MasterChef Thailand Celebrity season 1 explained

Season Number:1
Num Episodes:8
Network:Channel 7
Next Season:Season 2

MasterChef Celebrity Thailand is the Thai version of the competitive reality TV series MasterChef which premiered on Channel 7 on November 1, 2020.

Celebrities

ContestantAgeHometownGroupStatusNumber of Wins
Pitt Karchai [1] 33BangkokA 2
Patiparn Patavekarn (Mos)47Bangkok0
Nuengtida Sophon (Noona)28NontaburiB1
Paweenut Pangnakorn (Pookie)39Ratchaburi1
Chinawut Indracusin (Chin)31BangkokB1
Samapol Piyapongsiri (Kai)51Bangkok0
Pimara Charuenpakdee (Waan)36Bangkok0
Phantila Fooklin (Aire)33BangkokA1
Pakkaramai Potranan (Tong)42Chonburi1
Thanatchaphan Buranacheevilai (Bookko)35Bangkok1

Elimination table

PlaceContestantEpisode
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1PittININWINININPTPASSWINNER
2MosINININININPTPASS
NoonaHIGHINWINININPT
PookieHIGHLOWHIGHINWINPT
5ChinWINININININELIM
AireINLOWININWINELIM
7KaiINININELIM
TongINWININELIM
9WaanINELIM
BookkoWINELIM

(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 Elimination Test).

(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.

(PASS) The cook won in group A and is waiting for the final round.

(PT) The cook was on the last round before qualifying to the finals and competed in the Pressure Test.

(LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge or Pressure Test, but advanced.

(ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Helper Chef

HelperEpisode
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FirstAire
Paope Tong
Jah Mos Pitt
Ploy Pitt Mos Mos
Daew Bookko Aire
Kaew Pookie
Lisa Noona Kai Pookie
Max Chin Pookie Pookie
Quest Kai Pookie Noona
Bank Waan Noona

Episodes

Episode 1- Team A

This week is the first week for team A to compete in Masterchef kitchen, which are Mos Patiparn, Tong Pakkaramai, Pitt Karchai, Aire Phantila, and Bookko Thanachaphan. Since they are not professional chefs, the judges have bring five helpers from the previous seasons. They are First from Season 2, Paope from Season 3, Jah from Season 2, Ploy from Season 1, and Deaw from Season 2. All five celebrities and helpers got paired up by the fortune wheel, including:

PairsCelebritiesHelpers
1MosJah
2Tong Paope
3PittPloy
4AireFirst
5BookkoDeaw

Mystery Box 1: Pig head

In this round, all five celebrities needs to create a dish from the main ingredient, pig head, and they all have to fillet the pig head by themselves.

Invention Test 1: 3 types of crabs

Since Bookko is the winner of the Mystery Box round, he deserves a chance to choose a type of crab for himself, and for others. He chose:

IngredientsContestant(s)
Taraba CrabBookko and Aire
Blue CrabTong
Pickled CrabsMos and Pitt

Episode 2

This week's pairs will not be the same as last week. In fact, the fortune wheel will once again spins to see what the new pairs are. The results are:

PairsCelebritiesHelpers
1MosPloy
2TongPaope
3PittJah
4AireFirst

Mystery Box 2: Luxury Japanese ingredients

Invention Test 2: Main Ingredient: Eggs

Pitt, the winner from the last round gets to disqualify two helpers from his opponents. He decided to have Mos's and Tong's helpers to be disqualified, which are Ploy and Paope. All contestants deserves 10 minutes in the Masterchef supermarket, but all supermarket are full with eggs...

As a result, Tong is eliminated due to the pork that is still raw.

Episode 3

Same as Episode 2, the pairs will be new once again.

PairsContestantsHelpers
1MosPloy
2PittJah
3AireDeaw

Mystery Box 3: Desserts

Pressure Test 1: Traditional style crispy noodles

- The sauce must be stir-fried until dry and rich in flavor, in which it has a slight smell and taste of the bitter orange.

- The noodles must be crispy but not puffed. When mixed with seasoned water, the noodles must not clump together.

- The composition of the original recipe crispy noodles must be complete and meticulously prepared to be the same as the original.

Since Aire got declared as the winner in Mystery Box round, she deserves all the ingredients for today's Pressure Test, while Mos and Pitt have to search for the ingredients by their own in the equipment room. Two celebrities with the best result will be qualify to the finals to compete with the two winners from team B.[2]

Episode 4- Team B

This week is the first week for team B celebrities to compete. They are Chin Chinawut, Noona Nuengthida, Kai Samapol, Waan Primara, and Pookie Paweenuch. Same thing with team A, the five celebrities will have their five helpers from various MasterChef seasons. Helpers for team B are Kaew from Season 1, Max from Season 3, Lisa from Season 1, Quest from Season 3, and Bank from Season 2.

PairsContestantsHelpers
1PookieKaew
2NoonaLisa
3ChinMax
4WaanBank
5KaiQuest

Mystery Box 4: Bong Tun (Crocodile's Tail)

In this round, all five celebrities have to create a dish with the main ingredient, bong tun, or crocodile's tail. In addition, they all will have to fillet the crocodile's tail by their own.

Invention Test 3: Beef tongue

As a winner, Chin gets to choose a time limit to his opponents. While Chin have an hour, others will receives either 50 minutes or 40 minutes to cook. He chose to have Noona and Waan to have 50 minutes, and 40 minutes for Kai and Pookie.

Episode 5

Mystery Box 5: Breakfast dish

Today's mystery box is in breakfast theme. In fact, the four contestant will not have chef helpers, and will need to create the dish by their own.

Invention Test 4: Signature dish from the four helpers

For this round, four contestants will be making a dish from the four helpers, which are Lisa, Quest, Max, and Bank. Noona wins the Mystery Box challenge, so she gets to assign a dish for herself, and the rest to others.

PairsContestantsHelpers
1KaiLisa
2PookieQuest
3NoonaBank
4ChinMax

Episode 6

Same as Team A, all pairs will be new this week.

PairsContestants [3] Helpers
1ChinMax
2PookieLisa
3NoonaQuest

Mystery Box 6: Thai native ingredients

Pressure Test 2: Thai tea filling Croquembouche

For Team B's pressure test, the three celebrities will need to make 1-foot tall croquembouche by themselves without chef helpers. However, since Pookie won the Mystery Box Challenge, she deserves a chance to video call with a chef helper that she wants at anytime while cooking. Pookie will have only five minutes to call with the helper. As a result, Pookie chose to video call with Max.

- The tower needs to be fully covered with 50 choux cream

- The texture of choux cream must be like original

- The taste have to be stable, not too sweet and too plain.

Chin is eliminated, since he can only make the tower with 36 pieces of choux, while Noona's 38 and Pookie's 41.

Episode 7-8: Finale

It has now came to the final round of MasterChef Celebrity Thailand, which includes Mos, Noona, Pitt, and Pookie. All four contestants have to create three courses, which are appetizer, main course, and dessert. In each course, the contestant needs to make three dishes, one for each judge. They have 60 minutes (1 hour) for each course, and 10 minutes in the supermarket (this includes all three courses). A contestant with the overall best presentation will be crowned as the first MasterChef celebrity, with 1,000,000 baht for their selected foundation.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: พิชญ์ กาไชย คว้าเงินล้าน ! หลังชนะศึก MasterChef Celebrity Thailand . Kapook. 20 December 2020 . 20 December 2020. th.
  2. Web site: "MasterChef Celebrity Thailand is extremely boiling! "Moss-Air-Pitch" announced to cut off brotherhood. . Archyworldys. 16 November 2020. en.
  3. Web site: "ไก่-ชิน-หนูนา"จัดเต็มความสนุก 'มาสเตอร์เชฟ เซเลบฯ'. Daliynews. 20 November 2020. 20 November 2020. th.
  4. Web site: เดือดเกินพิกัด! ใครจะได้เป็นแชมป์คนแรกของ MasterChef Celebrity Thailand. sanook. 13 December 2020. th.