MasterChef Canada (season 2)
| MasterChef Canada (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Original release | February 1 – May 24, 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
Season 2 of the Canadian competitive reality television series MasterChef Canada premiered on CTV on February 1, 2015 and concluded on May 24th with Portuguese Canadian concrete contractor David Jorge winning season, becoming the first West Coaster to win. He is presently the oldest winner of MasterChef Canada.
After his victory, Chef David Jorge partnered up with Top Chef Canada Season 3 winner Matthew Stowe (from Cloverdale) to open up a steakhouse called S+L Kitchen & Bar (a steak-and-lobster seafood themed restaurant) operated by the Joseph Richard Group, with three locations open across British Columbia as of spring 2018. In the fall of 2015, Jorge signed on a contract with JRG in a partnership that involves working with Ryan Moreno, CEO of the pub/restaurant chain. The first location opened on 200th Street at 84th Avenue in Langley on January 26, 2016. A second location opened on December 23, 2016 at 200–2070 Sumas Way in the Abbotsford Village Shopping Centre. The third location opened up in South Surrey in June of 2017.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Jorge, who resides on a hobby farm in the Panorama area of Surrey with his wife and two sons, also guest starred in an episode of Season 5 and competed in MasterChef Canada: All-Star Family Edition.[7][8] This is also the first season to feature a home cook from the West Coast (British Columbia) to compete against a home cook from the East Coast (New Brunswick) in the season finale. Additionally, Canadian Recording Artist and Citizen West Music front man Cody Karey (from Vancouver, B.C.) became the first contestant to be invited back into the competition after originally being eliminated, placing in the final four.
Top 16
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status |
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| David Jorge | 38 | Surrey, British Columbia | Concrete Contractor | Winner, May 24 |
| Line Pelletier | 45 | Moncton, New Brunswick | Computer Specialist | Runner-Up, May 24 |
| Sabrina Poirier | 26 | Montréal, Quebec | Office Manager | Eliminated May 17 |
| Cody Karey | 23 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Recording Artist | Eliminated May 17 Returned April 19 Eliminated April 5 |
| Christopher Siu | 24 | Markham, Ontario | Pharmacy Student | Eliminated May 10 |
| Michael Motamedi | 28 | Toronto, Ontario | Fashion Entrepreneur | Eliminated May 3 |
| Jennifer Innis | 33 | Vernon, British Columbia | Dental Hygienist | Eliminated April 26 |
| Jonathan "Jon" Hameister-Ries | 29 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Former Pro Football Player | Eliminated April 19 |
| Tamara "Tammy" Wood | 41 | Agassiz, British Columbia | Retail Clerk | Eliminated April 12 |
| Andrew Al-Khouri | 33 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Tax Officer | Eliminated April 5 |
| Kristen Dwyer | 30 | Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador | Early Childhood Educator | Eliminated March 29 |
| Kwasi Douglas | 35 | Whitby, Ontario | Community Facilitator | Eliminated March 22 |
| Kevin Gregory | 44 | Fredericton, New Brunswick | Applications Engineer | Eliminated March 8 |
| Deborah "Debra" Pangestu | 33 | Richmond, British Columbia | Public Relations Officer | Eliminated March 1 |
| Kyle McKenna | 30 | Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador | Bartender | Eliminated February 15 |
| Deborah "Debbie" MacDonald | 54 | Port Hood, Nova Scotia | Special Needs Teacher | |
Elimination table
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| 1 | David | IN | IMM | WIN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | IMM | PT | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IMM | WINNER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Line | HIGH | WIN | NPT | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | IMM | IN | HIGH | WIN | PT | WIN | IMM | IN | PT | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sabrina | IN | IN | PT | IN | WIN | PT | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cody | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW1 | PT | IN | IN | ELIM | RET | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Christopher | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | PT | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Michael | IN | IN | PT | IN | LOW | NPT | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Jennifer | IN | IMM | NPT | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | IMM | WIN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Jon | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | NPT | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | IMM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tammy | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Andrew | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | PT | HIGH | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Kristen | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Kwasi | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Kevin | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Debra | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Kyle | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 Cody forfeited his immunity from the Mystery Box win to cook in the elimination challenge.
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test).
- (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was directly advanced to the next round.
- (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge, but did not win, or received considerable praise during an Elimination Challenge.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
- (IN) The cook was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in a team challenge.
- (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
- (IMM) The cook was selected by Mystery Box Challenge winner and did not have to compete in the Elimination Test.
- (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
- (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, but was exempted from the Pressure Test
- (RET) The cook was eliminated but come back to compete to return to the competition.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge or pressure test and advanced.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge, and they advanced.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Production code |
Viewers (Millions) | Rank (week) |
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| 16 | 1 | "Fit to Be Tied" | February 1, 2015 | 201 | 1.569 | 15 |
| The top 50 home cooks in Canada must impress Michael Bonacini, Alvin Leung and Claudio Aprile in a series of auditions to advance into the next round of the competition. | ||||||
| 17 | 2 | "Patriotic Pantry" | February 8, 2015 | 202 | 1.541 | 25 |
| After the completion of all the auditions, the top 25 home cooks are called forward into the MasterChef kitchen to fight for a spot in the Top 16. Of the 25 home cooks, 9 of them (Christopher, David, Debbie, Debra, Jennifer, Kevin, Kristen, Kwasi and Tammy) are advanced straight through, meaning the remaining 16 need to cook again for remaining seven spots. The theme of this challenge is red and white ingredients reminiscent of the Canadian flag. After cooking, two groups of home cooks are called forward, one group consisting of Andrew, Cody, Kyle and Sabrina is advanced into the Top 16, and the other group consisting of Gav, Nikita, Robert, Nathan and Mina is eliminated. This leaves six home cooks: Deanna, Inder, Jon, Lauren, Line and Michael fighting for the final three spots. Deanna and Inder are eliminated, while Line and Michael are advanced into the Top 16. This leaves Lauren and Jon for the last spot in the Top 16. Jon becomes the last person to advance while Lauren is eliminated. | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | "Constant Cravings" | February 15, 2015 | 203 | 1.513 | 29 |
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Mystery Box 1: This first challenge features a selection of sweet and savory ingredients. The top three dishes are Line's, Jon's, and Kevin's. Jon is declared as the winner of the mystery box. Elimination Challenge 1: Jon is granted immunity and has a choice of Asian dishes for the other cooks in the challenge to use. He chooses the stir fry. The judges also allow Jon to choose one other contestant to be safe from elimination and he chooses David. After cooking finishes, Jon is allowed to choose another contestant to be sent to safety. He picks Jennifer. The two best dishes are Andrew's and Line's, making them team captains for the next challenge. The worst three dishes belonged to Debbie, Kyle and Kwasi. Debbie is the first to be sent home, and then Kyle is the next home cook to be eliminated. | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | "Juggling Act" | March 1, 2015 | 204 | 1.448 | 22 |
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Team Challenge 1: The competitors have to cook for the cast and crew of Cirque du Soleil. Andrew was the Red Team Captain, and Line was the Blue Team captain. Andrew chooses David, Kevin, Jon, Cody, Kristen and Kwasi, while Line chooses Tammy, Sabrina, Debra, Christopher, Michael and Jennifer. The teams must serve a nice and healthy buffet style meal. The Red Team is declared as the winner, sending the Blue Team to the pressure test. Pressure Test 1: For the pressure test, the cooks are tasked to make a tourtiere. The Red Team is allowed to choose one home cook to be excused from the pressure test, and they pick Jennifer. Line is then given an option to either save herself or one of her teammates, and she chooses to save herself. Christopher is deemed to have the best tourtiere and is sent to safety, as do Sabrina and Michael, leaving Debra and Tammy to face elimination. Debra is the third home cook to be eliminated. | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | "Slice of Life" | March 8, 2015 | 205 | 1.684 | 15 |
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Mystery Box 2: For this challenge, the cooks had to create a pizza from scratch. The best three dishes are David's, Jennifer's, and Cody's. Cody wins the Mystery Box. Elimination Challenge 2: This elimination challenge sees the return of season one winner Eric Chong. Cody is able to choose among ingredients that signifies Eric's success on his culinary journey for the upcoming challenge. Targeting David, he chooses black truffles. Cody gives up his immunity from his mystery box win and chooses to cook in the upcoming challenge. David's and Sabrina's are deemed to be the best two dishes. The worst three dishes belong to Cody, Kevin and Michael. Kevin is eliminated. | ||||||
| 21 | 6 | "One Potato, Two Potato" | March 22, 2015 | 206 | 1.659 | 10 |
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Team Challenge 2: For this team challenge, this is going to be a special three-way team challenge in a university campus, serving poutine with the last two teams going into the pressure test. David and Sabrina will be team captains of the Red and Blue Team respectively. David chooses Line as the third team captain. David chooses Andrew, Christopher, Michael for the Red Team. Sabrina chooses Jon, Cody, Kwasi for the Blue Team. Line chooses Tammy, Kristen, Jennifer, for the Green Team. Each team will create a dish from different proteins selected by David, with pork for Red, beef for Blue and chicken for Green. Line's Green Team emerges victorious by a margin of seven votes. Pressure Test 2: The Red and Blue Teams will recreate a dish of tortellini covered in a cheese sauce. Both David and Sabrina are allowed to exempt themselves or one member of their team from the pressure test. David chooses to save Michael while Sabrina chooses to save Jon. Christopher's is deemed to be the best dish in the pressure test, while Sabrina, Cody and Andrew have also performed good enough to be sent to safety, leaving Kwasi and David to face elimination. Kwasi is eliminated. | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | "No Piece of Cake" | March 29, 2015 | 207 | 1.594 | 16 |
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Mystery Box 3: The cooks are tasked to bake a four-layered birthday cake. The judges also announce that two cooks will be the winners of the mystery box and will receive an advantage in the upcoming elimination challenge. The best four birthday cakes are Michael's, Christopher's, David's, and Andrew's. Christoper and David are declared as the joint winners of this Mystery Box. Elimination Challenge 3: Both David and Christopher are safe from elimination. The judges present David and Christopher with three different "odd" culinary combinations to which they will select three home cooks for each group of ingredients. They choose Cody, Tammy, and Sabrina for bacon and chocolate; Michael, Jennifer, and Jon for salmon and liquorice; and Andrew, Kristen, and Line for chorizo and grape jelly. The best two dishes are Michael's and Andrew's, making them team captains for the next team challenge. The worst three dishes belong to Kristen, Jon and Tammy. Kristen is eliminated. | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | "Wedding on the Waves" | April 5, 2015 | 208 | 1.652 | 12 |
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Team Challenge 3: The top ten home cooks will be creating canapes and French-inspired dishes for a harbor cruise wedding for the next challenge. Michael and Andrew will be the captains of the Red and Blue Team respectively. With first pick, Michael chooses Christopher, Sabrina, Tammy and Jennifer, while Andrew chooses David, Cody, Line and Jon. The Red Team emerges as the winner. Pressure Test 3: All five home cooks on the blue team will be recreating a classic French fruit tart. Moreover, the judges announced that two home cooks will be sent home by the end of the challenge. David and Line are sent to safety for having the best fruit tarts, so Andrew, Cody and Jon are left as the bottom three. Jon is then sent to safety, meaning Andrew and Cody are eliminated. | ||||||
| 24 | 9 | "Good Things in Small Packages" | April 12, 2015 | 209 | 1.814 | 13 |
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Mystery Box 4: Chef Graham Elliot from MasterChef U.S. appears as a guest judge for this Mystery Box. The theme of this mystery box is small ingredients. The top four dishes are Tammy's, Sabrina's, Jon's, and David's. David is declared as the winner. Elimination Test 4: David was given immunity and was presented with three types of ingredients from the sea. Targeting Christopher, he chooses sea snails. After all cooks have grabbed their ingredients from the pantry, the judges announce that the cooks will be switching ingredients. Line had Jon's ingredient, Jon had Jennifer's ingredient, Jennifer had Sabrina's ingredient, Sabrina had Tammy's ingredient, Tammy had Christopher's ingredient, Christopher had Michael's ingredient, and Michael had Line's ingredient. Christopher's and Michael's are deemed as the two winning dishes. The worst two dishes belong to Jennifer and Tammy, and Tammy is eliminated. | ||||||
| 25 | 10 | "Walking on Eggshells" | April 19, 2015 | 210 | 1.611 | 13 |
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Reinstation: Three of the eliminated cooks (Cody, Kevin and Andrew) are called back for a chance to win back a spot in the competition. The three cooks are required to cook egg dishes. Cody wins a spot back in the competition. Elimination Test 5: Cody is given a chance to choose one of the other home cooks for the selection of what he and the rest needs to cook in the next challenge. The chosen cook will also receive immunity. Cody chooses David. He chooses a sea scallop mousse for the dish. Christopher's was the winner. Michael's mousse is deemed as the best of the worst, leaving Cody and Jon to face elimination. Jon is sent home. | ||||||
| 26 | 11 | "Tea for Two" | April 26, 2015 | 211 | 1.637 | 21 |
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Mystery Box 5: The contestants are given a mystery box, and the top three dishes are Sabrina's, Line's, and David's. The judges declared Sabrina as the winner. Elimination Test 6 The contestants had to recreate an English afternoon tea tray in a tag team challenge. Sabrina is immune from the challenge and will be choosing the teams. Targeting Line and David, she pairs Cody with Line, David with Jennifer, leaving Christopher with Michael by default. Cody and Line are named as the winners of the challenge. David and Jennifer are the bottom team of the challenge. The judges decide to send home Jennifer. | ||||||
| 27 | 12 | "Fine Dining Under Fire" | May 3, 2015 | 212 | 1.603 | 17 |
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Team Challenge 4: Line and Cody are team captains of two teams in a "Restaurant Takeover" in Michael Bonacini's restaurant, Canoe. Line selects Sabrina and Michael, forming the Red Team. Cody selects David and Christopher, forming the Blue Team. After consulting the diners' comments, Cody's Blue Team is declared as the winner. Pressure Test 4: The Red Team will need to recreate a dish of fried chicken containing mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans. Line was sent to safety, leaving Sabrina and Michael to face elimination. Michael was eliminated. | ||||||
| 28 | 13 | "From Home, With Love" | May 10, 2015 | 213 | 2.050 | 7 |
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Mystery Box 6: The home cooks are visited by members of their families. The protein is chosen by their families. The top three cooks are David, Cody, and Line. Line is declared as the winner. Elimination Test 7: Line is safe from elimination. The theme of the elimination challenge is tools, and Line is shown four different kitchen equipment. Targeting to eliminate David, she assigns an ice cream maker to David, a crepe pan to Cody, a meat grinder to Christopher, and a pressure cooker to Sabrina. David's dish is the winner of this challenge. The bottom two dishes belong to Cody and Christopher. The judges sent home Christopher. | ||||||
| 29 | 14 | "The Trip to Bountiful" | May 17, 2015 | 214 | 1.462 | 19 |
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Elimination Test 8: The home cooks visit a farm where they will be cooking individually for 21 guests. The cook with the best dish will advance straight to the finale, while the cook with the worst dish will be eliminated. David will be assigning the main proteins to the contestants including himself. David chooses venison for himself, and gives pickerel to Cody, rabbits to Sabrina and squab to Line. David is deemed to have the best dish, advancing to the finale. Cody's dish is deemed to be the worst and is eliminated. Pressure Test 5: For the last spot in the finale, Line and Sabrina need to recreate three chocolate desserts. The judges decide that Line wins, sending Sabrina home. | ||||||
| 30 | 15 | "Ring of Fire" | May 24, 2015 | 215 | 2.079 | 4 |
| The final two cooks will be creating a three-course meal for the judges in a head-to-head battle. For appetizer, Line's serves foie gras with lobster, while David serves tomatoes five ways with sweetbread. For the entrée, Line serves elk tenderloin in a potato forest, while David serves wild boar belly with geoduck clams. For dessert, Line serves a cheese plate with chocolate olive bread, pistachio brittle and candied apricot, while David serves lemon curd parfait with graham sponge. David is declared as the winner of MasterChef Canada season two. | ||||||