MasterChef Argentina
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| MasterChef Argentina | |
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| Genre | Baking, cooking |
| Created by | Franc Roddam |
| Directed by | Claudio Cuscuela |
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| Voices of | Claudia Fasolo |
| Country of origin | Argentina |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Producer | Diego Guebel |
| Production location | Buenos Aires |
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| Release | 6 April 2014 – 7 August 2023 |
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| MasterChef Celebrity Argentina | |
MasterChef Argentina is an Argentine gastronomy reality show contest produced by Boxfish TV for Telefe. It is the main national variant of the television program and franchise MasterChef.
Overview
[edit]The program has five seasons, the first of which premiered on April 6, 2014. The first five seasons (three traditional and two children's) were hosted by Mariano Peluffo, with a judging panel consisting of Donato De Santis, Germán Martitegui, and Christophe Krywonis.
In 2020, MasterChef Celebrity Argentina premiered, hosted by Santiago del Moro and featuring the same judging panel, with the exception of Krywonis, who was replaced by Damián Betular.
Since 2023, Wanda Nara has replaced Santiago del Moro as host.
Production
[edit]The filming of the Argentine version of MasterChef takes place at the Telefe studios. The entire season is filmed at this studio.
Prizes
[edit]The winner receives the title of MasterChef, a cash prize (250,000 pesos ars in the first season, 350,000 pesos in the second, 1,200,000 in MasterChef Celebrity and 10,000,000 pesos in the third season) and the publication of a cookbook of their own creation, in addition to a one-year scholarship at the Mausi Sebess International Institute of Culinary Arts.
Format
[edit]The tests that the participants will have to face are:
- Mystery box (initial test): the contestants will receive one or more ingredients that they must use in the dish to be cooked in some way, either in their own style or following the instructions or advice given by the jury. The two best dishes will be the captains of the next test. The best applicant will be rewarded in some way, usually with privileges such as not being expelled from that program or some advantage for subsequent tests.
- Creative challenge (initial test): the applicants will be limited to using a few ingredients, and with them they must cook the dish they decide on, trying to ensure that the proposed ingredients combine properly.
- Pressure test (initial test): the toughest test. An important star of the kitchen will visit the program, will show them one of his creations and they will have to reproduce it as faithfully as possible following the instructions and steps of the master.
- Team test: the contestants are divided into two teams, red and blue, choosing the captain of each of the members and the menu to cook among several exposed, starting the best of the initial test. The contestants must cook in an organized way to get all the dishes out on time.
- Elimination test: the team or contestants that have done the best in the previous test will be exempt from this test. The rest must cook the recipe indicated by the jury. They will "deliberate" and whoever has made the "worst" dish will leave the program.
Only one of the three initial test variations is performed in each program. All tests have a time limit established by the jury, and before starting the applicants have three minutes to stock up on ingredients from the "supermarket", except in the team test.
Seasons
[edit]| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Number of finalists | Finalists ordered chronologically according to their elimination | Start date |
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| 1 | Elba Rodríguez | Pablo Fekete | 16 | María José Poretta, Federico Silva, Roberto Ríos, Óscar "Coto" Fernández, Ángela Raad, Mohamed Alaa, Gaia Bidin, María Sol Bazzolo, María Luján Martínez, Juan Fernández, Jo Johannes, Laureano Driussi, Laura Vides, Natalie Neuberger | 2014 |
| 2 | Alejo Lagouarde | Martín Matroni | 20 | Julita del Cogliano, Diego Ávila, Claudia Ortiz, Simone Caregnato, Sol Wei, Juan Pablo Rote, Mariana Lacroze, Matías Cederbojm, Nadia Andrada, Patricia Zacarías, Julia Nocquet, Lía Cigliutti, Sebastián Ablín, Francisco Taverna, María Karapetyan, Alan Disavia, Jacinto Echandía, Mercedes Elaskar | 2015 |
| 3 | Rodolfo Vera Calderón | Estefanía Herlein | 16 | Emilio Falbo, Micaela Bosio, Carlos Alzamora, Agustín Sampietro, Delfina Gayoso, Juan Ignacio Feibelmann, Candelaria Sorini, Juan Francisco Moro, María Sol Ferrero, Silvana Díaz, Aquiles González Sviatschi, Daniela Kompel, Antonio López, Rodrigo Salcedo | 2023 |
MasterChef editions
[edit]| Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
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| MasterChef | 2014 |  ARG Elba Rodríguez |
ARG Pablo Fekete |
| MasterChef 2. season | 2015 | ARG Alejo Lagouarde |
ARG Martín Matroni |
| MasterChef 3. season | 2023 |  MEX Rodolfo Vera Calderón |
ARG Estefanía Herlein |
MasterChef Junior Editions
[edit]| Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
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| MasterChef Junior[1] | 2015 | ARG María Sassola |
ARG Lucas Di Giacomo |
| MasterChef Junior 2 | 2015 - 2016 |  Spain Sebastián Flores |
ARG Uziel Tarascona |
References
[edit]- ↑ "The second season of MasterChef Junior has begun". El Tribuno. September 26, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
External links
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| Junior MasterChef |
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| Teens MasterChef | ||
| Young MasterChef | ||
| Senior MasterChef | ||
| Celebrity MasterChef | ||
| Creators MasterChef | ||
| MasterChef: The Professionals | ||
| Dessert Masters | ||
| MasterChef: All Stars | ||