Mestre do Sabor

Mestre do Sabor (English: Taste Master) is a Brazilian reality television cooking competition format originally created, produced and aired by TV Globo. The series premiered on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 10:30 p.m. / 9:30 p.m. (BRT / AMT).^[1][2]

Mestre do Sabor
Genre	Reality competition Cooking show
Presented by	Claude Troisgros João Batista Maria Joana Monique Alfradique
Judges	José Avillez Kátia Barbosa Leo Paixão Rafael Costa e Silva
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	37
Production
Camera setup	Multiple-camera
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Globo GNT
Release	October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10) – July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)

The show features chefs competing against each other in various culinary challenges. They are mentored and judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food industry.^[3]

The first season generally received bad reviews from critics and its ratings were below average TV Globo's expectations.^[4][5] The series was renewed for a second season before the first had started airing.^[6]

Series overview

  Team Avillez

  Team Katia

  Team Leo

  Team Rafa

Season	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Other finalists	Winning master	Host(s)	Masters (table's order)
							1	2	3
1	October 10, 2019	December 26, 2019	Gabriel Coelho	Dudu Poerner	José Avillez	Claude Troisgros João Batista Maria Joana	Avillez	Kátia	Leo
				Djalma Victor
				Lui Veronese
2	April 30, 2020	July 23, 2020	Dário Costa	Ana Zambelli	Kátia Barbosa	Claude Troisgros João Batista Monique Alfradique
				Junior Marinho
				Serginho Jucá
3	May 6, 2021	July 22, 2021	Rodrigo Guimarães	Pedro Barbosa	Rafael Costa e Silva		Rafa
				Cadu Moura
				Danilo Takigawa

Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

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

Season	Timeslot (BRT)	Premiered		Ended		TV season	SP viewers (in points)	Source
		Date	Viewers (in points)	Date	Viewers (in points)
1	Thursday 10:30 p.m.	October 10, 2019	18.7	December 26, 2019	17.7	2019	17.72	[7] [8]
2		April 30, 2020	16.3	July 23, 2020	19.8	2020	18.18	[9] [10]
3		May 6, 2021	17.3	July 22, 2021	16.4	2021	16.25	[11] [12]

• Each point represents a specific number of households in São Paulo.
  • 2019: 73.015 households.
  • 2020: 74.987 households.
  • 2021: 76.577 households.