MasterChef + (Brazilian TV series) season 2

The second season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series MasterChef + premiered on November 21, 2023, at 10:45 p.m. on Band.^[1][2]

MasterChef +
Season 2
Presented by	Ana Paula Padrão
Judges	Érick Jacquin Helena Rizzo Henrique Fogaça
No. of contestants	12
Winners	Eduardo Maria do Carmo
Runners-up	Cida Mônica
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	Band
Original release	November 21 (2023-11-21) – December 26, 2023 (2023-12-26)
Season chronology

The grand prize was R$25.000 courtesy by Pão de Açúcar plus 25.000 Stix points in exchange for prizes, a special cookware set by Royal Prestige, a complete home bar and a beer sommelier course all courtesy by Eisenbahn, a kitchen equipped with utensils and appliances by Arcelormittal and the MasterChef + trophy.^[3][4]

Tattoo artist Eduardo de Mingo and massage therapist Maria do Carmo Prado won the competition over PhD in public health Cida Cabral and braider Mônica Divina on December 26, 2023.^[5]

Contestants

Top 20

	Erick Jacquin	Helena Rizzo	Henrique Fogaça
Irma
Eduardo
Clélio
Sylvia
Ubirajara
Elisiário
Ricardo L.
Cida
Terezinha
Maria Sueli
Marco
Ida
Rachel
Cláudio
Suyan
José Carlos
Dimas
Maria do Carmo
Ricardo A.
Mônica

Top 12

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Result	Winnings
Eduardo de Mingo	63	São Paulo	Tattoo artist	Winners on December 26	1
Maria do Carmo Prado	79	Paraguaçu	Massage therapist		1
Aparecida "Cida" Cabral	68	Ubatã	PhD in public health	Runners-up on December 26	3
Mônica Divina	70	Ribeirão Preto	Braider		3
Cláudio Gonçalves	65	São Paulo	Finance analyst	Eliminated on December 19	1
Suyan Rambor	64	Porto Alegre	Executive & engineer		1
Ida Saliba	87	Aquidauana	Retired lawyer	Eliminated on December 12	1
Rachel Leite	78	Belo Horizonte	Retired architect		1
Elisiário dos Santos	73	São Paulo	Retired art teacher	Eliminated on December 5	0
Ricardo Araujo	65	Campos dos Goytacazes	Physical educator		0
Irma Gielow	80	Dona Emma	Retired seamstress	Eliminated on November 28	0
Marco Marcela	62	Pirassununga	Electrical maintenance technician		0

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Episode
		2		3	4		5		6
1	Eduardo	IN	HIGH	WIN	IN	LOW	IN	HIGH	WINNERS
	Maria do Carmo	HIGH	IMM	WIN	IN	LOW	HIGH	IMM
2	Cida	IN	HIGH	WIN	WIN	IMM	WIN	IMM	RUNNERS-UP
	Mônica	HIGH	IMM	WIN	WIN	IMM	IN	WIN
5–6	Cláudio	IN	LOW	WIN	IN	HIGH	IN	ELIM
	Suyan	IN	HIGH	WIN	IN	WIN	IN	ELIM
7–8	Ida	IN	WIN	PT	IN	ELIM
	Rachel	WIN	IMM	PT	IN	ELIM
9–10	Elisiário	IN	HIGH	ELIM
	Ricardo	HIGH	IMM	ELIM
11–12	Irma	IN	ELIM
	Marco	IN	ELIM

Key

Winner   Runner-up   Individual challenge winner   Individual challenge top entry

Mystery Box bottom entry   Team challenge winner   Team challenge loser (PT)   Immunity

Immunity extra   Saved first   Saved last   Eliminated

Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.

Episode	Title	Air date	Timeslot (BRT)	SP viewers (in points)	BR viewers (in points)	Ref.
1	Top 20 – Auditions	November 21, 2023	Tuesday 10:45 p.m.	1.1	Outside top 10	[6][7]
2	Top 12	November 28, 2023		1.0		[8][9]
3	Top 10	December 5, 2023		1.5		[10][11]
4	Top 8	December 12, 2023		1.4		[12][13]
5	Top 6	December 19, 2023		1.5	1.2	[14][15]
6	Winner announced	December 26, 2023		2.0	1.2	[16][17]

• In 2023, each point represents 268.083 households in 15 market cities in Brazil (76.953 households in São Paulo).