MasterChef Canada: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

One year after its smash-hit debut on CTV, MasterChef Canada is back to dish out a second helping of food-driven drama and excitement. The ultimate culinary competition offers home cooks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to demonstrate their skill and passion, as they compete for $100,000 and the title of Canada's next MasterChef.

Series details

• Title: MasterChef Canada
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2014-01-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CTV
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 3220

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Bonacini — Judge
• Claudio Aprile — Judge
• Alvin Leung — Judge
• Charlie Ryan — Narrator
• Mary Berg — Judge
• Hugh Acheson — Judge
• Craig Wong — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-20; final listed air date 2014-04-28.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-02-01; final listed air date 2015-05-24; episode order: 15.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-02-14; final listed air date 2016-06-19; episode order: 15.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-03-02; final listed air date 2017-06-01; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-04-03; final listed air date 2018-06-19; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2019-04-08; final listed air date 2019-06-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 2021-02-14; final listed air date 2021-05-16; episode order: 12.
• Season 8: premiered 2025-10-02; final listed air date 2025-12-17.
• Season 9: premiered 2026-09-22; final listed air date 2026-09-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from MasterChef Canada on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.