This thread is meant to be for Dessert Masters Season 2 coming later this year, but I had to post the news that MasterChef Australia Season 17 2025 will be a Back To Win season for past contestants to come back for a second chance. The new season will be hosted by current judges: Andy Allen, Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow & Jean-Christophe Novelli.😊

I hope my buddy Juan De La Cruz is one of the contestants who are Back To Win along with other favourites!❤️

Tonight on the Deal Or No Deal game show is a special MasterChef reunion as the team win money for a noted charity to help battle Motor Neuron Disease.

https://www.instagram.com/fightmnd/

Judges Andy Allen & Sofia Levin are the contestants while past MasterChef alumni are handling the cases.

MasterChef Dessert Masters Season 2 starts Monday October 14, with hosts Melissa Leong & Amaury Guichon!❤️

This year's contestants are:

Emelia Jackson
Reece Hignell
Darren Purchese
Katherine Sabbath
Alisha Henderson
Christy Tania
Dan Pasquali
Donato Toce
Jana Lai
John Demetrios

I had some computer troubles lately (I needed to get a new charger cord).

This year's contestants are:

Emelia Jackson
Reece Hignell
Darren Purchese
Katherine Sabbath (ELIMINATED)
Alisha Henderson
Christy Tania
Dan Pasquali
Donato Toce
Jana Lai
John Demetrios

Tonight on Dessert Masters was the first elimination of the season.

Last night on MasterChef: Dessert Masters was the high-octane Relay Test! The 9 contestants were sorted into three teams by taking a coloured apron from a bag. The teams were as follows:

Team Pink: Darren, Christy & Dan

Team Green: Reece, John & Donato

Team Purple: Jana, Alisha & Emelia

Instead of having the contestants who made the least favourable dish play for elimination, they chose the team with the best dish to be immune from tonight's elimination. That leaves 6 contestants who face elimination tonight.

Team Purple won the immunity, so Jana, Alisha & Emelia are safe from the elimination. I am so delighted Alisha is safe!

Here is a photo of the winning dish from Emelia Jackson, Alisha Henderson & Jana Lai! This dish consists of bread pudding, maple ice cream, poached quince, muesli crunch and ricotta chantilly cream.

This leaves Donato Toce, Reece Hignell, John Demetrios, Christy Tania, Dan Pasquali & Darren Purchese who must battle their butts off to be safe tonight, where one of these will be sent home.

Although the immunity challenge on MasterChef: Dessert Masters was last night, the elimination was tonight so we didn't have to wait a whole week. That was a sweet surprise (pun intended). 😉

As you know, Alisha, Emelia & Jana won the immunity last night and were safe from tonight. Yay Alisha!

Darren, Donato, Dan, Christy, John & Reece had to play the elimination. They had to choose an Australian classic dessert, add either blueberries or apples as a compulsory ingredient and make it new.

Darren chose a vanilla slice and made an apple and smoked white chocolate mille-feuille but he oversmoked the cream and it was way too overpowering.

Donato chose scones and made a scone gelato and blueberry sundae, but the blueberry jam was split and the scone was underused and not really flavoursome.

Reece chose a vanilla slice and made it with apple gel and cream with pastry tuile crowns.

John chose sponge cake and made a blueberry meringue cake.

Dan chose lamingtons and made a blueberry & cream lamington in the shape of a blueberry.

Christy chose a custard tart and made one in the shape of an apple with cinnamon and nutmeg crumb, leaves and tuile. Here is the dessert with judges Melissa Leong & Amaury Guichon tasting it.

Christy & Dan made the spectacular winning desserts while John & Reece came close with theirs.

The bottom two were Darren & Donato.

Although Darren's smoked white chocolate cream was too strong, it was Donato's scone gelato that had no flavour at all so he was eliminated.

The remaining contestants are:

Emelia Jackson
Reece Hignell
Darren Purchese
Katherine Sabbath (ELIMINATED)
Alisha Henderson
Christy Tania
Dan Pasquali
Donato Toce (ELIMINATED)
Jana Lai
John Demetrios

Next time, the remaining 8 contestants have to create a dessert inspired by the circus! John still has his Mystery Box with its hidden advantage.