MasterChef South Africa season 1

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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 network M-Net
Original release20 March (2012-03-20) –
14 July 2012 (2012-07-14)
Season chronology
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Season 2

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.

Contestants

Top 18

ContestantAge Occupation HometownEpisode of EliminationPlace Finished
Deena Naidoo45IT Specialist Durban Winner1st
Sue-Ann Allen30Lighting designer Woodstock Runner-up2nd
Manisha Naidu29Housewife Sandton Episode 183rd
Sarel Loots†42Adventure camp owner Sabie Episode 174th
Lungile Nhlanhla21Fashion graduate Durban Episode 165th
Khaya Silingile27Marketing coordinator Sandton Episode 156th
Ilse Fourie32Model Cape Town Episode 147th
Thys Hattingh29Bookkeeper Rustenburg Episode 138th
Jade de Waal21Jazz music student Gardens Episode 129th
Samantha Nolan41Mom Table View Episode 1010th
Guy Clark30Property broker Cape Town Episode 911th
Babalwa Baartman18Buyer for Poetry Cape Town Episode 812/13th
Brandon Law22IT Consultant Edenvale
Mmutsi Maseko34Mom Johannesburg Episode 714th
Lwazi Mngoma26Artist management entrepreneur Johannesburg Episode 615th
Berdina Schurink35Unemployed Cape Town Episode 516th
Charles Canning40Runs family panel-beating business Table View Episode 417/18th
Fortune Kangueehi36Ad accounts manager Windhoek

Elimination table

PlaceContestantEpisode
456789101112131415161718Finale
1DeenaINNPTWINWINPTININLOWLOWLOWINLOWWINWINHIGHWINNER
2Sue-AnnINWINWINLOWWININWININWINNPTWINWINHIGHLOWWINRUNNER-UP
3ManishaWINLOWINWINPTINWINININWININWINLOWHIGHELIM
4SarelINWINLOWWINWINLOWINININNPTWINLOWHIGHELIM
5LungileINNPTINPTWINININININWININWINELIM
6KhayaINNPTINWINWINWINLOWWINCCWINLOWELIM
7IlseINWININPTPTININININWINELIM
8ThysINWININPTWINWININLOWLOWELIM
9JadeINNPTINWINLOWLOWLOWLOWELIM
10SamanthaWINWININWINWINLOWELIM
11GuyINWININPTPTELIM
12BabalwaINWININPTELIM
BrandonINWININWINELIM
14MmutsiLOWPTINELIM
15LwaziLOWPTELIM
16BerdinaLOWELIM
17CharlesELIM
FortuneELIM
  (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

Ep# / Show-Ep#Original AirdateEpisodesTotal viewers (million)
1
20 March 2012
Auditions Part 1998,664
2
27 March 2012Auditions Part 2993,662

References

  1. ↑ "DSTV.COM > MasterChef". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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