MasterChef Korea () is a South Korean competitive reality television cooking show based on the British television cooking game show MasterChef. The first season premiered on O'live Network on 27 April 2012. It ran for four seasons and ended on 19 May 2016.
The winner of MasterChef Korea received 300 million won, shopping credits, a refrigerator and their own cookbook.
Season summary
Male contestants Female contestants
Season 1: 27 April – 20 July 2012
Winner: Kim Seung-min ()
In the preliminary stages, participants had to prepare a dish and present it to the judges (i.e. Kim Sohyi, and Noh Hee-young), who would decide if they would advance to the next stage and receive their white aprons. 39 people qualified and were then immediately put through a skills test in cutting onions and an invention test with the ingredient tofu. The remaining top 15 contestants were then put through a series of tests to determine the winner of MasterChef Korea.
Contestants ContestantAgeOccupationHometownStatusPlace Nom Seong-seok () 45 Businessman Seoul1st eliminated 20th Lim Ji-sung () 21 Law student Gwangju2nd eliminated- Park Ji-hyun () 26 Actress Seoul3rd eliminated 19th Kim Woo-seok () 35 Football teacher Busan4th eliminated 18th Ho Hye-neon () 65 Retired Jeju5th eliminated 17th Park Yu-tong () 36 Dentist Ulsan6th eliminated 16th Kim Da-nang () 31 Fashion designer Busan7th eliminated 15th Yeong Ho-baek () 31 Bus driver Gwangmyeong8th eliminated- Si Mang-ha () 41 English teacher Incheon9th eliminated 14th Lee Na-sang () 19 Gastronomy student Seoul10th eliminated 13th Choi Wang-seok () 53 Lawyer and businessman Daegu11th eliminated 12th Dong Ji-min () 22 Medicine student Seoul12th eliminated 11th Lim Ji-sung () 21 Law student Gwangju13th eliminated 10th Yeong Ho-baek () 34 Bus driver Gwangmyeong14th eliminated 9th Lim Seo-min () 29 Stylist and tattoo artist Incheon15th eliminated 8th Kim Tae-song () 44 Science teacher Busan16th eliminated 7th Ho Seung-kyu () 32 Artist and actress Seoul17th eliminated 6th Park Ha-joo () 36 Model Ansan18th eliminated 5th Lim Seok-seung () 43 Math teacher Incheon3rd finalist 4th Kim Bo-jung () 36 Tattoo artist Seoul2nd finalist 3rd Lee Da-eun () 41 Merchant UlsanRunner-up 2nd Kim Seung-min () 38 Systems engineer IncheonWinner 1st
Season 2 Season 2: 10 May – 2 August 2013 Winner: Choi Kang-rok ()
Contestants ContestantAgeOccupationHometownStatusPlace Kim Yu-ju () 32 Food seller Ansan1st eliminated 16th Lee Hee-won () 36 English teacher Seoul2nd eliminated- Hong Hyuk-jin () 59 Retired Gimpo3rd eliminated 15th Kim Seon-min () 32 Basketball player Suwon4th eliminated 14th Lee Tae-reum () 55 Merchant Busan5th eliminated 13th Kim Mi-eun () 41 School principal Seoul6th eliminated 12th Yoon Hwang-seo () 19 Medicine student Daegu7th eliminated- Cho Ye-rim () 28 Baker Ulsan8th eliminated 11th Kim Seo-hyung () 32 Dancer Jeju9th eliminated 10th Oh Ye-na () 33 Spanish teacher Busan10th eliminated 9th Bae Hyung-gul () 47 Biochemical Guri11th eliminated 8th Yui Asai () 28 Nurse Japan12th eliminated 7th Yu Xiao-qi () 52 Fruit seller China13th eliminated 6th Lee Hee-won () 36 English teacher Seoul14th eliminated 5th Miku Nakamura () 21 Trainee Japan3rd finalist 4th Hwang Eun-hyun () 28 Actor and dancer Seongnam2nd finalist 3rd Yoon Hwang-seo () 19 Medicine student DaeguRunner-up 2nd Choi Kang-rok () 42 Fisherman IncheonWinner 1st
Season 3: 10 May – 2 August 2014 Winner: Choi Kwang Ho () Season 4: 3 March – 19 May 2016 Winner: Kim Jung Hyun ()
References
External links MasterChef Korea MasterChef Korea 2 MasterChef Korea 3 MasterChef Korea 4