Masterchef Italy: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Masterchef Italy Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Team challenge at the Arch of Peace
Dec 27, 2012
Milan, "Arch of Peace". This is the location chosen for the first off-site team challenge. The sixteen contestants test themselves with traditional Milanese dishes and will be judg
A... Hot Mystery Box
Jan 3, 2013
The fifteen contestants will face a hot Mystery Box and then a game-based Invention Test.
Team challenge in Sardinia
Jan 3, 2013
Landed in Sardinia, the thirteen amateur cooks have to satisfy very picky clients. The losing team will face the feared Pressure Test.
From Sea to the Mountains
Jan 10, 2013
Our amateur cooks are testing themselves with a Mystery Box full of ingredients from the sea and the mountains. The Invention Test is entirely devoted to pastry. Special Guest, the
The Golf Club
Jan 10, 2013
The "Barlassina Country Club" (one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs in Italy) is the location of the off-site team challenge. Later, members of the losing team face off in an
Scent of coffee / To each his own
Jan 17, 2013
The eleven aspiring chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen. A coffee-themed Mistery Box is waiting for them, a fish-based Invention Test and...
A jump back in time
Jan 17, 2013
The ten contestants left travel back to the Middle Ages. Using only Medieval cooking equipment, the two teams have to cook a perfect royal banquet. Later, the losing team face off
A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine
Jan 24, 2013
In today's Mystery Box challenge, the amateur cooks have to steal an ingredient from another contestant. The famous chef Valentino Marcattilii is the guest of the haute-cuisine the
Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge
Jan 24, 2013
The eight remaining home cooks are brought to Ceglie Messapica to measure themselves with Puglia's culinary traditions.
Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box
Jan 31, 2013
Many surprises in this week Mystery Box: a different cooking technique for each contestant and the ingredients' boxes swap. Star of the invention test: the veal kidneys.
High altitude cooking
Jan 31, 2013
The Sass Pordoi is the high altitude location of the off-site team challenge. Then, the losing team have to deal with a hard Pressure Test and a final Shoot-out.
Take the flight / Veneto territory
Feb 7, 2013
The hopefuls cook pigeons. Then they compete in the Invention Test.
In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef
Feb 7, 2013
The five remaining contestants cook at Portofino's marina. Then, in the Pressure Test, they have to make the best Olivier salad to avoid the Final Duel.
Mussels / Traditional cuisine
Feb 14, 2013
In their first challenge of the day, the remaining chefs are asked to make a dish with mussels. Later, Lidia Bastianich, Joe's mum, visits the MasterChef kitchen, and puts the cont
An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes
Feb 14, 2013
L’ultima prova in esterna nel resort dello chef pluristellato Alain Ducas, un Pressure Test “sbagliato” e un Duello riparatore. Last off-site challenge takes place in Alain Ducas'
The Semifinal
Feb 21, 2013
In the last Mistery Box, the three remaining hopefuls are tasked with creating a dish with foie gras.
Winner Revealed
Feb 21, 2013
In their final challenge in the kitchen, the two home cooks will conceptualize and prepare the most important three-course meal of their lives. Later, the judges will reveal Italy'