''MasterChef Korea Celebrity'' () is a South Korean competitive cooking

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of '' MasterChef Korea'', itself an adaptation of the British show ''

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'', and features celebrity contestants. The program was broadcast on O'live from February 22 to April 12, 2013 for 8 episodes. The last winner received

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100,000,000 and a refrigerator of the sponsor as prize.

Judges

*Chef Kim Sohyi *Chef *Food marketing expert Noh Hee-young (노희영)

Competition Overview

: – Winner of the mystery box mission. : – Contestant did not have to compete in that mission and was safe from elimination. : – Contestant had the dish which was tasted by judges in the mystery box mission. : – Contestant had the best dish for this mission. : – Contestant advanced to the next round. : – Contestant was eliminated. *MM: Main Mission *MB: Mystery Box *TM: Team Mission *FM: Final Mission

List of episodes and detail of missions

Episode 1 (February 22)

:Mystery Box: Nothing For 60 minutes, make a most confident dish using all skills to show the passion in cooking. The winner could choose the main mission's theme ingredient first and could distribute its to other contestants. :Main Mission:

Noodles Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures and made into a variety of shapes. The most common noo ...

For 60 minutes, make a dish using the kind of noodles distributed by the mystery box's winner, who was safe from elimination and did not compete in this mission: Dang-myeon (Son Ho-young),

Pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an Leavening agent, unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or Eggs as food, eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Pasta was originally on ...

(Lee Gye-in, Shin Eun-jung), Memil-myeon (Hwayobi, Henry), Ssal-guksu-myeon (Shin Bong-sun, Jiyul), So-myeon (Seo Hye-jeong, Kim Sung-soo), Kal-guksu-myeon (Tony An)

Episode 2 (March 1)

:Mystery Box: Chef Kang Leo For 60 minutes, make exactly anything that chef Kang Leo has made after observing his cooking process and tasting his dish. The winner could choose the main mission's theme ingredient first and could distribute its to other contestants. :Main Mission: Jang (장; Korean sauces and pastes) For 60 minutes, make a dish using the kind of sauce or paste distributed by the mystery box's winner:

Ganjang Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and ''Aspergillus oryzae'' or '' Aspergillus sojae'' molds. It is ...

(Kim Sung-soo, Hwayobi, Fei),

Gochujang ''Gochujang'' or red chili paste * is a savory, sweet, and spicy fermented condiment popular in Korean cooking. It is made from '' gochugaru'' (red chili powder), glutinous rice, '' meju'' (fermented soybean) powder, ''yeotgireum'' (barley m ...

(Lee Kye-in, Shin Bong-sun, Henry),

Doenjang ''Doenjang'' * () or soybean paste is a type of fermented bean paste made entirely of soybean and brine used in Korean cuisine. It is also a byproduct of soup soy sauce production. It is sometimes used as a relish. History The earliest soyb ...

(Shin Eun-jung, Tony An, Son Ho-young)

Episode 3 (March 8)

:Mystery Box: Manager For 60 minutes, make dish using anything brought back (from ingredients to tools) by the managers, who have only five minutes (included in the cooking time) to choose the ingredients. :Main Mission:

Gyeran-mari ''Gyeran-mari'' (, "rolled-eggs"), ''dalgyal-mari'' () or rolled omelette is a dish in Korean cuisine. It is a savory ''banchan'' (side dish) made with beaten eggs mixed with several finely diced ingredients, then progressively fried and rolled. ...

For 10 minutes, make a gyeran-mari with ten eggs after observing the dish of Kim Seung-min, MasterChef Korea Season 1's winner. The mystery box's winner was safe from elimination and did not compete in this mission.

Episode 4 (March 15)

:Mystery Box: Three-layer picnic box For 60 minutes, make a meal suitable for spring picnic and arrange in three layers of box (one for rice, one for fruit and one for side dish). :Main Mission:

Bibimbap Bibimbap * ( ; ), sometimes Romanization of Korean, romanised as bi bim bap or bi bim bop, is a Korean rice dish. The term ''bibim'' means "mixing" and ''Bap (rice dish), bap'' is cooked rice. It is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped wi ...

Taste chef Kim Sohyi's bibimbap and guess the ingredients in it (out of 21). Each contestant was called in to do the mission which would be stopped when they guess a wrong ingredient. Who have the least answers would be eliminated. The mystery box's winner was safe from elimination and did not compete in this mission. Result (sort by mission execution order): Kim Sung-soo (9), Son Ho-young (10), Shin Eun-jung (10), Tony An (8), Shin Bong-sun (9), Henry (9)

Episode 5 (March 22)

:Mystery Box:

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For 60 minutes, make a meal suitable for children using dairy products in the box. Two child chefs appeared as the special judges for this mission. :Main Mission:

Waffle A waffle is a dish made from leavened Batter (cooking), batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron ...

For 60 minutes, make a special waffle dish. The mystery box's winner was safe from elimination and did not compete in this mission.

Episode 6 (March 29)

:Team Mission:

Jun Ji-hyun Wang Ji-hyun (; born 30 October 1981), known professionally as Jun Ji-hyun (), is a South Korean actress and model. She rose to fame with her role in the romantic comedy film ''My Sassy Girl'' (2001), which became a tremendous sensation across ...

's mission For 2 hours, make a three-meal menu for a party of 47 female guests. Five contestants divided into two teams whose the leader are the mystery box's winner and the best dish's contestant in previous episode. Guests would vote directly for their favorite dish by pressing the corresponding color button of the team. *Red Team (win): Shin Bong-sun (leader), Fei *Blue Team (lose): Hwayobi (leader), Shin Eun-jung, Son Ho-young :Main Mission: Fridge's leftover foods For 60 minutes, make a dish using the leftover foods in fridge. Only two members of the losing team competed in this mission, team leader Hwayobi decided that she and Shin Eun-jung would compete, i.e. Son Ho-young was safe from elimination and did not compete in this mission.

Episode 7 (April 5)

:Mystery Box: Healthy food For 30 minutes, make a simple and healthy breakfast using the ingredients in the box. The winner could choose the main mission's theme ingredient first. :Main Mission: For 60 minutes, make a dish using the theme ingredient chosen by another contestant. Except the mystery box's winner, after choosing the theme ingredient, all contestants had to invert the cooking place included their theme ingredient chosen. *Before: Son Ho-young (

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), Shin Bong-sun (

Chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...

), Hwayobi (

Pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig animal husbandry, husbandry dating back to 8000–9000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooke ...

), Fei (

Clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams h ...

) *After: Son Ho-young (Crab), Shin Bong-sun (Pork), Hwayobi (Clam), Fei (Chicken)

Episode 8 (April 12)

:Final Mission: For 2 hours, make a Korean three-course meal (Appetizer – Main course – Dessert). Some guests appeared as supporters: former contestants such as Lee Kye-in, Seo Hye-jeong, Shin Eun-jung, Hwayobi, and other celebrities such as

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References

External links

* {{MasterChef South Korean reality television series

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