The first season of the Croatian reality television series MasterChef Croatia began on 21 March 2011 and aired on Nova TV, concluding on 17 June 2011 when Šime Sušić was crowned the winner. The season was hosted by Jasna Nanut.
Judges
The judges in the first season were Tomislav Gretić, famous Croatian cook, Mate Janković, one of the youngest Croatian cooks and Radovan Marčić, director, writer and a food critic.
Show
During the first two weeks, there were elimination rounds. Jury had to make a decision and choose the best 20.
The show was aired every week from Monday to Friday. Every Monday, the contestants got a "kutija iznenađenja" (Mystery Box). In the box, candidates got a few ingredients and they had to make a dish from these ingredients. The best contestant was awarded by selecting the main ingredient for the "test kreativnosti" (Creativity Test), which was every Tuesday. Candidate, who was the best in the test of creativity, was given the opportunity to cook versus one of the masterchefs in Croatia. The duel between the candidate and the chef was every Thursday. The three worst candidates in the test of creativity were given a penalty; "stres test" (stress test). Candidate, who was the worst in the stress test was eliminated. Every Friday, candidates were divided into two teams. Every team had a leader. The jury selected the leaders. Teams were taken to the challenge. Team that lost had to face a new challenge in the form of an elimination test. Candidate who was the worse had to leave the show.
Place Candidate Origin Age Interest 1 Šime Sušić Zagreb 24 Student 2 Srđana Jevtić Opatija 35 Student 3 Robert Predrag Žmire Trogir 39 Waiter 4 Matija Nikolić Zagreb 30 Manager 5 Vedran Beg Koprivnica 40 Waiter 6 Davor Šreng Zagreb 44 Artisan 7 Željana Ančić Mokošica 24 Business economist 8 Ljubo Matulin Donji Vidovec 42 Caterer 9 Bojan Končar Zagreb 32 Unemployed 10 Ana Kovačević Pilepić Viškovo 31 Designer 11 Marko Gajski Nova Gradiška 26 IT Specialist 12 Nastasja Fišter Zagreb 22 Student 13 Ivan Vučković Zagreb 27 Travel technician 14 Mario Bobanović Zagreb 39 Architect 15 Ivana Đokić Čapljina 29 Food technician 16 Tea Đukić Karlovac 25 Travel technician 17 Vesna Matulić Zagreb 36 TV make-up artist 18 Igor Zdenjak Zagreb 43 Instructor of sport fishing 19 Ivanko Rebić Makarska 50 Fisherman 20 Tomislav Rusak Varaždin 35 Bus driver
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References
External links Official Website (in Croatian)