The tenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 7 May 2018 on Network Ten.
[1] Judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston returned from the previous series, with Shannon Bennett as the contestants' mentor.
Contestant Jo Kendray was a returning auditionee after two previous attempts to make it into the Top 24[3] Future appearances They had to highlight their dishes with the given ingredients in two hours.
After the round, both of Ben's dishes didn't meet the standards in the judging – his crab with finger limes and avocado cream lacked texture and his coating for his deep-fried whiting with peas and garlic sauce was undercooked as he scored 20 points for his entrée as it lacked crunchiness and 21 points for the main as it was deemed too simple.
In the final round, they had to replicate an intricate dessert composed of 19 elements (yoghurt snow, steamed vanilla sponge, coconut ice cream, meringue, etc.)