MasterChef Thailand All-Stars

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

Contestants

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Episodes

Episode 1

Original airdate: Sunday, 2 February 2020
The All-Stars season opens with a warm welcoming of 20 contestants from previous MasterChef seasons, including 4 from season 1, 8 from season 2, and 8 more from season 3. Starting off, the judges have prepared "presents" to welcome back all returning contestants to the competition. Chef Ian takes out 20 black envelopes for contestants to each draw one randomly, containing a greeting card of different colors. Shortly after, 10 black boxes appeared with different color ribbons that corresponds to each of the greeting card. Each color has 2 owners, and they will be pairing up to battle one-on-one with the ingredient inside their boxes as the main challenge.
One-on-One Challenge: After each contestants are paired up, they began opening their boxes to see the main ingredient inside, for which all 10 boxes each have different challenges from previous seasons. In this round, the judges won't be judging the contestants; instead, they brought four special guests to be the judges for the week. They are Chef Pruek Samphanthawat, Chef Somsak Rarongkham, Chef Booncheid Sonsuwan, and Chef Kaew Paweenuch. Special guests: Chefs Pruek Samphanthawat, Somsak Rarongkham, Booncheid Sonsuwan, and Kaew Paweenuch
Each contestant will be judged by "blind tasting", where the four special guests will be judging without knowing who did which dish for every pair. They have 60 minutes to create a dish to the best of their ability in hopes of winning their partner's dish. The winner of each pair will be receiving the golden apron, guaranteeing their spot as the main contestant for this season. If they lose, they are eliminated immediately.

Time: 60 minutes

After cooking time is over, they are sent to the lobby and wait until their pair is called. As each pair enters the kitchen to hear the results, the final selections are as follows:

Pair No.	Main ingredient	Partner 1	Partner 2
1	Lobster	Golf	Chanon
2	Fermented fish	Quest	Pond
3	Instant noodles	Deaw	Lisa
4	Mixed berries	Lat	Paope
5	Frog	Ploy	Tum
6	Rib-eye A5 wagyu beef	Kapom	Jumlong
7	Durian	Belle	Bank
8	Chicken	Gino	Toei
9	Cow testicles	Ball	Nick
10	Pig head	Jah	Lukkate

Ten contestants who didn't win later returns with the 10 winners after the round ended, with a heartfelt message from Chef Pom that triggers their emotions. Knowing they must step up their game after losing today, the judges revealed that no one will actually be eliminated this week; they are instead separated into two teams: winners vs. losers. All contestants will be competing in a brutal team challenge next week where one will be eliminated.

Episode 2

Original airdate: Sunday, 9 February 2020
Team Challenge 1: For their first team challenge of the season, they will be cooking premium, fine-dining dishes by "menu ordering", where the guests will be the ones deciding what dishes they are craving and the contestants must have the ability to cook them. This week's teams were distributed in the last episode, and each team gets to choose their own team captain. The winners choose Jah as their team captain, while the other team choose Lisa.

Team captain	Members
Jah	Jumlong, Ploy, Nick, Deaw, Belle, Quest, Paope, Chanon and Gino
Lisa	Lat, Bank, Tum, Kapom, Golf, Toei, Pond, Ball and Lukkate

The special guests who are the judges for this team challenge are 38 MasterChef Junior contestants, as an honor for recently winning the 24th Asian Television Awards. They will altogether choose six signature dishes they would like to have, including three appetizers and three main courses. Each team will be getting different amount of each signature dish depending on what dishes each Junior contestant wanted. The finalized list of orders are as follows:
Hence, each team will have a different starting time. For appetizer, the contestants will have 30 minutes. However, as the winners from last week, Blue team will receive 10 extra minutes. After that, both teams will have another 1 hour to finish their main course orders. During the round however, Blue team faced consequences in their appetizer dishes that were returned from the Junior contestants. These mistakes cost them two 5-minute penalties, losing 10 minutes of cooking time in total.Time : 30 minutes Time : 60 minutes
As a result, the Junior contestants have voted for Red team to win, whereas Blue team will be facing a Pressure Test round.Winning team: Red team
Pressure Test 1: In this round, Blue team contestants will be making a Royal Thai version of Vietnamese stuffed crispy omelet, the same pressure test as given in season 2. What Chef Pom and the other judges want are as follows:
1. The batter needs to be crispy and in its original shape when served.
2. The minced shrimp and pork must also show colors and fragrance, and its flavor must be rich and tasty like original.
3. The bean sprouts and shredded coconut must still have its nice fragrance.
4. The cucumber salad needs to be sweet, salty and sour like the original.
Since this is All-Stars season and all contestants have faced with challenges for at least a year, the judges shrunk their cooking time down 10 minutes -- from initially 45 in season 2 to 35 minutes.Time: 35 minutes
Shortly before time runs up, the judges faced controversies with Nick, who is competing in this pressure test. In the end, Nick decides to walk out of the kitchen himself due to his own reasons, withdrawing from the competition.Bottom entries: noneWithdrew from the competition: Nick

Episode 3

Original airdate: Sunday, 16 February 2020
Mystery Box 1: For their first mystery box of the season, all contestants will be making fresh pasta and cook the best creation out of it. However, the box also includes a pan, which is the only pan they can use throughout the entire round -- no pots or other kitchenware are allowed for heating. By testing their time management, they will have 1 hour as usual to finish their dish despite only having one pan to cook.Time: 60 min.
As a result, Ploy presented the best dish and granted herself immunity for the week.Three best dishes: Quest, Ploy and GolfRound winner: Ploy
Invention Test 1: Since Ploy wins the previous challenge, she got a chance to sabotage 9 people she would like to get rid of to compete in this round. Ploy stated that the first 4 people are her competitors, which consists of Quest, Toei, Jah and Lisa. Another five, she mentions, are those who aren't her close friends. In this group, Ploy chose Ball, Pond, Gino, Golf and Chanon. The rest that did not get called are saved for the week.Saved: Jumlong, Lat, Deaw, Bank, Tum, Kapom, Belle, Paope and Lukkate
As the 9 chosen contestants rushed into the supermarket, they faced the main ingredient of this round: ginger. They must cook a 5-star hotel worthy dish in 1 hour that is given.Time: 60 min.
The judges use 3 criteria in Invention Tests: taste, creativity, and the use of main ingredient. After the judges have tasted all dishes, Quest presented the best dish, Lisa in second. Meanwhile, four bottom entries were not able to enhance the taste of ginger, and Ball was sent home as a result.Round winner: QuestBottom four: Toei, Chanon, Golf and BallEliminated: Ball

Episode 4

Original airdate: Sunday, 23 February 2020
Team Challenge 2

Location: Talad Thai

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. Which means, Lisa will have to choose 3 people in her team to join Quest's team to have equal amount of members. She chose Belle, Jumlong and Chanon.

Team captain	Members
Quest	Golf, Jah, Lukkate, Paope, Gino, Chanon, Jumlong and Belle
Lisa	Deaw, Lat, Tum, Pond, Toei, Ploy, Bank and Kapom

In this team challenge, both teams will have to cook one savory dish and one dessert for 201 truck drivers across Talad Thai. The main ingredient for both menus is tubtim siam pomelo, and they will have 90 minutes to prepare the dishes. In addition, they are given 1 hour to finish serving all 201 guests.

Preparation time: 90 minutes
Service time: 60 minutes

With everyone's past experience in team challenges, both teams were able to serve smoothly and finished in less than half of the time that's given. As a result, Blue team wins and all members are saved for the week.

Winning team: Blue team

Pressure Test 2: In this round, Red team will be facing a series of skill tests with one single ingredient: eggs. There are 3 different rounds, where the 3 contestants that are the most accurate in each round will be saved immediately for the week. In the last round, one person that scores the least will be eliminated.
Round 1: Poached eggs
All 9 contestants will have to make 3 perfect poached eggs in 10 minutes, where the egg needs to be beautifully shaped, and the yolk is still gooey without any undercooked egg whites. They are each given 3 eggs, so there are no space for mistakes.Time: 10 minutes
Overall, Lat, Pond and Lisa were the only ones with 3 perfect poached eggs and therefore saved for the week.

Winners: Lat, Pond and Lisa

Round 2: Fried eggs
In the second round, the remaining contestants must present 3 perfect Thai-style fried eggs in 7 minutes. The egg whites needs to be crispy and not burnt, while the yolk is still gooey without any cooked spots. They are each given 3 eggs, and again there are no space for mistakes.Time: 7 minutes
Overall, Bank, Deaw and Toei were the only ones who presented all 3 perfect fried eggs and saved for the week.

Winners: Bank, Deaw and Toei

Round 3: Omurice
For their last challenge, the remaining 3 contestants will have to make one perfect omurice dish in 5 minutes. The egg itself needs to be shaped like rugby, and when sliced in half, the egg must cover the rice entirely while not overcooking the inside. The rice is already given for them.Time: 5 minutes
One person that scores the least will be eliminated, and it turns out that Kapom is unfortunately sent home this week.

Eliminated: Kapom

Episode 5

Original airdate: Sunday, 1 March 2020
Mystery Box 2: In this round, all contestants will have to create a unique dish with jellies of any kind as the main component. The mystery box includes pig ear, pig heart, chicken kidney, cow tripe, beef shank, salmon, stink bean, Japanese leek, mango, raspberry, jicama, and agar agar powder. They will have 1 hour to make the best jelly dish with the given ingredients.

Time: 60 minutes

After the judges tasted all dishes, Lat was declared the winner for this round and granted immunity for the week.

Three best dishes: Ploy, Jah and Lat
Round winner: Lat

Invention Test 2: 6-Layer Cake
Before the round starts, Lat got a chance to choose two people to immune with her. According to Lat, she chose Jah and Ploy because they are both among the three best dishes that shows everyone their skills to qualify to the next round.

Saved: Jah and Ploy

In this round, contestants will have to make 6-layer cake with their own flavor creations. Each layer must have the thickness of around 2 centimeters and equal amounts of cream throughout the cake. It should not collapse when layering, and they must decorate the cake beautifully. Besides from these criteria, the judges will also be giving scores based on taste, creativity, and uniqueness of the cake. The contestants are given 2 hours to complete the cake.

Time: 2 hours

Before it was time for judges to taste, it was announced that Lat have another chance to save two more people for the week. She chose Deaw and Bank, since their cake were one of the cakes that collapsed while in the making.

Saved: Deaw and Bank

After the judges tasted all cakes, Lisa scored the highest and Lukkate in second. On the other hand, Belle's cake cost her the elimination.

Round winner: Lisa
Eliminated: Belle

Episode 6

Original airdate: Sunday 8 March 2020

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

Location: Asiatique Thailand
Since Bank had a health problem, he had to complete his Pressure Test without doing Team Challenge.

Team captain	Members
Lisa	Lat, Ploy, Toei, Deaw, Chanon, Gino and Pond
Lukkate	Quest, Jah, Paope, Jumlong, Tum and Golf

Time: 90 min. for appetizers and soup, 60 min. for main dish.

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

Winner: Red team

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.

Time: 50 min.

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

Bottom two: Golf and Tum
Eliminated: Tum

Episode 7: MasterChef Survival

Original airdate: Sunday 15 March 2020
This week is "Masterchef Survival" week, meaning that there will be two people eliminated from the competition, one from each round.

Mystery Box 3: Main ingredients: Seafood + Grains

Time: 60 min.
Two best dishes: Ploy and Paope
Winner: Paope
Bottom two: Toei and Lukkate
Eliminated: Lukkate

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

Time: 60 min
Winner: Deaw
Bottom three: Lat, Toei and Jumlong
Eliminated: Jumlong

Episode 8

Original airdate: Sunday 22 March 2020

Team Challenge 4: Cooking plates of "Big Breakfast"

For this week's team challenge, they have separated into three teams by Deaw, which saved for the week.
Location: Masterchef kitchen

Team Captain	Members
Golf	Lat, Lisa and Ploy
Paope	Gino, Toei and Bank
Jah	Quest, Pond and Chanon

Time: 45 min.

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.

Winner: Blue team
Team that is going to Pressure Test: Green team

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.

Guest: Chef Pruek Cassia Samphanthawat
Time: 30 min.
Winner: Pond
Bottom two: Quest and Chanon
Eliminated: Chanon

Episode 9

Original airdate: Sunday 29 March 2020
Since Chef Ian Pongthawat Chalermkittichai just came back from work in another country, he decided to lock himself for 14 days to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Instead, he invited Chef Pruek Cassia Samphanthawat to be judge for the week.

Mystery Box 4: Making dessert

Time: 60 min.
Three best dishes: Quest, Ploy and Deaw
Winner: Quest

Invention Test 4: Making the assigned menu ice-cream
There are three menus for Quest to choose from, in which she had chosen:

Menu	People
Sweet Egg Bualoy	Deaw, Golf, Gino and Paope
Pickled Crab Somtum	Lat, Lisa and Jah
Grilled Catfish, Neem and Nam Pla Wan	Ploy, Pond, Toei and Bank

Time: 60 min.

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

Winner: Lisa
Bottom three: Toei, Gino and Pond
Eliminated: Pond

Episode 10

Original airdate: Sunday 5 April 2020

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

Location: Central World Bangkok
Since this is a very challenging challenge in Masterchef history, they have four extra people from the previous eliminations to help both teams. Which includes Pond, Chanon, Jumlong and Lukkate.

Team Captain	Members
Lisa	Lat, Jah, Golf, Toei, Deaw and Chanon
Paope	Quest, Ploy, Gino, Bank, Jumlong, Pond and Lukkate

Time: 2 hours and 30 min. to prepare and deliver, within the first 30 min. for the example.

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.

Winner: Red team

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

Guest: Chef Aof

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.

Time: 60 min.
Eliminated: Gino

Episode 11

TOP 10 All-Stars

New airdate: Sunday 21 June 2020

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

This episode was originally scheduled to air on April 12, 2020, but was delayed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New airdate: Sunday 28 June 2020

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

Time: 60 min.
Three best dishes: Lat, Lisa and Deaw
Winner: Deaw

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:

Menu	People
Spaghetti and Meatballs	Ploy, Lisa and Golf
Khai-Pam	Lat, Toei and Bank
Choux Cream	Paope, Jah and Quest

Time: 60 min.

Overall, Bank did the best, Lat in second.

Winner: Bank
Bottom three: Golf, Quest and Toei
Eliminated: Toei

Episode 13

New airdate: Sunday 5 July 2020
From this episode, all tapes will be recorded after the curfew. Meaning, there will be social distancing and sanitizing rules while in the competition.

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.

Cuisine	People
Italian	Bank, Ploy, Jah, Paope and Golf
Indian	Lat, 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.

Time: 60 min.
Bottom two: Bank and Ploy
Eliminated: Ploy

Round 2: Indian
Same as the Round 1, each contestant needs to make three dishes, one for each judges because of COVID-19 situation.

Time: 60 min.

Deaw was eliminated, because his roti was undercooked.

Eliminated: Deaw

Episode 14

New airdate: Sunday 12 July 2020

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.

Time: 60 min.
Three best dishes: Lisa, Paope and Quest
Winner: Paope

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.

Time: 60 min. for 8 pieces.
Bottom three: Bank, Lisa and Golf
Eliminated: Lisa and Golf

Episode 15: Semi-Final

New airdate: Sunday 19–26 July 2020

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.

Time: 60 min
Winner: Paope

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.

Time: 60 min
Winner: Jah

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.

Time: 60 min

The result was announced on Episode 16 within the finale.

Winner: Quest
Eliminated: Lat and Bank

Episode 16-17: Finale

Airdate: Sunday 26 July - 2 August 2020

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 on each course, and 10 minutes in the supermarket. A contestant with the overall best presentation will be crowned as the next Masterchef, with 1,000,000 baht, and her own cookbook.

Time: 60 min in each course.
'''Masterchef All-Stars Thailand Winner: Paope Jessica Wang'''