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My Kitchen Rules
Series 16
Starring	Manu Feildel Colin Fassnidge
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	28 September 2026 (2026-09-28)
Season chronology

The sixteenth season of the Australian competitive cooking competition show My Kitchen Rules premiered on the Seven Network on 28 September 2026.

The fifteenth season auditions opened in November 2025.

Teams

Hometown/state		Group	Teams	Relationship	Status
	QLD	1	Krysten & Lucy	Mother & Daughter	Competing
	SA	1	Angus & Simon	Mates	Competing
	VIC	1	Tiffany & Giancarlo	Loved-up couple	Competing
	SA	1	Alisha & Deanne	Classic bogans	Competing
	NSW	1	Jane & Shane	Stylish foodies	Competing
	VIC	1	Mary & Golden	Nurses	Competing

Elimination history

Teams' competition progress

Round:	Instant Restaurants
	1	2
Teams	Progress
Krysten & Lucy	(72)
Angus & Simon	(70)
Tiffany & Giancarlo
Alisha & Deanne
Jane & Shane
Mary & Golden

Cell descriptions
	Team won a challenge, cooked the best dish or received the highest score for the round.
Safe	Team was safe from elimination after passing a challenge/round.
→	Team continued to next the challenge/round.
	Team was eliminated after losing in a Cook-Off or round.
	Team lost a challenge, cooked the weakest dish, and must compete in elimination cook-off.
	Team received the highest / higher score in an elimination Cook-Off.

Competition details

Instant Restaurants

During the Instant Restaurant rounds, each team hosts a three-course dinner for judges and fellow teams in their allocated group. They are scored and ranked among their group. The two highest scoring teams at the end of the round will advance directly to the next round, and the lowest scoring team will be eliminated, while the three remaining teams will go into a second instant restaurant round against three gatecrasher teams.

Round 1

• Episodes 1 to 6
• Airdate — 28 September to TBA October
• Description — The first of the two instant restaurant groups are introduced into the competition in Round 1.

Instant Restaurant summary

Group 1
Team and episode details		Guest scores						Manu's scores			Colin's scores			Total (out of 110)	Rank	Result
		K&L	A&S	A&D	T&G	M&G	J&S	Entrée	Main	Dessert	Entrée	Main	Dessert
QLD	Krysten & Lucy	—	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	8	72
Ep 1	28 September	Puggles
Dishes	Entrée	Beef Tartare with Quail Egg and Truffle Flatbread
	Main	Seafood Paella
	Dessert	Mango and Coconut Sweet Rice Croissant Puff
SA	Angus & Simon		—					6	6	7	6	6	6	70
Ep 2	29 September	Last Orders
Dishes	Entrée	Wagyu Sausage Roll with Caramelised Onion Chutney and Kimchi
	Main	Gochujang Chicken Parmi with Enoki Fries and Green Apple Slaw
	Dessert	Coconut Panna Cotta with Sesame Snap and Butterscotch Sauce
SA	Alisha & Deanne			—
Ep 3	5 October	Hot Mess
Dishes	Entrée
	Main
	Dessert
VIC	Tiffany & Giancarlo				—
Ep 4	6 October
Dishes	Entrée
	Main
	Dessert

Ratings

Colour key:

  – Highest rating

  – Lowest rating

  – Elimination episode

  – Finals weeks

Week	Episode		Air date	Viewers (millions)	Nightly rank	Source
1	1	Instant Restaurant 1-1: Krysten and Lucy	Monday, 28 September	0.956	4
	2	Instant Restaurant 1-2: Angus and Simon	Tuesday, 29 September
2	3	Instant Restaurant 1-3: Alisha and Deanne	Monday, 5 October