The third season of MasterChef Thailand is the Thai version of the competitive reality TV series MasterChef, which premiered on Channel 7 on February 3, 2019. Hosted by Piyathida Mittiraroch, this season welcomes back the original judge panel of the franchise, consists of , , and Pongtawat Chalermkittichai. It has received more than 3,000 applicants from across the country, and only 30 have qualified for the audition round. Among those in the audition, 19 were chosen to be the official contestants.
Nuntawat "Max" Chanyalikit becomes the winner of this season, alongside Patcha "Toei" Kalyanamitr and Chanin "Quest" Cheema, who both finished as the runner-ups. One year later, in November 2020, the series made history as Thailand's first MasterChef season to be nominated in the International Emmy Awards for Non-Scripted Entertainment.
Contestants Top 19 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Number of Wins Nuntawat Chanyalikit (Max) 36 Bangkok Flight attendant 5 Patcha Kalyanamitr (Toei) 26 Bangkok Shoe painting business owner 8 Chanin Cheema (Quest) 26 Bangkok Painter 4 Jessica Wang (Paope) 24 Bangkok Self-employed 4 Sahadol Tantrapim (Pond) 27 Chiang Mai Flight attendant 3 Suchat Jaicham (Ball) 30 Nakhon Nayok Shrimp farming owner 6 Chanon Ruangsri 23 Uthai Thani Trader 4 Rapassa Sirilertsopon (Lukkate) 35 Bangkok Dessert Cookery Teacher 3 Jitsak Lim-pakornkul (Gino) 42 Phuket Brand and marketing Director 2 Aekkarat Wachirathongpaisarn (Aek) 30 Udon Thani Freelance 1 Nathinee Jiamprasert (New) 38 Samut Prakan Employee 2 Saichon Sornprasert (Robert) 40 Bangkok Trader 0 Chatchasa Aupichit (Nuey) 34 Nonthaburi Marketing freelance 1 Phakin Meejinda (Mark) 19 Udon Thani Student 1 Nathakhun Laonoonchai (Perth) 21 Bangkok Student 1 Sorakom Kaewsamerta (Ram) 39 Chiang Mai Real estate developer 0 Naphat Hempattarasuwan (Jringjung) 25 Nan Student 0 Piyakorn Ouypron (Mind) 24 Khon Kaen Doctor 0 Kornrawee Thitiamonvit (Korn) 44 Suphan Buri Image consultant 0
Future appearances: Toei was one of the special guests in Episode 3 of Junior Season 2. Exactly one year after, MasterChef All-Stars premiered featuring past contestants. Eight contestants in Top 9 of this season (excluding Max who won) returned to compete. Paope won the season while Quest became the runner-up for the 2nd time. Max appeared as one of the special guests in Episode 12 of All-Stars. He later showed up as part of the audience in the grand finale. Max, Quest and Paope appeared as one of the chef helpers in Celebrity Season 1. Paope later returned again as a chef helper in Episode 2 of Celebrity Season 3. In Team Challenge of Episode 10 of Season 4, Ball hosted his own wedding, where he married his wife. Many contestants from this season were among the guest judges. Some contestants that came including Quest, Paope, Pond, Chanon, Lukkate, Gino, Aek, Robert, Nuey, Ram and Korn. Paope appeared as one of the special guests in Episode 6 of Celebrity Season 2. In 2025, Max and Quest returned to compete in The Professionals. Quest made into the grand finale once again despite not winning the title. Paope and Gino showed up as part of the audience in the grand finale of The Professionals season.
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(WINNER) This cook won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place. (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery box challenge or Invention Test). (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the "Team challenge" and directly advanced to the next round. (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but didn't win. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge. (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination. (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge and competed in the Pressure test. (PT) The cook didn't have to compete in the Team challenge but competed in the Pressure test. (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team challenge, did not compete in the Pressure test, and advanced. (RET) The cook won the Reinstation Challenge and returned to the competition. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, but wasn't the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and the last person to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge and they were the only person from their team to advance. (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team challenge, and their team was last to advance. (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes Episode 1 Original airdate: Sunday 3 February 2019 30 contestants started the competition, but only 19 will advance to the next round. In the first round of auditions Quest, Max, Chanon, Aek, Toei, Pond, Ram, Mark, Jringjung, Perth, Nuey, New, Mind, Korn and Lukkate won their aprons. Eliminated: Boom, Ton, Golf, Fang, and Loom The 10 remaining contestants are given another chance to win their aprons, but in a twist the judges will eliminate those that made the worst dishes immediately. In this round Paope, Robert, and Ball won their aprons and Gino won the last spot in the Top 19. Eliminated Immediately: Q and Korn Eliminated: Maprang, Xngun, Pan Pan, and Arm
Episode 2 Original airdate: Sunday 10 February 2019 Mystery Box Challenge 1: Main ingredient: Durian Time: 60 minutes (1 hour) Three best dishes: Quest, Robert and Toei Winner: Toei In this round, the judges have picked six bottom dishes below. For the rest that did not get called (including the three best dishes) may immune to the next round. Bottom six: Perth, Korn, Lukkate, Nuey, Ram and Mind
Invention Test 1: Main ingredient: Khaki (Pork legs) Time: 60 minutes (1 hour) Bottom three: Nuey, Korn and Mind After this round ends, Nuey, Korn and Mind got chosen as bottom three. Since Toei won the Mystery Box round, she gets to save one contestant from three. As a result, Toei chose to save Nuey. Eliminated: Mind and Korn
Episode 3 Original airdate: Sunday 17 February 2019 Team Challenge 1: Cook bento set with desert (Thai cuisine) for 201 banana boat riders. Location: Nonthaburi Pier Since Toei wins the first mystery box, she get to choose her own teammates from the 17 contestants. She chose Chanon, Quest, Perth, Ball, Nuey, Gino, Lukkate, and Paope. The rest will be formed as a team and get to choose their own team captain, which is Robert. Team captain Members Toei Perth, Chanon, Nuey, Ball, Quest, Lukkate, Gino and PaopeRobert Ram, Mark, Aek, Pond, New, Max and Jringjung
For the bento set, both teams need to have five different servings with a dessert in Thai cuisine for 201 banana boat riders. Time: 90 minutes for preparing, and 60 minutes for serving. As a result, red team won blue team with score of 123 to 78. Winners: Red team
Pressure Test 1: Deep-fried catfish
Original: The deep-fried catfish needs to be crispy, and has a diameter at least seven inches. They also need to serve it with Yum Mango. Time: 50 minutes Bottom three: Robert, Aek and Jringjung Eliminated: Jringjung
Episode 4 Original airdate: Sunday 24 February 2019 Mystery Box Challenge 2: Beef offal
For this week's mystery box is the beef offal, in which the contestants will not know what parts will they receive. Before opening, the contestants have to go into the supermarket for their menu. After opening, there are eight different parts, which including tenderloin, sirloin, calf, and T-bone in easy, blood and cowhide in medium, tail and testicles in challenging. Time: 60 min. (1 hour) Three best dishes: Quest, Ball and Gino Winner: Ball
Invention Test 2: Main ingredient: Cow gut Time: For this round, each contestants will receive a different amount of times, which are 60 min, 45 min, and 30 min, managed by Ball. He chose to have 60 min for Toei, Nuey, New, Perth and Gino, 45 min for Chanon, Quest, Max, Ram and Mark, and 30 min for Aek, Lukkate, Robert, Pond and Paope. Instead, people with 30 minutes get to immune to the next round. Winner: Gino Bottom three: New, Mark and Ram Eliminated: Ram
Episode 5 Original airdate: Sunday 3 March 2019 Mystery Box Challenge 3: Canned food to fine-dining
Since Gino won the last round, he deserves a chance to take away 10 cans from a contestant, which is Ball. Time: 60 min (1 hour) Three best dishes: Max, Quest and Paope Winner: Quest
Invention Test 3: Main ingredient: Stingray.
In this round, Quest get to choose her seven opponents to compete. She chose to have Ball, Mark, Aek, Robert, Pond, Chanon and Perth. The rest that didn't get called may immune to the next round.
Time: 60 minutes (1 hour) As a result, Mark did the best, Ball in second. Winner: Mark Bottom two: Robert and Perth Eliminated: Perth
Episode 6 Original airdate: Sunday 10 March 2019 Team Challenge 2: Cook main dish with a dessert for 302 students and 11 principals. Location: Tea Oil and Plant Oils Development Center- Chiang Rai For today's team challenge, all 14 contestants receive a 75-minute free flight to Chiang Rai, which is more than 900 kilometers away from Bangkok. Nonetheless, they all will be facing on one of the hardest team challenge in Masterchef Thailand history when they've arrived.
Mark and Ball, winners from the previous challenge, now get to choose their own teammates. After choosing, the judges have them switch teammates that they've chosen. Team captain MembersMark Quest, Robert, Pond, Gino, Max and Nuey Ball New, Paope, Toei, Aek, Lukkate and Chanon
Today, both teams have to cook main dish with a dessert for 302 students age 7-10 using ONLY veggies and grains. Plus, they also have to cook them to Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul, a Secretary General of the Chaipattana Foundation, with faculty principals of 11 people within the development center. Time: 2 hours for preparing, 60 minutes (1 hour) for serving. As a result, red team won blue team with the score of 163 to 150. Winners: Red team
Pressure Test 2: Raspberry soufflé
In this round, Mark, the team captain, get to choose his three teammates to immune to the next round. He choose to save Nuey, Gino, and Quest. Instead, that chance now belongs to the team captain from the winning team, which is Ball. He decided to save Nuey, Gino, and Robert. Save: Nuey, Robert and Gino
For this pressure test, Mark, Quest, Pond, and Max have to face a challenge from a special guest: Chef Gai Thananya Wilkinson. Her signature dish today for the four contestants to complete is Raspberry soufflé. Time: 45 minutes As a result, there are three people whose soufflé are not fully cooked. However, Max and Mark are the bottom two, because their soufflé were more undercooked. Bottom two: Max and Mark Eliminated: Mark
Episode 7 Original airdate: Sunday 17 March 2019 Mystery Box Challenge 4: Japanese ingredients + lobsters into modern cuisines.