MasterChef Thailand season 5

MasterChef Thailand (season 5) is the fifth season of the Thai version of the competitive reality TV series MasterChef. The show premiered on Channel 7 on February 13, 2022. Pasan Svastivatana [th], Kwantip Devakula [th] and Pongtawat Chalermkittichai all returned as judges in this season. Piyathida Mittiraroch also returned as the host.

MasterChef Thailand
Season 5
Release
Original networkChannel 7
Original releaseFebruary 13 (2022-02-13) –
June 19, 2022 (2022-06-19)
Season chronology
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Applications for contestants of the fifth season were opened on October 6, 2021, ending at October 31, 2021, with one of the additional requirements being that auditionees must not have more than 3 months worth of cookery education (courses in individual dishes are still allowed)[1]

Contestants

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Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status
Angkrit Chuer-am 42 Samutprakarn Unemployed Winner
on June 19
Chanidapa Pornpinit (Maam) 26 Bangkok Company employee Runner-up
on June 19
Brad Chuesomtrong 42 Bangkok Architectural designer Third Place
on June 19
Yupadee Sattarujawong (Yup) 59 Bangkok Housewife and Photographer Fourth Place
on June 19
Prasert Tongborisut (Dang) 59 Chaiyaphum Government teacher Eliminated
on June 5
Jirayu Jessadakornchai (Jake) 32 Phrae Unemployed
Pimthip Paosila (Belle) 30 Nonthaburi Company employee Eliminated
on May 29
Jumroen Suthamgosal (Roen) 47 Bangkok Engineer
Anuwat Watmuang (Nu) 28 Bangkok Unemployed Eliminated
on May 15
Michel Gentili 35 Nonthaburi Company employee
Varot Pinpat (Mai Zung) 39 Nonthaburi Services development consultant
Tatsini Kiattikhunphan (Tas) 24 Bangkok Investor
Thofan Mackay (Holly) 19 Udonthani Student
Sittiporn Suwannarat (Nhong) 34 Rayong Farmer Eliminated
on April 24
Pongsuwan Rattanasuwan (Tueng) 61 Bangkok Music producer Eliminated
on April 17
Sarun Asawanuchit (Arth) 35 Bangkok Marketing manager Eliminated
on April 10
Supanard Temrat (Kaowtip) 19 Bangkok Student
Suravadee Meesaengpraw (Nant) 49 Bangkok Self-employed
Alisa Thosamrit (Yok) 27 Lopburi Housekeeper Eliminated
on April 3
Sophon Poomrattanawong (Ten) 34 Lopburi Salon owner
Surachet Chuaytaen (Moo) 34 Phatthalung Music teacher
Thepnimit Preechayan (Kwan) 36 Buriram Baker Eliminated
on March 20
Trinnapong Junlaphan (Oat) 38 Loei Merchant Eliminated
on March 13
Tawichoke Channarong (Ton) 31 Bangkok Self-employed Eliminated
on March 6
Pailin Jangprajak (Medploy) 25 Chanthaburi Online video jockey Eliminated
on February 27
Sumet Wirotchaiyan (Aim) 47 Bangkok Unemployed
Thaenpon Lertritdecha (Joe) 25 Mukdahan Construction supplies shop owner

Elimination table

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Place Contestant Episode
3 4 5 6/7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14/15 15 16 17/18
1 Angkrit HIGH IN IN QRT IN IN IN IN WIN WIN IMM IN WIN IN WIN IMM WINNER
2 Maam QRT IN IN IN IN HIGH WIN IMM IN WIN IN IN WIN RUNNER-UP
3 Brad HIGH IN IN HIGH IN WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM LOW IN HIGH IN QRT PT IN PT IN IN WIN FINALIST
4 Yup IN HIGH IMM HIGH IN WIN IMM IN IN IN LOW IN IN WIN IN QRT IMM HIGH PT LOW IN LOW FINALIST
5 Dang IN IN IMM IN IN IN IN WIN IMM IMM IMM IN LOW IN IN IN IMM WIN WIN IN IN ELIM
Jake QRT IN IN WIN IN IN WIN IMM IN WIN IN IN ELIM
7 Belle IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN LOW LOW IN HIGH IN IN IMM IN PT ELIM
8 Roen QRT LOW WIN WIN LOW IN WIN IMM IN ELIM
9 Mai Zung IN IN IN WIN IMM WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN WIN IN IN WIN IMM ELIM
Michel IN IN IN IN IMM WIN IMM IN WIN IMM IMM IN WIN IN IN LOW PT ELIM
Nu WIN IN LOW IN IMM IN LOW IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN HIGH IN IMM ELIM
12 Holly IN IN IMM IN IMM WIN IMM IN WIN IMM IMM IN QRT ELIM
Tas LOW IN IMM IN IN WIN IMM WIN IMM IMM IMM IN IN LOW IN LOW ELIM
14 Nhong IN IN IN IN LOW IN IN IN IN WIN IMM HIGH LOW ELIM
15 Tueng IN HIGH IMM IN IN WIN IMM WIN IMM IMM IMM IN ELIM
16 Arth IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN ELIM
Kaowtip IN IN IMM IN IMM WIN IMM IN IN IN IN ELIM
Nant IN IN IMM IN IN IN IN IN WIN IMM IMM ELIM
19 Moo QRT ELIM
Ten QRT ELIM
Yok IN IN LOW IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN ELIM
22 Kwan LOW IN LOW IN IMM IN ELIM
23 Oat LOW WIN IMM IN ELIM
24 Ton LOW IN ELIM
25 Aim ELIM
Joe ELIM
Medploy ELIM
  (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
  (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
  (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery box challenge / Invention Test / Skills Test or Elimination Test)
  (WIN) The cook was on the winning in the Between two persons challenge.
  (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the "Team challenge" and directly advanced to the next round.
  (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but didn't win.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge.
  (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
  (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination with Golden apron.
  (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge and competed in the Pressure test.
  (PT) The cook didn't have to compete in the Team challenge but competed in the Pressure test.
  (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge, did not compete in the Pressure test, and advanced.
  (RET) The cook won the Reinstation Challenge and returned to the competition.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, but wasn't the last person to advance.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and the last person to advance.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge and they were the only person from their team to advance.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge, and their team was last to advance.
  (QRT) The cook was quarantined due to them being in the risk group of getting COVID-19.
  (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes

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No.TitleOriginal air dateThai viewers
(millions)
1"Auditions"February 13, 2022 (2022-02-13)2.438[2]

Sixty successful home cooks arrived at the MasterChef Audition Stadium, loosely built based on the Netflix show, Squid Game. The home cooks were informed that if their aprons are snatched, their journey of receiving a white apron would be over.

  • Auditions Round 1 - Skills Test: The home cooks each have to cook 24 successful fried egg dishes, out of 25 eggs given, in 15 minutes. The egg yolk must stay in its original shape at all times and the egg white must be cooked. They are allowed only one mistake. At any point during the round, the home cooks may be asked to stop cooking for judges' inspection.

Thirty out of sixty home cooks advanced to the next round. Before the second round, the remaining home cooks were asked to pick a coloured station (red, yellow and green), each with a corresponding dish that they have to make.

  • Auditions Round 2 - Skills Test: The home cooks have to make 250 grams worth of chili paste, corresponding to their station colour (red being Chuci curry, yellow being yellow curry and green being green curry) in 30 minutes. They would also have 5 minutes to select their ingredients to make their chilli paste, in which no conferring is allowed. If there's any incorrect ingredients chosen, the home cook would instantly be eliminated.

Twelve out of thirty home cooks (Angkrit, Arth, Dang, Jake, Joe, Kaowtip, Maam, Medploy, Moo, Roen, Ten, and Tueng) passed the auditions and got their white aprons.

2"Second Chance Auditions (Part 1)"February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)2.568[3]

Twenty-four out of the forty-eight already-eliminated home cooks were invited back for another chance to win the white apron.

  • Second Chance Auditions Round 1 - Team Challenge: The home cooks have to separate themselves into two teams: pink and light blue. Each team must cook a main dish and a dessert for each of the 50 food critics in 2 hours and 30 minutes, in which the main dishes must be done in 2 hours and the desserts in the last 30 minutes. Any dishes or desserts that are not done on time are not served. Each team is also given rib-eye angus steaks and horse crabs for the main dish and sugar canes for the dessert.

The teams for the team challenge were as follows:

  • Pink: Aim, Mai Zung, Yok, Nant, Michel, Pookhao, Tas, Ton, Ann, Fonliu, Holly, Nu
  • Light Blue: Nhong, Yup, Kwan, Beer, Brad, Oak, Kim Jae, Belle, Namcha, Yoo, Boyd, Moh

During the challenge, Nhong was switched with Brad as the team captain after numerous mistakes involving his role. After the first 2 hours, the light blue team did not complete 10 main dishes, while the pink team did not complete 16 dishes, meaning that those dishes are not served. The pink team won the challenge with a 29-21 score.

Despite pink team's win, due to their mediocre performance and criticism from the food critics, there were only 7 white aprons available to them. They decided that Holly, Mai Zung, Michel, Nu, Tas, Ton, and Yok would receive the aprons. The episode left on a cliffhanger, with the remaining five members from the pink team and all of the light blue team members given their last chance to win the white apron.

3"Second Chance Auditions (Part 2) and Black Box Challenge"February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)2.728[4]

The light blue team, who lost the previous team challenge from the last episode joined the five unselected pink team members for their last chance to win the white apron.

  • Second Chance Auditions Round 2 - Invention Test: The seventeen home cooks would need to create a dish, using river snails as the main ingredient. They are given 60 minutes to complete this challenge.

Out of the seventeen home cooks, only eight were able to win their white aprons, including, Brad, Aim, Belle, Kwan, Naan, Nhong, Oat and Yup. Two weeks later, the contestants entered the MasterChef Kitchen for the first time. However, only twenty-two of them were present, as five of the contestants, Jake, Maam, Moo, Roen and Ten, have to be isolated due to them being in the risk group of getting COVID-19 as a precaution. As a result, those five people are automatically eliminated and will not move on to the next round.

  • Black Box Challenge: The contestants would have to create a dish with black-coloured ingredients: black chicken, century egg, grass jelly, brown rice, truffle, black olives, shiitake, seaweed, squid ink and dark chocolate. They have 60 minutes to complete this challenge. This mystery box challenge is later revealed to be a black box challenge, meaning that five people will be eliminated in this round.

After the time is up, the judges determined the 7 people whose dishes were not up to standard. They were Aim, Joe, Kwan, Medploy, Oat, Tas, and Ton. Angkrit, Brad, and Nu were deemed as the top three dishes. Nu won the overall challenge.

With Nu being the winner of the black box challenge, he is eligible to save 2 people out of the seven people whose dishes are the worst. He chose Kwan and Ton, despite the fact that those two dishes contain a raw component. Judges later decided that only three people would be eliminated from this challenge. They were Aim, Joe and Medploy.

4"The Homegrown Mystery Box Challenge"February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)N/A

Before the challenge was officially announced, the judges introduced Chef Tukta, a chef in The Next Iron Chef Thailand chef, who was a home cook at the beginning of her cooking career. She is the owner of Krua Baan Yee Sarn (Yeesarn Kitchen), a restaurant with dishes from Thai original cuisine.

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The top nineteen contestants would have to create a dish using any of the following homegrown ingredients: river prawns, climbing perches, hibiscus leaves, lvy gourds, puffball mushrooms, rat-tailed radishes, moringas, madans, mauks, star apples, coconut shoots, and sagos. They have 60 minutes to complete this challenge.

Oat was declared as the winner of this challenge, with Tueng and Yup being the runners-up. Oat was given immunity from the next invention test as well as an ability to choose eight other people to join him. He chose Dang, Holly, Kaowtip, Nant, Tas, Tueng, and Yup.

  • Invention Test: The rest eleven contestants would have to create a dish with beef hearts as the main ingredient. They are given 60 minutes to complete this challenge, with an additional 5 minutes in the MasterChef Supermarket.

Kwan, Nu, Yok and Ton were named as four of the worst dishes in this challenge. Nu and Yok were saved as their dishes are deemed innovative and creative by the judges, but lack taste and embrace of the main ingredient. Ton was eliminated from this challenge.

References

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  1. ^ "เปิดรับสมัครแข่งขันรายการ 'มาสเตอร์เชฟ ประเทศไทย ซีซัน 5'".
  2. ^ "เรตติ้งประจำสัปดาห์ 7-13 ก.พ.65 : ช่อง 3 เรตติ้งลด - TV Digital Watch".
  3. ^ "เรตติ้งทีวีดิจิทัลประจำสัปดาห์ 14-20 ก.พ.65 : เรตติ้งช่องปรับตัวดีขึ้น - TV Digital Watch".
  4. ^ "เกาะติดข่าว "แตงโม" รายการข่าวเรตติ้งขึ้น - TV Digital Watch".