Umberto Spinazzola
Director
Masterchef Italy (2011)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 21, 2011
Episode 54 min
2+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.cooking, tmdb.competition, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.cooking-competition, imdb.cookery-game-show
Production Companies: Magnolia TV, Endemol, Sky
Network: TV8
S2E1 - Auditions - Part 1
None
Dec. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E2 - Auditions - Part 2
None
Dec. 13, 2012, midnight
S2E3 - Top 18 Revealed
None
Dec. 20, 2012, midnight
S2E4 - Rustic Cuisine
None
Dec. 20, 2012, midnight
S2E5 - A Big Mystery Box / Invention Test with Spyros
None
Dec. 27, 2012, midnight
S2E6 - Team challenge at the Arch of Peace
Milan, "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.
Dec. 27, 2012, midnight
S2E7 - A... Hot Mystery Box
The fifteen contestants will face a hot Mystery Box and then a game-based Invention Test.
Jan. 3, 2013, midnight
S2E8 - Team challenge in Sardinia
Landed in Sardinia, the thirteen amateur cooks have to satisfy very picky clients. The losing team will face the feared Pressure Test.
Jan. 3, 2013, midnight
S2E9 - From Sea to the Mountains
Our 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.
Jan. 10, 2013, midnight
S2E10 - The Golf Club
The "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.
Jan. 10, 2013, midnight
S2E11 - Scent of coffee / To each his own
The eleven aspiring chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen. A coffee-themed Mistery Box is waiting for them, a fish-based Invention Test and...
Jan. 17, 2013, midnight
S2E12 - A jump back in time
The 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.
Jan. 17, 2013, midnight
S2E13 - A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine
In 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.
Jan. 24, 2013, midnight
S2E14 - Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge
The eight remaining home cooks are brought to Ceglie Messapica to measure themselves with Puglia's culinary traditions.
Jan. 24, 2013, midnight
S2E15 - Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box
Many 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.
Jan. 31, 2013, midnight
S2E16 - High altitude cooking
The 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.
Jan. 31, 2013, midnight
S2E17 - Take the flight / Veneto territory
The hopefuls cook pigeons. Then they compete in the Invention Test.
Feb. 7, 2013, midnight
S2E18 - In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef
The 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.
Feb. 7, 2013, midnight
S2E19 - Mussels / Traditional cuisine
In 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.
Feb. 14, 2013, midnight
S2E20 - An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes
L’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.
Feb. 14, 2013, midnight
S2E21 - The Semifinal
In the last Mistery Box, the three remaining hopefuls are tasked with creating a dish with foie gras.
Feb. 21, 2013, midnight
S2E22 - Winner Revealed
In 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.
Feb. 21, 2013, midnight
Network: TV8
Episode Runtime: 54 min.
Season Runtime: 18134 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 2011
Last Air Date: Dec. 11, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: T / 2+
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