They're out! A comprehensive list of the contestants who've left MasterChef Australia 2022

Melanie Persson

A pressure test is no easy feat, and last night Melanie couldn't quite conquer chef John Inland's Tuna Wellington without tasting the whole dish due to her gluten intolerance.

"I always dreaded a pressure test to be quite honest," she told 10 Play. "I don't like following recipes and… obviously there's the added pressure of knowing it was quite likely something would be glutenous in the challenge and I wouldn't be able to eat it.

When asked if she felt the challenge was unfair considering her food intolerance, she replied, "I never really thought of it as unfair to be honest… I know they can't change the entire format of the show for me."

Jenn Lee

A surprise elimination round saw the hopeful chefs have to perfect two rounds of cooking in just 90 minutes. But unfortunately, the tough challenge was too much for Jenn, who wasn't used to whipping up dishes quickly.

"To be honest, this was my biggest fear," she told 10 Play. "My style of cooking is quite heavily reliant on time, I love using time to develop flavour, a lot of my ingredients are quite simple but you get the flavour from time.

Even though her journey ended, Jenn was proud to share Taiwanese food with Australia.

"Having this opportunity to show the rest of Australia what Taiwanese food really is and how amazing it can be has been absolutely amazing and it made me really proud and humbled," she said.

Minoli De Silva

Week three of MasterChef has became a chopping block for favourites. Minoli returned after her stint on the show last year with much hype from fans, but when she was tasked with recreating Alla Wolf-Tasker's summer cucumbers with Murry cod without seeing the recipe, she couldn't get herself over the line.

After getting eliminated, she spoke to Ten Play about her experience. "It was just a mess at the end, and my heart was broken that I was serving one of my favourite chefs food that I wasn't happy with - especially her food!

"That completely broke me, at the end, I was just shattered," she shared.

Sashi Cheliah

Sashi is one of MasterChef's best of all time, which is why tears of disbelief filled the famous kitchen when he was eliminated. Although he put up a good fight, the overnight fish curry challenge undid his progress in the competition.

In conversation with Ten Play, the chef was in good spirits when he remembered what went wrong.

"I did not realise, it was a surprise for me," Sashi said. "I put the fish in the curry sauce about six or seven minutes before plating up and then put the dosas together with it.

"One thing I failed to realise was the flame was pretty high, so the fish was cooked perfectly but the bottom bit of the pot got a bit burned and that flavour has been infused throughout in the curry. I didn't realise until the verdict was given."

Ultimately, even though his peers were beside themselves, he wasn't so concerned about his early exit.

"Funny thing was, I was pretty chill about the elimination, I was going around consoling everyone like 'Don't cry, don't cry,'" he said.

"When you cook, you know whether it's a good cook or a bad cook. If something happens, I know it's my fault, nothing else to blame."

Christina Batista

Christina gave her rendition of Tarts Anon's Gareth Whitton's smoked pecan and butterscotch tart, but her fate was sealed when she served it slightly undercooked to the judges.

After she was eliminated, she told Ten Play that she thought the cook would go smoothly. "At first, I thought, oh okay! It's a tart, I can do that! I'm not big on cooking sweets generally but like, okay... it's a tart!"

However, she knew it was her time to go when she compared her tart to the other competitors.

"I had a feeling that it was going to be me," she said. "Seeing the other boys' tarts, I noticed mine had sunk in the middle a little bit... once I heard Matt and Dan had done a good job, I don't know, I just had this gut feeling that it was going to be me." Said Christina.

John Carasig

John was the first Favourite to leave the competition during a challenge involving eggs.

"I was actually confident, when I saw that one egg I thought I've got a few dishes I can actually do — it's something I always cook with anyway, savoury or sweet. I felt quite confident going into that elimination," John told 10 play.

"I just knew that I still belonged in the competition and I really wanted to stay and make sure I did my best on the day," he said.

Despite his confidence, John's lemon tarts just weren't up to scratch, and a botched batch of meringue meant that one of his main elements didn't make it to the plate for the judges.

Max Krapivsky

When one of MasterChef's best cooks ever, Reynold Poernomo, walked through the doors the contestants knew it wasn't going to be an easy day. Each cook gave the Noi their best shot but sadly Max couldn't quite make it over the line.

Max took to Instagram to reflect on the experience. He wrote, "22 does happen to be my lucky number, and to go out 22nd in the year 2022 is something I am so proud of.

"I'm so lucky to have been given a second chance at my Masterchef dream after coming so close last season. Thank you so much to the production team, crew and judges @masterchefau . You have helped me cross off a bucket list item."

Dulan Hapuarachchi

During a marathon challenge, Dulan Hapuarachchi rushed his way through a Polly Wanna Waffle, sadly ending his time in the MasterChef kitchen.

"I wanted to show the judges what I can do, I feel like I wasn't able to because my time was pretty short," Dulan told 10Play after his exit aired.

"But the worst dish of the day goes home, that's just how it works in MasterChef. Everything happens for a good reason, so I just have to believe that!"

Chris Tran

The very first elimination round of the season saw Chris Tran, one of the fans, leave the MasterChef kitchen after his Mì Xào Giòn failed to impress the judges.

Despite his time cut short, Chris told 10Play that he still managed to get the most out of the experience after going from the top four competing for immunity down to finding himself battling in the elimination cook.

"It was the feeling of the highest highs down to elimination, which I guess is the lowest low," Chris said. "I just had a really efficient time on MasterChef. I kind of experienced the whole thing!"

This year, MasterChef fan favourites will compete against a fresh batch of home cooks.