MasterChef South Africa

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MasterChef South Africa
JudgesPete Goffe-Wood
Benny Masekwameng
Reuben Riffel
Andrew Atkinson
Country of originSouth Africa
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes44
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesQuizzical Pictures
Lucky Bean Media
Release
Original networkM-Net
Original release20 March 2012 (2012-03-20)

MasterChef South Africa is the South African version of the television cooking game show franchise MasterChef. It is filmed on the Nederburg Wine Estate in Paarl, Western Cape and judged by Pete Goffe-Wood, Benny Masekwameng and Reuben Riffel, as of season 3. The series ran from March 2012 – May 2015.[1]

On August 17th 2021, M-Net announced the show will be back for a fourth season in 2022 [2]

Format[]

Preliminaries[]

Of all the amateur chefs who audition nationwide, one hundred are chosen to cook their signature dish for the three judges. Each judge takes a taste of the dish and gives his opinion before voting a "yes" or a "no". At least two "yes" votes are required to earn a white MasterChef apron, allowing the competitor to advance.

Mystery Box challenge[]

In the Mystery Box challenge, contestants receive a number of ingredients of which they are to make a dish of their choice. The contestants have to use all the ingredients in the box. Once the dishes are finished, the judges taste all the dishes. The winner receives an advantage in the following elimination challenge.

Off-site team challenge[]

The off-site team challenge involves the contestants being split into two teams, blue and red, which consist of equal numbers and are given a task, for example, running a restaurant or catering for a party or wedding (similar to Gordon Ramsay's other series, Hell's Kitchen). After the task has been completed, the teams are given the results, which can be determined by third party votes. Members of the losing team compete in an elimination challenge.

Pressure test[]

A "pressure test" challenge involves competitors who failed in a previous challenge (i.e. the three worst performers in an individual challenge or the losing team in a group challenge). The competitors are given a dish that they then must create in a particular time frame. Once the contestants have finished cooking, the dishes are taken to the judges to be tasted, who then criticize, vote and eliminate one or more contestants.

Seasons[]

Season Original run Winner Runner-up Third place No. of Finalists
1 20 March – 14 July 2012 Deena Naidoo Sue-Ann Allen Manisha Naidu 18
11 June – 11 September 2013 Kamini Pather Leandri van der Wat Seline van der Wat 16
21 August – 11 December 2014 Roxi Wardman Siphokazi Mdlankomo Phillipa Robinson[3] 12
8 February – 10 May 2015 Chris Forrest Patricia Lewis Terence Bridgett[3] 10
4 28 February 2022 - TBA TBA TBA TBA 20 [4]

Season 1 (2012)[]

The first season aired in March 2012, ending with Deena Naidoo as the winner and Sue-Ann Allen as runner-up.[5]

Season 2 (2013)[]

The second season aired in June 2013, ending with Kamini Pather as the winner and Leandri van der Wat as runner-up, while her sister Seline van der Wat came third place.[6][3]

Season 3 (2014)[]

Season three of Masterchef South Africa aired its first episode on 21 August 2014. Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena was among the competitors.[7]

Celebrity (2015)[]

Masterchef South Africa Celebrity aired its first episode on 8 February 2015.

Season 4 (2022)[]

Season four was announced on August 17th to air on M-Net from February 2022.

MasterChef SA Season 4 will be broadcast Monday-Thursday from 28 February 2022 at 18:00 [8]

References[]

  1. ^ "M-Net's MasterChef SA cancelled". channel24. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ Engelbrecht, Compiled by Leandra. "MasterChef SA is back!". Channel. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "M-Net - It's Magic". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ^ Botha, Fran (18 August 2021). "Culinary hopefuls, are you ready? Entries are open as 'MasterChef SA' season 4 set to return next year". IOL.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "M-Net - It's Magic". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ^ "M-Net - It's Magic". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ Schwartz, Alyssa (5 November 2018). "This Chef is Returning to Her Roots—Literally—With Her South African Restaurant". Saveur. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. ^ Engelbrecht, Compiled by Leandra. "MasterChef SA is back!". Channel. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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