MasterChef Croatia explained

Genre:	Cookery
Judges:	Tomislav Gretić Mate Janković Radovan Marčić
Country:	Croatia
Language:	Croatian
Num Seasons:	6
Num Episodes:	100+
Network:	Nova TV (Croatia) FTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Last Aired:	present

MasterChef Croatia (Croatian:MasterChef Hrvatska) is a Croatian competitive reality television cooking show based on the original British version of MasterChef.^[1] ^[2]

The first season premiered on 21 March 2011 on Nova TV^[3] and it was hosted by Jasna Nanut.^[4] The series went on a hiatus after airing the third season in 2015. In 2021, the series returned with its fourth season and has since been on air regularly as a part of Nova TV's fall schedule. A seventh season is set to premiere in 2024.^[5]

Judges

The judges in the first season were Tomislav Gretić, a famous Croatian chef, Mate Janković, one of the youngest Croatian chefs, and Radovan Marčić, a director and a writer.^[6] ^[7]

For the 2021 reboot of the series, a brand new panel of judges was introduced: Damir Tomljanović, Melkior Bašić and Stjepan Vukadin were the main judges for the fourth, fifth and sixth season. Tomljanović and Bašić are set to be replaced with Goran Kočiš and Mario Mihelj for the upcoming seventh season.^[8]

Judges on *MasterChef Croatia*
Judge	Season
Judge	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Mate Janković	colspan="4"
Radovan Marčić	colspan="4"
Tomislav Gretić	colspan="6"
Dino Galvagno	colspan="4"
Andrej Barbieri	colspan="4"
Damir Tomljanović	colspan="1"
Melkior Bašić	colspan="1"
Stjepan Vukadin	colspan="4"
Goran Kočiš	colspan="1"
Mario Mihelj	colspan="1"

Series overview

Season 1 (2011)

See main article: MasterChef Croatia season 1. Finalists in order of elimination: Robert Predrag Žmire, Matija Nikolić, Vedran Beg, Davor Šreng, Željana Ančić, Ljubo Matulin, Bojan Končar, Ana Kovačević Pilepić, Marko Gajski, Nastasja Fišter, Ivan Vučković, Mario Bobanović, Ivana Đokić, Tea Đukić, Vesna Matulić, Igor Zdenjak, Ivanko Rebič, Tomislav Rusakć

Season 3 (2015)

Finalists in order of elimination: Ratko Iveković, Valerio Baranović, Robert Budimir Bekan, Oskar Svržnjak, Danijel Živković, Dina Lončar, Dario Žmikić, Mišel Matulin, Ivana Vujina Jović, Elena Jurić, Emilija Marinović, Martina Županić

Season 4 (2021)

Finalists in order of elimination: Marija Gregurić, Frano Kekez, Igor Ivanović, Ana Marija Kutleša, Ema Baniček, Zvijezdana Posavec, Tihomir Bježančević, Tomislav Marković, Filip Pleteš, Željka Bleuš, Klavdija Zubović, Karmen Jurčić, Maja Mandić, Marko Krznarić, Roko Kulušić - Neral, Vanja Agić, Ana Antunović

Season 5 (2022)

Finalists in order of elimination: Emina Bajramović, Leo Jurešić, Jelica Boto, Lucija Kerečin, Ivica Višić, Maja Jalšovec, Lucija Davidović, Luka Marin, Mevlija Delić, Marko Kolak, Nikola Kotur, Luka Piasevoli, Vesna Slavica, Matea Alduk, Andrea Dević, Tihomir Krklec, Ivana Ivić, Anita Vuković, Wannapa Ponyon

Season 6 (2023)

Season 6 ran from 4 September to 29 December 2023, concluding after 61 episodes.

Season 7 (2024)

Auditions for season 7 opened in March 2024. For the first time since season 4, the judging panel is set to be revamped: Damir Tomljanović and Meltkior Bašić are set to be replaced with Goran Kočiš and Mario Mihelj; Stjepan Vukadin will, however, remain on the panel.

External links

Official Website (in Croatian)

Notes and References

Web site: Odličan start Masterchefa / Novi list . 2011-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110403093656/http://www.novilist.hr/hr/Scena/TV/Odlican-start-Masterchefa . 3 April 2011 .
Web site: Masterchef zasad gledaniji od Big Brothera, Nova TV dobila prvu bitku protiv RTL-a – Jutarnji.hr . 15 April 2011 . 25 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110325095134/http://www.jutarnji.hr/masterchef-zasad-gledaniji-od-big-brothera--nova-tv-dobila-prvu-bitku-protiv-rtl-a/933439 . dead .
Web site: Naslovnica – Masterchef . 2011-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110410194006/http://masterchef.novatv.hr/ . 10 April 2011 .
Web site: Voditeljica – Masterchef . 2011-04-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110401011151/http://masterchef.novatv.hr/voditeljica . 1 April 2011 .
Web site: U tijeku su prijave za novu sezonu MasterChefa!. 26 June 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317092957/https://novatv.dnevnik.hr/zabavni/masterchef/clanak/zanimljivosti/u-tijeku-su-prijave-za-novu-sezonu-masterchefa---836602.html. 17 March 2024. Nova TV. novatv.dnevnik.hr. hr. Applications for the new season of MasterChef are in progress!.
Web site: Žiri – Masterchef . 2011-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110410194011/http://masterchef.novatv.hr/ziri . 10 April 2011 .
Web site: Masterchef, Mate Janković: Hrana nije seks, nego predigra – Jutarnji.hr . 15 April 2011 . 12 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812022133/http://www.jutarnji.hr/masterchef--mate-jankovic--hrana-nije-seks--nego-predigra/934532 . dead .
Web site: Prekretnica u Masterchefu: Odlaze Melkior Bašić i Damir Tomljanović. 26 June 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240515052252/https://www.jutarnji.hr/dobrahrana/price/prekretnica-u-masterchefu-odlaze-melkior-basic-i-damir-tomljanovic-15451681. 15 May 2024. Jutarnji list. jutarnji.hr. 19 April 2024 . hr. The turning point in Masterchef: Melkior Bašić and Damir Tomljanović are leaving.