MasterChef Pakistan (season 1)

MasterChef Pakistan (season 1)
Promotional poster of season 1
Country of origin	Pakistan
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Urdu 1
Original release	3 May – 27 July 2014
Additional information
Website	masterchef.com.pk
Season chronology

MasterChef Pakistan (Urdu: استاد باورچی پاکستان‎) or (Urdu: ماسٹر شیف پاکستان‎) is a Pakistani^[1] competitive cooking reality television game show based on the original British MasterChef.

The first season of Pakistani reality television series MasterChef Pakistan^[2] began on 3 May 2014^[3][4] and aired on Urdu 1.^[5][6] Show airs two episodes weekly one on Saturday and other on Sunday at 21:00 PST prime-time slot. First season is presented by Knorr and co-sponsorship rights are owned by Ariel while Shan Food Industries and 7 Up serve as a food providers.^[7][8][9]

The first season of MasterChef Pakistan won by Ammara Noman who defeated Gulnaz and Madiha in series Finale on 27 July 2014. Ammara received series title, PKR 5 million (US $ 50,000) and a contract of her own recipe book, while Gulnaz stood as a Runner-up and received Rs. 1 million with series trophy and Madiha came up as 2nd runner-up and received Rs. 500,000 and series trophy.^[10]

Regional Auditions

Audition took Place at following places, listing is in order of audition occurs:^[11]

Audition City	Date	Audition Venues	References	Red Apron
Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory	13 March 2014	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lahore, Punjab	17–19 March 2014	Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, COTHM	[12]	N/A
Karachi, Sindh	22–24 March 2014	Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex	[13]	N/A
Total number of MasterChef Apron given:				100

Auditions for first series occurs only in three metropolises the capitol Islamabad, the Heart Lahore and the industrial hub Karachi, people shows the extravagant enthusiasm for audition, in Lahore auditions days were extended due to great reception similar in Karachi, auditions were extended for two more days.

Audition Structure

MasterChef Pakistan (season 1) almost follow the same format as of MasterChef series, similar to Australia and India. Season contains three rounds, the first round being the open call audition advertised. Desired auditionees register themselves via form filling given at the series website, and then called for audition at venue, for audition registered one have to bring their Cold dishes who gain two yeses from the judges then gain Red Apron for next round. In the Second Round all the selected auditionees have to face Live cooking Round, where in one hour they have to present their dish to judges, half of those who attended are eliminated at this stage with only rest of half with White Apron auditioners selected to proceed further. In final and third round half of selected have to face Boot Camp Challenge where their cutting skills and speed are judged, here further selection occurs with only 16 or 17 participants moving to season original game till finale.^[14]

In first season unlike India & Australia MasterChef didn't aired audition episodes, but directly airs with selected initial contestants. First Season follows the Live Cooking Challenge round and Boot Camp Challenge in first round selected auditionees from auditions have to face the Live cooking challenge which will cut the contestants half in number, and then Boot camp challenge which will narrow down the final contestants with 16 going to finals till finale.

Judges

First season of series was hosted and judged by following panel of acclaimed Pakistani Chefs:^[15]

• Chef Zakir Qureshi
• Chef Mehboob Khan
• Chef Khurram Awan

Challenges prior to finals

Live Cooking Challenge

After the Regional auditions occur in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, Judges selected 100 contestants came from all over the Pakistan to venues. All 100 contestants faces Live Cooking Challenge, where they were given one hour to present their dish to judges. From among these contestants, the pool of contestants was narrowed down to 50 by giving White Apron to each, for next round called Boot Camp.

Boot Camp Challenge

Second phase of challenge in the series is called Boot Camp challenge where selected 50 contestants cutting and techniques of cooking were judged by giving them different chores of Kitchen. Here further selection occurs and Top 50 narrowed down to final Top 16, after facing two or three further rounds of selection. Boot Camp may comprises two or three phases of rounds in order to select the last final contestants who will fight for series title.

Contestants

Opening Week

The opening week of MasterChef Pakistan saw 100 contestants competing for the 16 positions in the main competition. After facing Live Cooking Challenge Top 50 were revealed in second episode, aftermath facing Boot camp challenges Top 30 shown in episode 3 and finally after facing last Boot camp challenge Top 16 were revealed which will competes in the main competition.

Top 16

The full Top 16 were revealed on Sunday, 11 May. After facing all the challenges from Top 100 to Top 50 and from Top 30 to final Top 16.

Place	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status
1	Ammara Noman	33	KHI	Housewife	Winner on 27 July 2014
2	Gulnaz	31	CHL	Housewife	Runner-Up on 27 July 2014
3	Madiha Khalid	22	ISD	Student	Third Place on 27 July 2014
4	Amna Ashraf	24	FSD	Dentist	Eliminated 26 July
5	Rayyan Durrani	29	KHI	B2B Specialist
6	Khurram Haroon	42	LHR	Carpet Exporter	Eliminated 20 July
7	Zain Rashid	26	PHR	Fashion Designer	Eliminated 19 July
8	Saad Alavi	41	KHI	Business Executive	Eliminated 13 July
9	Mariam Nida	28	LHR	Teacher	Eliminated 6 July
10	Iqra Yasin	27	KHI	Tax Consultant, CA	Eliminated 29 June
11	Sidra Kazi	23	KHI	Student	Eliminated 22 June
12	Azam Hafeez	40	KHI	Self Employed	Eliminated 15 June
13	Muddasir Illyas	37	KHI	General Manager	Eliminated 8 June
14	Anila Qamar	39	FSD	Housewife	Eliminated 1 June
15	Adnan Qureshi	31	ISB	Development Professional, ANP	Eliminated 25 May
16	Ali Shah Bin Saad	18	KHI	Student	Eliminated 18 May

Guest Judge

Following Celebrity Chefs appears as a Guest Judge in series:

• Chef Shai - Elimination Challenge 4, week 6.
• Chef Saddat Siddiqi - Elimination Challenge 6, week 8.

Episodes

Following is the complete happening of MasterChef Pakistan (series 1) from auditions to finals.

Ep#/Wk-Ep#	Episode Title / Event	Original airdate	Code
Week 1
1/01-1	"Series Premiere: Live Cooking Challenge 1"	3 May 2014	1001
Series started with the selected 100 contestants from auditions. Where 100 selected contestants have to face Live cooking challenge in order to secure position among Top 50.[16]
2/01-2	"Live Cooking Challenge 2"	4 May 2014	1002
Live cooking Challenge last for another day.[17]
Week 2
3/02-1	"Live Cooking Challenge 3 / Boot Camp Challenge 1"	10 May 2014	1003
Top 50 were selected after finishing of Live Cooking Challenge 3. Boot Camp Challenge began in Expo Center Karachi, where Top 50s cooking, cutting skills were judged and contestants pool were narrowed down to 20, while rest of 30 were put on hold by giving last chance to 10 contestants to secure position in Top 30.[18]
4/02-2	"Boot Camp Challenge 2 / Boot Camp Challenge 3"	11 May 2014	1004
Boot Camp Challenge 2, began with the hold-up 30 contestants where they were given a challenge to peel and cut the potatoes in french fries standard form, among them 10 were selected who joined the earlier 20 contestants. Boot Camp Challenge 3 wrapped up with the 30 contestants in Moin Khan Academy where they were given a BBQ challenge and their first time-pressure one hour challenge. On the basis of their dishes, Judges finally selected and revealed Top 16 finalists who will competes for the series main competition, in MasterChef Kitchen.[19]
Week 3
5/03-1	"Egg Challenge / Signature Dish Challenge"	17 May 2014	1005
Top 16 face their first challenge in MasterChef Kitchen. Judges revealed the first challenge core ingredient Egg, all the contestants had to make a dish in which egg used as a main ingredient, they were given thirty minutes to complete the challenge, Judges selected only five dishes based on the Challenge requirement, Taste and presentation. Mariam, Rayyan, Zain, Saad and Amina came out as a challenge toppers, among them Mariam won the challenge and awarded an extra minute in pantry for next challenge. In second challenge contestants had to make their signature's dishes in which they are excelled, in this challenge Ammara, Mudassir and Rayyan became the Top 3, while Ammara won the challenge and became the first person to win Immunity pin and automatically saved from the following day challenge. Anila, Ali and Iqra appears as a Bottom 3. Judges surprise the contestants that elimination has been rescind due to their great effort and enthusiasm.[20]
6/03-2	"Elimination Challenge 1"	18 May 2014	1006
Contestants face Egg white stiffness challenge in which they had to wipe the egg white to such extent, so that it become stiff and they had to put the content containing bowl on their heads in downwards position for at least ten seconds to show that egg white is completely wiped out and stiffed. Zain won the challenge by doing it first and were given a chance to make an extra dish for next challenge by choosing only one Ingredients containing plate among three provided individually by all Judges, Zain selected Chef Mehboob's plate to make dessert. In second challenge all the contestants had to face the Mystery Box Challenge, with the ingredients provided in Box they had to make one main course dish and one dessert. Rayyan, Ammara and Madiha turns up as a Top 3 contestants, while Madiha become the Mystery Box Challenge winner. Anila, Adnan and Ali comes in Bottom 3 and while Ali became the first contestant to be eliminated at 16th position on 18 May 2014.[21]
Week 4
7/04-1	"Birriyani Challenge"	24 May 2014	1007
Ali Shah gets eliminated, while Anila and Adnan join top 15. Aftermath episode challenge was revealed, all the contestants had to make Biriyani by using different meats. Madiha was given an advantage as per being the winner of previous challenge, that she had to select the meat for her Biriyani and which ever meat she will select for herself, others will be unable to select that meat for themselves and she had to give any one contestant name to whom she think as her competitor and had to select a meat for that person, She chooses Rayyan and select fish for his Biriyani. Anila, Ammara and Madiha became the Top 3 of challenge and Madiha crowned as the challenge winner, while Amina, Rayyan, Saad, Adnan and Azam comes in Bottom 5.[22]
8/04-2	"Elimination Challenge 2"	25 May 2014	1008
MasterChef Kitchen saw first elimination challenge with Bottom 5. In first challenge Bottom 5 had to make a dessert in a time span of thirty minutes, among them Amina won the challenge and was saved from the next challenge. In second challenge Bottom 4 had to prepare Indian Thaal,[23] Rayyan, Azam and Saad join the Top 14 while Adnan gets eliminated.[24]
Week 5
9/05-1	"Off Site Challenge 1"	31 May 2014	1009
In week 5, All the contestants face their first outdoor kitchen team challenge at Port Grand. Madiha was chosen captain for first team by judges as an advantage of being winner in Biryani Challenge, and Saad was chosen captain for second team on the basis of leadership. Both captains had to choose Red and Blue Apron blindly from the box, whichever apron they choose they had to lead that team, Saad choose Red while Madiha became the captain of blue team, while rest of the contestants had to follow the same process, according to their chosen apron they become the part of relative team. Rayyan, Anila, Amna, Sidra, Gulnaz and Mariam chose Blue Apron, while Muddasir, Khurrum, Zain, Amara, Azam and Iqra chose Red Apron. Team Blue was given Bun kebab and Jalebi while Team Red had to prepare Paratha sandwish/role and Gulab jamun. Team Red was announce as a challenge winner based on the votes given by costumers. The entire losing Blue team had to face the elimination challenge and from them one will be eliminated.[25][26]
10/05-2	"Elimination Challenge 3"	1 June 2014	1010
Entire Blue team face elimination challenge, where they had to make the signature dish of chef Zakir Reshmi Chicken, they were given a time span of 90 minutes, with the advantage of pantry being open for whole time. Amna, Sidra and Gulnaz became Top 3 and get saved while Rayyan, Madiha, Marriam and Anila came as Bottom 4, among them Anila gets eliminated on the basis of her dish representation and taste.[25][27]
Week 6
11/06-1	"International Cuisine Challenge"	7 June 2014	1011
Top 13 were given International Cuisine Challenge, in which they had to make dishes according to the given Flags of different countries hidden in their drawer. They were given four minutes in pantry for their items, while a buzzer table was placed, when turns green indicates that contestants can go to pantry if they need, otherwise they were not allowed to enter the pantry after since they first entered. Amna, Sidra, Saad, Azam and Gulnaz came up as a Top 5 of the challenge, while among them Gulnaz won the challenge and gained Immunity for next challenge, for this challenge no bottom count was announced.[28]
12/06-2	"Elimination Challenge 4"	8 June 2014	1012
Contestants faces their fourth elimination challenge. Celebrity Chef Shai was invited as a guest mentor to judge the contestants. In fist twenty minutes contestants had to make any kind of salad for Guest judge, Saad was announced winner. In second challenge they had to prepare Signature dish of Chef Shai called Tenderloin Medallion, as per the winner of previous challenge Saad was given an advantage that he can take the help of Chef Shai for ten minutes. Among them Amna, Khurram, Madiha, Zain and Mudassir appears as a Bottom 5, While Mudassir gets eliminated on the basis of his dish, for this challenge no Top count was evolved.[29]
Week 7
13/07-1	"Off Site Challenge 2"	14 June 2014	1013
All the top 12, face their second team challenge at Haque Academy, where they had to prepare food for children. Azam Selected as a Captain of Red team which includes Amna, Rayyan, Zain, Saad, Iqra on the basis of a withdraw of knife from holder engraved with contestants name by Iqra. while Mariyam selected as a Captain of Blue team which includes Madiha, Sidra, Ammara, Khurram and Gulnaz by a Azam who withdrawal knife engraved with her name. Both team had to decide their own meal, Red Team decided to make Beaf Burger, French Fries and Muffin while Blue Team made Pizza, French Fries and Cupcakes. Blue team won the challenge by beating Red Team with 40 votes over 21 including Judges votes. Entire Red Team went on to face the elimination challenge 5.[30]
14/07-2	"Elimination Challenge 5"	16 June 2014	1014
Red Team contestants faces elimination challenge, as a result of losing the previous challenge. Contestants were given Mystery Box, from which they had to select any six ingredient from the given one. After they select they were asked to exchange their ingredients from the contestant back to them. Rayyan and Amna top the challenge, but there was not official Top count or winner, while Azam gets eliminated on the basis of his dish results.[31]
Week 8
15/08-1	"Quail Challenge"	21 June 2014	1015
Contestants were given challenge of making Quail (بڑیر) meat which they were deselect in previous challenges. Moreover pantry passes were given which they can use only once during cooking after selecting ingredients for first time. Judges announces that they will choose two Top dishes, and among them winner will get Immunity and the second one will get Advantage. On the basis of dishes Amna and Mariam appears as Top 2 contestants while Amna won and gets immune from elimination challenge but still she has to appear in next challenge and Mariam gets advantages which she will get to know in next challenge.[32]
16/08-2	"Elimination Challenge 6"	22 June 2014	1016
Chef Saddat Siddiqi was invited as a Guest Chef, where contestants were given Celebrity Chef Challenge in which they had to make Chef Saddat Signature dish. Advantage was announced to Mariam that she can take help of Chef Saddat twice. Khurram, Zain and Amara appears as a Top 3 where Zain won the Challenge and Gulnaz, Sida and Saad aomes in Bottom 3 while Sidra gets eliminated on the basis of her dish.[33]
Week 9
17/08-1	"Provisional cuisine challenge"	28 June 2014	1017
Contestants were given Provisional cuisine Challenge in which they had to make dishes of different provinces of Pakistan. As per being the Winner of previous challenge Zain get advantage at which he was allowed to change his pre-selected cuisine card with another contestant. Khurrum, Mariam, Gulnaz appears as a Top 3, but concludes four winner of challenge announcing Amna in Top 4. While Gulnaz become winner and got immunity pin, which she can use in any challenge to get saved.[34]
18/07-2	"Elimination Challenge 7"	29 June 2014	1018
Contestants face elimination, in which they were given Pasta challenge and a second core ingredient which they had to cook with Pasta. Khurram, Amara and Zain appears as a Top 3 while Khurram became winner of the challenge and Mariam, Madiha and Iqra appears as a Bottom 3. Iqra eliminates on the basis of her dish.[35]
Week 10
19/10-1	"Offal's challenge"	5 July 2014	1019
Contestants were given Offals challenge in which they had to prepare their dishes by variety of Organ meats of different butchered animals using their internal organs and entrails. Khurrum was given advantage to start his work 10 minutes earlier than other contestants and he has a chance to minus 10 minutes of any contestant to whom he considered his competitor, as per being the winner of previous challenge. Judges also announce that they will only chose Top 3 contestants and they will be safe from next elimination challenge and all top 3 will serve as a judges with them in next challenge. Madiha, Amara and Zain appears as a Top 3 on the basis of their dishes.[36]
20/10-2	"Elimination Challenge 8"	6 July 2014	1020
Remaining unsafe contestants face elimination challenge where they were given Iftar challenge, in which they had to prepare Iftar food which prepared in Muslims Holly month Ramadan. As per winner of previous challenge Amamara, Zain and Mdiha judged the contestants dishes with judges. Gulnaz, Mariam and Khurrum appears as a Bottom 3, while Mariam gets eliminated on the basis of her dish.[37]
Week 11
21/11-1	"Off Site Challenge 3"	12 July 2014	1021
Contestants face their third offsite challenge in À la carte "La Mamma" restaurant of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, where two group of eight were divided by judges and team captain were chosen by the unanimous decision of teams. After deciding the menu they were given three hours preparation time, on the basis of their food quality, taste, presentation and service Team Red which includes Rayyan, Gulnaz, Madiha and Mariam won the challenge voted by costumers and Judges while entire Team Red which includes Saad, Khurram, Zain and Amna went into elimination challenge.[38]
22/11-2	"Elimination Challenge 9"	13 July 2014	1022
Team Blue face elimination challenge after losing previous outdoor challenge, All the four contestants were given advantage challenge in which they had to taste different Shan spice mixes to guess their names, Amna won the challenge by guessing correct names of spices and get saved from the elimination challenge. Khurrum, Saad and Zain were given Kofta (meatballs) challenge in which they were asked to prepare different type of Koftas dishes of their own choice. Khurrum and Zain gets saved while Saad eliminates on the basis of his dish.[39]
Week 12
23/12-1	"Mystery Box Challenge"	19 July 2014	1023
Contestants face mystery box challenge in which they have to prepare dishes made of Duck meat. Judges announce that every episode elimination will be carried out till Grand finale. Gulnaz, Amna and Zain appears as a Bottom 3, while Zain gets eliminated on the basis of his dish.[40]
24/12-2	"Quarter Final"	20 July 2014	1024
The Top 6 competes in the Quarter Finals for Semi-Finals. They were given the challenge to make a cake with at least three layers of different types in four hours with limited time for the Pantry. Gulnaz used her immunity pin and qualified for the Semi-Finals. Amna and Khurram appeared as the Bottom 2, while Khurram eliminates on the basis of his dish.[41]
Week 13
25/13-1	"Semi-Finale"	26 July 2014	1025
Contestants face the Semi-Finals to qualify for the Grand-Finale . They were given the challenge to make a Dish for their Dream Restaurant and they had to name an dprice their dish . Ammara won the challenge winning the advantage that her dish would be included in menu of MovenPick Hotel. Gulnaz and Madiha also qualified along with Ammara becoming the Finalists . Rayyan and Amina got eliminated.[42]
26/13-2	"Finale"	27 July 2014	1026
The Top 3 were given the final challenge to prepare a Three-Course meal , that consists of an appetizer , Main Course and a dessert. Madiha stood as the 2nd Runner-up. Gulnaz was the Runner-up and Ammara became the First MasterChef Pakistan. The Winner got Rs. 5 million , a trophy, series title and her own cookbook deal.[43]

Elimination chart

	Week 1-2	Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Week 6		Week 7		Week 8		Week 9		Week 10		Week 11		Week 12 Semi Final week		Week 13 Final week
Mystery Box Challenge Winner	Audition rounds	Madiha		none		none		none		none		none		none		none		none		none^[a]		none
Advantage Winner		Mariam	Zain	Madiha	Amna	Madiha	none	none	Saad	none		Mariam	Zain	none	Khurram	none		none	Amna	none		none
Celebrity Chef Challenge		none		none		none		Lose: Amna Khurrum Muddasir Mariam Zain		none		Won: Zain		none		none		none		none		none
Contestants	Results
Ammara	Top 16	Win	Top 3	Top 3	Win	Team Win	IN	IN	Win	Team Win	Top 3	IN	Top 3	IN	Win	Win	Win	Team Win	IN	Safe	IN	Top 3	Winner
Gulnaz	Top 16	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	Win	Win	IN	Team Win	Top 3	IN	Btm 3	Win	IN	IN	Btm 3	Team Win	IN	Btm 3	Safe	Top 3	Runner Up
Madiha	Top 16	IN	Win	Top 3	IN	Team Lose	Btm 4	IN	Btm 5	Team Win	Win	IN	IN	IN	Btm 3	Top 3	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	IN	Top 3	2nd Runner-Up
Amna	Top 16	IN	IN	Btm 5	IN	Team Lose	Top 3	Top 5	Btm 5	Team Lose	IN	Win	IN	Top 4	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	Safe	Btm 3	Btm 2	Btm 2	Eliminated (Ep 25)^[c]
Rayyan	Top 16	Top 3	Top 3	Btm 5	Btm 4	Team Lose	Btm 4	IN	IN	Team Lose	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	IN	Btm 2	Eliminated (Ep 25)
Khuram	Top 16	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	Btm 5	Team Win	IN	IN	Top 3	Top 4	Top 3	IN	Btm 3	Team Lose	Btm 4	IN	Btm 2	Eliminated (Ep 24)
Zain	Top 16	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	Btm 5	Team Lose	IN	IN	Top 3	IN	Top 3	Top 3	IN	Team Lose	Btm 4	Btm 3	Eliminated (Ep 23) ^[b]
Saad	Top 16	IN	IN	Btm 5	Btm 4	Team Win	Top 3	Top 5	IN	Team Lose	Btm 2	IN	Btm 3	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	Btm 4	Eliminated (Ep 22)
Mariam	Top 16	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	Btm 4	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	Top 2	IN	Top 4	Btm 3	IN	Btm 3	Eliminated (Ep 20)
Iqra	Top 16	Btm 3	IN	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	IN	IN	IN	IN	Btm 3	Eliminated (Ep 18)
Sidrah	Top 16	IN	IN	IN	IN	Team Lose	Top 3	Top 5	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	Btm 3	Eliminated (Ep 16)
Azam	Top 16	IN	IN	Btm 5	Btm 4	Team Win	IN	Top 5	IN	Team Lose	Btm 2	Eliminated (Ep 14)
Muddasir	Top 16	Top 3	IN	IN	IN	Team Win	IN	IN	Btm 5	Eliminated (Ep 12)
Anila	Top 16	Btm 3	Btm 3	Top 3	IN	Team Lose	Btm 4	Eliminated (Ep 10)
Adnan	Top 16	IN	Btm 3	Btm 5	Btm 4	Eliminated (Ep 8)
Ali Shah	Top 16	Btm 3	Btm 3	Eliminated (Ep 6)
Notes	^Seenote 1	^Seenote 2	^Seenote 3	^Seenote 4	^Seenote 5	^Seenote 6	^Seenote 7	^Seenote 8	^Seenote 9	^Seenote 10	^Seenote 11	^Seenote 12	^Seenote 13	^Seenote 14	^Seenote 15	^Seenote 16	^Seenote 17	^Seenote 18	^Seenote 19	^Seenote 20	^Seenote 21	^Seenote 22
Eliminated	None		Ali Shah	None	Adnan	None	Anila	None	Muddasir	None	Azam	None	Siddra	None	Iqra	None	Mariam	None	Saad	Zain	Khurram	Amina Rayyan

     The chef consequently won immunity.

     The chef consequently won immunity pin.

     The chef consequently won Mystery Box Challenge.

• ^1 From week 1 to week 2, Live Cooking Challenges and Boot Camp Challenges occurs among the chosen 100 contestants from the auditions. Week 2 completes with the selection of Top 16 finalists for the series main competition.
• ^2 In week 3, Individual challenges were occur. In first challenge Mariam won the advantage. In second challenge Top 3 and Bottom 3 were evaluated, among Top 3, Ammara won the challenge and got Immunity for next challenge, while by looking at the contestants enthusiasm and effort, Judges decided the elimination to be expunged.
• ^3 In Egg stiffness challenge Zain won the advantage. In second part Mystery Box challenge were exhibited by contestants, in a result, Madiha won the challenge among Top 3, while Bottom 3 results were put on hold for next week to announce the elimination. Ali Shah eliminates as being in Bottom 3, while Anila and Adnan join Top 15.
• ^4 Madiha used his advantages as per winner from last challenge. Birriyani Challenge ends up with the Madiha, Anila and Ammara in Top 3, while Madiha become the challenge winner, while Amina, Adnan, Saad, Rayyan and Azam comes in Bottom 5, they have to face their first elimination challenge and among them who lose will be eliminated.
• ^5 Bottom 5 faces elimination challenge, Amna gets saved in first challenge after winning advantage, while Bottom 4 faces second challenge among them Adnan loses challenge and gets eliminated.
• ^6 Madiha became the captain of Blue of team as per the advantage of winning last challenge. Both Teams face outdoor challenge, the Red Team won and gets saved, while the entire losing Blue Team had to face elimination challenge in MasterChef Kitchen.
• ^7 Blue Team face elimination Challenge, Amna, Gulnaz and Sidra appears as Top 3, while Rayyan, Marriam, Madiha and Anila as Bottom 4, among them Anila gets eliminated
• ^8 Top 13, faces International Cuisine Challenge, Amna, Azam, Saad, Sidra and Gulnaz appears as a Top 5, there was no bottom count for this challenge.
• ^9 In first challenge Saad won the advantages as winner. Second challenge of Chef Shai ends up with Amna, Khurram, Muddasir, Mariam and Zain as bottom 5 among them Muddasir gets eliminated, there was no top count for this challenge.
• ^10 Contestants face their second outdoor challenge, in which Blue Team won the challenge and gets saved while, entire Red team appears as a Bottom 6 to face elimination challenge 5
• ^11 Red Team contestants faces Mystery Box elimination challenge, in which Azam gets eliminated, there was no top count.
• ^12 Amna and Marriam appears as Top 2, while Amna won Immunity and being on 2nd position Mariam won advantage.
• ^13 Contestants face Clebrity Chef Challenge, Sidra lose challenge after coming in Bottom 3 and gets eliminated, while Zain won the Challenge after appearing in Top 3.
• ^14 Amna, Khurrum, Matiam and Gulnaz appears as Top 4, while Gulnaz gets the immunity pin.
• ^15 Khurrum became the winner of challenge as being in Top 3 and Iqra eliminates as being in Bottom 3.
• ^16 Amara, Zain and Madiha were chosen as Top 3 on their dish basis, and they get saved from elimination challenge.
• ^17 Mariam gets eliminated after appearing in Bottom 3, there was no top count for that challenge.
• ^18 After facing Offsite challenge, Team Red get saved while other entire team went into elimination challenge.
• ^19 Mariam was in Bottom 4, but get saved after passing Advantage Challenge prior to final elimination challenge, while Saad gets eliminated after losing elimination challenge.
• ^20 Zain, Amna and Gulnaz appears as a Bottom 3, while zain gets eliminated on the basis of his dish results.
• ^21 Gulnaz used her Immunity pin and get saved before the challenge. While among Bottom 2, Khurrum gets eliminated from the series.
• ^22 Rayyan and Amna failed to reach the Finals and gets eliminated. Madiha, Gulnaz and Ammara appears as a Top 3 finalist of Season 1.

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Notes

a^ : Mystery Box challenge were exhibited but there was no winner concluded, Judges only announced Bottom counts.

b^ : Judges announce that from now on to Grand Finale every episode, elimination will be carried out.

c^ : Double elimination occur in semifinal round.

See also

• MasterChef

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Further reading

• "7 Reasons You Should Watch MasterChef Pakistan". Ghazala Sulaiman. brandsynario. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "Adding the desi tarka to MasterChef". Ahmer Naqvi. DAWN.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
• "MasterChef sizzles hot with foody drama". Ahmer Naqvi. DAWN.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links

Official sources

• Official website
• MasterChef Pakistan on Facebook
• MasterChef Pakistan on Twitter
  
• MasterChef Pakistan on Urdu 1
• MasterChef Pakistan teaser video on Vimeo