MasterChef Thailand is the Thai version of the competitive reality TV series MasterChef which premiered on Channel 7 on February 4, 2018.
Contestants
Elimination table
(WINNER) This cook won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place. (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery box challenge or Invention Test). (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Pressure Test) and was announced by the judges. (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team challenge and directly advanced to the next round. (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but didn't win. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge. (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination. (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge and competed in the Pressure test. (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge, did not compete in the Pressure test, and advanced. (RET) The cook won the Reinstation Challenge and returned to the competition. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, but wasn't the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge and they were the only person from their team to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge, and their team was last to advance. (JOIN) The cook was originally eliminated but invited back in the competition. (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes
Episode 1
Original airdate: Sunday 4 February 2018
Basic Cooking Skills: The 30 contestants competed must show the basic skills in the kitchen by using a knife to chop the pork. And use that minced pork for the main ingredient to cook the food in 60 minutes. In this round have bottom 5 that had to eliminate. The other 25 continued to next round. Eliminated: Kunjafar, Roam, Tum, Zai, and Pleum Cooking Skills: The other 25 contestants have to compete in round 2 in which the main ingredient is Macrobrachium rosenbergii and each person can use only 2 Macrobrachium rosenbergii for cooking in 60 minutes. Bank, Annie, Prae, Tong, First, Bo, Kapom, Pung, Golf, Yuri, Pimm and Min automatically continue to the next round. The other 12 people, the Judges will taste all 12 people's dishes again. After that, Miang, Mo Tum, Deaw, Lat, Aim, Belle, and Jon were able to continue to next round. Eliminated: Mos, Yo, Baowhiw, Namtarn, and June
Episode 2
Original airdate: Sunday 11 February 2018
Mystery Box Challenge 1: The contestants had to prepare a dish using only the Mystery Box ingredients, that the main ingredient is Pla ra. And the other ingredients are pork belly, dried shrimp, wet tamarind, Raspberry, Japanese cucumber, bell pepper, Thai basil, Shallot, All-purpose flour, and Japanese rice. The top 20 competed on their first mystery box challenge where Tum, Min, and Bo were called out to have 3 stand out dishes, unfortunately, those dishes stood out in bad ways and bad enough to send one of them home on the spot.
Bottom three: Tum, Min and Bo
Tum was saved from elimination. Bo was sent home, leaving Min to be sent to safety Eliminated: Bo The judges then declare one winner for the mystery box challenge and the winner is Miang Winner/Immune: Miang Invention Test 1 Miang got immunity from elimination and she got to choose for what the rest of the contestants would cook for their elimination challenge. She got the choice between: Cupcakes, Tarts and Doughnuts. She chose tarts. Miang also got to choose 4 home cooks to be saved as well. She chooses to save: Tong, Yuri, Belle, and Jon Immune: Tong, Yuri, Belle, and Jon The unsafe contestants had to create a box of tarts that have 12 tarts 4 flavors and Lat and Deaw were declared as the top 2 of that challenge and are team captains of the next team challenge. Top two: Lat and Deaw Deaw was declared the winner Winner: Deaw Pung, Pimm, and Min had the worst dishes of this challenge Bottom three: Pung, Pimm, and Min Pung was sent to safety. Pimm was eliminated from the competition sending Min to safety Eliminated: Pimm