MasterChef Australia

Star World is all set to bring back the most popular culinary show on television – MasterChef Australia on 10th September’13. Its season 5 and for the first time in MasterChef history they start with the top 22 finalists in none other than the culinary capital of Australia – Melbourne! Catch MasterChef Australia with the Boys v/s Girls theme Monday to Friday at 9pm.

This season of MasterChef welcomes back restaurateur and Chef Gary Mehigan, Chef George Calombaris and food critic Matt Preston, the best known hosts and judges of the top known TV cooking series in the world. MasterChef’s veteran trio will be joined by a host of cooking luminaries, with guests such as Antonio Carluccio, Stephanie Alexander, Curtis Stone, Shannon Bennett, Maggie Beer and Guillaume Brahimi pushing the contestants to elevate their game and hit food heights they never imagined.

The show has Indian contestants, Rishi Desai and Neha Sen among some of the best amateur cooks who mix it up in a high-pressure test of know-how and nerve to win this crucial culinary battle. In the first episode, the two teams of eleven each (boys on one side and girls on the other), face their initial challenge; having to cook for their new families who are none other than the other team and the three judges. Each team gets a fixed amount of time to shop and plan their menu.

Will it be a fairly even matched competition? Let the culinary battle begin!