Episode 1

S07 E01 • Sunday, May 29, 2022 • May 29 • 46m

Masterchef NZ is back after a seven year hiatus. Tonight 27 of the country’s top amateur cooks arrive in Queenstown to make their signature dish for the judges as they try to secure one of only 16 aprons

Episode 2

S07 E02 • Monday, May 30, 2022 • May 30

Episode 3

S07 E03 • Sunday, Jun 5, 2022 • Jun 5

Episode 4

S07 E04 • Monday, Jun 6, 2022 • Jun 6

Episode 5

S07 E05 • Sunday, Jun 12, 2022 • Jun 12

Episode 6

S07 E06 • Tuesday, Jun 7, 2022 • Jun 7 • 48m

An Invention Test where Whittaker's Chocolate must be the Hero Ingredient in a sweet or savoury dish that will wow the judges. The cook with the best dish wins a huge advantage in the next cook

Episode 7

S07 E07 • Sunday, Jun 12, 2022 • Jun 12 • 48m

One cook has a huge advantage as the MasterChef kitchen moves to an airport hangar where contestants compete in the toughest team challenge yet, cooking a three course meal for Air New Zealand

Episode 8

S07 E08 • Monday, Jun 13, 2022 • Jun 13

The winning team from the last challenge is safe, while the other nine cooks face a Mystery Box Challenge set by Judge Michael P. Dearth. At the end of the cook, one contestant will be eliminated

Episode 9

S07 E09 • Tuesday, Jun 14, 2022 • Jun 14

The MasterChef invention test is to cook a Matariki inspired dish using five special ingredients. One contestant will be eliminated leaving the competition's Top 10

Episode 10

S07 E10 • Sunday, Jun 19, 2022 • Jun 19

The Top 10 MasterChef contestants head outdoors to judge Nadia Lim's Queenstown farm for a paddock to plate Team Challenge. The winning team will win immunity from the next challenge

Episode 11

S07 E11 • Monday, Jun 20, 2022 • Jun 20

In the MasterChef kitchen, contestants randomly pick an attachment they must use with a stand blender to create an inventive dish to impress the judges and avoid elimination

Episode 12

S07 E12 • Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022 • Jun 21

The competition is getting tougher as the nine remaining contestants fight to keep their place in a mystery challenge. The judges and contestants are stunned by a shock announcement

Episode 13

S07 E13 • Sunday, Jun 26, 2022 • Jun 26

The Top 8 contestants face MasterChef's most demanding team challenge to prepare a complex eight-course meal at judge Vaughn Mabee's world-renowned Queenstown restaurant

Episode 14

S07 E14 • Monday, Jun 27, 2022 • Jun 27

Award-winning chef Michael Meredith presents a signature dish the contestants must replicate in a Pressure Test to avoid elimination

Episode 15

S07 E15 • Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 • Jun 28

The MasterChef contestants face an unexpected twist in tonight's Invention Test as the competition gets tougher and one contestant will end their time in the kitchen

Episode 16

S07 E16 • Sunday, Jul 3, 2022 • Jul 3

MasterChef NZ's Top 6 cook in the kitchen of a luxury hotel where they must replicate a dish from the room service menu for some very special guests

Episode 17

S07 E17 • Monday, Jul 4, 2022 • Jul 4

In the MasterChef Kitchen, the contestants get inventive to avoid elimination in a challenge where they must use coffee as the hero ingredient for a sweet or savoury dish

Episode 18

S07 E18 • Tuesday, Jul 5, 2022 • Jul 5

MasterChef's Top 5 contestants compete in a Mystery Box Challenge for a place in finals week and wow the judges with some of the best dishes of the competition

Episode 19

S07 E19 • Sunday, Jul 10, 2022 • Jul 10

Episode 20

S07 E20 • Monday, Jul 11, 2022 • Jul 11

Episode 21

S07 E21 • Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 • Jul 17

Our Final two contestants battle it out over three epic courses to see who will be crowned MasterChef New Zealand Champion