MasterChef Italia

MasterChef Italia
Genre Cookery
Directed by Umberto Spinazzola
Judges
Country of origin Italy
Original language(s) Italian
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 59
Production
Executive producer(s) Magnolia
Running time 1 hour and 10 minutes
Release
Original network
  • Sky Uno (rerun ed.1, edition 2+)
  • Cielo (edition 1, rerun ed. 2+)
Original release 2011 – present
External links
Website

MasterChef Italia is the Italian version of culinary talent show MasterChef. The first edition was aired from 21 September to 7 December 2011 on Sky Uno.

The judges are chefs Bruno Barbieri, Carlo Cracco, Antonino Canavacciolo by the fifth edition and restaurateur Joe Bastianich (judge MasterChef USA). Voiceovers are made by Simone D'Andrea and Luisa Ziliotto.

The first winner, Spyros Theodoridis, won €100,000 in gold coins and has published a book (published by RCS Rizzoli) with original recipes.

The success of the first edition included parodies of the program, including The Scoured, Crozza in Wonderland and Made in Sud with the parody Mastrochef

Format

Season One

The first season of MasterChef Italy aired from 21 September to 7 December 2011 on 2011 on Sky and saw Spyros Theodoridis come out the winner. In addition, on 21 and 28 December, two special episodes were aired dedicated to the background and to the comments of the protagonists.

Season Two

In February 2012 Sky Italy opened up the casting for the second edition.

The winner of the second edition was Advocate Tiziana Stefanelli. Unlike the previous edition, the first MasterChef aired on Sky One from 13 December 2012[1] to 21 February 2013. On days 19, 20 and 21 November 2012, three special introductory episodes had aired: Joe Bastianich: Family Affairs, Carlo Cracco:The Squaring Of The Egg and Bruno Barbieri: Chef 7-Star.[2] In addition, the three judges were guests in an episode of X Factor Italy, of That Heavenly Goal! and The Barbarian Invasions.

Season Three

In February 2013 casting opened for the third edition. The race started 19 December 2013 and ended on 6 March 2014. The winner of the third edition was Francesco Federico Ferrero, a medical intern.[3] Unlike the other two editions, the winner was announced live at the General Stores in Milan. The season will be broadcast again on Cielo, a DTV channel, in September 2014.

Season Four

In February 2014 casting opened for the fourth season scheduled for the second half of 2014 again on Sky Uno. Filming of these episodes will begin in June. Masterchef Italy started on 18 December 2014

Spin-Off MasterChef Italia Junior

On 16 April 2013 it was announced the MasterChef inspired spin-off, MasterChef Italy Junior, would involve children between 8 and 13 years of age. The casting began on 17 April 2013. The judges are Bruno Barbieri, Lidia Bastianich and Alessandro Borghese. The first season was broadcast from 13 March to 10 April 2014.

Note

  1. ^ The second season of Masterchef on Sky One | DavideMaggio.it
  2. MasterChef Italy 2012 promotional video
  3. Ferrero: «I won Masterchef because no one had an idea of the kitchen,» interview with the chef

External links

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