With the support of Hong Kong Tourism Board, the MasterChef Australia team receives a dazzling welcome to Hong Kong against the iconic night skyline, setting the scene for an unforgettable culinary experience to follow.
From Sunday June 23 to Tuesday June 25, the MasterChef Australia judges and contestants will get a taste of one of the world’s culinary capitals, traversing Hong Kong’s diverse food landscape across three exhilarating destination episodes. Hong Kong served as the perfect setting, offering everything from world-renowned street eats, to an incredible constellation of 79 Michelin starred restaurants.
The week commences with a quintessentially Hong Kong mystery box, packed with classic Cantonese flavours and ingredients, and cooked against the breathtaking backdrop of Victoria Harbour at Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District.
In the second challenge, three lucky contenders will have the elusive opportunity for a private masterclass with celebrated Michelin-starred chef, Vicky Cheng of revered restaurant VEA. Chef Vicky’s unique food ethos melds Cantonese ingredients and traditions with French cooking techniques. The cooks will then be tasked with replicating one of Vicky’s exquisite dishes at the foot of the 34-metre-tall Big Buddha statue, opposite the Po Lin Monastery: one of Hong Kong’s most sacred Buddhist sanctums, located at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island.
Finally, the cooks will see how the local legends do it, experiencing the hustle and bustle of authentic dai pai dongs, or open-air street vendors, as they cook in teams for crowds of discerning diners on Stanley Street, Central.
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MasterChef Australia is produced by Endemol Shine Australia (a Banijay company). Format created by Franc Roddam and represented internationally by Banijay Rights.
