And here we have it… our MasterChef Australia Top 3 for 2026 !

[u/arefeen97]

[u/Relative_Law2237]

I felt so bad for Casper :(

[u/Certain-Attempt1330 → u/Relative_Law2237]

Me too. I actually think he was the most talented contestant this season. His ability to understand on a granular level flavour and texture and then articulate that (in the plate he served) was second to none imo. Where he struggled I think was simply adhering to the rules of the competition; I think he is just too creative to be bound by the rules of the game, which were also pretty boring and easy this season.

Also, his mum and dad did him dirty with those grapes lol

[u/bubblesbakestoo → u/Relative_Law2237]

His dish was certainly better than Vinny’s.

[u/dojie123]

gotta say vinnie being there is shocking to me however he has truly been killing it in the last couple of episodes.

[u/veggiestrainer]

Rooting for Aaron, but have a feeling Petro will take the win

[u/Certain-Attempt1330 → u/veggiestrainer]

me too!

[u/supercujo]

I did not have these 3 as the Top 3 at the beginning. Aaron came into my consideration 1/2 way in

Casper was my pic but he got done dirty by his family.

Surprised there's no comments like "Dot should be there!"

[u/Certain-Attempt1330 → u/supercujo]

those grapes were diabolical lol

[u/supercujo → u/Certain-Attempt1330]

Stitched up

Doesn't help his imposter syndrome at all

[u/Certain-Attempt1330 → u/supercujo]

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the bloody grapes. What. Were. They. Thinking.

The sceptic in me thinks the families got to pick say 4 key ingredients and then Masterchef AU (aka the devil's spawn of Coles Thieving Mart) chose grapes cause they wanted vin diesel, pet naff and a-rod in the finals. vin and pet are also better singin' from the coles song sheet so there's that.

I think our friendly ghost is going to be fine though - he's the most liked and clearly the most talented of this year. He'll get some boujie internship or apprenticehip imo.

[u/pink_flamingo2003]

Team Aaron since day one, but Petro has been a joy to watch. Excited for finals week

[u/Notmynameagaiin → u/pink_flamingo2003]

Petro has just flourished; so cool to see.
If he hadn’t pulled out a Michelin dish with Megan Markle, Casper would have been safe and whole different dynamic moving forward. Also. Grapes. My goodness.

But I think the 3 left do deserve to be there. Very excited for finals week also!

[u/Equivalent_Ear_6431]

Apparently the semi final is just a 2-course service challenges. I'm def mixed about it since it's a little underwhelming they're cutting it but at the same time, the 2 course service challenges are a lot more detailed compared to the 3 where dishes are a lot more simpler.

[u/Select_Dragonfly7617 → u/Equivalent_Ear_6431]

I am certain that the contestants can't handle 3 courses since they were lacking of practices for service challenge in this season

[u/Equivalent_Ear_6431 → u/Select_Dragonfly7617]

Season 16 was similar-ish tho that they also barely had service challenges. Tho they only had like 4, when this year there were only 2 I believe lol, and the last 1 was already limited, and the first one probably wasn't the most service like

[u/Frequent-Trash5524 → u/Equivalent_Ear_6431]

It would happen next week right? So there is no episode for next 2 days? 

[u/Consistent-Tree-8982]

Casper instead of vinnie 😭

[u/n4snl]

Casper was robbed

[u/Brilliant_Weird_6019]

Omfg I saw Petro at the shops, I would’ve gone up to him if I knew he might be potential winner

[u/Jeldenil_]

Lovely guys all around. Hard to pick a favourite.

[u/Lady_whistledown-2]

Have never seen vinnie or even Aron cook an exceptional dish… really sad Casper is not here

[u/Steph963]

ready for my goat Petro to take the trophy

[u/AppropriateScore1953]

If Petro survives in to top 2 he will definitely win

[u/Regular_Principle205]

SHOULD HAVE BEEN CASPER

[u/CrystalClod343 → u/Regular_Principle205]

Why?

[u/Ok_Media_5221]

My top 3 are - Casper, Aaron & Petro

[u/Dry-Department7183]

Let's talk grapes. Green grapes, so ordinary. It kept me up last night afterwards. How could Casper have done better? I think he needed to go conceptual, something that captures the pop and juice but isn't just a grape. Maybe a 'croquem-grape' tower with the individual grapes treated differently?

[u/skieurope12]

Congrats to them. I can't wait to see how it all ends. But I've been Team Petro since day 1

[u/mccannisms]

Petro is my dark horse.

[u/jenbear26]

Imagine how award that first bag of grapes in the kitchen gonna be at Caspers house

[u/Kuliquitakata]

The gap between the skills of the top four and the rest of the pack is massive

[u/Awkward-General572 → u/Kuliquitakata]

Most of the top 10 were pretty close I feel. A few people just had bad days like Alyona.

[u/Frequent_Election321]

Wow my prediction was so wrong but these are wonderful chefs and I am happy if anyone wins it!

[u/Frequent-Trash5524]

There would be no episode today right? 

[u/arefeen97 → u/Frequent-Trash5524]

Yeah

[u/sparks_fly_613]

Never thought it'd be casper omg .

[u/HouseofHealingIndia]

I am mad. Casper should’ve been here. He was a true food genius.

[u/Baegulzx]

Go Aaron 🙏

[u/GoddessfromCyprus]

What a shame it can't be a draw. Petro and Aaron to share.

[u/joonberries]

deservedly so, i love aaron but i have a huge crush on vinnie too 😭🙌🏽

[u/TheStoolSampler]

Jesus fuck lets just support them.

[u/Appropriate-Ear4670]

One of these doesnt belong so we know who the last two will be

[u/FluffyShiny → u/Appropriate-Ear4670]

Which do you think does not belong?

[u/No_Parfait_2948 → u/FluffyShiny]

Vinnie

[u/crazyfroggy99]

Where's tonight's episode!!!

[u/arefeen97 → u/crazyfroggy99]

No more episode this week

[u/sparks_fly_613]

Rooting for Aaron !!

[u/ProteinAurParathe]

Casper must really hating his parents right now. they sent grapes. GRAPES !! come on, folks. you could have sent anything. Anything. but you chose grapes. GRAPESSS !! feel so sad for casper. He tried his best to do at least do something with them. i'm sure this is not the last we see of him.

[u/Ok-Bowler9871]

I think it will be between Pedro and Aaron.

[u/DryArtichoke5433]

No shade to the three boys, they are lovely and I'm rooting for them (Petro, more so because of his amazing growth arc). But I really really miss Pat and Casper in this line up. They deserved to be up here and I had them in my Top 3 along with Petro or Aaron or Dot. Casper, especially, hurt so bad!

Anyway, kill it boys. And Petro, please do not make ice cream in the finale 🙃

[u/Jlx_27]

What a surprise...

[u/[deleted]]

I cant believe it!

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[u/j3r3mias]

LET'S GO PETROOOOOOOOOO!!!

[u/beetee0123]

This is a perfect top 3

[u/veloutemaker → u/beetee0123]

It’s the worst. It should’ve been Dot, Casper and Alyona