MasterChef Korea

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MasterChef Korea
GenreCooking
Judges
  • Kim Sohyi (1,2,4)
  •  [ko] (1,2,3)
  • Noh Hee-young (1,2,3)
  •  [ko] (3,4)
  • Song Hoon (4)
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons4
Production
Executive producerSeok Jeong-ho
ProducerKim Kyung Su
Running time75 minutes
Release
Original networkO'live
Original releaseApril 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) –
May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)
External links
MasterChef Korea4 Website

MasterChef Korea (Korean: 마스터셰프 코리아) is a South Korean competitive reality television cooking show based on the British television cooking game show MasterChef. The first season premiered on O'live Network on 27 April 2012. It ran for four seasons and ended on 19 May 2016.

The winner of MasterChef Korea received 300 million won, shopping credits, a refrigerator and their own cookbook.

Season Summary[]

Season 1: 27 April – 20 July 2012[]

  • Winner: Kim Seung-min (김승민)

In the preliminary stages, participants had to prepare a dish and present it to the judges (i.e. Kim Sohyi,  [ko] and Noh Hee-young), who would decide if they would advance to the next stage and receive their white aprons. 39 people qualified and were then immediately put through a skills test in cutting onions and an invention test with the ingredient tofu. The remaining top 15 contestants were then put through a series of tests to determine the winner of MasterChef Korea.

Contestants[]

Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Status Place
Nom Seong-seok 45 Businessman Seoul Eliminated 1st 20th
Lim Ji-sung 21 Law student Gwangju Eliminated 2nd -
Park Ji-hyun, Yuni 26 Actress Seoul Eliminated 3rd 19th
Kim Woo-seok, Woo 35 Football teacher Busan Eliminated 4th 18th
Ho Hye-neon, Hina 65 Retired Jeju Eliminated 5th 17th
Park Yu-tong, Yu 36 Dentist Ulsan Eliminated 6th 16th
Kim Da-nang, Danielle 31 Fashion designer Busan Eliminated 7th 15th
Yeong Ho-baek 31 Bus driver Gwangmyeong Eliminated 8th -
Si Mang-ha, Mang 41 English teacher Incheon Eliminated 9th 14th
Lee Na-sang, Lynn 19 Gastronomy student Seoul Eliminated 10th 13th
Choi Wang-seok, Seok 53 Lawyer and businessman Daegu Eliminated 11th 12th
Dong Ji-min 22 Medicine student Seoul Eliminated 12th 11th
Lim Ji-sung 21 Law student Gwangju Eliminated 13th 10th
Yeong Ho-baek 34 Bus driver Gwangmyeong Eliminated 14th 9th
Lim Seo-min, Sarah 29 Stylist and tattoo artist Incheon Eliminated 15th 8th
Kim Tae-song, Tae 44 Science teacher Busan Eliminated 16th 7th
Ho Seng-kyu, Sophie 32 Artist and actress Seoul Eliminated 17th 6th
Park Ha-joo, Jacqueline 36 Model Ansan Eliminated 18th 5th
Lim Seok-seung, Seung 43 Math teacher Incheon Eliminated 19th 4th
Im Bo-jung, Ashley 36 Tattoo artist Seoul Eliminated 20th 3rd
Lee Da-eun, Dae 41 Merchant Ulsan Runner-up 2nd
Kim Seung-min, Min 38 Systems engineer Incheon Winner 1st

Seasons 2 to 4[]

  • Season 2: 10 May – 2 August 2013
    • Winner: Choi Kang-rok (최강록)
  • Season 3: 10 May – 2 August 2014
    • Winner: Choi Kwang Ho (최광호)[1]
  • Season 4: 3 March – 19 May 2016
    • Winner: Kim Jung Hyun (김정현)

References[]

  1. ^ Briedis, Cassandra (6 August 2015). "MasterChef Korea won by Sydney hospitality student". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

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