MasterChef Chile

MasterChef Chile
Genre	Cookery
Created by	Franc Roddam
Written by	Hugo Alé
Directed by	Mirko Morán
Presented by	Diana Bolocco
Judges	Yann Yvin Christopher Carpentier Ennio Carota
Country of origin	Chile
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	3
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sergio Nakasone Verónica Ruaro Emiliano Zitrynovitch
Producer(s)	Andrés Authier María José Hernández Rocío Oporto Orlando Vergara María Elena Cruz Cristián López Andrés Venegas Claudio Contreras Claudia Romero
Running time	90 minutes
Distributor	Ziji Productions Shine International
Release
Original network	Canal 13
Original release	October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
External links
Website

MasterChef Chile is a Chilean competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is presented by Diana Bolocco accompanied by French chef Yann Yvin, Chilean chef Christopher Carpentier, and Italian Chef Ennio Carota as the show's main judges. It is produced and broadcast on Canal 13. The first episode aired on 26 October, 2014, and the series one finale was broadcast on 2 February, 2015. The first winner was Daniela Castro, a 26-year-old artist.

The second series premiered on 18 October 2015 and the winner was Alfonso Castro a 63-year-old waiter on 28 January, 2016. Masterchef Chile has also spawned a spin-off series Junior Masterchef which featured only younger contestants and premiered on sunday 20 March, 2016.

Format

The program has a format consisting of fixed tests in which several events occur to result in a deletion each program.

• Preliminares (Preliminaries): Of all the amateur chefs who auditioned throughout the country, hundreds are chosen based on their dishes. Each judge will try the dishes and give their opinion before voting "yes" or "no". Upon receiving two "yes" votes, the participant automatically earns a MasterChef white apron.
• La caja misteriosa (The mystery box): Contestants will receive a certain quantity of ingredients and cook a dish of their choice with them. The contestants can use as much ingredients as they want, and are free to skip some of them. Once the dishes are finished, the judges choose the three best dishes, and from these three one is picked the best one and skips the next round.
• Prueba por equipos (Team event): This test is performed outside the kitchens of "MasterChef". Contestants are divided into two or three teams with an even quantity of members, and are given a task. Captains should choose the recipe that will be cooked and the contestants that will help them. After finishing all the dishes, people choose which dish was better and the losing team will have to face the next test.
• Prueba de eliminación (Elimination test): The winning team will observe their peers who have lost. The losing team must cook the recipe specified by the judges. The judge will "deliberate" and the person who cooked the worst dish has to leave the show.
• Prueba de presión (Pressure test): It's the toughest test. A major star will visit the program and teach their best creation, and the contestants will have to cook it.
• Reto creativo (Creative challenge): The judge will decide which dish will be cooked by the contestants.

Judges

Judge	Profession
Yann Yvin	With 30 years of experience in demanding cuisines, is a key concept in the success of their work the word excellence. He came to work in the most prestigious kitchens of his country, such as the French Ministry of Defense and the President of France Monsieur François Mitterrand. He has opened more than 13 restaurants in Chile and in France, and has been dedicated to the banqueting high level, organizing summits of presidents, consulting for royal visits to embassies or celebrity birthdays such as Pelé's.
Christopher Carpentier	He's one of the most successful and renowned chefs in Chile. He has been awarded several times and was named "Chef of the Bicentennial of Chile" in 2010.
Ennio Carota	This Italian chef is one of the most beloved and renowned exponents of the cuisine of his country. Globetrotter, after studying at the Turin Hotel School, he went out into the world knowing and working in the most diverse cuisines of Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, North America, Latin America and Europe, revealing among other things the Nouvelle Cuisine he did meet new roads in his gastronomic journey.

Contestants

Season 1

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Status
Daniela Castro	26	Visual Artist and Event Decorator	Eliminated on 7th Week and Winner
Ignacio Riveros	26	Garbage Collector	Runner-Up
Leonora Saavedra	50	Merchant	Third Place
Alejandra Orellana	31	Law Student	Eliminated on 9th Week/Fourth place
Eliana Hernández	84	Housewife	Eliminated on 22 Week
Paula Avilés	45	Alternative Therapist and Cultural Adviser	Eliminated on 21 Week
Rodrigo Lemus	39	History Teacher	Voluntary leave and Eliminated on 20 Week
Francisco González	28	Actor	Eliminated on the 19th Week
Robert Pinter	24	Actor and DJ	Eliminated on the 8th and in the 18th Week
Óscar Barrera	22	Medical Student	Eliminated on the 17th Week
Karla González	25	Paramedic	Eliminated on the 13th and in the 16th Week
Marco Olea	35	Retired Soccer Player	Eliminated on the 15th Week
Ángela Argandoña	54	Housewife	Eliminated on the 14th Week
Sandra Lagos	39	Housemaid	Eliminated on the 12th Week
Annelore Baumann	53	Businesswoman	Eliminated on the 11th Week
Claudia Westphal	31	Social Worker	Eliminated on the 10th Week
Paulina Ahumada	49	Housewife	Eliminated on the 6th Week
Raquel Muñoz y Deyanira	41	Housewife	Eliminated on the 5th Week
Kimberly Salazar	17	Student	Eliminated on the 4th Week
Pablo Edwards	59	Architect	Eliminated on the 3rd Week
Jean Meneses	27	Electronics Technician	Eliminated on the 2nd Week
Nicolás Achondo	32	Graphic Designer	Eliminated on the 1st Week

Season 2

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Status
Alfonso Castro	63	Waiter	Winner
Maximiliano Cabezón	25	Industrial Civil Engineer	Runner-Up
Maylin González	28	Cook at the Jail of Vallenar	Joint Third Place
Almendra Santibáñez	48	Art Dealer	Joint Third Place
Felipe Taverne	39	Architect	Eliminated on the 24th Week
Alejandra González	28	Policewoman	Eliminated on the 23rd Week
Camila Sepúlveda	19	Nutrition Student	Eliminated on the 13th Week and 22nd Week
Renato del Valle	35	Photographer	Eliminated on the 21st Week
Pachara Poonsawat	27	Translator and Singer	Eliminated on the 4th Week and 20th Week
Fabián Calvumil	18	Amateur Boxer	Eliminated on the 19th Week
Karin Huber	28	Waitress	Eliminated on the 18th Week
Eduardo Améstica	36	Artist and Musician (aka Leche)	Eliminated on the 17th Week
María José Muñoz	34	Artist and Housewife	Eliminated on the 11th Week / Eliminated on the 16th Week
Odette Handschun	34	Lunch Seller	Eliminated on the 2nd Week / Eliminated on the 15th Week
Macarena Urrutia	28	Nutritionist	Eliminated on the 14th Week
Francisca Márquez	24	Social Work Student	Eliminated on the 12th Week
Nancy Jara	47	Waitress	Eliminated on the 10th Week
Andrés Bravo	32	Architect	Eliminated on the 9th Week
Jorge Sánchez	48	Crooner (under the stage name Valentino)	Eliminated on the 8th Week
Fabricio Aedo	30	Fisherman	Eliminated on the 7th Week
Gabriel González	26	Nurse's Assistant Technician	Eliminated on the 6th Week
Sheila González	35	DJ, Publicist and Actress	Eliminated on the 5th Week
Joaquín Fuentes	24	Firefighter	Eliminated on the 3rd Week
Ss. Mónica Araya	55	Nun and Special Education Teacher	Eliminated on the 1st Week

External links

• Official website (Spanish)