MasterChef South Africa

MasterChef South Africa
Judges
  • Andrew Atkinson
  • Benny Masekwameng
  • Pete Goffe-Wood
  • Reuben Riffel
  • Gregory Czarnecki
  • Justine Drake
  • Zola Nene
  • Katlego Mlambo
Country of originSouth Africa
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes85
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesHomebrew Films
Quizzical Pictures
Lucky Bean Media
Original release
NetworkM-Net, SABC 3
Release20 March 2012 (2012-03-20) –
present
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MasterChef South Africa is the South African version of the television cooking game show franchise MasterChef. It was originally filmed on the Nederburg Wine Estate in Paarl, Western Cape and judged by Pete Goffe-Wood, Benny Masekwameng, Reuben Riffel and Andrew Atkinson, up to the third season. The series' first run was from March 2012 – May 2015.

On 17 August 2021, M-Net announced that the show would be back for a fourth season in 2022, which kicked off on 28 February 2022. Filming was done at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape with a new production company and new judges.

On 17 January 2024, MasterChef South Africa was renewed for a fifth season, announcing that the show would air on SABC 3. The fifth season began airing in July 2024 and concluded on 23 November.