MasterChef Ukraine facts for kids
Quick facts for kids MasterChef Ukraine |
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| Genre | Cooking show |
| Judges | Hector Jimenez-Bravo (1-) Volodymyr Yaroslavskyi (9-) Olga Martynovska (10-) |
| Country of origin | Ukraine |
| Original language(s) | Ukrainian, Spanish, Russian |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 143 |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Brovary |
| Running time | 3 hour |
| Release | |
| Original network | STB |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 31 August 2011 |
MasterChef Ukraine is a popular Ukrainian reality television cooking show. It's based on the American version of MasterChef. The show first aired on August 31, 2011, on the STB TV channel. In this exciting competition, amateur cooks from all over Ukraine show off their cooking skills. They face tough challenges to become the next MasterChef!
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Meet the Judges
The judges on MasterChef Ukraine are famous chefs and culinary experts. They taste the food, give advice, and decide who stays and who goes home.
The main judge is Canadian-Colombian chef Hector Jimenez-Bravo. He has been a judge since the very first season. Later, Ukrainian chefs Volodymyr Yaroslavskyi and Olga Martynovska joined the judging panel. Olga Martynovska was actually a winner of MasterChef Ukraine Season 3 before becoming a judge!
Seasons of MasterChef Ukraine
Many talented cooks have competed on MasterChef Ukraine. Here's a look at the different versions of the show and their winners.
MasterChef (Main Show)
This is the original competition for amateur cooks. Each season, 20 participants compete for the title of MasterChef.
| Season | Broadcast Period | Winner | Finalists | Number of Participants |
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| 1 | August 31, 2011 – December 28, 2011 | Svitlana Sheptukha | Anna Tarasenko | 20 |
| 2 | August 29, 2012 – December 26, 2012 | Yelyzaveta Hlinska | Tetyana Nemirovets, Mykhailo Sosnovskyi | 20 |
| 3 | August 30, 2013 – December 25, 2013 | Olha Martynovska | Oleh Koshovyi | 20 |
| 4 | August 27, 2014 – December 24, 2014 | Yevhen Zlobin | Samvel Adamyan, Oksana Mansyrova | 20 |
| 5 | August 26, 2015 – December 23, 2015 | Yevhen Klopotenko | Kateryna Velyka, Nataliya Levenzon | 20 |
| 6 | August 30, 2016 – December 27, 2016 | Asmik Gasparyan | Kateryna Pyeskova | 20 |
| 7 | August 29, 2017 – December 27, 2017 | Vadym Bzhezynskyi | Mykhailo Hrushetskyi, Volodymyr Trotskyi | 20 |
| 8 | August 28, 2018 – December 26, 2018 | Ivan Milanovich | Angela Lipska | 20 |
| 9 | August 30, 2019 – December 27, 2019 | Serhiy Denysov | Liliya Sorokina, Ruslan Luchkov | 20 |
| 10 | August 29, 2020 – December 26, 2020 | Yana Baloh | Yuliya Venediktova | 20 |
| 11 | August 28, 2021 – December 25, 2021 | Winner TBA | Finalists TBA | 21 |
MasterChef Junior
This version of the show features young chefs! Kids show off their amazing cooking talents.
| Season | Broadcast Period | Winner | Finalists | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 3, 2016 – May 25, 2016 | Anton Buldakov | Volodymyr Motriychuk, Oleksandr Diyamanshteyn | 20 |
| 2 | January 31, 2017 – May 30, 2017 | Maryna Litvinenko | Viktoriya Podlipinska, Mariya Syrota | 21 |
MasterChef Teens
This special season brought together teenage cooks to compete.
| Broadcast Period | Winner | Finalists | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2018 – May 30, 2018 | Anastasiya Kobyliatska | Karolina Zalevska, Tetiana Kurilenko | 20 |
MasterChef: The Professionals
This version is for professional chefs who want to prove they are the best.
| Season | Broadcast Period | Winner | Finalists | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 2, 2019 – June 1, 2019 | Pavlo Servetnyk | Yuliya Prokhoda, Yuriy Nehrych | 15 |
| 2 | February 29, 2020 – July 18, 2020 | Evhen Grybenyk | Oleksandr Tsvygun, Eduard Kanaryan | 20 |
| 3 | February 6, 2021 – June 5, 2021 | Eleonora Baranova | Mykolay Liulko, Viktor Shaydetskyi | 20 |
See also
In Spanish: MasterChef Ucrania para niños
