History Series / MyKitchenRules

The final rounds uses a similar format to the Sudden Death battle, but with an additional difficulty spike for the Grand Finals -- where, instead of plating a three-course meal for 6 judges, the teams are required to cook 20 plates of ''five'' course meals for the judges, ''and'' the eliminated teams, i.e. 100 plates per team. The champion will win a prize of $100k (raised to $250k from Season 3 onwards).

''MKR'' is hosted by Pete Evans and Manu Feildel, who also serve as the series' main judges, and features Guy Grossi, Karen Martini, Liz Egan and Colin Fassnidge as the guest judges.

* TheMeanBrit: Irish judge Colin subverts this. He is one of the most critical and hardest to please among the 6 judges, and was initially introduced as ''MKR''s own version of Creator/GordonRamsay, often pulverizing the contestants' confidence with his aggressive critiques. In later seasons, particularly in Season 6, he has mellowed down a lot. He's still very strict, but is much more fair in his judgement, more willing to praise a good dish (or at least point out the positive aspects of a mediocre one), and is generally a pleasant guy to be around.

** Jessica and Marcos, self-proclaimed overachievers, take this UpToEleven. They are perhaps the most obnoxious team to ever appear on-screen, and Jessica is apparently determined to offend every single person on the table -- including the ''judges''.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: David & Betty have a habit of preceding some of their statements with "Hashtag(#)". So when their Instant Restaurant rounds came, the other contestants lightheartedly decided to imitate them.

** Among the Season 6 contestants, Matt and Rob are described by others as thoughtful and gentlemanly. They also managed to remain very good-natured even after being placed at the bottom of the leaderboard after failing to deliver any good 3-course meals throughout their instant restaurant -- something that cannot be said for everyone in their position. Pete even commends them about how maturely they handled the criticism.

* NotSoDifferent: The similarities between [[TheRival rivals]] Drasko and Steve were constantly lampshaded by the other Group 3 members from the first time they meet, due to their similar hairstyle, clothing choices, and kitchen conduct. Drasko's fiancée, Bianca, mentions how Steve is like Drasko 2.0.

** Among the Season 6 contestants, Matt and Rob was described by others as thoughtful and gentlemanly. They also managed to remain very good-natured even after being placed at the bottom of the leaderboard after failing to deliver any good 3-course meals throughout their instant restaurant -- something that cannot be said for everyone in their position. Pete even commends them about how maturely they handled the criticism.

* MumLooksLikeASister: Inverted. Will and Steve was mistaken by some other team as a father and son. Not only are the two not related, their ages are not actually that far apart either.

* ButNotTooForeign: One of the entry requirements for ''My Kitchen Rules'' contestants is to have permanent residency in Australia, but it doesn't stop people of various ethnicities and national backgrounds from entering the show.
** From the Season 6 contestants, there are:
*** Robert and Lynzey migrated from Texas.
*** Carol is half-Japanese.
*** Rose and Josh are from South America, and bears a strong Spanish heritage.
*** Vicky and Celine comes from a Greek family.
*** Eva and Debra hails from Singapore. Eva is Indian, while Debra is Chinese-Malaysian.
*** Drasko is from Serbia.
*** Lynn and Tony comes from South Africa.
*** Will and Steve are both British lads.
*** Nikki's family is Croatian.
** Even among the judging panel, Pete seems to be the only one who is genuinely Australian. Manu is from France, Colin is Irish, while Karen, Liz and Guy have Italian backgrounds, and their heritage are quite apparent in the food they usually make.

* CelebrityResemblance: The contestants from the second group of Season 6's Instant Restaurant were quick to notice how much Rob looks like Chris Hemsworth's ''Film/{{Thor}}''. Justified since they're apparently cousins.

** Gina and Anna from Season 6's first round. They were always complaining about the how poorly made their opponents' dishes are, made a derogatory remark about how the first two teams of the group were unworthy competition for scoring below 60/110, and believe themselves good enough to score 100 for their Instant Restaurant (a feat that has ''never'' happened in the history of MKR). When their turn to cook does come, they screwed up every dishes, disappointed both the judges and their competitors and were embarrassingly the first team to be eliminated

* TheOneGuy: The Instant Restaurant: Redemption round of season 6 has way more girls than guys. It is made up of 2 couples and 4 two-girl teams -- so, when one couple is doing the cooking, there would only one guy sitting in the table, surrounded by 9 ladies until the judges arrive.

* MemeticHair: Ash from Season 6 has a very distinctive frizzy, almost afro-like, hairstyle that other contestants and interviewers like to poke fun at.

* Epic Fail: Individual dishes that managed to score a 1 from the judges for the Instant Restaurant Round, or even worse, an Instant Restaurant meal that the judges & the contestant dislike in all three courses. Notables include:

** Ginna & Anna is very combative towards the other teams, and their aggressive overeagerness to bring a smash to the competition's borderline bloodthirst.

* TheOneGuy: The Instant Restaurant: Redemption round of season 6 has way more girls than guys. It contains of 2 couples and 4 two-girl teams -- so, when one couple is doing the cooking, there would only one guy sitting in the table, surrounded by 9 ladies until the judges arrive.

** Zana has repeatedly made a point about how ambitious she is, and how she only wants to compete against "the best". Of course, she's also seen the snooty bitch who turns up her nose at every dish that was served in front of her.

** Season 3 Simon & Meg (Though Simon more so), they made a splash due to their harshness in critiquing other teams' food in the Instant Restaurants, but when it's their turn, they made a huge blunder and ended up scoring last in their group (although they were not eliminated, since they had one more shot in another Instant Restaurant round with the bottom 3 teams in the 2 groups).

* CriticalDissonance: In-universe. During Kat and Andre's redemption round, the judges seem to really enjoy the ''ile flottante'' dessert they served, but the rest of the guests find the dish too sweet/sugary and generally unpalatable (even though they do admit that the dish is technically cooked well).

* StrictlyFormula: The show eventually descended into this during Season 6: an individual challenge that results in one couple gaining exemption from the next challenge and the bottom two getting sent to an elimination the very next episode, and so on. This may have been due to the increased number of constestants and the sheer time it took to get through the Instant Restaurant rounds.

* WrittenInAbsence: Pete and Manu were not present in the third round of Season 6, as the group's Instant Restaurant is led by Colin. Likewise, Colin replaced Manu as Pete's co-judge for the People's Choice Challenges. This was already lampshaded by the two hosts after the last Instant Restaurant, where they mentioned that they won't be travelling around with the contestants for ''all'' the challenges, but Colin will be.

** Carly and Tresne from Season 5 were way too sweet for their own good, with the former breaking down upon having to watch a fellow contestant get a harsh critique and even stopping to help Annie and Jason when they were struggling during their instant death cookoff.

** Jane and Emma's team tagline is "polar opposites", with Jane being the prim-and-proper perfectionist "Dessert Queen", and Emma being her laidback and messy housemate who specialize in cooking savoury dishes. Despite their differences, the two are best friends.

* TookALevelInBadass: Season 6's Eva and Debra went from barely avoiding elimination to getting the highest Instant Restaurant score of the show so far, eventually managing to reach the semifinals.

* AlphaBitch: Season 6 Katie and Nikki. Referred to as "MKR's New Villains", the two often flaunt their beauty, are very quick to dismiss other team's dishes by claiming how much better they could perform, and almost immediately antagonize the other two-girl team, Jane and Emma, because [[TerritorialSmurfette they want to be the only two-girl team in the group]].

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sisters Tasia and Gracia communicates by screaming at each other and complaining about each other's work. Despite this, they have a really close bond with each other, and their strong team work marks them as one of the best cooks in the entire MKR history.