Air date: 2012-12-13

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 2012-12-13

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 2012-12-20

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 2012-12-20

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 2012-12-27

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 2012-12-27

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-03

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-01-03

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-01-10

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-10

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-17

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-01-17

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-24

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-24

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-01-31

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-01-31

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-02-07

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-02-07

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-02-14

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-02-14

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 2013-02-21

Runtime: 50 min

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

Air date: 2013-02-21

Runtime: 50 min

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.