MasterChef Australia (series 6)
The sixth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on Monday, 5 May 2014 on Network Ten. This series was won by Brent Owens in the final against Laura Cassai on 28 July 2014. Coincidentally, Cassai and third-placed Emelia Jackson attended the same high school, Siena College. Owens is the last male winner until Sashi Cheliah from tenth series. Changes. In a reversal from the previous season, the audition and preliminary stages were again broadcast as part of the series, and the weekly theme format was dropped. Series 6 also introduced the  power apron, which granted its wearer a number of advantages and control across a series of challenges. In elimination challenges and pressure tests, the contestant wore black aprons with their name in it. The same type of aprons were used by eliminated contestants in week 8 of the 5th season of Masterchef Australia. In the previous seasons, the contestant who faced an elimination test or a pressure test wore a black apron without their name on it. In addition, the Immunity Challenges were expanded to have a preliminary round between three contestants before the winner moved on to cook for  immunity against a professional chef. Kylie Kwong regularly appeared as a mentor during the Immunity Challenge episodes in addition to a recurring role as a guest judge. Contestants. Top 24. The full Top 24 were revealed on Tuesday, 6 May. At the first Top 24 challenge, it was revealed that Cecilia Vuong, who was recovering from brain surgery due to a skiing injury, had withdrawn from the competition based on medical advice. Georgia Hughes, who had been the last one eliminated in the Top 50 portion of the show, entered as her replacement. Future appearances -Brent Owens appeared on Series  7 as a guest judge for a Mystery Box Challenge. -Cecelia Vuong will return at Series 8 to have a second chance to win but eventually reached 17th place. -Brent also appeared in series 10 to support the top 50. -Brent was also at the winner announcements of seasons 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13. -Emelia Jackson, Laura Cassai, Jamie Fleming, Tracy Collins, and Ben Macdonald were all guests at the series 10 semi final -Laura Cassai (now Sharrad), Emelia Jackson and Tracy Collins appeared on Series 12. Tracy was eliminated on 24 May 2020, finishing in 13th. Laura  placed Runner-Up on 20 July 2020, placing 2nd. Emelia won the competition on 20 July 2020. -Emelia Jackson appeared as a guest judge for the first mystery box challenge of series 13, while Laura appeared for masterclass. Both were at the winner announcement with Brent. -In Series 14 Sarah Todd will appear for another chance to win the Title.