MasterChef Cambodia

Cambodian TV series or program

Jessica Elite Sethavarat
Ren Nara
Su Sophorn Rithy†
Sun Meng Hy

Country of originCambodiaOriginal languageKhmerNo. of series3No. of episodes53ProductionExecutive producers

Tim Scott
Lim Sujin
Poeu Sokunthea

Production locationPhnom PenhRunning time90–120 minutesProduction companyEndemol Shine InternationalOriginal releaseNetworkCTNRelease19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) –
present

MasterChef Cambodia (previously known as MasterChef Khmer) is a Cambodian competitive cooking reality show, part of the MasterChef franchise, open to amateur and home chefs. It premiered on CTN on August 19, 2018.^[1] The show stars three judges: Ren Nara, Jessica Elite Sethavarat and Su Sophorn Rithy. The show is produced by Endemol Shine International.

Plot

Amateur chefs compete to become the best amateur home cook in Cambodia through challenges issued by Judges Ren Nara, Jessica Elite Sethavarat and Su Sophorn Rithy. The rest of the format is very similar to the U.S. version starring Gordon Ramsay.

Winners of MasterChef Khmer are awarded with $50,000 in grand prize money along with the MasterChef trophy.

Judges

Season	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3
1	Ren Nara	Jessica Elite Sethavarat	Su Sophorn Rithy
2			Su Sophorn Rithy
3			Sun Meng Hy

Series overview

Season	Contestants	Episodes	Originally aired		Winner	Runner(s)-up
Season	Contestants	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runner(s)-up
1	25	25	August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19)	February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)	You Thandara	Hay Chheanghok
2	25	25	August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09)	January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24)	Pech Sreynoch	Roeung Chanra & Tuy Sophea
3	25	TBA	May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)	()	TBA	TBA

References

^ Nicole Vong (August 15, 2018). "MasterChef Khmer: The First Competitive Cooking Reality Show finally has aired date". Foodbuzz. Retrieved June 10, 2024.