Ticket To Bootcamp: (New Series) Only 120 amateur cooks are selected from more than 6000 hopefuls. After tasting their dishes, the judges will hand out only 50 aprons.
Bootcamp: The top 50 amateur chefs compete in the MasterChef Bootcamp, from which only 18 will go through to the MasterChef Kitchen.
The final 18 Masterchef SA contestants are chosen. The truly traditional South African braai was the focus on the final round of boot camp. It took place at Roots restaurant in the Cradle of Humankind. The contestants had 45 mins to “braai” a dish good enough to go on the Roots menu. Does dessert come to mind when you think braai? Not to me so why would some of the contestants make a dessert when the focus is a braai? Yes one can grill fruits etc but still, I don’t think a dessert is synonymous with a braai. Poor old Sarel used milk chocolate to make a sauce. Andrew Atkinson didn’t hold back whilst pointing out this mistake to Sarel.
In this weeks episode of Masterchef SA we find the contestants in the ever so modern kitchen for the first time. The mystery box: What’s inside? Something they have never cooked before says Andrew Atkinson. Berdina thinks it’s brain or intestine. No, it’s a photo of themselves. Where their culinary journeys began, something that reminds them of their childhood.
It was the team challenge and everyone met at the Nederburg Estate. The challenge was to cook for the Estates Employees in the Harvest Celebration. 2 courses for 40 guests.
It was the first Episode of a brand new Season of MasterChef and the setting was the beautiful vista of the Cape’s Table Bay.
See all the drama from the second episode of the show.
The top 12 anxiously wait for their turn to present their dishes to the judges.
The joy of winning a prize to Ireland, is juxtaposed against a pressure test.
The top 11 faced the carrot invention test in the MasterChef SA kitchen.
Episode 6 saw Ndumiso, Claire and Sipho face off in a unique pressure test. The three had to replicate Chef Niklas Eckstedt’s Scandinavian charred langoustine dish.
Tonight, the top 10 contestants were faced with a tough challenge of preparing MasterChef style dishes and proceed to a full service at The Grill Room in Durban with Flambé and Gueridon trolleys.
Pressure test: Chicken and prawn curry with walnut raita, rice and roti
It was no simple invention test this week because one contestant had to go home.
Penny chooses the teams to pair off in a spectacular wine challenge. A secret award awaits the winners.
Ian and Siphokazi head out for a secret reward. Penny and Francois face off in a rapid fire challenge to stay in the competition.
The team head to Mauritius where they meet up with Masterchef UK winner, Shelina Permalloo.
The contestants get a sugary master class while good friends Penny and Roxi need to cook for their lives in an asian restaurant.
The Top 7 get a surprise fine dining reward. A complex dish awaits back at the Masterchef Kitchen which will determine who will have to hang up their apron.
The Top 5 are taken out to forage in their back yard for fresh ingredients, the pantry is Mother Nature. The contestants will need to invent a unique dish from their pickings from the forrest floor, Fynbos and the sea front.
Meet chef Lorraine Meaney, she's bringing an epic gateau that strikes fear into the top 4 contestants. Who's gateau will arise to the occasion?
Sipho vs Roxi - The Final.
A sizzling season four sees chefs Zola Nene, Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants competing for R1-million prize and the coveted title of MasterChef.
A sizzling season four sees chefs Zola Nene, Gregory Czarnecki and food editor Justine Drake judge the culinary skills of the contestants competing for R1-million prize and the coveted title of MasterChef.
