2x1 - Auditions - Part 1

December 13, 2012

2x2 - Auditions - Part 2

December 13, 2012

2x3 - Top 18 Revealed

December 20, 2012

2x4 - Rustic Cuisine

December 20, 2012

2x5 - A Big Mystery Box / Invention Test with Spyros

December 27, 2012

2x6 - Team challenge at the Arch of Peace

December 27, 2012

Milan, "Arch of Peace". This is the location chosen for the first off-site team challenge. The sixteen contestants test themselves with traditional Milanese dishes and will be judged by very discerning guests.

2x7 - A... Hot Mystery Box

January 3, 2013

The fifteen contestants will face a hot Mystery Box and then a game-based Invention Test.

2x8 - Team challenge in Sardinia

January 3, 2013

Landed in Sardinia, the thirteen amateur cooks have to satisfy very picky clients. The losing team will face the feared Pressure Test.

2x9 - From Sea to the Mountains

January 10, 2013

Our amateur cooks are testing themselves with a Mystery Box full of ingredients from the sea and the mountains. The Invention Test is entirely devoted to pastry. Special Guest, the Master Confectioner Iginio Massari.

2x10 - The Golf Club

January 10, 2013

The "Barlassina Country Club" (one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs in Italy) is the location of the off-site team challenge. Later, members of the losing team face off in an elimination challenge that requires them to prepare the best pesto sauce.

2x11 - Scent of coffee / To each his own

January 17, 2013

The eleven aspiring chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen. A coffee-themed Mistery Box is waiting for them, a fish-based Invention Test and...

2x12 - A jump back in time

January 17, 2013

The ten contestants left travel back to the Middle Ages. Using only Medieval cooking equipment, the two teams have to cook a perfect royal banquet. Later, the losing team face off in the Pressure Test.

2x13 - A mistery at MasterChef / Haute Cuisine

January 24, 2013

In today's Mystery Box challenge, the amateur cooks have to steal an ingredient from another contestant. The famous chef Valentino Marcattilii is the guest of the haute-cuisine themed Invention Test.

2x14 - Culinary Tradition / Fillet challenge

January 24, 2013

The eight remaining home cooks are brought to Ceglie Messapica to measure themselves with Puglia's culinary traditions.

2x15 - Eight cooking techniques in a Mystery Box

January 31, 2013

Many surprises in this week Mystery Box: a different cooking technique for each contestant and the ingredients' boxes swap. Star of the invention test: the veal kidneys.

2x16 - High altitude cooking

January 31, 2013

The Sass Pordoi is the high altitude location of the off-site team challenge. Then, the losing team have to deal with a hard Pressure Test and a final Shoot-out.

2x17 - Take the flight / Veneto territory

February 7, 2013

The hopefuls cook pigeons. Then they compete in the Invention Test.

2x18 - In the jewel of Ligurian Riviera / Mirroring the chef

February 7, 2013

The five remaining contestants cook at Portofino's marina. Then, in the Pressure Test, they have to make the best Olivier salad to avoid the Final Duel.

2x19 - Mussels / Traditional cuisine

February 14, 2013

In their first challenge of the day, the remaining chefs are asked to make a dish with mussels. Later, Lidia Bastianich, Joe's mum, visits the MasterChef kitchen, and puts the contestants' cooking skills to the test.

2x20 - An 'awarded' challenge / Fixing mistakes

February 14, 2013

L’ultima prova in esterna nel resort dello chef pluristellato Alain Ducas, un Pressure Test “sbagliato” e un Duello riparatore. Last off-site challenge takes place in Alain Ducas' resort.

2x21 - The Semifinal

February 21, 2013

In the last Mistery Box, the three remaining hopefuls are tasked with creating a dish with foie gras.