| Genre: | Cooking, Reality television |
| Judges: | Audra Morrice Bruno Ménard Susur Lee |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 17 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes (including commercials), 90 minutes (season premiere, including commercials), 120 minutes (final, including commercials) |
| Company: | Lifetime (South East Asia) |
| Network: | Lifetime (South East Asia) |
MasterChef Asia is a regional competitive cooking game show based on the original British show MasterChef. The show is produced by Lifetime Asia. A total of 15 home cooks from various regions across Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam) competed in the first season of MasterChef Asia. The show is judged by Hong Kong-born, culinary chef Susur Lee; 3-Michelin starred chef Bruno Ménard; and Singapore-born Audra Morrice, a MasterChef Australia finalist. From the MasterChef kitchen to off-site and overseas challenges, the 15 episodes will culminate in one home-cook winning the title of the first ever MasterChef Asia.[1]
| Contestants | Age | Country | Occupations | Status | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woo Wai Leong | 27 | Singapore | Lawyer | Winner 10 December | 5 |
| Marcus Low | 24 | Malaysia | Banker | Runner-Up 10 December | 7 |
| Jasbir Kaur | 54 | Malaysia | Homemaker | 4 | |
| Priya Barve | 39 | India | Marketing Manager | 5 | |
| Doan Phuong Ha | 31 | Vietnam | Entrepreneur | 5 | |
| Lennard Yeong | 27 | Singapore | Engineer | 5 | |
| Blanche Chu | 28 | Taiwan | Model | 2 | |
| Sandrian Tan | 41 | Singapore | Homemaker | 2 | |
| Lica Ibarra | 29 | Philippines | Finance Sales Officer | 1 | |
| Vonny Lestari | 20 | Indonesia | Student | 0 | |
| Rico Amancio | 31 | Philippines | Paralegal | 1 | |
| Alice Peng | 32 | China | Scientist | 0 | |
| Stefan Pratama | 25 | Indonesia | Sales Representative | 0 | |
| Jake Aycardo | 24 | Philippines | Analyst | 0 | |
| Sophia Zulkifli | 30 | Malaysia | Homemaker | 0 | |
| Place | Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||||
| 1 | Leong | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | WINNER | |
| 2 | Marcus | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | ||
| 3 | Jasbir | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | IN | ELIM | ||
| 4 | Priya | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | ELIM | |||
| 5 | Ha | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | ELIM | ||||
| 6 | Lennard | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | LOW | ELIM | ||||||
| 7 | Blanche | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | PT | LOW | LOW | LOW | ELIM | |||||||
| 8 | Sandrian | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||
| 9 | Lica | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | ELIM | |||||||||
| 10 | Vonny | IN | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 11 | Rico | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Alice | IN | LOW | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Stefan | IN | LOW | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Jake | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sophia | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
(WINNER) This cook won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) This cook received second place in the competition.
(WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test) and received an advantage in the next challenge.
(WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Offsite Challenge and was safe.
(LOW) The cook was on the losing team in the Offsite Challenge and was not safe.
(IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a Offsite Team Challenge.
(HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in the challenge.
(IMM) The cook did not have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
(LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, but was not the last person to advance.
(LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, and was the last person to advance.
(PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team/Pair Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
(NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team/Pair Challenge, but was exempted from the Pressure Test.
(ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
The programme is being broadcast in the Philippines by TV5 every Sunday night at 8pm, starting 8 November 2015. In Indonesia, every Saturday at 3pm on Global TV. Malaysia, Every Monday at 6:30pm on Astro Ria. In India every Saturday at 10:00pm on Star World Premiere. In Singapore, on Channel 5, starting at 10.30 p.m, every Sunday.