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Each team will take turns to transform an ordinary home into an instant restaurant for one pressure-cooker night. They'll plate up a three-course menu designed to impress the judges and their fellow contestants.

During the Instant Restaurant rounds, each team hosts a three-course dinner for judges and fellow teams in their allocated group. They are scored and ranked among their group, with the lowest scoring team being eliminated.

The first of the two instant restaurant groups are introduced into the competition in Round 1. The lowest scoring team at the end of this round is eliminated.

The second group now start their Instant Restaurant round. The same rules from the previous round apply and the lowest scoring team is eliminated.

A new group of 6 teams entered the competition and competed in a 'secret round' of instant restaurants. This round was not judged by Pete and Manu, but instead by Colin Fassnidge. The same rules applied and the lowest scoring team is eliminated. Since Colin was the only judge for this round his Scores were doubled.

The 4th and 5th placed teams from the previous three groups must cook again in a redemption round. Pete and Manu return as the judges, and the lowest scoring team is eliminated.

The teams headed into the first challenge to serve a breakfast dish for 200 hungry campers. The campers voted for their favourite dish and the team with the most votes received People's Choice, sending that team safe from two eliminations. Judges Pete and Colin sent the two weakest teams directly into the first Sudden Death Cook-Off. Teams who won the previous instant restaurant rounds were automatically safe from elimination and did not participate in this challenge. All other surviving teams advance to the Top 13.

Annie and Lloyd and Vicky and Celine did not impress the judges at the Camping Challenge, so they must go head to head in the first Sudden Death Cook-Off. The team with the lower score will be eliminated and the surviving team will proceed through to the Top 13.

Teams cooked for the farmers, highlighting their produce as a way of saying thanks for all their hard work supplying it. Teams were each allocated a main ingredient to highlight in their dish and were split into two groups, first group cooking savoury and the second cooking sweets. Farmer's voted for the favourite dish awarding one team the Farmer's Choice, making them safe from two eliminations, while the judges sent to two weakest teams into Sudden Death.

Eva and Debra and Sheri and Emilie must compete in the second Sudden Death Cook-Off after they disappointed the judges at the Farmer's Challenge. The lower scoring team will be eliminated and the surviving team proceeds to the Top 12.

Teams took charge of pubs around Balmain in Sydney to cook for the lunch-time pub crawl and had to prepare meals to service for paying customers. Two teams were assigned to a pub, and diners paid for what they believed the meal was worth. The team who raises the most money is awarded People's Choice and like the previous rounds, judges Pete and Colin sent the weakest two teams to Sudden Death.

Rob and Dave and Robert and Lynzey failed to impress the judges at the Pub Crawl, so they have to compete against each other in a Sudden Death Cook-Off, where one team will be eliminated. The other team goes through to the Top 10.

For this challenge, the teams catered for a wedding reception with a Modern Australian theme in mind. Three teams focused on one course each (entree, main, dessert), with 90 minutes prep time and then 30 minutes for service per course. All guests voted for the People's Choice and judges Pete and Colin sent the weakest two teams to Sudden Death.

After a poor performance at the Wedding Challenge, Jane and Emma face against Rob and Dave in the Sudden Death Cook-Off. For Rob and Dave, they are the first team so far to compete in a Sudden Death Cook-Off more than once. The lower scoring team is eliminated and the surviving team proceeds to the Top 9.

Teams created canapés for a harvest party using the fresh produce from pop-up garden patches located in Melbourne's St Kilda and Federation Square. The team with the most votes will be People's Choice and safe from the next two eliminations, whilst the two weakest teams head to the next Sudden Death Cook-Off, where one team will be eliminated.

Will and Steve and Carol and Adam must compete against each other in the Sudden Death Cook-Off, after a poor performance at the Garden Challenge. The lower scoring team will be eliminated and the surviving team will go through to the Top 8.

Teams headed to Sydney's Luna Park to serve fairground food to emergency service workers and families for the annual 'Give Back' day. The public voted for their favourite dish sending that team straight to the Top 6 as the bottom two compete in another Sudden Death.

Unfortunately, Drasko and Bianca and Rose and Josh didn't impress the judges in the Luna Park Challenge. They now must compete in a Sudden Death Cook-Off. The lower scoring team will be eliminated and the safe team will advance to the Top 7.

For this challenge teams prepared and cooked in-flight meals for Jetstar flight passengers. Each team prepared 40 portions of their meal to be served to on-board passengers for scoring out of 10. The team who receives the highest score, wins the Passenger's choice and will have their meal served on select Jetstar flights for three months. The judges once again sent the two weakest teams to Sudden Death.

Eva and Debra take on Kat and Andre in a Sudden Death Cook-Off. The lower scoring team is eliminated and the other team proceeds to the Top 6 Finals Decider.

In the Top 6 round, teams competed in a number of cook-offs held in Kitchen Headquarters. At the end of this round, five teams advance into the finals.

The bottom three teams from the previous finals decider challenge face off against each other in a three-round knockout. In the first round, teams must neatly segment citrus fruits. The team who did the best job, earned an advantage for the second round. In round two, teams must cook a vegetarian dish in 45 minutes. The winner's advantage was the ability to select the main ingredient for each team to use. These included; mushrooms, cauliflower and okra. After this round, one team is safe as the other two compete in a final Sudden Death round, each creating their own 'signature dish', to determine the last team to join the Top 5 and another elimination.

For the start of the finals round, the Top 5 teams head around the country once again in an Ultimate Instant Restaurant round. All teams have to cook two dishes of each course (entree, main and dessert) for their fellow finalists and judges for scoring. Guests have a choice of choosing one of the options per course while the judges Pete and Manu each taste one of the two options. The lowest scoring team is eliminated as the remaining four teams are ranked into the semifinals.

Ash and Camilla take on Will and Steve in the first Semi-Final Cook-Off. The lower scoring team is eliminated and the winner proceeds through to the Grand Final.

Eva and Debra take on Jac and Shaz in the second Semi-Final Cook-Off. The lower scoring team is eliminated and the other team becomes the second team to proceed into the Grand Final.

The top two teams will enter Kitchen Headquarters with big dreams as they present a scrumptious five-course meal to a packed restaurant.