MasterChef South Africa season 1

The first season[1] of the African reality television series MasterChef South Africa began on 20 March 2012 and aired on M-Net. The season judges were Pete Goffe-Wood, Andrew Atkinson and Benny Masekwameng.

MasterChef South Africa
Season 1
Judges
  • Pete Goffe-Wood
  • Andrew Atkinson
  • Benny Masekwameng
No. of contestants18
WinnerDeena Naidoo
Runner-upSue-Ann Allen
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkM-Net
Original release20 March (2012-03-20) –
14 July 2012 (2012-07-14)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

Contestants

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Top 18

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Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Episode of Elimination Place Finished
Deena Naidoo 45 IT Specialist Durban Winner 1st
Sue-Ann Allen 30 Lighting designer Woodstock Runner-up 2nd
Manisha Naidu 29 Housewife Sandton Episode 18 3rd
Sarel Loots† 42 Adventure camp owner Sabie Episode 17 4th
Lungile Nhlanhla 21 Fashion graduate Durban Episode 16 5th
Khaya Silingile 27 Marketing coordinator Sandton Episode 15 6th
Ilse Fourie 32 Model Cape Town Episode 14 7th
Thys Hattingh 29 Bookkeeper Rustenburg Episode 13 8th
Jade de Waal 21 Jazz music student Gardens Episode 12 9th
Samantha Nolan 41 Mom Table View Episode 10 10th
Guy Clark 30 Property broker Cape Town Episode 9 11th
Babalwa Baartman 18 Buyer for Poetry Cape Town Episode 8 12/13th
Brandon Law 22 IT Consultant Edenvale
Mmutsi Maseko 34 Mom Johannesburg Episode 7 14th
Lwazi Mngoma 26 Artist management entrepreneur Johannesburg Episode 6 15th
Berdina Schurink 35 Unemployed Cape Town Episode 5 16th
Charles Canning 40 Runs family panel-beating business Table View Episode 4 17/18th
Fortune Kangueehi 36 Ad accounts manager Windhoek

Elimination table

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Place Contestant Episode
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Finale
1 Deena IN NPT WIN WIN PT IN IN LOW LOW LOW IN LOW WIN WIN HIGH WINNER
2 Sue-Ann IN WIN WIN LOW WIN IN WIN IN WIN NPT WIN WIN HIGH LOW WIN RUNNER-UP
3 Manisha WIN LOW IN WIN PT IN WIN IN IN WIN IN WIN LOW HIGH ELIM
4 Sarel IN WIN LOW WIN WIN LOW IN IN IN NPT WIN LOW HIGH ELIM
5 Lungile IN NPT IN PT WIN IN IN IN IN WIN IN WIN ELIM
6 Khaya IN NPT IN WIN WIN WIN LOW WIN CC WIN LOW ELIM
7 Ilse IN WIN IN PT PT IN IN IN IN WIN ELIM
8 Thys IN WIN IN PT WIN WIN IN LOW LOW ELIM
9 Jade IN NPT IN WIN LOW LOW LOW LOW ELIM
10 Samantha WIN WIN IN WIN WIN LOW ELIM
11 Guy IN WIN IN PT PT ELIM
12 Babalwa IN WIN IN PT ELIM
Brandon IN WIN IN WIN ELIM
14 Mmutsi LOW PT IN ELIM
15 Lwazi LOW PT ELIM
16 Berdina LOW ELIM
17 Charles ELIM
Fortune ELIM
  (WINNER) This chef won the competition.
  (RUNNER-UP) This chef received second place in the competition.
  (WIN) The chef won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test) and but didn't win.
  (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test) but didn't win.
  (WIN) The chef was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was safe from the Pressure Test.
  (CC) The chef received the advantage of competing against a celebrity chef in this challenge. If they won, they advanced farther on in the competition, skipping a number of challenges. The chef could not be eliminated after this challenge.
  (IN) The chef was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in the challenge.
  (PT) The chef was on the losing team in the Team Challenge (except episode 8 – an Individual Challenge), competed in the pressure test, and advanced.
  (LOW) The chef was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, but was not the last person to advance.
  (LOW) The chef was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, and was the last person to advance.
  (ELIM) The chef was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes

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Ep# / Show-Ep# Original Airdate Episodes Total viewers (million)
1
20 March 2012
Auditions Part 1 998,664
2
27 March 2012 Auditions Part 2 993,662

References

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