My Kitchen Rules: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of My Kitchen Rules Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 01 - Artie and Johnny (QLD)
Jan 31, 2011
The boys have been mates ever since Artie, 42, employed Johnny, 26, to work at his award-winning butcher shop - Nambour Plaza Meats – a few years ago. Since then, Artie has inspir
Episode 02 - Kane and Lee (VIC)
Feb 1, 2011
Hosting everything from tapas nights to dinner parties, Kane, 28, and Lee, 25, make one formidable duo. "We probably work better as a team than as individuals," Kane says. "We're n
Episode 03 - Sammy and Bella (NSW)
Feb 2, 2011
For Sydney sisters Sammy and Bella, cooking is a family affair. Their grandmother Ursula was a chef in Poland who cooked for many high-profile politicians including former US presi
Donna and Reade (SA)
Feb 7, 2011
The Adelaide couple have been running their own business for the last 12 years and use cooking as a means of escape from their work. They love it so much they even knocked down a w
Episode 05 - Melanie and James (TAS)
Feb 8, 2011
Melanie, 37, was married for 12 years to a chef who dominated their kitchen. "I didn't cook at all during that time," she says. "He just did it all. When we split up, I had to star
Episode 06 - Daniela and Stefania (WA)
Feb 9, 2011
Their passion for food is infectious. "I just love to see people eat my food and enjoy it," Daniela says. "Cooking relaxes me. I could do it at 12.30 at night. Any time... I just l
Episode 19
Mar 14, 2011
Tonight, the contestants cook for the most difficult clients - children. Who will end up on the bottom?
Episode 22
Mar 21, 2011
The teams must make the perfect picnic basket for the hungry hordes at an international food festival. The team with the best dish, as judged by the people, will be safe for the we
Episode 25
Mar 28, 2011
The remaining seven teams arrive in the Red Centre to compete in the first of three Northern Territory challenges. The team with the best dish as judged by the cattle farmers will
Episode 26
Mar 29, 2011
The Northern Territory adventure continues as the teams board the Ghan. For this test, the teams are forced to cook in the world's tiniest kitchen aboard a moving train on the way
Episode 27
Mar 30, 2011
The Northern Territory adventure ends in Darwin and the competition is turned on its head by an unexpected turn of events
Episode 28
Apr 4, 2011
The teams will cook a Chinese banquet at one of the biggest Chinese restaurants in Australia. While the experience leaves them reeling, they are hit with a surprise that nobody saw
Episode 29
Apr 5, 2011
The teams begin with a rapid cook-off in a challenge with an international flavour. The lowest-ranking team will be sent straight to the sudden-death cook-off. Who will impress the
Episode 30
Apr 6, 2011
The lowest-ranking teams face off in a battle for survival in the competition. They must cook their best three-course meal for the judges and guest judges Guy Grossi, Tobie Puttock
Episode 31
Apr 11, 2011
In the first semifinal, two teams must cook their best three-course meal for the judges. One team will be eliminated and the other team will head straight to the grand final.
Episode 32
Apr 12, 2011
In the second semifinal, two teams must cook their best three course meal for judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel and guest judges Guy Grossi, Tobie Puttock, Liz Egan and Karen Mart
Episode 33 - Finale
Apr 13, 2011
In the grand final, the two remaining teams must prepare a five-course meal for the judges. Who will be crowned the champion and walk away with the $100,000 cash prize?