The Top 10 duos head out of the MasterChef kitchen for theirfirst team challenge. In a stunning pier-side setting, the twoteams are tasked with feeding over 100 local fishermen andwomen. Both teams find themselves in choppy waters as theweather takes a turn for the worse and relationships start toshow strain. The team with the most votes from the dinersremain safe from elimination, while the worst performing teamface the dreaded pressure test.
The five duos on the losing team from the previous challengeface the first Pressure Test of the season. The pairs enter theMasterChef kitchen to find a Mystery Box with a mallet inside.Gordon reveals the Mystery Box IS their ingredient. The box ismade completely out of chocolate! In this first dessertchallenge of the season, each duo must smash up their box anduse the chocolate to make a stunning sweet dish to avoidelimination.
Mick':s father, Ron, is taken hostage by a criminal gangfor stealing a valuable painting from them-and Mick gets anultimatum; he and Shazia must investigate the theft of a rareChinese vase that has disappeared from a locked vault.