Masterchef Italy (2011)
Italian adaptation of the MasterChef format. The show features a series of challenges in which contestants must demonstrate their culinary skills. These include knowledge of edible products, exceptional creativity, and mastery of various cooking techniques and recipes. Additionally, contestants are expected to show adaptability in different situations, game strategy, and human charisma.
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Episode 1 - Auditions - Part 1
Release Date: 2012-12-13 -
Episode 2 - Auditions - Part 2
Release Date: 2012-12-13 -
Episode 3 - Top 18 Revealed
Release Date: 2012-12-20 -
Episode 4 - Rustic Cuisine
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Episode 5 - A Big Mystery Box / Invention Test with Spyros
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Episode 6 - Team challenge at the Arch of Peace
Release Date: 2012-12-27Milan, "Arch of Peace". This is the location chosen for the first off-site team challenge. The sixteen contestants test themselves with traditional Milanese dishes and will be judged by very discerning guests.
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Episode 7 - A... Hot Mystery Box
Release Date: 2013-01-03The fifteen contestants will face a hot Mystery Box and then a game-based Invention Test.
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Episode 8 - Team challenge in Sardinia
Release Date: 2013-01-03Landed in Sardinia, the thirteen amateur cooks have to satisfy very picky clients. The losing team will face the feared Pressure Test.
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Episode 9 - From Sea to the Mountains
Release Date: 2013-01-10Our amateur cooks are testing themselves with a Mystery Box full of ingredients from the sea and the mountains. The Invention Test is entirely devoted to pastry. Special Guest, the Master Confectioner Iginio Massari.
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Episode 10 - The Golf Club
Release Date: 2013-01-10The "Barlassina Country Club" (one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs in Italy) is the location of the off-site team challenge. Later, members of the losing team face off in an elimination challenge that requires them to prepare the best pesto sauce.
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Episode 11 - Scent of coffee / To each his own
Release Date: 2013-01-17The eleven aspiring chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen. A coffee-themed Mistery Box is waiting for them, a fish-based Invention Test and...
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Episode 12 - A jump back in time
Release Date: 2013-01-17The ten contestants left travel back to the Middle Ages. Using only Medieval cooking equipment, the two teams have to cook a perfect royal banquet. Later, the losing team face off in the Pressure Test.
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Episode 13 - A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine
Release Date: 2013-01-24In today's Mystery Box challenge, the amateur cooks have to steal an ingredient from another contestant. The famous chef Valentino Marcattilii is the guest of the haute-cuisine themed Invention Test.
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Episode 14 - Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge
Release Date: 2013-01-24The eight remaining home cooks are brought to Ceglie Messapica to measure themselves with Puglia's culinary traditions.
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Episode 15 - Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box
Release Date: 2013-01-31Many surprises in this week Mystery Box: a different cooking technique for each contestant and the ingredients' boxes swap. Star of the invention test: the veal kidneys.
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Episode 16 - High altitude cooking
Release Date: 2013-01-31The Sass Pordoi is the high altitude location of the off-site team challenge. Then, the losing team have to deal with a hard Pressure Test and a final Shoot-out.
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Episode 17 - Take the flight / Veneto territory
Release Date: 2013-02-07The hopefuls cook pigeons. Then they compete in the Invention Test.
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Episode 18 - In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef
Release Date: 2013-02-07The five remaining contestants cook at Portofino's marina. Then, in the Pressure Test, they have to make the best Olivier salad to avoid the Final Duel.
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Episode 19 - Mussels / Traditional cuisine
Release Date: 2013-02-14In their first challenge of the day, the remaining chefs are asked to make a dish with mussels. Later, Lidia Bastianich, Joe's mum, visits the MasterChef kitchen, and puts the contestants' cooking skills to the test.
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Episode 20 - An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes
Release Date: 2013-02-14L’ultima prova in esterna nel resort dello chef pluristellato Alain Ducas, un Pressure Test “sbagliato” e un Duello riparatore. Last off-site challenge takes place in Alain Ducas' resort.
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Episode 21 - The Semifinal
Release Date: 2013-02-21In the last Mistery Box, the three remaining hopefuls are tasked with creating a dish with foie gras.
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Episode 22 - Winner Revealed
Release Date: 2013-02-21In their final challenge in the kitchen, the two home cooks will conceptualize and prepare the most important three-course meal of their lives. Later, the judges will reveal Italy's next Masterchef, and the deserving home cook will walk away with a book deal and the 100.000 € grand prize. Find out whose culinary dreams will turn into a reality.