MasterChef Singapore

The world’s greatest cooking competition has arrived in Singapore to showcase our fabulous food and the talents of our best home cooks. The series is a celebration of our love for food, the joy it brings and the sense of togetherness that comes about through cooking for people and eating together. When applications opened, thousands of people bombarded the MasterChef Singapore website. 18 of the most talented amateur cooks were then invited to compete in a high-pressure cooking audition. Ten were rewarded with the opportunity to compete in the MasterChef kitchen, and go on to battle for the title of Singapore’s very first MasterChef. Three icons of Singapore’s culinary world will be guiding and judging the contestants as they face off in a series of ever-more challenging tests. There will be MasterChef classics like the Mystery Box and Pressure Test, as well as some never seen before challenges that will take the contestant’s breath away. There is an atmosphere that will accelerate the development of the contestants’ skills and lead to the creation of dishes that will be loved by judges and audiences alike. The contestants come from all walks of life, but one thing they share is a passion for cooking and a love of great food. They will draw upon the great cultural diversity of Singapore, as well as international trends and cuisines from around the world, to create dishes that we all want to eat, and even try cooking ourselves. For the Top 10, winning the title of MasterChef Singapore is the chance of a lifetime to change career and realize their food dreams.

Season 4 begins with the judges aboard the majestic Royal Albatross tall ship as they commemorate Singapore's spice trading past. They are bound for Resort World Sentosa where the Top 18 contestants, from all walks of life, are united by their dreams of a life-changing culinary career. This season each judge has personally chosen 6 home cooks to auditon for a MasterChef white apron. Over two rounds of cooking they will whittle their teams down to 4 contestants who will gain the right to cook in the MasterChef kitchen and have a shot at becoming the 2023 champion. In the first round the Judges choose ingredients for their team members to showcase one of their signature dishes. In the second round the judges choose a less-celibrated local ingredient that must be starred in a dish. Each judge believes they have within their team the home cook who will be crowned Singapore's MasterChef!

Ep 1 Aprons Ahoy!
45 mins

Season 4 begins with the judges aboard the majestic Royal Albatross tall ship as they commemorate Singapore's spice trading past. They are bound for Resort World Sentosa where the Top 18 contestants, from all walks of life, are united by their dreams of a life-changing culinary career. This season each judge has personally chosen 6 home cooks to auditon for a MasterChef white apron. Over two rounds of cooking they will whittle their teams down.

Ep 1 Aprons Ahoy!

Season 4 begins with the judges aboard the majestic Royal Albatross tall ship as they commemorate Singapore's spice trading past. They are bound for Resort World Sentosa where the Top 18 contestants, from all walks of life, are united by their dreams of a life-changing culinary career. This season each judge has personally chosen 6 home cooks to auditon for a MasterChef white apron. Over two rounds of cooking they will whittle their teams down.

Ep 2 Return Of The Home Town Hero
46 mins

Singapore's Top 12 Home Cooks arrive in the MasterChef Kitchen for the very first time and are greeted by a special guest who has done it all before -Singapore's very own Sashi Cheliah. The bottom six face then face the very first mystery box- only this is no ordinary mystery box. They must cook with every part of each ingredient they use as well as use the box' itself.

Ep 2 Return Of The Home Town Hero

Singapore's Top 12 Home Cooks arrive in the MasterChef Kitchen for the very first time and are greeted by a special guest who has done it all before -Singapore's very own Sashi Cheliah. The bottom six face then face the very first mystery box- only this is no ordinary mystery box. They must cook with every part of each ingredient they use as well as use the box' itself.

Ep 3 Hawker Food Gets Fancy
46 mins

Working together in their 3 judges teams, the contestanst will be serving a Hawker style dinner to 101 customers. A massive twist as the winning team captains suddenly find themselves under immense pressure. The Contestants fighting to avoid elimination are then thrust into a highly technical challenge. It begins chocolate tempering demonstration by one of Singapore's top pastry chefs.

Ep 3 Hawker Food Gets Fancy

Working together in their 3 judges teams, the contestanst will be serving a Hawker style dinner to 101 customers. A massive twist as the winning team captains suddenly find themselves under immense pressure. The Contestants fighting to avoid elimination are then thrust into a highly technical challenge. It begins chocolate tempering demonstration by one of Singapore's top pastry chefs.

Ep 4 Eat Your Greens
46 mins

Contestants face a huge green wall' covered with 15 different leafy green vegetables and herbs, all grown right here in Singapore. The bottom 6 go into the elimination round which puts the spotlight on two of the most valuable commodities in the MasterChef kitchen.

Ep 4 Eat Your Greens

Contestants face a huge green wall' covered with 15 different leafy green vegetables and herbs, all grown right here in Singapore. The bottom 6 go into the elimination round which puts the spotlight on two of the most valuable commodities in the MasterChef kitchen.

Ep 5 Battle For The Power Pin
45 mins

A massive advantage is up for grabs to the best performer across today's two challenges. The best cooks battle against one of Signapore's rising star chefs for a massive advanatage - the Power Pin! Whoever comes out on top wil have a turbo-charged run to the finale.

Ep 5 Battle For The Power Pin

A massive advantage is up for grabs to the best performer across today's two challenges. The best cooks battle against one of Signapore's rising star chefs for a massive advanatage - the Power Pin! Whoever comes out on top wil have a turbo-charged run to the finale.

Ep 6 Box On A Budget
46 mins

Today's guest chef is Bjorn's good friend and former pastry chef Alicia Wong, one of Singapore's best creators of sweet treats at Nesuto. The Power Pin holder will have the unprecedented advantage. The elimination round features a Mystery Box of budget ingredients and home cooks must show that you don't have to spend a lot to cook great food.

Ep 6 Box On A Budget

Today's guest chef is Bjorn's good friend and former pastry chef Alicia Wong, one of Singapore's best creators of sweet treats at Nesuto. The Power Pin holder will have the unprecedented advantage. The elimination round features a Mystery Box of budget ingredients and home cooks must show that you don't have to spend a lot to cook great food.

Ep 7 When Tools & Ingredients Don’t Match
46 mins

The home cooks face a mind-bending challenge in which cooking tools and equipment are paired up with the most unexpected ingredients that seemingly do not match! In the elimination round, judges each curated a pair of baskets with different themes. The home cooks with an advantage can set themselves up for success while exposing the weaknesses of their competitors.

Ep 7 When Tools & Ingredients Don’t Match

The home cooks face a mind-bending challenge in which cooking tools and equipment are paired up with the most unexpected ingredients that seemingly do not match! In the elimination round, judges each curated a pair of baskets with different themes. The home cooks with an advantage can set themselves up for success while exposing the weaknesses of their competitors.

Ep 8 Nose To Tail
46 mins

Zero waste cooking advocate Chef Issac Henry demonstrates his nose to tail fish butchery technique that minimises food waste. In the gruelling elimination pressure test set by Michelin-starred Chef Malcolm Lee, famed for his Peranakan cuisine, contestants will have to recreate one of Chef Malcolm's dishes from the menu of his newest restaurant, Pangium.

Ep 8 Nose To Tail

Zero waste cooking advocate Chef Issac Henry demonstrates his nose to tail fish butchery technique that minimises food waste. In the gruelling elimination pressure test set by Michelin-starred Chef Malcolm Lee, famed for his Peranakan cuisine, contestants will have to recreate one of Chef Malcolm's dishes from the menu of his newest restaurant, Pangium.

Ep 9 The Best Of Heritage Food
46 mins

For the semi-final episode the pressure is on with a challenge set by Chef Emmanuel Stroobant, owner of two restaurants with two Michelin stars, including Singapore's St Pierre. The pressure ramps up again with a Restaurant Takeover challenge where judge Damian invites the Top 4 to cook the dinner service at Rempapa, his famed Singapore heritage food restaurant.

Ep 9 The Best Of Heritage Food

For the semi-final episode the pressure is on with a challenge set by Chef Emmanuel Stroobant, owner of two restaurants with two Michelin stars, including Singapore's St Pierre. The pressure ramps up again with a Restaurant Takeover challenge where judge Damian invites the Top 4 to cook the dinner service at Rempapa, his famed Singapore heritage food restaurant.

Ep 10 Season 4 Finale
49 mins

Watched on by the rest of the Top 12, Top 3 contestants battle it out in the Finale where they will set out to cook their ultimate three couse menu. The dessert round adds an enormouse twist as instead of cooking their own recipe, they must replicate an astonishingly difficult dessert creation from Sinagpore's undisputed queen of pastries, Janice Wong.

Ep 10 Season 4 Finale

Watched on by the rest of the Top 12, Top 3 contestants battle it out in the Finale where they will set out to cook their ultimate three couse menu. The dessert round adds an enormouse twist as instead of cooking their own recipe, they must replicate an astonishingly difficult dessert creation from Sinagpore's undisputed queen of pastries, Janice Wong.

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Additional Information

Premiered2023
Genresfood, variety
Seasons1
Parental guidance advised for young children