MasterChef România

MasterChef România
Presented by	Răzvan Fodor
Judges	Patrizia Paglieri (4-) Florin Scripca "FOA" (4-) Adrian Hadean (4-) Cătălin Scărlătescu(1-3) Sorin Bontea(1-3) Florin Dumitrescu(1-3)
Theme music composer	Katy Perry
Opening theme	Hot n Cold
Country of origin	România
Original language(s)	Romanian
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	51 aired
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	PRO TV
Original run	20 March 2012 – present
External links
Website

MasterChef România is the Romanian version of the television cooking game show, open to amateur and home chefs. The first series is featured to start on 20 March 2012 and it is broadcast by PRO TV channel in Romania. The show is hosted by Romanian actor Răzvan Fodor.^[1][2] The panel was completed by Cătălin Scărlătescu, Sorin Bontea and Florin Dumitrescu but they are replaced in season 4 by Patrizia Paglieri, Adrian Hadean and Florin Scripca.^[3]

The first season started on 20 March 2012 on PRO TV and lasted until 6 June.^[4]

The second season was broadcast between 5 March and 28 May 2013.^[5]

The third season was broadcast between 18 March and 10 June 2014.^[6]

The fourth season started on 15 September 2014 and concluded on 23 December 2014.^[7]

Challenges

Preliminaries

Of all the amateur chefs who audition nationwide, one hundred are chosen to cook their signature dish for the three judges. Each judge takes a taste of the dish and gives his opinion before voting a "yes" or a "no". At least two "yes" votes are required to earn a white MasterChef apron, allowing the competitor to advance.

Mystery Box challenge

In the Mystery Box challenge, contestants receive a number of ingredients of which they are to make a dish of their choice. The contestants are allowed to use any number of the ingredients they wish, and are free to leave any ingredients out. Once the dishes are finished, the judges choose three of the dishes to taste. The winner receives an advantage in the following elimination challenge.

Off-site team challenge

The off-site team challenge involves the contestants being split into two teams, blue and red, which consist of equal numbers and are given a task, for example, running a restaurant or catering for a party or wedding. After the task has been completed, the teams are given the results, which can be determined by third party votes. Members of the losing team compete in an elimination challenge.

Pressure test

A "pressure test" challenge involves competitors who failed in a previous challenge (i.e. the three worst performers in an individual challenge or the losing team in a group challenge). The competitors are given a dish that they then must create in a particular time frame. Once the contestants have finished cooking, the dishes are taken to the judges to be tasted, who then criticize, vote and eliminate one or more contestants.

Seasons

Season 1: 2012

The first episode aired on 20 March 2012. The winner was 23 year old Office manager, Petru Buiucă,^[8] who defeated Mimi Nicolae in the grand final. Buiucă received a cheque of 50,000 euros.^[9]

Season 2 : 2013

The second season started on 5 March 2013. The grand prize was won by Aida Parascan,^[10] a housewife that lives with her family in Italy, but came especially back to Romania to take part at the show. The prize remained the same, 50,000 euros.

Season 3 : 2014

The third season started on 18 March 2014.^[11] The winner in this season is Jessica. The prize remained the same of the first two seasons, 50,000 euros.

Season 4 : 2014

The fourth season started on 15 September 2014. The winner of this season was announced on December 23, 2014 and is Ciprian Ogarcă.

See also

• Celebrity MasterChef

References