MasterChef Portugal: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The biggest cooking competition in the world kicks off under the command of three of the most renowned Portuguese chefs to discover the best amateur chefs in the country. After a casting process, the MasterChef Portugal hopefuls will begin a series of weeks of competition, with challenges in the studio and grandiose tests in such special and emblematic locations of our country, our history and our traditions.

Series details

• Title: MasterChef Portugal
• Format: Reality
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-07-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTP1
• Network country: Portugal
• Typical episode runtime: 119 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79957
• IMDb ID: tt2060048
• TVDB ID: 281127

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-07-09; final listed air date 2011-10-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-03-08; final listed air date 2014-05-31; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2015-02-28; final listed air date 2015-06-06; episode order: 15.
• Season 4: premiered 2019-09-01; final listed air date 2019-11-24; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2021-11-20; final listed air date 2022-02-26; episode order: 15.
• Season 6: premiered 2022-11-26; final listed air date 2023-02-18; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2023-11-18; final listed air date 2024-02-17; episode order: 14.
• Season 8: premiered 2024-11-30; final listed air date 2025-02-15; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from MasterChef Portugal 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.