MasterChef Québec is a Québécois competitive cooking reality show, part of the MasterChef franchise, open to amateur home cooks across Quebec. It premiered on TVA on January 8, 2024.[1]
Format
On MasterChef Québec, amateur, non-professional homecooks are given the opportunity to compete in a series of challenges to win a trophy, a CA$50,000 cash prize, and the title of MasterChef Québec. The first season began with a larger group of finalists invited to compete in a face-off in order to win a white apron and a spot in the primary stages of the competition. Stefano Faita and Martin Picard currently serve as the series' judges.
Auditions 1: The judges welcomed the contestants. First, Mélanie Germain, a 50-year-old retired woman from Orford, faced off against Yvon, a 61-year-old administrator from Blainville, in a battle of tartare. Yvon won a white apron. Last, Fadwa, a 35-year-old computer engineer from Montreal, faced off against Stéphane Gabriel Prescott, a 53-year-old consulting service vice president from Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in a battle of steaks. The episode ended in a cliffhanger as Fadwa presented her dish to the judges.
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Auditions 1: First, continuing from the previous episode, both Fadwa and Stéphane won white aprons. Next, Jessica Francis, a 38-year-old special education technician from Wendake living in Montreal, Ginette Rainville, a 60-year-old pharmaceutical training administrator from Saint-Eustache, Mariel Jomphe, a 24-year-old brewer from Natashquan, and Diane Guillot, a 61-year-old food store manager from Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, faced off in a battle of desserts. Mariel won a white apron. Following this, a montage of three contestants, Alysan Boudreault, a 24-year-old nurse from Quebec, Sandra Plourde, a 34-year-old food inspection team leader from Ste-Croix, and Jean-Christophe Nadeau, a 30-year-old director of board games stores from Quebec, cooking their dishes with unnamed opponents and winning white aprons was shown. Last, Julie Couvrette, a 47-year-old social development officer from Rivière-du-Loup, Philippe, a 30-year-old dentist from Montreal, and Sonia Rhéaume, a 58-year-old event service attendant from Quebec, faced off in a battle of seafood pasta. The episode ended in a cliffhanger as the judges were about to reveal the winner of the white apron.
