The twelfth season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on May 27, 2025, at (BRT / AMT) on Band.
Érick Jacquin, Helena Rizzo, and Henrique Fogaça returned as judges. Ana Paula Padrão did not return as host and was not replaced; instead, her role was jointly assumed by the three judges, while actress Bruna Thedy took over the show's narration and voice-overs, previously done by Padrão in past seasons.
The grand prize is R$350.000, a scholarship on Le Cordon Bleu, R$50.000 courtesy by iFood plus a specialized consultancy for the winner's future restaurant, a shop card on Havan worth R$30.000, R$100.000 courtesy by Asaas and the MasterChef trophy.
Lawyer Daniela Dantas won the competition over barman Felipe Bruzzi on September 2, 2025.
Contestants Top 18 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Result Winnings Finish Daniela Dantas 49 Petrópolis Lawyer 7 1st Felipe Bruzzi 33 Rio de Janeiro Barman 6 2nd Gloria Pai 66 Hong Kong Language teacher 4 3rd Rodrigo Pedroza 35 Volta Redonda Merchant 7 4th Leonela Borges 29 Santa Bárbara Lawyer 3 5th Guilherme Pennacchia 19 São Paulo Student 4 6th Fernanda Colombo 34 Criciúma Football referee 4 7th Taynan Fernandes 33 Rio de Janeiro Dentist 5 8th Teresa 29 Foz do Iguaçu Engineer 2 9th Sofia Jungmann 26 São Paulo Public relations 3 10th Felipe Miyasaka 33 Ribeirão Preto Advertising 2 11th Naiara Bogo 28 Indaial Nautical designer 2 12th Vitória Ketyllin 22 Cianorte Entrepreneur 1 13th André Alexandre 31 da Alegria Livestock farmer 1 14th Lucas Kaum 31 Brasília Environmental engineer 1 15th Ricard Bezerra 32 Campina Grande Psychologist 1 16th Teresa 29 Foz do Iguaçu Engineer 0 Flávia Letícia 26 Teófilo Otoni Nursing technician 0 17th Salomar Arcanjo 47 Brasília Businessman 0 18th
Elimination table
Place Contestant Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 Daniela WIN IMM IN LOW WIN IN LOW WIN IMM IN WIN IMM PT WIN IMM IN LOW IN LOW IN HIGH WIN WIN IMM WINNER 2 Felipe B. HIGH IMM IN WIN PT LOW IN HIGH IMM IN IN IMM WIN LOW HIGH HIGH IMM WIN IMM WIN IMM WIN HIGH WIN 3 Gloria IN WIN IN LOW WIN LOW HIGH LOW LOW LOW HIGH IMM HIGH LOW LOW WIN IMM IN HIGH IN IN WIN IN ELIM 4 Rodrigo IN IN IN IN HIGH IN LOW WIN IMM HIGH IMM IMM WIN WIN IMM LOW WIN WIN IMM IN WIN WIN LOW ELIM 5 Leonela IN IN HIGH IMM WIN IN WIN HIGH IMM HIGH IMM IMM LOW WIN IMM IN IN IN IN HIGH IMM ELIM 6 Guilherme HIGH IMM HIGH IMM LOW IN IMM LOW WIN IN IMM IMM WIN WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN LOW ELIM 7 Fernanda HIGH IMM WIN IMM PT HIGH IMM HIGH IMM IN IN IMM WIN WIN IMM IN IMM IN WIN IN ELIM 8 Taynan IN HIGH WIN IMM WIN WIN IMM IN HIGH IN IMM IMM WIN WIN IMM HIGH IMM IN IN IN ELIM 9 Teresa LOW HIGH HIGH IMM ELIM WIN RET PT LOW WIN LOW HIGH IN ELIM 10 Sofia IN IN IN HIGH WIN IN IMM IN LOW WIN IMM IMM WIN LOW IN IN ELIM 11 Felipe M. HIGH IMM IN IN WIN HIGH IMM LOW HIGH HIGH IMM IMM WIN LOW LOW LOW 12 Naiara HIGH IMM HIGH IMM WIN IN HIGH WIN IMM LOW LOW IMM LOW LOW ELIM 13 Vitória HIGH IMM HIGH IMM WIN HIGH IMM HIGH IMM LOW LOW IMM ELIM 14 André IN IN HIGH IMM LOW IN IMM WIN IMM IN ELIM 15 Lucas HIGH IMM IN IN WIN IN IMM IN ELIM 16 Ricard LOW LOW WIN IMM PT LOW ELIM 17 Flávia IN LOW IN ELIM 18 Salomar IN ELIM Key
Guest appearances
Episode 2 Chef Alê Costa Episode 3 Catia Fonseca Episode 4 Chef Carmem Virginia Episode 6 Maiquel Vignatti Episode 8 Leonardo Andrade Episode 9 Chef Rodrigo Oliveira Cesar Yukio Episode 10 Evaristo Costa Chef Luiz Filipe Souza Episode 11 Paola Carosella Chef Telma Shimizu Episode 12 Fernanda Gentil
Episode 13 Dayse Paparoto Elisa Fernandes Chef Diego Lozano Aline Chermoula Arnaldo Lorençato Dani Ganazzi Daniel Sales Giovanna Simonetti Isabelle Moreira Juliana Simon Luisa Januario Luiz Américo Camargo Marcelo Katsuki Mariella Lazaretti Marília Miragaia Patricia Oyama Patrícia Ferraz Rosa Moraes
Episode 14 Mariana Perdomo Felipe Helvio Nadia Pizzo Junior Peto Episode 15 Chef Carla Rosas Chef Paulo Soares Chef Otto Vitelleschi Stenio Girardelli Raul Lemos Chef Diego Lozano
Ratings and reception Brazilian ratings All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media. Episode Title Air date Timeslot (BRT) SP viewers(in points) BR viewers(in points) Ref. 1 Top 18 May 27, 2025 1.0 1.1 2 Top 17 June 3, 2025 1.6 1.2 3 Top 16 June 10, 2025 1.0 4 Top 15 June 17, 2025 1.4 1.0 5 Top 14 June 24, 2025 1.1 6 Top 13 July 1, 2025 1.4 1.1 7 Reinstation challenge July 8, 2025 1.4 1.2 8 Top 13 Redux July 15, 2025 1.5 1.0 9 Top 12 July 22, 2025 1.5 1.1 10 Top 11 July 29, 2025 1.5 1.1 11 Top 9 August 5, 2025 1.8 1.2 12 Top 8 August 12, 2025 1.8 1.3 13 Top 6 August 19, 2025 1.7 1.2 14 Top 4 August 26, 2025 1.8 1.3 15 Winner announced September 2, 2025 2.0 1.5
References
External links MasterChef on Band