MasterChef Québec is a Québécois competitive cooking reality show, part of the MasterChef franchise, open to amateur home cooks across Quebec. It premiered on TVA on January 8, 2024.Hugo Dumas, "Une recette courte, rapide et figée". La Presse, January 15, 2024.
On September 3, 2024, TVA placed casting calls for MasterChef Junior Québec featuring Junior contestants from the ages of 8–13. The first season of MasterChef Junior Québec premiered on TVA on April 28, 2025.
Format On MasterChef Québec, amateur, non-professional homecooks are given the opportunity to compete in a series of challenges to win a trophy, a cash prize, and the title of MasterChef Québec. The first season began with a larger group of finalists invited to compete in a face-off in order to win a white apron and a spot in the primary stages of the competition. Stefano Faita and Martin Picard currently serve as the series' judges.
Judges and hosts Stefano Faita, chef and restaurateur. Martin Picard, chef and owner of Montreal restaurant Au Pied de Cochon. Additionally, several guest judges are slated to appear throughout the series for specific challenges and episodes.
Seasons <onlyinclude> Season Episodes Time slot (ET) Originally aired Finalists Winner Runner-up Season premiere Season finale TV season 1 54 Mondays-Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. April 4, 2024 2023–24 16Sandra Plourde Fadwa Chtita252September 9, 2024December 5, 20242024-25Pierre-Alexandre JolyJade Auclair-Roy353 Sundays at 8:30 p.m. & Mondays-Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.September 7, 2025December 7, 20252025-26Samuel BoisvertCharlotte Verdier4TBATBATBA2026-2720TBATBA
Season 1
Top 16 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Sandra Plourde 34 Ste-Croix Food Inspection Team LeaderWinner April 4 Fadwa Chtita 35 Montreal Computer EngineerRunner-Up April 4 Meriem Elbaine 50 Boucherville TeacherEliminated April 2 Pierre-Yves Lévesque 41 Laterrière General ManagerEliminated March 28 Jean-Christophe Nadeau 30 Quebec Director of Board Games StoresEliminated March 21 Vincent Notaro 33 Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington FarmerEliminated January 18Returned January 23Eliminated March 14 Alexandre Lapointe 50 Varenne Service ManagerEliminated March 7 Désirée Duchesne 45 Saint-Eustache SupervisorEliminated February 29 Yves Lemelin 40 Drummondville Paver OperatorEliminated February 27 Simon Caron 31 Rivière-du-Loup FirefigtherEliminated February 22 Yvon Larochelle 61 Blainville AdministratorEliminated February 15 Kimberly Landerman 37 Saint-Philippe Automotive Sales DirectorEliminated February 8 Alysan Boudreault 24 Quebec NurseEliminated February 1 Stéphane Prescott 53 Saint-Félix-de-Valois RV Entrepreneur Eliminated January 25 Sonia Rhéaume 56 Quebec Event ServiceEliminated January 23 Mariel Jomphe 24 Natashquan BrewerLeft January 23
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Episodes
Season 2
Top 16 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Pierre-Alexandre Joly 33 Sherbrooke Special Ed TeacherWinner December 5 Jade Auclair-Roy 32 Quebec City Real Estate AppraiserRunner-Up December 5 Josianne Falardeau 44 Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Head of Procurement DivisionEliminated December 3 Chris Nhut Truong 36 Montreal FirefighterEliminated November 28 Josie Tremblay 32 Chicoutimi CHSLD ManagerEliminated November 21 Bianka Martel 34 Mashteuiatsh Social Worker & Beauty Care TechnicianEliminated November 14 Isabelle Séguin-Zilio 25 Montreal Data ScientistEliminated November 7 Martin Gagnon 51 Stoneham Information OfficerEliminated October 31 Gerry Rembeyo 42 Montreal Industrial Engineering AnalystEliminated October 24 Jordan Morin 26 Sainte-Julienne Insulation WorkerEliminated October 17 Jake Prévost 32 Montreal Artist, Producer, & DJEliminated October 10 Johanne Brosseau 68 Laval RetiredEliminated October 8 Pierre Martin 56 Montreal EntrepreneurEliminated October 3 Maude Dumas-Bonneau 28 Quebec City High School Teacher Quit September 26 Annie-Claude Jutras 40 Lévis ActuaryEliminated September 19 Sébastien St-Germain 31 Montreal IT ConsultantEliminated September 12
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Season 3
Top 16 ContestantAgeHometownOccupationStatusSamuel Boisvert29SherbrookeMarketing StrategistWinner December 7Charlotte Verdier26MontrealEntrepreneurRunner-Up December 7Corine Ouellet45LévisTerritory ManagerEliminated December 3Jean-Sébastien Di Fruscia42LavalDoctorEliminated December 1Anne-Catherine Leclerc30RosemèreTraining DirectorEliminated November 30Alexandre Archambault30MontrealArtist ManagerEliminated November 23Valérie Heppell26MirabelAccounting StudentEliminated November 16Frédérick Levesque33Quebec CityNursing StudentEliminated November 9Lydiane Pinel37LévisEntrepreneurEliminated November 2Hugo Houde37MontrealActuaryEliminated October 26Nancy Lavoie50Saint-LazareDental AssistantEliminated October 19Raphaël Vézina33Quebec CityServerEliminated October 12Louis Murray48La MalbaieConstruction ForemanEliminated October 5Tammy Hurteau36BouchervilleMagazine Project ManagerEliminated September 28Nathalie Robitaille54Saint-Lambert-de-LauzonRetiredEliminated September 21Jim Meunier41Saint-HyacintheReal Estate BrokerEliminated September 14
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Season 4
Top 20 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Carl Boutin 54 Delson CHSLD Manager Carmen Aubé 33 Gatineau Lawyer Caroline Dupont 51 Mont-Saint-Grégoire Assistant Director Claudine Gastin 39 Montreal Photographer Daniel Ménard 65 L’Île-Bizard Entrepreneur Didier Ricard-Tremblay 33 Mascouche Urban Planner Geneviève Fortin Bilodeau 39 Chicoutimi Clinical Nurse Karine Lagueux 52 Lévis Business Owner Kim Nunès 41 Saint-Jérôme Teacher Léa Charest 32 Rimouski Traveling Sales Representative Lucie Brosseau 63 Boucherville Retired Corporate Executive Marc Lapointe 39 Boischatel Ministry of Education Advisor Marc-André Tardif 35 Saint-Eustache Manager Maxime Soucy 35 Montreal Artistic Director Michael Berlangieri 33 Laval Videographer Nancy Guillemette 46 Saint-Hubert Nurse PractitionerNancy Laforge45PrévostFinancial Recovery CounselorSara Levesque27MontrealSocial WorkerSophia Moeck24MontrealFirst Aid ConsultantSophian Verri39MontrealVideo Director
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See also
MasterChef Junior Québec
References
External links TV network website: TVA