MasterChef Croatia (Croatian:MasterChef Hrvatska) is a Croatian competitive reality television cooking show based on the original British version of MasterChef.[1][2]

MasterChef Croatia
GenreCookery
JudgesTomislav Gretić
Mate Janković
Radovan Marčić
Country of originCroatia
Original languageCroatian
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes100+
Original release
NetworkNova TV (Croatia)
FTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Release21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) –
present

The first season premiered on 21 March 2011 on Nova TV[3] and it was hosted by Jasna Nanut.[4] The series went on a hiatus after airing the third season in 2015. In 2021, the series returned with its fourth season and has since been on air regularly as a part of Nova TV's fall schedule. A seventh season is set to premiere in 2024.[5]

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The judges in the first season were Tomislav Gretić, a famous Croatian chef, Mate Janković, one of the youngest Croatian chefs, and Radovan Marčić, a director and a writer.[6][7]

For the 2021 reboot of the series, a brand new panel of judges was introduced: Damir Tomljanović, Melkior Bašić and Stjepan Vukadin were the main judges for the fourth, fifth and sixth season. Tomljanović and Bašić are set to be replaced with Goran Kočiš and Mario Mihelj for the upcoming seventh season.[8]

Judges on MasterChef Croatia
Judge Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mate Janković Main
Radovan Marčić Main
Tomislav Gretić Main
Dino Galvagno Main
Andrej Barbieri Main
Damir Tomljanović Main
Melkior Bašić Main
Stjepan Vukadin Main
Goran Kočiš Main
Mario Mihelj Main

Series overview

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SeriesFinalistsEpisodesOriginally airedWinnerRunner-up(s)
First airedLast aired
1206121 March 2011 (2011-03-21)17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)Šime SušićSrđana Jevtić
2206524 September 2012 (2012-09-24)14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)Nikola LesarMarko Palfi
3162320 March 2015 (2015-03-20)5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)Iva PeharAnte Marić
4196020 September 2021 (2021-09-20)30 December 2021 (2021-12-30)Ivan TemšićGorana Milaković
5216019 September 2022 (2022-09-19)29 December 2022 (2022-12-29)Maja ŠabićLora Cepetić
624614 September 2023 (2023-09-04)29 December 2023 (2023-12-29)Luka VeićSarah Mikulec
7TBATBA15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)2024 (2024)TBATBA

Season 1 (2011)

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Finalists in order of elimination: Robert Predrag Žmire, Matija Nikolić, Vedran Beg, Davor Šreng, Željana Ančić, Ljubo Matulin, Bojan Končar, Ana Kovačević Pilepić, Marko Gajski, Nastasja Fišter, Ivan Vučković, Mario Bobanović, Ivana Đokić, Tea Đukić, Vesna Matulić, Igor Zdenjak, Ivanko Rebič, Tomislav Rusakć

Season 2 (2012)

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Season 3 (2015)

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  • Finalists in order of elimination: Ratko Iveković, Valerio Baranović, Robert Budimir Bekan, Oskar Svržnjak, Danijel Živković, Dina Lončar, Dario Žmikić, Mišel Matulin, Ivana Vujina Jović, Elena Jurić, Emilija Marinović, Martina Županić

Season 4 (2021)

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  • Finalists in order of elimination: Marija Gregurić, Frano Kekez, Igor Ivanović, Ana Marija Kutleša, Ema Baniček, Zvijezdana Posavec, Tihomir Bježančević, Tomislav Marković, Filip Pleteš, Željka Bleuš, Klavdija Zubović, Karmen Jurčić, Maja Mandić, Marko Krznarić, Roko Kulušić - Neral, Vanja Agić, Ana Antunović

Season 5 (2022)

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  • Finalists in order of elimination: Emina Bajramović, Leo Jurešić, Jelica Boto, Lucija Kerečin, Ivica Višić, Maja Jalšovec, Lucija Davidović, Luka Marin , Mevlija Delić, Marko Kolak, Nikola Kotur, Luka Piasevoli, Vesna Slavica, Matea Alduk, Andrea Dević, Tihomir Krklec, Ivana Ivić, Anita Vuković, Wannapa Ponyon

Season 6 (2023)

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Season 6 ran from 4 September to 29 December 2023, concluding after 61 episodes.

Season 7 (2024)

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Auditions for season 7 opened in March 2024.[5] For the first time since season 4, the judging panel is set to be revamped: Damir Tomljanović and Meltkior Bašić are set to be replaced with Goran Kočiš and Mario Mihelj; Stjepan Vukadin will, however, remain on the panel.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Odličan start Masterchefa / Novi list". Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Masterchef zasad gledaniji od Big Brothera, Nova TV dobila prvu bitku protiv RTL-a – Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Naslovnica – Masterchef". Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Voditeljica – Masterchef". Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b "U tijeku su prijave za novu sezonu MasterChefa!" [Applications for the new season of MasterChef are in progress!]. novatv.dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Nova TV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Žiri – Masterchef". Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Masterchef, Mate Janković: Hrana nije seks, nego predigra – Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Prekretnica u Masterchefu: Odlaze Melkior Bašić i Damir Tomljanović" [The turning point in Masterchef: Melkior Bašić and Damir Tomljanović are leaving]. jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 19 April 2024. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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