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Ben Pobjie is a columnist.

Saucy dishes and seriously bad puns are the order of the day in the team immunity challenge

Saucy dishes and seriously bad puns are the order of the day in the team immunity challenge

Team Relay night brings out some great cooking – and disqualification-worthy puns – in the quest for immunity.

  • by Ben Pobjie

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A talking hanky, alien invasion – is this the most silly, joyful horror film of all time?

A talking hanky, alien invasion – is this the most silly, joyful horror film of all time?

Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun created the low-budget Hanky Panky with a camera won in a competition and a bunch of movie business pals, including Seth Green.

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‘Out for numero uno’: Anne Edmonds, Lloyd Langford take on Taskmaster

‘Out for numero uno’: Anne Edmonds, Lloyd Langford take on Taskmaster

Can Australia’s best-known comedy power couple survive the inspired silliness of Taskmaster Australia?

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A ‘piping hot portion of salmonella’ sends another MasterChef contestant packing

A ‘piping hot portion of salmonella’ sends another MasterChef contestant packing

It’s masks on for the blind cube taste test, followed by an elimination that pushes things to the pink chicken brink.

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Good Lourdes! A contestant performs a flipping miracle in the barbecued dessert challenge

Good Lourdes! A contestant performs a flipping miracle in the barbecued dessert challenge

And that miracle was to make a banana pancake cooked on a hydrogen barbecue moderately palatable.

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Why is Jeremy Clarkson still on TV?

Why is Jeremy Clarkson still on TV?

He comes across as an anti-government, right-wing, petrolhead blowhard, but Clarkson’s Farm reveals the controversy-prone journalist and presenter has a more complicated X-factor.

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Andy’s mum sets the bar low (and the cringe factor high) for this retro elimination challenge

Andy’s mum sets the bar low (and the cringe factor high) for this retro elimination challenge

Following the departure of judge Jamie Oliver, an even bigger special guest – it’s Andy’s mum! And she’s brought some triggering retro dishes with her.

  • by Ben Pobjie
To market, to market, to cook food from a supermarket and bid judge Jamie farewell

To market, to market, to cook food from a supermarket and bid judge Jamie farewell

It’s a team challenge at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market, and guest judge Jamie Oliver eliminates himself from the competition.

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The teen YouTuber who grew up into a fully qualified comedian

The teen YouTuber who grew up into a fully qualified comedian

Mawaan Rizwan cast members of his own family in his sitcom Juice, a joyous celebration of a neurotic Pakistani-British man navigating love, family and work stresses.

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MasterChef overhauled its judging line-up. Has it worked?

MasterChef overhauled its judging line-up. Has it worked?

The behemoth cooking show has a new group of judges, and they’re reminders of the program’s core values.

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The judges urge the contestants to dare to dream, before destroying one of them

The judges urge the contestants to dare to dream, before destroying one of them

It’s the first elimination of the season and it’s all about sobby backstories and food dreams. So whose is about to turn into a nightmare? Ben Pobjie recaps.

  • by Ben Pobjie