My Kitchen Rules: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Group One: NSW
Jan 30, 2012
There are plenty of surprises in store as Australia's favourite home- cooking show My Kitchen Rules returns for a brand new series. Our twelve new cooking teams each take turns to
Group One: WA
Jan 31, 2012
Tonight, school teacher Angela and truckie Justine prepare their three-course menu. These gals are polar opposites in lifestyle so what will end up on the plate? There will be thri
Group One: SA
Feb 1, 2012
Our twelve new cooking teams each take turns to transform an ordinary home into an instant restaurant, serving up a three-course menu designed to impress not only their fellow cont
Group One: NZ
Feb 2, 2012
Our twelve new cooking teams each take turns to transform an ordinary home into an instant restaurant, serving up a three-course menu designed to impress not only their fellow cont
Group One: QLD
Feb 6, 2012
Tonight, solider mates David and Scott host their instant restaurant. The boys are used to high-pressure situations but how will they go under fire in the kitchen? They'll serve up
Group One: VIC
Feb 7, 2012
Tonight, the final team from group one host their instant restaurant. Close mates Thomas and Carla prepare their three course menu. The pair are 'just friends', who insist there ar
Group Two: NSW
Feb 8, 2012
Group one have shown what they can do in the kitchen and now it's group two's turn to plate up. Tonight, potential in-laws Sam and Jillian prepare their three-course menu. The pair
Group Two: WA
Feb 9, 2012
Engaged scientists Emma and Andrew host their instant restaurant. Will they have the right formula to win? They'll serve up a three-course menu designed to impress not only their f
Group Two: SA
Feb 13, 2012
With four more instant restaurants to go, the pressure's on to stay out of the bottom three and avoid the danger zone. It's childhood mates Nic and Rocco's turn to put on the ritz
Group Two: TAS
Feb 14, 2012
Tonight, engaged sales reps Megan and Andy have the chance to show Australia and judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel, what they're made of.
Group Two: QLD
Feb 15, 2012
Every team has felt the sting of their biting critiques, now it's time to turn the tables as Peter and Gary put their money where their mouth is. Are they up to the challenge?
Elimination Kitchen: Thomas & Carla (VIC, Group 1)
Feb 20, 2012
Tonight begins the round of elimination kitchens as we go around the county again. To start things off Thomas & Carla (VIC) from Group 1. After failing to impress the judges and fe
Elimination Kitchen: Simon & Meg (NZ, Group 1)
Feb 21, 2012
We're back in New Zealand with Simon and Meg cooking up some classic Kiwi cuisine, but it's not just the food that's being served up, it's some well-seasoned strategy.
Elimination Kitchen: Megan and Andy (TAS, Group 2)
Feb 22, 2012
The pressure to avoid last place in the elimination round is reaching fever pitch. Tonight one team attempt to recover from their near disaster instant restaurant which was hampere
Elimination Kitchen: Emma & Andrew (WA, Group 2)
Feb 23, 2012
Tonight, one team attempts to dazzle the judges and their fellow contestants after failing to deliver the right flavours during their first instant restaurant. Will they learn from
Elimination Kitchen: David & Scott (QLD, Group 1)
Feb 27, 2012
It's the penultimate instant restaurant of the elimination round tonight, and with only two teams left to cook, the pressure is high to impress fellow contestants and judges Pete E
Elimination Kitchen: Peter & Gary (QLD, Group 2)
Feb 28, 2012
They opened their kitchens to Australia and cooked with everything they had and stress levels are sky high as one team will be eliminated at the end of tonight's instant restaurant
Offsite Challenge: Bed & Breakfast
Feb 29, 2012
After an emotional first elimination, the remaining teams are about to be taken completely out of their comfort zone. The teams set off on an adventure of a lifetime with challenge
Challenge at MKR Headquarters: First Challenge
Mar 1, 2012
Tonight, the teams must cook at Kitchen Headquarters for the first time where the judges have a few tricks up their sleeve. Who will rise to the challenge? And who will miss the ma
Sudden Death Cook-Off
Mar 5, 2012
Thomas and Carla Vs Sam and Jillian. Winners: Thomas and Carla
Offsite Challenge: Pop-Up Food Stall
Mar 6, 2012
The teams must create a 'pop-up food stall' to feed the Melbourne lunch crowd with meals that are not only tasty, but quick and easy to eat.
Challenge at MKR Headquarters: Trust & Representation
Mar 7, 2012
In tonight's challenges back at Headquaters, teams must trust each other and then cook a dish that represents them.
Offsite Challenge: Ingham Harvest Festival
Mar 11, 2012
Tonight, the remaining teams find themselves in Ingham, a small quintessential sugar cane town. Their challenge is to create sweet treats for the town's annual Harvest Festival usi
Offsite Challenge: Roadside stalls & Local markets
Mar 12, 2012
The teams are in for a shock when they're told they will be shopping for ingredients at roadside stalls and local markets.
Sudden Death Cook-Off
Mar 13, 2012
Thomas & Carla vs. Megan & Andy It's the last chance of survival for two teams tonight in the tropical style sudden death cook off. The heat is on as the temperatures rise in kitc
Challenge at MKR Headquarters: Seafood Banquet
Mar 14, 2012
Everyone is back at Kitchen Headquarters and tonight's challenge requires the teams to prepare a seafood banquet fit for kings and the guests of honour are the most important peopl
Challenge at MKR Headquarters: Childhood Dislikes
Mar 15, 2012
Tonight, it's an episode full of surprise tests and temptations. First up, teams begins to cook with their most difficult ingredients used yet, but soon the tables are turned.
Sudden Death Cook-Off
Mar 18, 2012
Simon & Meg vs. Steve & Helen National pride is on the line as two teams go head to head in the sudden death cook-off. It's neck and neck in the closest battle so far. After a nai
Elimination Week: Elimination One
Mar 19, 2012
The judges have a shock announcement that shakes things up in the competition. In another surprise twist, the teams will face their harshest critics yet with the arrival of a jury.
Elimination Week: Elimination Two
Mar 20, 2012
The remaining teams will battle it out in an all-in cook-off. The jury have their knives out again and together with the judges will determine tonight's lowest scoring teams. The t
Elimination Week: Elimination Three
Mar 21, 2012
Tonight, teams continue to impress as they bring out their best culinary skills in a difficult challenge. The jury will determine the two weakest teams who will go straight into a
Semi-Final Placement
Mar 22, 2012
Tonight, things heat up as the competition becomes fiery in the kitchen. Who will cook against who in the semi-finals?
Semi-Finals: Round One
Mar 25, 2012
It's the first round of the semi-finals and two teams must cook their most impressive three-course meal for judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel, and guest judges Guy Grossi, Tobie P
Semi-Finals: Round Two
Mar 26, 2012
One team has already earned their place in the all-important grand final and tonight their competitor will be decided. The remaining two teams must cook their most impressive three
Grand Final
Mar 27, 2012
It started with twelve teams and now it' s down to two. They've cooked for their fellow contestants in their own homes, tantalised tastebuds across the streets of Australia and imp