The BEST episodes of MasterChef (BR)
Every episode of MasterChef (BR) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MasterChef (BR)!
MasterChef Brasil is a Brazilian competitive cooking game show based on the original British version of MasterChef. Henrique Fogaça, Erick Jacquin and Helena Rizzo are the judges while Ana Paula Padrão is the host.
#1 - Episode 20
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/24/2020
The first challenge is to reinvent classic treats in childhood. Those who do well will go to the final test of Asian cuisine.
#2 - Episode 7
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2020
In the first challenge, amateur cooks must prepare berliner. In the second and decisive test, the finalists will have to prepare full plates of Arab food, which will run out of portions.
#3 - Episode 8
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2020
In the first challenge, the contestants must prepare a carbonara dough. In the decisive test, experienced candidates will go around the world. Judges Henrique Fogaça, Paola Carosella and Erick Jacquin present six boxes full of typical ingredients from six countries - Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Japan and Brazil - and recipes that bring the true taste of the culture of each region to the palate.
#4 - Episode 9
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/2020
The first challenge for eight new amateur cooks is to prepare a confectionery cake. In the decisive event, whoever survives will have to face an extremely detailed challenge: the preparation of a lunch box.
#5 - Episode 10
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2020
In the first challenge, contestants face the Famous Mystery Box. And in the final test, the survivors must reproduce a very famous dish in chef Henrique Fogaça's repertoire: the fish in the salt crust.
#6 - Episode 11
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/2020
Eight new competitors have to prepare a pizza. In the decisive event, the survivors will be challenged to come up with a recipe in which pork is the protagonist.
#7 - Episode 12
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/29/2020
Eight new amateur cooks face yet another Famous Mystery Box. In the decisive event, the survivors have to prepare a complete dish, with side dishes and sauce, where the chicken is the main protagonist.
#8 - Episode 13
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/7/2020
In the first test, participants will have to use their creativity to make a recipe with simple ingredients, which are usually found in the refrigerator on a daily basis. Whoever pleases the chefs goes on to the final tasting, in which the chicken will be the protagonist.
#9 - Episode 14
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/13/2020
The first tasting of the night will be the Famous Mystery Box, and all recipes will have a common ingredient: rice. In the final test, the challenge will be to prepare the classic French filet au poivre.
#10 - Episode 15
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/20/2020
The first test is on commemorative dates, such as Christmas, Easter and Mother's Day. Those who do well in the challenge will need to prepare, in the final test, dishes with different types of sauces, such as bechamel, hollandaise, velouté, tomato sauce, beurre blanc and Spanish sauce.
#11 - Episode 16
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/2020
In the first test, the Mysterious Box, participants will need to make the favorite dishes of Brazilian singers. Whoever passes the final challenge will have to please chefs with street food recipes.
#12 - Episode 17
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/3/2020
Amateur cooks must prepare the classic tiramisu, the Italian dessert that is full of preparation secrets between its layers. Whoever does well in the first test will have to deliver a stroganoff, and each finalist will receive a different protein.
#13 - Episode 18
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/10/2020
The eight new participants face the Famous Mystery Box and must prepare great gastronomy classics. In the decisive event, the survivors will have to face a great challenge with second-hand beef.
#14 - Episode 19
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/17/2020
Participants will have to enter the MasterChef Auction to buy seafood and, for each bid, they will lose a few minutes of tasting. Those who pass the next stage will need to make recipes with wines and sparkling wines.
#15 - Episode 6
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2020
The eight new participants face the Mysterious Box chosen by Brazilian singers. In the second and decisive test, whoever survives will have to charm the demanding trio of judges with a dish where the main protagonist is the shrimp.
#16 - Episode 21
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/1/2020
Eight new participants face the dreaded Famous Mystery Box. In the decisive event, the survivors need to show a lot of flavor and technique in a stuffed chicken.
#17 - Episode 22
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/8/2020
The eight amateur cooks are challenged to prepare one of the greatest national and international passions: pasta. In the decisive event, participants will have to prepare a breaded steak with one of the four available proteins: chicken, beef, pork or fish.
#18 - Episode 23
Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/15/2020
The eight new contestants will be challenged with confectionery in the first race, when they will have to deliver a dessert without defects to the judges. Whoever does well goes to the final competition: making the perfect salted pancake.
#19 - Episode 24
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/22/2020
Eight amateur cooks return in a recap to face the Famous Mystery Box. In the final test, the contestants are challenged to make a trio of small portions full of creativity and flavor with a mandatory seasoning.
#20 - Episode 1
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2021
Before discovering the theme of the competition, the 23 participants will be surprised by the presence of singer Diogo Nogueira. To prove that he understands the subject, the singer rolls up his sleeves and joins the participants to deliver a perfect freshwater fish. Chef Helena Rizzo gives a real lesson on Brazilian fish. Finally, the authors of the best dishes will face a difficult test of skill. In front of a table with 60 different ingredients in the shape of cubes, they will be blindfolded and will have to guess what they are tasting through their taste buds.
#21 - Episode 2
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2021
Competitors who stayed on the mezzanine in the last episode will have to make a dish with one of the most popular cuts of meat in Brazil: the rump. Whoever has an average performance will have a second chance to save himself in an olfaction test. The ultimate challenge will be to reproduce a version of the classic and exotic Italian recipe Timpano, a kind of pie that uses pasta in the dough and filling, as well as meat, vegetables, sauce and cheese. The authors of the best dishes are saved, while the three worst dishes fight to stay on the program. One of them will manage to escape with the help of his colleagues who are on the mezzanine.
#22 - Episode 3
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2021
For the first time cooking together, the participants come across the Mysterious Box. Mid-range cooks will still have a chance to escape the hot seat at a taste of classic pasta, a cacio e pepe. In the final challenge, competitors need to prepare three stuffed and topped donuts.
#23 - Episode 4
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2021
Competitors will face a team competition in which each team will have to make 150 lunchboxes to be delivered to an entity that promotes food donations to homeless people in São Paulo. In the elimination test, participants will have to make a French classic, the croque monsieur.
#24 - Episode 5
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/2021
Competitors are divided into three teams to compete in two rounds where they will prepare barbecue. In the first, the teams must prepare a porterhouse on the coals. In the second round, the other two groups have to roast a large piece of sirloin steak and also present it with sauce and slides. In the elimination test, participants are challenged to reproduce a dish created by Henrique Fogaça based on the memories he has with his father.
#25 - Episode 6
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/2021
Participants will have to work with the eggplant. On the stands, in addition to the conventional Mystery Boxes, they will be surprised by three golden ones, which can bring an advantage or a disadvantage to whoever keeps them. To the surprise of the cooks, Mohamad Hindi, from the first season, returns to the kitchen to remember his trajectory in 2014. In the elimination event, competitors will have to prepare six pies with two different fillings and a spicy salsa.