Country of origin Australia Original network Network Ten | No. of episodes 63 | |
Original release 1 May (2016-05-01) – 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) | ||
The eighth series of MasterChef Australia premiered on Sunday, 1 May 2016 on Network Ten. All the judges from the previous series returned.
Contents
This series was won by Elena Duggan in the grand finale against Matt Sinclair on 26 July 2016.
Top 24
The first 19 contestants were announced on 1 May 2016. Cecilia Vuong was chosen having previously been selected in series six, as she withdrew that year before the competition started because of complications from a brain injury. A further 11 applicants were required to cook again the next day for the next four positions. The remaining seven cooks then competed for the final place. The competition includes two siblings for the first time in MasterChef Australia: Jimmy Wong and Theresa Visintin.
Episodes and ratings
References
MasterChef Australia (series 8) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA