The WORST episodes of MasterChef (BR)

#1 - Episode 24

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/14/2021

For the first time, the grand final has three finalists, who are challenged to make a complete menu. The menu must show who they are and what each one represents within the gastronomy. Meanwhile, on the mezzanine, the already eliminated contestants meet to put an end to unfinished business throughout the season.

#2 - Episode 23

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/7/2021

In the first test, amateur cooks face a Mysterious Box that only contains white ingredients, such as sole fillet, scallops, squid, rice, hearts of palm, white beans, cauliflower, turnip, coconut, among others. In the elimination test, competitors are challenged to prepare a feast for the evening's guest, singer Pabllo Vittar. In order to inspire them, the judges present a luxurious table with a wreath of rack of lamb accompanied by sautéed vegetables, fregola and a sauce, as well as a fruit pavlova for dessert.

#3 - Episode 21

Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/15/2024

The participants go to chef Henrique Fogaça's kitchen, at the SAL restaurant, to prepare a complete and exclusive menu put together by chef Fogaça for this challenge, to win over 40 special guests.

#4 - Episode 17

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/6/2022

The two finalists are challenged to make a complete menu – with starter, main course and dessert. Meanwhile, the eliminated participants follow the fight directly from the mezzanine.

#5 - Episode 3

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/2022

Participants face off in a duel. This time, they can choose the opponents they want to duel with. Therefore, amateur cooks have to use strategy to define who will be their opponents in the game. In the final challenge, cooks will have to create a recipe using a natural wrapper in one of their preparations. This technique consists of the use of leaves and bark to assist in the cooking of food.

#6 - Episode 15

Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/2/2025

The MasterChef 12 finale challenges the finalists to create a complete, signature menu. Under pressure, with cheering crowds and high emotions, only one will take home the trophy. Who will it be?

#7 - Episode 19

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/9/2021

With singer Maria Rita and conductor João Carlos Martins as guests, amateur cooks have to create a sophisticated menu in homage to music in the last team competition of the season. In the elimination test, competitors are challenged to prepare two salmon dishes: one raw and one cooked.

#8 - 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.

#9 - Episode 12

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/2/2022

Participants must reproduce a dish created by Peruvian Pía Leon, elected the best female chef in the world in 2021. In the elimination competition, amateur cooks must prepare ballotine, a French classic full of techniques and processes made with whole boneless chicken, which should be served with sauce and accompaniments.

#10 - Episode 1

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2025

In the 12th season, the 18 contestants will be dealing directly with the judges for the first time in history. Now it's a cook-to-cook conversation and this year the judges can eliminate more than one contestant per episode!

#11 - Episode 1 - Selection (1)

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2024

After a selection stage, the candidates face for the first time the most feared trio of judges on Brazilian TV to win the avental, official passport to definitively enter the competition.

#12 - Episode 15

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/8/2023

#13 - Episode 2

Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2025

The second episode of MasterChef 12 will be pure nostalgia. The contestants will enter the magical world of amusement parks and will have to come up with recipes that match this playful and colorful environment.

#14 - Episode 15

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/23/2022

In a World Cup year, the competitors will form a single team and must prepare a menu to be served to former players Edmílson, Andressa Alves and Cristiane Rozeira, and chef Pablo Peralta, who has already cooked for several selections. In the elimination test, amateur cooks will have to work with cocoa.

#15 - 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.

#16 - 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.

#17 - Episode 4

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2026

In a new challenge, the cooks draw one ingredient and gift a sealed mystery box to a fellow contestant, exposing what they love and hate. In the elimination, small-farmer products take center stage before a surprise station swap changes everything.

#18 - Episode 14

Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/1/2023

#19 - Episode 19

Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/1/2024

This season's Top 10 enter the kitchen and find another mystery box, but with one detail: there are only five boxes for 10 competitors. They form pairs and are surprised to find several types of cheese.

#20 - Episode 2

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/2020

The eight new participants will reproduce Tarte Tatin, a French fruit tart. For that, nothing better than a class with those who really understand the subject: chef Erick Jacquin rolls up his sleeves and teaches the basic steps of this dessert. In the final race, the contestants will have to prepare a perfect hamburger.

#21 - Episode 1

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2020

Competitors will face a classic MasterChef event: the dreaded Mystery Box. But this time, it was not the judges who chose the ingredients, but Ivete Sangalo, Thiaguinho, Tirullipa and the duo Fernando and Sorocaba. In this unprecedented challenge in the history of the program, participants must replicate each artist's favorite menu. Those who pass will go on to the second and decisive stage and will face a challenge that fits perfectly with the times in which we live. They will have to prove that a soul cook is one who has cooking in his blood and knows how to raise the flavors of the ingredients in a basic basket.

#22 - Episode 3

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2026

The 18 official contestants enter the MasterChef Brazil kitchen. In their first challenge, a Valentine's Day Mystery Box pushes them to create rice dishes full of romance. In the elimination, Fogaça tests their technique with fruit in savory dishes.

#23 - Episode 2

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2026

In the second round of auditions, candidates take on stadium food from around the world and iconic dishes from soccer powerhouses. With every challenge, they must prove they have what it takes to win an apron.

#24 - Episode 17

Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/17/2024

Episode 17 kicks off with one of the most exciting challenges of the season, in yet another challenge outside the kitchen. In celebration of MasterChef's 10th anniversary, the show will celebrate the union of 10 brides and grooms in a community wedding.

#25 - Episode 16

Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/10/2024

In the first test of episode 16, the contestants are challenged to work with a versatile and noble meat, the rump steak. The judges talk about the dishes that can be made with it, a very versatile ingredient.