Who has left MasterChef Australia 2024?
Lily
Following a blind taste-testing challenge, the contestants prepared to whip up a dish based on the unique cubed ingredients they had sampled.
Opting to serve chicken Maryland, Lily began to cook each of her different elements from the mystery box. Despite keeping a close eye on her ingredients, Lily, unfortunately, plated up undercooked chicken and raw leek and was subsequently sent home.
"I said to myself, 'If you go today, it doesn't matter because you've had a lot of fun,' she told Ten.
Khristian
After finding himself in the bottom four, Khristian was tasked with recreating judge Jean-Christophe Novelli's Michelin star-award-winning Jack in the Box dessert.
With multiple elements to balance, Khristian was on track to deliver a stand-out dish however, his inexperience working with isomalt meant that his sugar work was overcooked and more difficult to work with.
"I would have been gutted if I was sent home for a dish I was comfortable with," he told Ten following his elimination, adding, "I was privileged to recreate this dish."
Jonathan
As the flavours of the MasterChef kitchen teleported back to the 1980s, Jonathan made the courageous decision to attempt to recreate a fruit salad slice after admitting that he was not confident creating desserts.
While he continued to persevere throughout his bake, Jonathan's reimagined cheesecake sadly stuck solid to the tin, leaving him no choice but to plate his dessert to the judges while it was still in the baking dish.
Reflecting on his final challenge, Jonathan told Ten, "Instead of trying to create a better dessert, in my mind, I just though I'd make the same thing but better... I knew it at the start of that cook. I just wasn't feeling inspired."
Steph
After just scraping her way through the first elimination challenge, Steph joined guest judge Jamie Oliver and four of her fellow contestants in a cook-along challenge.
While Jamie's dish, dubbed Trevor's Chicken, was relatively simple in nature, the celebrity chef stressed how important it was to follow each step. When it came time to stuff their chicken, Steph sadly jumped ahead of Jamie's instructions and removed part of the breast tenderloin that was essential to keep intact.
Although she had plated a professional looking dish, her small error unfortunately cost her a place in the next stage of the competition.
James
With one week in the MasterChef Australia kitchen under his belt, James was ready to serve the judges with a standout flavour experience. Despite his best efforts, James' squid-based dish was undercooked, leading judge Poh Ling Yeow to dub the meal one of the "least impressive dishes."
While he may have been the first to depart the competition, James took the kitchen as a great learning lesson.
"It's been a privilege to be with these guys and to be cooking in front of your kind watchful eyes," he told the judges, adding, "It's that weird feeling of being proud of yourself, but also disappointed."