MasterChef Croatia season 1


The first season of the Croatian reality television series MasterChef Croatia began on 21 March 2011 and aired on Nova TV, concluding on 17 June 2011 when Šime Sušić was crowned the winner. The season was hosted by Jasna Nanut.

Judges

The judges in the first season were Tomislav Gretić, famous Croatian cook, Mate Janković, one of the youngest Croatian cooks and Radovan Marčić, director, writer and a food critic.

Show

During the first two weeks, there were elimination rounds. Jury had to make a decision and choose the best 20.
The show was aired every week from Monday to Friday. Every Monday, the contestants got a "kutija iznenađenja". In the box, candidates got a few ingredients and they had to make a dish from these ingredients. The best contestant was awarded by selecting the main ingredient for the "test kreativnosti", which was every Tuesday. Candidate, who was the best in the test of creativity, was given the opportunity to cook versus one of the masterchefs in Croatia. The duel between the candidate and the chef was every Thursday. The three worst candidates in the test of creativity were given a penalty; "stres test". Candidate, who was the worst in the stress test was eliminated. Every Friday, candidates were divided into two teams. Every team had a leader. The jury selected the leaders. Teams were taken to the challenge. Team that lost had to face a new challenge in the form of an elimination test. Candidate who was the worse had to leave the show.
PlaceCandidateOriginAgeInterest
1Šime SušićZagreb24Student
2Srđana JevtićOpatija35Student
3Robert Predrag ŽmireTrogir39Waiter
4Matija NikolićZagreb30Manager
5Vedran BegKoprivnica40Waiter
6Davor ŠrengZagreb44Artisan
7Željana AnčićMokošica24Business economist
8Ljubo MatulinDonji Vidovec42Caterer
9Bojan KončarZagreb32Unemployed
10Ana Kovačević PilepićViškovo31Designer
11Marko GajskiNova Gradiška26IT Specialist
12Nastasja FišterZagreb22Student
13Ivan VučkovićZagreb27Travel technician
14Mario BobanovićZagreb39Architect
15Ivana ĐokićČapljina29Food technician
16Tea ĐukićKarlovac25Travel technician
17Vesna MatulićZagreb36TV make-up artist
18Igor ZdenjakZagreb43Instructor of sport fishing
19Ivanko RebićMakarska50Fisherman
20Tomislav RusakVaraždin35Bus driver