MasterChef South Africa (season 1) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids MasterChef South Africa |
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| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 18 |
| Winner | Deena Naidoo |
| Runner-up | Sue-Ann Allen |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Release | |
| Original network | M-Net |
| Original release | 20 March – 14 July 2012 |
Welcome to the exciting world of MasterChef South Africa! This TV show is a cooking competition where talented home cooks battle it out. They want to prove they are the best chef in the country. The first season of this popular show started on March 20, 2012. It was shown on the M-Net TV channel.
Three amazing judges watched over the contestants. They were Pete Goffe-Wood, Andrew Atkinson, and Benny Masekwameng. These judges are expert chefs. They helped decide who would be the next MasterChef.
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Meet the Contestants
In the first season of MasterChef South Africa, 18 hopeful cooks joined the competition. They came from different towns and had various jobs. Each one dreamed of winning the big title. Let's meet the brave chefs who took on this challenge!
The Top 18 Chefs
| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Episode of Elimination | Place Finished |
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| Deena Naidoo | 45 | IT Specialist | Durban | Winner | 1st |
| Sue-Ann Allen | 30 | Lighting designer | Woodstock | Runner-up | 2nd |
| Manisha Naidu | 29 | Housewife | Sandton | Episode 18 | 3rd |
| Sarel Loots† | 42 | Adventure camp owner | Sabie | Episode 17 | 4th |
| Lungile Nhlanhla | 21 | Fashion graduate | Durban | Episode 16 | 5th |
| Khaya Silingile | 27 | Marketing coordinator | Sandton | Episode 15 | 6th |
| Ilse Fourie | 32 | Model | Cape Town | Episode 14 | 7th |
| Thys Hattingh | 29 | Bookkeeper | Rustenburg | Episode 13 | 8th |
| Jade de Waal | 21 | Jazz music student | Gardens | Episode 12 | 9th |
| Samantha Nolan | 41 | Mom | Table View | Episode 10 | 10th |
| Guy Clark | 30 | Property broker | Cape Town | Episode 9 | 11th |
| Babalwa Baartman | 18 | Buyer for Poetry | Cape Town | Episode 8 | 12/13th |
| Brandon Law | 22 | IT Consultant | Edenvale | ||
| Mmutsi Maseko | 34 | Mom | Johannesburg | Episode 7 | 14th |
| Lwazi Mngoma | 26 | Artist management entrepreneur | Johannesburg | Episode 6 | 15th |
| Berdina Schurink | 35 | Unemployed | Cape Town | Episode 5 | 16th |
| Charles Canning | 40 | Runs family panel-beating business | Table View | Episode 4 | 17/18th |
| Fortune Kangueehi | 36 | Ad accounts manager | Windhoek |
How the Competition Worked
The MasterChef competition had many exciting challenges. Chefs had to cook amazing dishes under pressure. Each week, some chefs did very well, while others struggled. The judges decided who would stay and who would go home.
Tracking the Chefs' Journey
This table shows how each chef performed in the different episodes. You can see who won challenges and who faced elimination.
| Place | Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Finale | ||
| 1 | Deena | IN | NPT | WIN | WIN | PT | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WINNER |
| 2 | Sue-Ann | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | NPT | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Manisha | WIN | LOW | IN | WIN | PT | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | |
| 4 | Sarel | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | NPT | WIN | LOW | IN | ELIM | ||
| 5 | Lungile | IN | NPT | IN | PT | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | ELIM | |||
| 6 | Khaya | IN | NPT | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | CC | WIN | LOW | ELIM | ||||
| 7 | Ilse | IN | WIN | IN | PT | PT | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | ELIM | |||||
| 8 | Thys | IN | WIN | IN | PT | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | ELIM | ||||||
| 9 | Jade | IN | NPT | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | ELIM | |||||||
| 10 | Samantha | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW | ELIM | |||||||||
| 11 | Guy | IN | WIN | IN | PT | PT | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 12 | Babalwa | IN | WIN | IN | PT | ELIM | |||||||||||
| Brandon | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Mmutsi | LOW | PT | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Lwazi | LOW | PT | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Berdina | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Charles | ELIM | |||||||||||||||
| Fortune | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
- WINNER: This chef won the entire competition!
- RUNNER-UP: This chef came in second place.
- WIN: The chef won an individual challenge.
- HIGH: The chef was one of the best cooks in a challenge.
- WIN: The chef was on the winning team in a team challenge.
- CC: The chef competed against a famous chef. Winning meant they could skip some challenges.
- IN: The chef was safe and not in the top or bottom group.
- PT: The chef was on the losing team and had to cook in a "pressure test" but stayed in the competition.
- LOW: The chef was one of the cooks who didn't do so well in a challenge, but they were still safe.
- LOW: The chef was one of the cooks who didn't do so well and was the last one to be safe.
- ELIM: The chef was eliminated from the MasterChef competition.
