big shiny plate.

The final: After months of blood, sweat, tears and umami, the MasterChef winner is crowned

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Masterchef finalists with Curtis

The semi-final: Cranky Curtis returns for the semi-final and the worst cook (who isn’t Nat) is eliminated

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MasterChef judges get cooking

Finals week: Poh and co show the amateurs how it’s done in a chaotic and pointless challenge

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Sav, Pezza, Mimi and Harry are up for elimination.

Week 12: Ingredient ‘beasts’ are unleashed and an unpopular decision sends a fan favourite packing

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MasterChef top 5

Week 11: A scene so heartfelt and moving that it is, annoyingly, (almost) impossible to make fun of

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Who’s going home?

Week 11: After the perennially popular ‘time auction’, one of these four only bids farewell

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MasterChef judges Sofia Levin, Andy Allen, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Poh Ling Yeow on the streets of Hong Kong.

Week 10: Fish fights, hot woks and a chipped tooth: That’s what Hong Kong street food is all about

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Are the judges assembled on a rooftop for a late-night heist?

Week 10: Who has the nicest buns? Bao down to the winners of the Hong Kong mystery box

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Is it eggs and bacon or bacon and eggs, Sofia (pictured right)?

Week 9: A favourite cracks under the pressure of this ‘devastating’ bacon-and-eggs themed shock elimination

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Is there a gnome under there? Nagi Maehashi with her extra-tall mystery box.

Week 9: Nagi swaps her RecipeTin for a MysteryBox and sets the clock

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Adriano Zumbo on MasterChef 2024.

Week 8: Twinning is winning in this sweet and shouty immunity challenge

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American Josh from MasterChef 2024

Week 8: We finally find out who makes the top 10, one of MasterChef’s most meaningless achievements

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Curtis is in the MasterChef house.

Week 7: Cranky Curtis puts the contestants through their paces then sends an underdog packing

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Rick Stein sets a fishy challenge on MasterChef.

Week 7: Rick Stein rolls in and sets a fishy challenge that sinks a top contender

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We’re baaack!

Week 6: The eliminated contestants are back for another crack, and the best sob story wins

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Week 6: In the scramble to make a showstopping egg dish, a true blue favourite cracks

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Poh on MasterChef

Week 5: Disgusting desserts made in microwaves make this MasterChef ep almost relatable

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Luke Nguyen (centre) is in the MasterChef house (along with Jean-Christophe, Poh, Andy and Sofia).

Week 5: Oh my cloche! It’s tears all round as a lovable fan favourite is sent packing

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Josh from MasterChef 2024.

Week 4: Saucy dishes and seriously bad puns are the order of the day in the team immunity challenge

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“What’s so funny?“, thinks Andy.

Week 4: A ‘piping hot portion of salmonella’ sends another MasterChef contestant packing

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The judges praise Lourdes.

Week 3: Good Lourdes! A contestant performs a flipping miracle in the barbecued dessert challenge

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Jonathan from MasterChef 2024

Week 3: Andy’s mum sets the bar low (and the cringe factor high) for this retro elimination challenge

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Group hug for Jamie’s last night on MasterChef this season.

Week 2: To market, to market, to cook food from a supermarket and bid judge Jamie farewell

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Is James’ squid game up to MasterChef standard?

Week 2: The judges urge the contestants to dare to dream, before destroying one of them

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There’s a green outfit theme for the judges tonight.

Week 1: Steve’s a gateaux superstar and Lourdes needs a miracle in MasterChef’s first immunity challenge

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The judges get glammed up for episode two.

Week 1: The aim of this game is to make Jamie Oliver not look like a plonker. Can they do it?

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Meet your mostly new judges (from left to right): Sofia Levin, guest Jamie Oliver, Andy Allen, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli.

Week 1: Cue the frantic music and fireballs, it’s back and boy are there a lot of judges

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