Season 2

1. Auditions - Part 1

2012-12-13 • 50 min

2. Auditions - Part 2

2012-12-13 • 50 min

3. Top 18 Revealed

2012-12-20 • 50 min

4. Rustic Cuisine

2012-12-20 • 50 min

5. A Big Mystery Box / Invention Test with Spyros

2012-12-27 • 50 min

6. Team challenge at the Arch of Peace

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.

2012-12-27 • 50 min

7. A... Hot Mystery Box

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

2013-01-03 • 50 min

8. Team challenge in Sardinia

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

2013-01-03 • 50 min

9. From Sea to the Mountains

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.

2013-01-10 • 50 min

10. The Golf Club

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.

2013-01-10 • 50 min

11. Scent of coffee / To each his own

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

2013-01-17 • 50 min

12. A jump back in time

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.

2013-01-17 • 50 min

13. A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine

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.

2013-01-24 • 50 min

14. Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge

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

2013-01-24 • 50 min

15. Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box

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.

2013-01-31 • 50 min

16. High altitude cooking

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.

2013-01-31 • 50 min

17. Take the flight / Veneto territory

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

2013-02-07 • 50 min

18. In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef

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.

2013-02-07 • 50 min

19. Mussels / Traditional cuisine

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.

2013-02-14 • 50 min

20. An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes

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.

2013-02-14 • 50 min

21. The Semifinal

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

2013-02-21 • 50 min

22. Winner Revealed

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.

2013-02-21 • 50 min