The second season of MasterChef Thailand is the Thai version of the competitive reality TV series MasterChef which premiered on Channel 7 on February 4, 2018. It has received more than 3,000 applicants, but only 30 were chosen to audition in MasterChef Kitchen. After audition, 20 contestants qualified to be the real contestants of this season. The same presenters from season 1 are welcomed back, which includes the host Piyathida Mittiraroch, and the judges , , and Pongtawat Chalermkittichai.
This season is won by Thanapat "First" Suyaw against Nalat "Lat" Chiraveerakul, who finished as the runner-up.
Contestants Top 20 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Number of Wins Thanapat Suyaw (First) 21 Nan Trader 4 Nalat Chiraveerakul (Lat) 30 Lampang Online trader 5 Komsan Wongsa (Deaw) 25 Mae Hong Son Florist 4 Bank Jetasanond 38 Bangkok Steward 3 Namthip Phoosri (Jah) 25 Bangkok Auto mechanic 8 Dissakul Prasitruangsuk (Tum) 25 Bangkok Doctor 4 Pongsapol Youngmeesuk (Yuri) 23 Bangkok Student 6 Isara Donleeken (Kapom) 26 Maha Sarakham Farmer 2 Sunya Thadathanawong (Golf) 37 Bangkok Photographer 3 Narinrat Samutrattanakul (Miang) 31 Samut Prakan Tax planner 2 Mintra Yonarnan (Min) 27 Bangkok Korean teacher 2 Maniporn Pornchotthaweerat (Belle) 33 Bangkok Marketing manager 2 Annie Potjes 28 Bangkok Designer 3 Poonyanate Tanaprapas (Pung) 37 Bangkok Graphic designer 2 Naruepon Kornprasert (Jon) 44 Bangkok Musician 2 Nitcha Rungrotthanakul (Prae) 21 Bangkok Student 1 Pantiwa Nirundaropas (Aim) 26 Nong Khai Officer 0 Pawat Kritsaruenon (Tong) 45 Bangkok Company employee 0 Chutikan Aupparanukhro (Pimm) 24 Bangkok Graphic designer 0 Pitchatarn Lertudomtana (Bo) 30 Bangkok Software developer 0 Future appearances:
Lat appeared as the special guest in Episode 4 of Junior Season 1. Almost every contestants here were one of the guest judges in the Team Challenge of Episode 5 of Junior Season 1. First later appeared as the special guest in the Pressure Test round. First later appeared as a special guest multiple times throughout MasterChef series. He appeared in Episode 12 of Season 3, Episode 3 of Junior Season 2, Episode 12 of All-Stars, Episode 15 of Season 5, and Episode 5 of Season 7. In 2020, MasterChef All-Stars premiered featuring past contestants. Eight contestants in this season competed, including Lat, Deaw, Jah, Bank, Tum, Kapom, Golf and Belle. Jah became one of the runner-ups of that season, while Lat and Bank made it into the semi-finals. First, Deaw, Jah and Bank were one of the chef helpers in Celebrity Season 1. First, Jah, and Bank returned as chef helpers in Celebrity Season 3, as well as Golf making his appearance. Golf appeared as the special host at the beginning of Episode 3 of Junior Season 3. In 2025, First returned to compete in The Professionals season. He made into semi-final round, but unfortunately missed the spot in the grand finale.
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(WINNER) This cook won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place. (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery box challenge or Invention Test). (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Pressure Test) and was announced by the judges. (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team challenge and directly advanced to the next round. (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but didn't win. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge. (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination. (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge and competed in the Pressure test. (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge, did not compete in the Pressure test, and advanced. (RET) The cook won the Reinstation Challenge and returned to the competition. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, but wasn't the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge and they were the only person from their team to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge, and their team was last to advance. (JOIN) The cook was originally eliminated but invited back in the competition. (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes Episode 1 Original airdate: Sunday 4 February 2018 Basic Cooking Skills: The 30 contestants competed must show the basic skills in the kitchen by using a knife to chop the pork. And use that minced pork for the main ingredient to cook the food in 60 minutes. In this round have bottom 5 that had to eliminate. The other 25 continued to next round. Eliminated: Kunjafar, Roam, Tum, Zai, and Pleum Cooking Skills: The other 25 contestants have to compete in round 2 in which the main ingredient is Macrobrachium rosenbergii and each person can use only 2 Macrobrachium rosenbergii for cooking in 60 minutes. Bank, Annie, Prae, Tong, First, Bo, Kapom, Pung, Golf, Yuri, Pimm and Min automatically continue to the next round. The other 12 people, the Judges will taste all 12 people's dishes again. After that, Miang, Mo Tum, Deaw, Lat, Aim, Belle, and Jon were able to continue to next round. Eliminated: Mos, Yo, Baowhiw, Namtarn, and June
Episode 2 Original airdate: Sunday 11 February 2018 Mystery Box Challenge 1: The contestants had to prepare a dish using only the Mystery Box ingredients, that the main ingredient is Pla ra. And the other ingredients are pork belly, dried shrimp, wet tamarind, Raspberry, Japanese cucumber, bell pepper, Thai basil, Shallot, All-purpose flour, and Japanese rice. The top 20 competed on their first mystery box challenge where Tum, Min, and Bo were called out to have 3 stand out dishes, unfortunately, those dishes stood out in bad ways and bad enough to send one of them home on the spot.
Bottom three: Tum, Min and Bo Tum was saved from elimination. Bo was sent home, leaving Min to be sent to safety Eliminated: Bo The judges then declare one winner for the mystery box challenge and the winner is Miang Winner/Immune: Miang Invention Test 1 Miang got immunity from elimination and she got to choose for what the rest of the contestants would cook for their elimination challenge. She got the choice between: Cupcakes, Tarts and Doughnuts. She chose tarts. Miang also got to choose 4 home cooks to be saved as well. She chooses to save: Tong, Yuri, Belle, and Jon Immune: Tong, Yuri, Belle, and Jon The unsafe contestants had to create a box of tarts that have 12 tarts 4 flavors and Lat and Deaw were declared as the top 2 of that challenge and are team captains of the next team challenge. Top two: Lat and Deaw Deaw was declared the winner Winner: Deaw Pung, Pimm, and Min had the worst dishes of this challenge Bottom three: Pung, Pimm, and Min Pung was sent to safety. Pimm was eliminated from the competition sending Min to safety Eliminated: Pimm
Episode 3 Original airdate: Sunday 18 February 2018 Team Challenge 1 The top 18 home cooks were sent to their first team challenge where they went to a shrine to serve Chinese food for Ah Kong R-Mar for 201 peoples. Each team must serve 1 dish of Chinese entrée food and 1 dish of desserts. They have time to cooking for 90 minutes and 60 minutes more to serve. Team captainMember Deaw Miang, Belle, First, Aim, Tong, Bank, Kapom and TumLat Golf, Jah, Annie, Yuri, Prae, Jon, Min, and Pung
Winner Team: Blue Pressure Test 1: For the pressure test, the Red team is the lost team, But The captain can choose 3 people to get immune for the pressure test. Captain choose First, Belle, Miang. But Miang gives the immune to Deaw (Captain). For the pressure test. People who not got immune have 50 minutes to cook Unadon. Immune: First, Belle and Deaw Bottom three: Tum, Tong, and Miang Eliminated: Tong
Episode 4 Original airdate: Sunday 25 February 2018 Mystery Box Challenge 2: The contestants had to prepare a dish using only the Mystery Box ingredients, that the main ingredient is the T-bone part Angus cattle from Australia. And the other ingredients are Scallop, Potato, Wonton sheet, Brussels sprout, Strawberry, Bird's eye chili, Mozzarella cheese, chicken egg, Eatable flower and salted crab. The contestants have 60 minutes to cook the dishes. Golf and Aim were the bottom two and got blame by the judges. Deaw, Bank and Jah were the top three. Jah won and got the privilege to control the invention test. Bottom two: Golf and Aim Winner/Immune: Jah Invention Test 2: Since Jah got the privilege to control the invention test. Jah got immune and can choose who to cook Entrée dish or to cook desserts. By peoples who got devil dolls have to cook desserts and peoples who didn't get have to cook Entrée dish. People who got devil dolls are Kapom, Jon, Deaw, Belle, Bank, Pung, First and Lat. The ingredient to compete in this round is a different kind of Solanaceae and have 60 minutes to cook the dish. Lat and First were the Best and they'll be Captain team in the next competition. Winner: Lat Jon, Aim and Belle had the worst dishes of this challenge Bottom three: Jon, Aim and Belle Eliminated: Aim
Episode 5 Original airdate: Sunday 4 March 2018 Team Challenge 2 The top 16 home cooks were sent to their second team challenge where they went to an IMPACT Lakeside to serve street food and desserts for Motorbikes driver for 251 peoples. Each team must serve 1 dish of entrée street food and 1 dish of desserts. They have time to cooking for 90 minutes and 60 minutes more to serve. Team captainMember Lat Jah, Golf, Bank, Kapom, Prae, Tum and MinFirst Yuri, Deaw, Jon, Annie, Belle, Pung and Miang The blue team with a score of 179 scores. And the red team got only 72 scores. Winner Team: Blue Pressure Test 2: For the pressure test, the Red team is the lost team, But The captain of the winning team (First) can choose 4 people to get immune for the pressure test. First choose Kapom, Tum, Bank, and Min. For the pressure test, people who not got immune have to cook 3 different menus of an egg, Which have 3 rounds. A person who can do the best in each round will get immune. Immune: Kapom, Tum, Bank, and Min Round 1: The contestants who not got immune have to cook the poached egg within 10 minutes. Lat can do the best in round 1 so she got immune for the next round. Round 1 Winner/Immune: Lat Round 2: The other 3 people have to cook the perfect fried egg within 7 minutes. Jah can do the best in round 2 so she got immune for the last round. Round 2 Winner/Immune: Jah Round 3: The other 2 people have to cook the omu egg on top of the rice that already prepared within 5 minutes. Golf could do better than Prae so that Golf could go to the next round. Prae got eliminated Eliminated: Prae
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