MasterChef Ukraine

MasterChef Ukraine
Genre	Cooking show
Judges	Hector Jimenez-Bravo Tetiana Lytvynova Dmytro Horovenko Serhiy Kalinin Mykola Tyshchenko Zhanna Badoyeva Anfisa Chehova
Country of origin	Ukraine
Original languages	Ukrainian, Spanish, Russian
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	143
Production
Production location	Brovary
Running time	3 hour
Original release
Network	STB, Kis TV, Kis TV International
Release	31 August 2011

MasterChef Ukraine is a Ukrainian competitive reality television cooking show based on the revival USA version of MasterChef. The first episode aired on 31 August 2011 on STB.

Judges

The competition judges are Canadian-Colombian chef Hector Jimenez-Bravo, Ukrainian сulinary expert Tetiana Lytvynova and Ukrainian chef Dmytro Horovenko.

Seasons

MasterChef

Season	Broadcast period	Winner	Finalists	Participants	Number of participants
1	31 August 2011 – 28 December 2011	Svitlana Sheptukha	Anna Tarasenko	Volodymyr Tatarenko, Ihor Misevych, Bohdan Shevlyuha, Elmira Mardyan, Tetyana Slyusarchuk, Daryna Melnyk, Lyudmyla Onyshchenko, Ivan Kamenchuk, Amir Etminani, Lyudmyla Lahutina, Rodion Kifarets, Tetiana Strebkova, Pavlo Sypatin, Yuliya Pankova, Serhiy Zolin, Oleksandr Pratskov, Anton Horb, Yuliya Korobka.	20
2	29 August 2012 – 26 December 2012	Yelyzaveta Hlinska	Tetyana Nemirovets, Mykhailo Sosnovskyi	Oleksandr Bilodid, Ivanna Mironenko, Hanna Zavorotko, Vitaliya Ivashchenko, Henadiy Tsyauk, Oksana Nazarchuk, Alla Kovalchuk, Vladyslav Malakhov, Vitaliy Barilko, Ivan Trushkin, Denys Tsyhuy, Tetyana Marchenko, Ihor Papayani, Anton Alisov, Svitlana Kurinna, Volodymyr Oliynyk, Olha Ilkukhina.	20
3	30 August 2013 – 25 December 2013	Olha Martynovska	Oleh Koshovyi	Iryna Baktiaya, Serhiy Chibar, Danylo Panov, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Maryna Shevchenko, Andriy Kolisnyk, Anatoliy Tsuperyak, Vasyl Serhiyenko, Alina Zamkovenko, Olena Nuzhna, Hanna Zhyhalyuk, Oleksandra Kolpakova, Artem Levytskyi, Dmytro Harmash, Volodymyr Palamarchuk, Oksana Shapovalova, Artur Avakyan, Valentyn Uzyalo.	20
4	27 August 2014 – 24 December 2014	Yevhen Zlobin	Samvel Adamyan, Oksana Mansyrova	Mykyta Moyseyev, Viktor Perekhrest, Yaroslav Breus, Diana Baboshyna, Dmytro Pavlyukov, Viktoriya Kushnir, Yevhen Polivoda, Anhelina Zavarnytska, Tetyana Katerynovska, Hanna Mazhnyk, Vita Ladenkova, Oleksiy Kyslov, Ivan Tretyak, Milan Kotev, Maryna Tsurkan, Viktoriya Kozys, Oksana Tsurkan.	20
5	26 August 2015 – 23 December 2015	Yevhen Klopotenko	Kateryna Velyka, Nataliya Levenzon	Maryna Yakovenko, Yuliya Sholudko, Olena Pankevych, Yuliya Prokopenko, Yevhen Herhets, Eldar Volontyorov, Denys Yelynchak, Viktoriya Reznik, Hanna Doronina, Iryna Drabyk, Ihor Lysak, Karyna Ilchenko, Kateryna Kulychenko, Roman Polikarpov, Andriy Dmytrenko, Nato Kovdanya, Artur Khaustov.	20
6	30 August 2016 – 27 December 2016	Asmik Gasparyan	Kateryna Pyeskova	Olena Ivashchuk, Oleh Kovalchuk, Nataliya Petryk, Ruslan Hromov, Viktoriya Korol, Svitlana Bileychuk, Oleksandr Shvets, Yuriy Karmazin, Tetyana Svystunova, Mykola Molokov, Olha Steblyetsova, Tetyana Karsayeva, Mykola Rotar, Ihor Kovtun, Andriy Pavlenko, Hanna Maksymova, Oleksandr Hetmanyuk, Kateryna Semerheyeva.	20
7	29 August 2017 – 27 December 2017	Vadym Bzhezynskyi	Mykhailo Hrushetskyi, Volodymyr Trotskyi.	Yelyzaveta Spodobets, Yevhen Bilyi, Karina Avanesova, Nataliya Chupryk, Maksym Lyzo, Oleksiy Maznitsyn, Yuliya Morozenko, Solomiya Kulba, Valentyna Dyenyezhko, Tomaš Nimet, Yuliya Sudakova, Veronika Shlendyk, Dmytro Shundyk, Olena Troyanska, Mykhailo Dimian, Oleksandra Moldovan, Mariya Rybakina, Ivan Bugaenko.	20(21)
8	28 August 2018 – 26 December 2018	Ivan Milanovich	Angela Lipska	Serzhik Faynyi, Vladyslav Mitskevych, Elina Pavlenko, Yuliya Burtseva, Lev Markevich, Daryna Tsokalo, Oleksiy Bzitskiy, Maksym Pustovit, Lybov Blyashka, Evgen Kirsanov, Anastasiya Vovk, Vladyslav Kyryakulov, Daryna Ruban, Denys Voytenko, Vira Volga, Ihor Kopus, Dmytro Kravchuk, Mykhailo Halaychuk.	20
9	30 August 2019 – 27 December 2019	Serhiy Denysov	Liliya Sorokina, Ruslan Luchkov	Petro Kosovskyi, Ruslan Shylin, Kieu Thuc Ahn, Oleksandra Efimenko, Yuliya Akimenko, Artem Yankovyi, Andriy Bodenko, Anastasia Pohosova, Eleonora Zubenko, Mariya Kobzeva, Yuliya Klimenko, Nazar Vitkovych, Volodymyr Lyalin, Mariya Hriysay, Natalya Troyan, Olena Khmil, Dmytro Lamza.	20

MasterChef Junior

Season	Broadcast period	Winner	Finalists	Participants	Number of participants
1	3 February 2016 – 25 May 2016	Anton Buldakov	Volodymyr Motriychuk, Oleksandr Diyamanshteyn	Katya Slivinskaya, Danila Kiva, Vladyslava Khrystenko, Sofiya Dedkova, Nastya Voronaya, Vika Sulima, Sasha Kozyr, Kateryna Dashevska, Nicole Ronci, Nikita Letinsky, Vova Morozyuk, Vanya Tamashev, Kateryna Ilyashik, Ivan Zadvorny, Nikita Milevskiy, Isaac Velichko, Denys Semontyk.	20
2	31 January 2017 – 30 May 2017	Maryna Litvinenko	Viktoriya Podlipinska, Mariya Syrota	Davyd Mitko, Ilya Vasyutinsky, Dasha Marfina, Denys Taran, Ksenia Slobodska, Sofiya Shidlik, Ilana Reznik, Maksym Ganaha, Darya Hudym, Eva Filipenko, Katya Zhuravlyova, Dasha Lutsenko, Vova Hoychuk, Olexandra Chumak, Ivan Vyshnivetsky, Denys Shapoval, Maksym Cherevko, Eva Braylovska, Taras Panyuta.	22

MasterChef Teens

Broadcast period	Winner	Finalists	Participants	Number of participants
31 January 2018 – 30 May 2018	Anastasiya Kobyliatska	Karolina Zalevska, Tetiana Kurilenko	Yuriy Turchyn, Oleksandr Lukomskyi, Oleh Pakhomenko, Yaroslav Verkholyak, Arthur Malyarenko, Oleksandr Shulga, Mark Levinskiy, Myroslava Standartiyk, Nataliya Makohon, Evhenia Antoshyk, Mariya Yakivchuk, Liza Didkovska, Yaroslav Hrynchuk, Hevorg Halstyan, Ihor Fomenko, Anton Kvasov, Dasha Serheeva.	20

MasterChef: The Professionals

Season	Broadcast period	Winner	Finalists	Participants	Number of participants
1	2 March 2019 - 1 June 2019	Pavlo Servetnyk	Yuliya Prokhoda, Yuriy Nehrych	Kateryna Pyeskova, Alik Mkrtchan, Oleksandr Abramov, Pavlo Kliychnyk, Kostyantyn Laypakov, Dmytro Kasap, Kateryna Yablonska, Dmytro Shevchenko, Yuliya Anhelova, Nadija Borys, Artem Kinash, Oleksandr Maslov.	15
2	29 February - July 2020			Oleksandr Tsvygun, Yana Gamarnyk, Maksym Vysotskyi, Yuriy Poberezhnyk, Eduard Kanaryan, Mykola Karpyuk, David Danielyan, Valentyn Braychuk, Svitlana Berk, Anastasiya Kobyliatska, Viktor Samardak, Efim Kravchenko, Oleksandra Kasyanova, Anatoliy Tsuperyak, Vladyslav Mitskevych, Yuliya Zhygulina, Vladyslav Ermakov, Mykyta Alimov, Evhen Grybernyk, Volodymyr Chahmahchan.	20

Returns

Contestant	First Appearance		Second Appearance
	Season	Place	Season	Place
Yuliya Sholudko	Four	Top-30	Fifth	5th
Kateryna Pyeskova	Sixth	Runner-Up	First (The Professionals)	4th
Anton Kvasov	First (Teens)	21st	Ninth	Top-100
Anatoliy Tsuperyak	Third	9th	Second (The Professionals)	13th
Anastasiya Kobyliatska	First (Teens)	Winner	Second (The Professionals)	12th
Vladyslav Mitskevych	Eighth	4th	Second (The Professionals)	11th
Efim Kravchenko	First (The Professionals)	Top-21	Second (The Professionals)	TBA

Contestants

MasterChef

Season 1: 2011

Contestant				Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
	1	Svitlana Sheptukha		25	Accountant	Donetsk	Final
	2	Anna Tarasenko		27	Manager	Kharkiv
	3	Volodymyr Tatarenko		28	Manager	Lviv	Episode 17
		Ihor Misevych		38	Veterinarian	Kitsman
	5	Bohdan Shevlyuha		24	Unemployed	Dnipro
	6	Elmira Mardyan		53	Housewife	Lviv	Episode 16
	7	Tetyana Slyusarchuk		40	Housewife	Zalishchyky	Episode 15
	8	Daryna Melnyk		21	Journalist	Kyiv	Episode 14
	9	Lyudmyla Onyshchenko		42	Music teacher	Smila	Episode 13
	10	Ivan Kamenchuk		24	Teacher	Zhytomyr	Episode 12
	11	Amir Etminani		26	Foreign trade manager	Kyiv	Episode 11
	12	Lyudmyla Lahutina		25	Financier	Boryspil	Episode 10
		Rodion Kifarets		37	Financier	Donetsk
	14	Tetiana Strebkova		28	Store manager	Simferopol	Episode 9
	15	Pavlo Sypatin		22	Engineer	Zaporizhia	Episode 8
	16	Yuliya Pankova		21	Student	Kyiv	Episode 7
	17	Serhiy Zolin		54	Engineer	Zaporizhia	Episode 6
	18	Oleksandr Pratskov		28	CEO	Kropyvnytskyi	Episode 5
	19	Anton Horb		20	Banker	Dnipro	Episode 4
	20	Yuliya Korobka		31	Dance teacher	Kyiv	Episode 3

Season 4: 2014

Contestant				Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
	1	Yevhen Zlobin		Furniture Master	Mariupol	Final
	2	Samvel Adamyan		Opera singer	Dnipro
		Oksana Mansyrova		Shop assistant	Dykanka
	4	Mykyta Moyseyev		Waiter	Odesa	Episode 17
	5	Viktor Perekhrest		Shoe maker	Kyiv	Episode 12, 17
	6	Yaroslav Breus		Cook assistant	Mena	Episode 16
	7	Diana Baboshyna		Waiter	Luhansk	Episode 15
		Dmytro Pavlyukov		Events presenter (Deputy of Dogs)	Dnipro
	9	Viktoriya Kushnir		Translation teacher	Sevastopol	Episode 14
	10	Yevhen Polivoda		—	Myrnohrad	Episode 13
	11	Anhelina Zavarnytska		Student	Sevastopol	Episode 10
		Tetyana Katerynovska†		Nurse	Kyiv
	13	Hanna Mazhnyk		Cashier	Kharkiv	Episode 9
	14	Vita Ladenkova		Housewife	Mariupol	Episode 8
	15	Oleksiy Kyslov		Repairman	Alchevsk	Episode 6
		Ivan Tretyak		Student	Lviv
	17	Milan Kotev		Theater scene engineer	Vyshhorod	Episode 5
	18	Maryna Tsurkan		Lawyer	Kyiv	Episode 4
	19	Viktoriya Kozys		Housewife	Kropyvnytskyi	Episode 3
	20	Oksana Tsurkan		Philologist	Kyiv

Season 5: 2015

Pl.	Contestant			Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
1		Yevhen Klopotenko		28	Jam Maker	Kyiv	Final
2		Kateryna Velyka		34	Traveler	Kyiv
		Nataliya Levenzon		37	Housewife	Odesa
4		Maryna Yakovenko		29	Head of call center	Kyiv	Semi-Final
5		Yuliya Sholudko		25	TV presenter	Cherkasy / Kyiv
6		Olena Pankevych		37	Businesswoman	Izium
7		Yevhen Herhets		23	Sailor-minder	Zaporizhia	Episode 16
8		Yuliya Prokopenko		28	Nurse	Bakhmut	Episode 16 (DSQ)
9		Eldar Volontyorov		18	Builder	Melitopol	Episode 3, 15
10		Denys Yelynchak		19	Student	Odesa	Episode 14
		Viktoriya Reznik		29	Teacher	Izium
12		Hanna Doronina		30	Psychologist	Kyiv	Episode 13
13		Iryna Drabyk		24	Realtor	Ternopil	Episode 11
14		Ihor Lysak		22	Unemployed	Vinnytsia	Episode 10
15		Karyna Ilchenko		25	Hairdresser	Kharkiv	Episode 9
16		Kateryna Kulychenko		18	Student	Mykolaiv	Episode 8
17		Roman Polikarpov		32	Musician	Kyiv	Episode 7
18		Andriy Dmytrenko		28	Unemployed	Kyiv	Episode 6
19		Nato Kovdanya		51	Brigadier	Kyiv	Episode 5
20		Artur Khaustov		45	Businessman	Odesa	Episode 3

Season 6: 2016

Contestant			Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination	Place finished
	Asmik Gasparyan		32	Manicurist	Kyiv	Final	Winner
	Kateryna Pyeskova		25	Businesswoman	Odesa		Runner-up
	Olena Ivashchuk		29	Accountant	Rivne	Semi-Final	3rd / 4th
	Oleh Kovalchuk		34	Stone Painter	Korostyshiv
	Nataliya Petryk		21	Student	Lviv		5th
	Ruslan Hromov		28	Diplomat	Chernivtsi		6th
	Viktoriya Korol		39	Sales Manager	Kyiv	Episode 32	7th
	Svitlana Bileychuk		40	Housewife	Troitsa	Episode 30	8th
	Oleksandr Shvets		21	Chiseler	Rozdilna	Episode 28	9th
	Yuriy Karmazin		25	Soldier	Vitebsk / Kyiv	Episode 24	10th
	Tetyana Svystunova		55	Director	Lviv	Episode 22	11th / 12th
	Mykola Molokov		64	Instructor	Kyiv
	Olha Steblyetsova		38	Teacher	Odesa	Episode 18	13th
	Tetyana Karsayeva		22	Student	Dnipro	Episode 14	Quit
	Mykola Rotar		24	Shepherd	Henichesk		15th
	Ihor Kovtun		25	Sailor	Odesa	Episode 12	16th
	Andriy Pavlenko		28	Strategist	Kyiv	Episode 10	17th
	Hanna Maksymova		26	Financier	Kyiv	Episode 8	18th / 19th
	Oleksandr Hetmanyuk		32	Taxi driver	Novi Petrivtsi
	Kateryna Semerheyeva		29	SMM Manager	Berdiansk	Episode 6	20th

Season 7: 2017

Contestant				Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
	1	Vadym Bzhezynskyi		29	Facade Developer	Kamianske	Final
	2	Mykhailo Hrushetskyi		26	Firefighter	Kharkiv
		Volodymyr Trotskyi		27	Waiter	Mariupol / Kyiv
	4	Yelyzaveta Spodobets		20	Programmer	Dnipro	Semi-Final
	5	Yevhen Bilyi		21	Chef	Lyubymivka
	6	Karyna Avanesova		46	Lawyer	Netishyn
	7	Nataliya Chupryk		35	Housewife	Buryn	Episode 32
	8	Maksim Lyzo		25	Lawyer	Chervyen	Quit in ep. 16 / Episode 30
		Oleksiy Maznitsin		30	Businessman	Kharkiv	Episode 30
	10	Yuliya Morozenko		33	Businesswoman	Kamianske	Episode 28
	11	Solomiya Kulba		25	Model	Lviv	Episode 20, 26
	12	Valentina Dyenyezhko		65	Confectioner	Odesa	Episode 22
	13	Tomaš Nimet		30	Lawyer	Odesa	Episode 18
	14	Yuliya Sudakova		31	Food coach	Kyiv	Episode 16
	15	Veronika Shlendyk		23	Painter-plasterer	Horishni Plavni	Episode 14
	16	Dmytro Shundyk		35	In the decree	Irpin	Episode 10
	17	Olena Troyanska		32	Cosmetologist	Dnipro	Episode 8
		Mykhailo Dimian		20	Seller	Solotvyno
		Oleksandra Moldovan		25	Marketer	Chernivtsi
	20	Mariya Rybakina		33	Housewife	Mykolaiv	Episode 6

Season 8: 2018

Main article: MasterChef Ukraine (season 8)

There was no "last chance" round this season. In previous seasons, eliminated contestants had a chance to compete for one return spot.

Pl.	Contestant			Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
1		Ivan Milanovich		25	Online marketer	Bali	Final
2		Angela Lipska		51	Traveler	Odesa
3		Serzhik Faynyi		20	Student	Kyiv	Episode 34
4		Vladyslav Mitskevych		23	Sales Manager	Kyiv	Episode 33 - Part 2
5		Elina Pavlenko		19	Instagram Model	Mykolaiv	Episode 33 - Part 1
6		Yuliya Burtseva		40	Housewife	Mykolaiv	Episode 32
7		Lev Markevych		31	Businessman	Kyiv	Episode 30
8		Daryna Tsokalo		20	Nanny	Poltava	Episode 28
9		Oleksiy Bzhitskiy		32	Repairer	Kharkiv	Episode 26
10		Maksym Pustovit		20	Confectioner	Oleshky	Episode 24
11		Lybov Blyashka		36	Housewife	Uzhgorod	Episode 22
12		Evhen Kirsanov		31	Psychologist	Kyiv	Episode 20
13		Anastasiya Vovk		21	Confectioner	Kyiv	Episode 16
		Vladyslav Kyryakulov		35	Masseur	Kyiv
15		Daryna Ruban		20	Director	Zmitniv	Episode 14
		Denys Voytenko		29	Journalist	Skolobov
17		Vira Volga		70	Cook	Kharkiv	Episode 12
18		Ihor Kopus		27	Hairdresser	Koziatyn	Episode 10
19		Dmytro Kravchuk		21	Waiter	Lutsk	Episode 8
20		Mykhailo Halaychuk		33	Naturist	Ivano-Frankivsk	Episode 6

Season 9: 2019

Pl	Contestant			Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination
1		Serhiy Denysov		26	businessman	Donetsk / Batumi	Winner
2		Ruslan Luchkov		31	drag queen	Kherson	Runner-Ups
		Liliya Sorokina		28	art director	Kamianets-Podilskyi
4		Kieu Thuc Ahn		23	food photographer	Kharkiv	Episode 17
		Petro Kosovskyi		21	policeman	Odesa
		Ruslan Shylin		21	provisor	Lokhvytsia / Lviv
7		Oleksandra Efimenko		23	housewife	Melitopol
8		Yuliya Akimenko		25	blogger	Yalta / Kyiv	Episode 16
9		Artem Yankovyi		32	exporter	Aalborg	Episode 15
10		Andriy Bodenko		27	lawyer	Kharkiv	Episode 13
11		Anastasia Pohosova		41	businesswoman	Mykolaiv	Episode 12
12		Eleonora Zubenko		24	housewife	Polohy	Episode 10
13		Mariya Kobzeva		27	air hostess	Kaniv	Episode 9
14		Yuliya Klimenko		23	yoga instructor	Kyiv	Episode 8
15		Nazar Vitkovych		22	translator	Lviv	Episode 7
16		Volodymyr Lyalin		23	blogger	Kryvyi Rih	Episode 5
17		Mariya Hritsay		19	etiquette teacher	Alchevsk	Episode 4
		Natalya Troyan		43	—	Ternopil
19		Olena Khmil		37	businesswoman	Kyiv	Episode 3
		Dmytro Lamza		26	head teacher	Melitopol

MasterChef: The Professionals

Season 1: 2019

Pl.	Contestant			Age	Hometown	Episode of elimination
1		Pavlo Servetnyk		24	Kamyshany	Final
2		Yuliya Prokhoda		30	Avdiivka
		Yuriy Nehrych		21	Chernivtsi
4		Kateryna Pyeskova		27	Odesa	Episode 14
		Alik Mkrtchan		34	Kyiv
		Oleksandr Abramov		42	Kyiv
7		Pavlo Kliychnyk		33	Kyiv	Episode 13
8		Kostyantyn Laypakov		34	Kyiv	Episode 12
9		Dmytro Kasap		24	Odesa	Episode 10
10		Kateryna Yablonska		32	Odesa	Episode 9
11		Dmytro Shevchenko		26	Kyiv	Episode 8
12		Yuliya Anhelova		32	Odesa	Episode 7
13		Nadija Borys		43	Ivano-Frankivsk	Episode 6
		Artem Kinash		18	Kharkiv	Episode 4
15		Oleksandr Maslov		26	Kyiv	Episode 3

Season 2: 2020

Pl.	Contestant			Age	Hometown	Episode of elimination
TBA		Oleksandr Tsvygun		21	Irpin
		Eduard Kanaryan		29	Kyiv
		David Danielyan		29	Yerevan
		Viktor Samardak		31	Kyiv
		Efim Kravchenko		19	Kyiv
		Yuliya Zhygulina		28	Kyiv
		Vladyslav Ermakov		32	Kharkiv
		Evhen Grybernyk		35	Kyiv
9		Mykyta Alimov		27	Kyiv	Episode 16
10		Maksym Vysotskyi		27	Kharkiv	Episode 15
11		Vladyslav Mitskevych		24	Kyiv	Episode 14
12		Anastasiya Kobyliatska		19	Kharkiv	Episode 11
13		Anatoliy Tsuperyak		30	Neresnytsia	Episode 10
14		Volodymyr Chahmahchan		31	Odesa	Episode 8
15		Yuriy Poberezhnyk		20	Lviv	Episode 6
16		Svitlana Berk		45	Kyiv	Episode 5
17		Valentyn Braychuk		20	Kyiv	Episode 4
18		Oleksandra Kasyanova		23	Kharkiv	Episode 3
		Mykola Karpyuk		19	Ivano-Frankivsk
		Yana Gamarnyk		31	Bohuslav

External links

• Official Website (in Ukrainian)