The WORST episodes of MasterChef (BR)

Every episode of MasterChef (BR) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 7/17/2026Network: BandStatus: Continuing
Episode 21
star
6.00
5 votes

#1 - 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.

Episode 17
star
6.33
12 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 19
star
6.43
7 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 12
star
6.44
9 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 3
star
6.50
10 votes

#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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 20
star
6.71
7 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 19
star
6.86
7 votes

#7 - 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.

Episode 17
star
7.00
5 votes

#8 - 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.

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Episode 16
star
7.00
6 votes

#9 - 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.

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Episode 15
star
7.00
8 votes

#10 - Episode 15

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

Episode 15
star
7.00
10 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 19
star
7.00
8 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 18
star
7.00
8 votes

#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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 1
star
7.00
9 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 3
star
7.00
9 votes

#15 - Episode 3

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2019

The 19 amateur cooks compete for the first round of the season against the Mysterious Box. In the elimination event, the competitors have to make a dish known all over the world and quite popular in Brazilian tables, gnocchi.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Dupla Repescagem
star
7.06
18 votes

#16 - Dupla Repescagem

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/31/2016

Programa brasileiro, por favor manter os nomes do episodio em PT-BR.

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Episode 2
star
7.10
10 votes

#17 - Episode 2

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2019

The candidates continue to compete for a gastronomic race that dominates and contests a two-stage race. And the six cooks who stood out the most in the clashes get a new chance in a recap.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 17
star
7.11
9 votes

#18 - Episode 17

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/21/2019

The seven cooks face a test in honor of the German gastronomy. They should work with ingredients that have flavors and characteristics equal to four different beers. In the elimination event, the contestants face a challenge of preparing a pasta with tomato sauce, chicken and salad, reproducing the recipe of the family of chef Paola Carosella.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Episode 3
star
7.13
8 votes

#19 - Episode 3

Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2024

In this episode, only 12 cooks participate in the competition. We will only meet the other group of participants who won the apron in the next episode. And a big secret hangs in the air, one group doesn't know about the other group's existence.

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Episode 2 - Selection (2)
star
7.13
8 votes

#20 - Episode 2 - Selection (2)

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2024

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.

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Final
star
7.13
15 votes

#21 - Final

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/15/2015

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Episode 2
star
7.17
12 votes

#22 - 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.

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Episode 1
star
7.20
15 votes

#23 - 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!

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Episode 12
star
7.20
10 votes

#24 - Episode 12

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/16/2019

The nine amateur cooks that have been eliminated - Imaculada, Carlos, Rosana, Marcus, Natalia, Juliana F., Renan, Helton and André - get a new chance at MasterChef Brazil. Divided into trios, they compete for two races: the first challenge, outside the kitchen, is to prepare three different protein dishes using only ember. In the second race, the competitors must present a re-reading of the Wellington steak.

Directors: Marisa Mestiço
Top 11 Compete
star
7.20
15 votes

#25 - Top 11 Compete

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/20/2017