Auditions - Part 1

S02 E01 • Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 • Dec 13 • 50m

Auditions - Part 2

S02 E02 • Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 • Dec 13 • 50m

Top 18 Revealed

S02 E03 • Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 • Dec 20 • 50m

Rustic Cuisine

S02 E04 • Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 • Dec 20 • 50m

A Big Mystery Box / Invention Test with Spyros

S02 E05 • Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 • Dec 27 • 50m

Team challenge at the Arch of Peace

S02 E06 • Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 • Dec 27 • 50m

Milan, "Arch of Peace". This is the location chosen for the first off-site team challenge. The sixteen contestants test themselves with traditional Milanese dishes and will be judged by very discerning guests.

A... Hot Mystery Box

S02 E07 • Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 • Jan 3 • 50m

The fifteen contestants will face a hot Mystery Box and then a game-based Invention Test.

Team challenge in Sardinia

S02 E08 • Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 • Jan 3 • 50m

Landed in Sardinia, the thirteen amateur cooks have to satisfy very picky clients. The losing team will face the feared Pressure Test.

From Sea to the Mountains

S02 E09 • Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 • Jan 10 • 50m

Our amateur cooks are testing themselves with a Mystery Box full of ingredients from the sea and the mountains. The Invention Test is entirely devoted to pastry. Special Guest, the Master Confectioner Iginio Massari.

The Golf Club

S02 E10 • Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 • Jan 10 • 50m

The "Barlassina Country Club" (one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs in Italy) is the location of the off-site team challenge. Later, members of the losing team face off in an elimination challenge that requires them to prepare the best pesto sauce.

Scent of coffee / To each his own

S02 E11 • Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 • Jan 17 • 50m

The eleven aspiring chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen. A coffee-themed Mistery Box is waiting for them, a fish-based Invention Test and...

A jump back in time

S02 E12 • Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 • Jan 17 • 50m

The ten contestants left travel back to the Middle Ages. Using only Medieval cooking equipment, the two teams have to cook a perfect royal banquet. Later, the losing team face off in the Pressure Test.

A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine

S02 E13 • Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 • Jan 24 • 50m

In today's Mystery Box challenge, the amateur cooks have to steal an ingredient from another contestant. The famous chef Valentino Marcattilii is the guest of the haute-cuisine themed Invention Test.

Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge

S02 E14 • Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 • Jan 24 • 50m

The eight remaining home cooks are brought to Ceglie Messapica to measure themselves with Puglia's culinary traditions.

Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box

S02 E15 • Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 • Jan 31 • 50m

Many surprises in this week Mystery Box: a different cooking technique for each contestant and the ingredients' boxes swap. Star of the invention test: the veal kidneys.

High altitude cooking

S02 E16 • Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 • Jan 31 • 50m

The Sass Pordoi is the high altitude location of the off-site team challenge. Then, the losing team have to deal with a hard Pressure Test and a final Shoot-out.

Take the flight / Veneto territory

S02 E17 • Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 • Feb 7 • 50m

The hopefuls cook pigeons. Then they compete in the Invention Test.

In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef

S02 E18 • Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 • Feb 7 • 50m

The five remaining contestants cook at Portofino's marina. Then, in the Pressure Test, they have to make the best Olivier salad to avoid the Final Duel.

Mussels / Traditional cuisine

S02 E19 • Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 • Feb 14 • 50m

In their first challenge of the day, the remaining chefs are asked to make a dish with mussels. Later, Lidia Bastianich, Joe's mum, visits the MasterChef kitchen, and puts the contestants' cooking skills to the test.

An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes

S02 E20 • Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 • Feb 14 • 50m

L’ultima prova in esterna nel resort dello chef pluristellato Alain Ducas, un Pressure Test “sbagliato” e un Duello riparatore. Last off-site challenge takes place in Alain Ducas' resort.

The Semifinal

S02 E21 • Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 • Feb 21 • 50m

In the last Mistery Box, the three remaining hopefuls are tasked with creating a dish with foie gras.

Winner Revealed

S02 E22 • Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 • Feb 21 • 50m

In their final challenge in the kitchen, the two home cooks will conceptualize and prepare the most important three-course meal of their lives. Later, the judges will reveal Italy's next Masterchef, and the deserving home cook will walk away with a book deal and the 100.000 € grand prize. Find out whose culinary dreams will turn into a reality.