MasterChef Profissionais

This article is about the Brazilian version of MasterChef: The Professionals. For the whole series franchise, see MasterChef: The Professionals.

MasterChef Profissionais is a Brazilian cooking competition television series based on the format of the U.K. series MasterChef: The Professionals. The series premiered on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 10:30 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on Band.

MasterChef Profissionais
Genre	Cooking
Based on	MasterChef: The Professionals
Presented by	Ana Paula Padrão
Judges	Érick Jacquin Helena Rizzo Henrique Fogaça Paola Carosella (2016–18)
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	51
Production
Producers	Eyeworks Shine International
Running time	150 minutes
Original release
Network	Band
Release	October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04) – November 14, 2023 (2023-11-14)
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Format

MasterChef Profissionais is a spin-off from the main MasterChef series, for professional working chefs. The winner receives a R$170.000 cash prize, a brand new Nissan Kicks, a year's supply on Carrefour worth R$1.000 per month and the MasterChef Profissionais trophy.

Series overview

Season chronology

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3
1	Dayse Paparoto	Marcelo Verde	Henrique Fogaça	Paola Carosella	Erick Jacquin
2	Pablo Oazen	Francisco Pinheiro
3	Rafael Gomes	Willian Peters
4	Diego Sacilotto	Thalyta Koller		Helena Rizzo
5	Bárbara Frazão	Franklin Bin

Ratings and reception

Season	Timeslot (BRT)	Premiered		Ended		TV season	SP viewers (in points)	Source
		Date	Viewers (in points)	Date	Viewers (in points)
1	Tuesday 10:30 p.m.	October 4, 2016	6.6	December 13, 2016	7.4	2016–17	6.84	[1] [2]
2		September 5, 2017	5.8	December 5, 2017	5.3	2017–18	4.86	[3] [4]
3		August 21, 2018	5.0	December 11, 2018	5.0	2018–19	3.98	[5] [6]
4	Tuesday 10:45 p.m.	September 13, 2022	1.7	November 8, 2022	2.1	2022–23	2.23	[7] [8]
5		September 19, 2023	2.2	November 14, 2023	2.0	2023–24	1.76	[9] [10]

• Each point represents a specific number of households in São Paulo.
  • 2016: 69.000 households.
  • 2017: 70.500 households.
  • 2018: 71.855 households.
  • 2022: 74.666 households.
  • 2023: 76.953 households.