MasterChef Thailand All-Stars explained

Num Episodes:17
Network:Channel 7

MasterChef Thailand All-Stars is a cooking game show, spun off from MasterChef Thailand. It originally aired on February 2, 2020 on Channel 7, with contestants from previous seasons competing. Hosted by Piyathida Mittiraroch and the committee is, and Pongtawat Chalermkittichai[1] [2]

Contestants

ContestantAge HometownOccupationPrevious
Season
Previous
Season
Placing
StatusAmount of Winnings
Jessica Wang (Paope)25BangkokSelf-employed34 7
Namthip Phoosri (Jah)28BangkokAuto mechanic24/54
Chanin Cheema (Quest)27BangkokPainter32/35
Bank Jetasanond 40BangkokSteward24/53
Raphatsorn Chirachurichai (Lat)32LampangOnline trader224
Alisa Dawson (Lisa)32BangkokEnglish teacher125
Sunya Thadathanawong (Golf)39BangkokPhotographer293
Komsan Wongsa (Deaw)28Mae Hong SonFlorist235
Nutnicha Bunlert (Ploy)29Pathum ThaniAir hostess13/43
Patcha Kalyanamitr (Toei)27BangkokShoe painting business owner32/34
Jitsak Lim-pakornkul (Gino)43PhuketBrand and marketing Director394
Sahadol Tantrapim (Pond)28Chiang MaiFlight attendant352
Chanon Ruangsri 24Uthai ThaniTrader373
Jumlong Sriraksa 34RayongFishing pond owner13/42
Rapassa Sirilertsopon (Lukkate)36BangkokDessert Cookery Teacher382
Dissakul Prasitruangsuk (Tum)27BangkokDoctor261
Maniporn Pornchotthaweerat (Belle)35BangkokMarketing manager2122
Isara Donleeken (Kapom)28Maha SarakhamFarmer281
Suchat Jaicham (Ball)31Nakhon NayokShrimp farming owner361
Nikul Phayungpong (Nick)31BangkokRacer19/101

Elimination table

PlaceEpisode
1/23456789101112131415/1616/17
1PaopeWINPTINIMMWINININPTWINIMMWININ HIGHPTININININIMMWINIMMWINIMMWINNER
2JahWINPTININWINHIGHIMMPTININPTININWINININININIMMINPTINWINIMM
QuestWINPTHIGHWINWINININPTININLOWWINIMMPTININLOWIMM INHIGHPTLOWINWIN
4BankLOSEWININIMMPTINIMMPTININWINININPTININWINLOWIMMINLOWININELIM
LatLOSEWININIMMPTWINIMMWININLOWINININWININHIGHHIGHIMM ININPTININELIM
6LisaLOSEWININHIGHPTINWINWINININININ WINWININHIGHINIMMINHIGHELIM
GolfLOSEWINHIGHLOWWINININLOWINININININWINININLOWIN IMMINELIM
8DeawWINPTINIMMPTINIMMWININWINIMMHIGHINWININWINIMMIMM ELIM
9PloyWINPTWINIMMLOWHIGHIMMWINHIGH ININHIGHINPTINININ ELIM
10ToeiLOSEWININLOWPTININWINLOWLOWWININLOWWINININELIM
11GinoWINPTININWINININWINININWININ LOWELIM
12PondLOSEWINININPTININWINININPTIN ELIMJOIN
13ChanonWINPTINLOWWINININWINININELIMJOIN
14JumlongWINPTINIMMWINININPTINELIMJOIN
15LukkateLOSEWININIMMWININHIGHPTELIMJOIN
16TumLOSEWININIMMLOWININELIM
17BelleWINPTINIMMWININELIM
18KapomLOSEWININIMMELIM
19BallLOSEWININELIM
20NickWINWDR

(WINNER) This cook won the competition.

(RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.

(WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery box challenge or Invention 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 but are safe and did not compete in the Pressure Test.

(IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.

(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.

(LOSE) The cook loses in the Between two persons challenge .

(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.

(WDR) The cook withdrew due to illness or personal reason.

(ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

(JOIN) The cook was originally eliminated but invited back in the competition for a "Team challenge".

Episodes

Episode 1

Winner will be next round, loser will be eliminated.

PairMain ingredientWinnerLoser
1LobsterChanonGolf
2Pickled fishQuestPond
3Instant noodlesDeawLisa
4BerriesPaopeLat
5FrogPloyTum
6Rib eye wagyu beefJumlongKapom
7DurianBelleBank
8ChickenGinoToei
9Ox testiclesNickBall
10PigheadJahLukkate

The game changed. Losers and winners were divided into two teams for the next team challenge next week.

Episode 2

Team Challenge 1: Cook fine-dining dish order from 38 Masterchef Junior contestants

This week's teams has been assigned in the last episode, which were the winners and the losers. Each team gets to choose their own team captain. The winners (blue) team chose Jah as their team captain, while the other (red) team chose Lisa.

Team captainMembers
JahJumlong, Ploy, Nick, Deaw, Belle, Quest, Paope, Chanon and Gino
LisaLat, Bank, Tum, Kapom, Golf, Toei, Pond, Ball and Lukkate
The judges for this team challenge are MasterChef Junior contestants. The judges get to choose six signature dish they would like, including three appetizers and three main courses. Each team will be getting different amount of each signature dish depending on what dishes each judge want.
CategorySignature DishesTeam's #Team's #
AppetizersFried Shrimp w/ Sugar Cane4 dishes
Foie Gras Tortellini w/ Truffle Cream Sauce810
Crab Croquette w/ Japanese Curry Sauce75
Main Courses4 dishes
Lobster Risotto w/ Marinara Sauce58
Beef Wellington107

Pressure Test 1: Making Vietnamese stuffed crispy omelet (Thai-Royal style)

Original: The batter needs to be crispy when served, and in shaped. The shrimp and pork also have to be flavored itself and colors. The bean sprout and shredded coconut have to be cooked with nice scent, and the cucumber salad needs to be sweet, salty and sour like normal.

Episode 3

Mystery Box 1: Cook pasta dish by using only one pan

Invention Test 1: Cook a 5- star dish from "ginger"

Since Ploy wins the last challenge, she deserve a chance to take control of 9 people she would like to get rid of in the competition. Ploy said that the first 4 people are the group that are her competitor, which include Quest, Toei, Jah and Lisa. Another five, she states, is a group that is not her close friends. In this group, Ploy chose Ball, Pond, Gino, Golf and Chanon. For the rest that did not get called may immune to the next round.

Overall, Quest did the best, Lisa in second.

Episode 4

Team Challenge 2: Cook main dish and dessert for 201 truck drivers from "tubtim siam pomelo"

For this week's team challenge at Talad Thai, all contestants get to choose whether they would like to join Quest's team or Lisa's team. As a result, 11 people chose Lisa and 5 people chose Quest. Meaning, three extra people that Lisa choose needs to join the other team. She chose Belle, Jumlong and Chanon.

Team captainMembers
QuestGolf, Jah, Lukkate, Paope, Gino, Chanon, Jumlong and Belle
LisaDeaw, Lat, Tum, Pond, Toei, Ploy, Bank and Kapom

Pressure Test 2: Making family eggs

Round one: Poached eggs (3) * Time: 10 min.

Original: The egg needs to be beautifully shaped, and the yolk needs to be lava without having the white undercooked.

Round two: Fried eggs (3) * Time: 7 min.

Original: The white needs to be crispy, while the yolk still raw.

Round three: Omu rice (1) * Time: 5 min.

Original: The egg needs to be shaped like rugby. When sliced in half, the inside needs to be only half cooked, while the whole cover is perfectly cooked.

Episode 5

Mystery Box 2: Making a new looking jellies

Invention Test 2: Making six- layer cake (from four in Season 1)

Before this competition starts, Lat can choose two people to qualify with her. She chose Jah and Ploy, because they both are one of the three best dishes that shows everyone their skills to qualify to next round.

But before it's time for judges to taste, Lat have another chance to choose two more people to qualify to next round. She chose Deaw and Bank, since their cake were one of the cakes that got a bit destroyed. After the taste, Lisa did the best, Lukkate in second.

Episode 6

Team Challenge 3: Cook appetizer, soup and main dish for 71 broadcasters across Thailand.

Team captainMembers
LisaLat, Ploy, Toei, Deaw, Chanon, Gino and Pond
Lukkate Quest, Jah, Paope, Jumlong, Tum and Golf

As a result, Red team won blue team with the score of 44 to 27.

Pressure Test 3: Making stuffed-fried chicken

What they want: The chicken needs to be in shaped and well cooked. Also, the stuffing needs to be completely filled with no air in the chicken, and the taste has to be like original. In this challenge, they need to do 5 wings, 5 drumsticks.

Golf and Tum were the bottom two, because two of their drumsticks were undercooked (raw).

Episode 7: MasterChef Survival

Mystery Box 3: Main ingredients: Seafood + Grains

Invention Test 3: Cook a fine-dining dish from "insects"

Episode 8

Team Challenge 4: Cooking plates of "Big Breakfast"

Team CaptainMembers
GolfLat, Lisa and Ploy
PaopeGino, Toei and Bank
JahQuest, Pond and Chanon

When the judges check the overall of all dishes, blue team won the rest with 13 dishes total. But since both red and green team got 11 confirmed dishes, the judges need to check the quality of each dishes. As a result, red team won green team for quality.

Pressure Test 4: Making "Belle Helene"

What the judges want: The steak needs to be medium rare, but without using oven. Also, the potato stick needs to be crispy and all have to have equal sides and lengths. Finally, the sauce needs to taste like the original.

Episode 9

Mystery Box 4: Making dessert

Invention Test 4: Making the assigned menu ice-cream

There are three menus for Quest to choose from, in which she had chosen:

MenuPeople
Sweet Egg BualoyDeaw, Golf, Gino and Paope
Lat, Lisa and Jah
Grilled Catfish, Neem and Nam Pla WanPloy, Pond, Toei and Bank

As a result, Lisa did the best, Paope in second.

Episode 10

Team Challenge 5: Delivery online version, cook for 600 people around Bangkok who support Masterchef Thailand.

Team CaptainMembers
LisaLat, Jah, Golf, Toei, Deaw and Chanon
PaopeQuest, Ploy, Gino, Bank, Jumlong, Pond and Lukkate

Score: When the toll ends, there are total of 496 people ordered the dish, in which 203 from the red team and 293 from blue team. But since both teams can't serve all in time, this makes red team served in total of 192 servings, while blue team served 202. That is not the final score though, the judges also have to take off points from the customers who didn't like the food. As a result, red team won blue team with the final score of 130 to 127.

Pressure Test 5: Making grilled lamb rib with herb crust, served with cannelloni ricotta cheese pickle and spicy coconut milk moose.

What they want: The lamb steak needs to be medium rare, and herb crust needs to be stick onto the rib. The cannelloni needs to be al-dente, and both ricotta cheese pickle and spicy coconut milk moose needs to taste like the original, in which the moose needs to be set like whipped cream.

Episode 11

TOP 10 All-Stars

This episode is a special clip of judges talking about all 10 contestants' journey through Masterchef challenges. Contestants include Lisa, Ploy, Lat, Deaw, Jah, Bank, Golf, Toei, Quest and Paope.

Episode 12

Note: This episode has been taken at the end of March, which is close to Songkran Festival, or Thai New Year.

Mystery Box 5: Cook a special dish that is a memory to their family

Invention Test 5: Cook a memory dish from the three winners of Masterchef Thailand

In this round, the contestants have to create a higher-level dish from the special guests, which are the three winners of Masterchef Thailand. This includes Kaew from Season 1, First from Season 2, and Max from Season 3. Each person has their own memory dish to have the contestants create today. For Kaew is Spaghetti and Meatballs, First is Khai-Pam, and Max is Choux Cream. Not just only immune to the next round, Deaw had a chance to choose the three menus that he would like. He chose:

MenuPeople
Spaghetti and MeatballsPloy, Lisa and Golf
Khai-PamLat, Toei and Bank
Choux CreamPaope, Jah and Quest

Overall, Bank did the best, Lat in second.

Episode 13

Black Box Challenge: Creating Italian and Indian cuisine dish.

This week, they will be separated into two groups by Bank, which is the winner of the last Invention test. He choose to have Paope, Jah, Golf and Ploy to be his opponent, so this makes Lat, Lisa, Quest and Deaw in another group. After that, Lat, which ranks second last week, get to choose whether she would like Indian or Italian for her group. She chose Indian, meaning Bank's group has Italian.

CuisinePeople
ItalianBank, Ploy, Jah, Paope and Golf
IndianLat, Lisa, Quest and Deaw

Round 1: Italian

Since we're in the spread of COVID-19 situation, each contestant have to make three dishes, one for each judges.

Round 2: Indian

Same as the Round 1, each contestant needs to make three dishes, one for each judges because of COVID-19 situation.

Deaw was eliminated, because his roti was undercooked.

Episode 14

Mystery Box 6: Cook a combination dish of pickled crab, sweet condensed milk, and raw bananas.

For the winner of this round will automatically qualified to Semi-final of Masterchef All-Stars Thailand. And since we're in the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, each contestant have to make three dishes, one for each judges.

Pressure Test 6: Cook bean sprouts, tofu, minced chicken, and white balsamic sauce stuffed in Xiao Long Bao.

In this round, all six contestants have to make a signature dish from a chef who works with Chef Ian for over 10 years. She is Chef Ann Pavita, which is also one of the contestant in The Next Iron Chef Thailand. Today Chef Ann brought her own signature dish from bean sprouts, and it is Xiao Long Bao stuffed with bean sprouts, tofu, minced chicken, and white balsamic sauce. In this challenge, two people will be sent home.

Original:

1. The pastry needs to be thin, and not thick. The Xiao Long Bao have to be folded neatly, and completely covered without any holes or leaks.

2. The filling must clearly raise the bean sprouts, and have the right amount of tofu, chopped chicken and bean sprouts like original.

3. White balsamic sauce needs to have taste like original.

4. When slicing the Xiao Long Bao, the soup of white balsamic sauce needs to be juicy, not dry.

Episode 15: Semi-Final

Mystery Box 7: Cook a fine-dining dish from ingredients during curfew.

The winner of this mystery box will be the first to qualify to the finale of Masterchef All-Stars Thailand. The rest will have to face the second round.

Invention Test 6: Main ingredient: Uni

For the winner of this round will be the second to qualify to the finale. The rest will be facing the last round that they cannot predict what will happen.

Pressure Test 7: Roasted shrimp paste with deep-fried snakehead fish

In this round, the contestants will have to use their knowledge to identify the ingredients inside the roasted shrimp paste, and yet the judge have put in a mystery ingredient inside the paste. A contestant who did closest to the original will be the third and last to qualify to the finale. Unfortunately, the other two will be sent home.

The result was announced on Episode 16 (July 26) within the finale.

Episode 16-17: Finale

It has come to the finale round, in which the finalist are Paope, Jah, and Quest. All three of them have to create their three different course which are appetizer, main course, and dessert. The contestant needs to make three dishes, one for each judge. They have 60 minutes (1 hour) on each course, and 10 minutes in the supermarket (this includes all three courses). A contestant with the overall best presentation will be crowned as the next Masterchef, with 1,000,000 baht, and her own cookbook.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Master Chef All Star" Brutal from the first day! . www.sanook.com . 2 February 2020 . 2 February 2020.
  2. Web site: 1760306 "Master Chef All Star" opens with 20 contestants singing! . www.thairath.co.th . 2 February 2020.