MasterChef Cambodia

MasterChef Cambodia
Genre	Cookery / Reality competition
Directed by	Rothchan Amada
Presented by	Jessica Elite Sethavarat
Judges	Jessica Elite Sethavarat Ren Nara Su Sophorn Rithy† Sun Meng Hy
Country of origin	Cambodia
Original language	Khmer
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	53
Production
Executive producers	Tim Scott Lim Sujin Poeu Sokunthea
Production location	Phnom Penh
Running time	90–120 minutes
Production company	Endemol Shine International
Original release
Network	CTN
Release	19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) – present

MasterChef Cambodia (previously known as MasterChef Khmer) is a Cambodian competitive cooking reality show, part of the MasterChef franchise, open to amateur and home chefs. It premiered on CTN on August 19, 2018. The show stars three judges: Ren Nara, Jessica Elite Sethavarat and Su Sophorn Rithy. The show is produced by Endemol Shine International.

Plot

Amateur chefs compete to become the best amateur home cook in Cambodia through challenges issued by Judges Ren Nara, Jessica Elite Sethavarat and Su Sophorn Rithy. The rest of the format is very similar to the U.S. version starring Gordon Ramsay.

Winners of MasterChef Khmer are awarded with $50,000 in grand prize money along with the MasterChef trophy.

Judges

Season	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3
1	Ren Nara	Jessica Elite Sethavarat	Su Sophorn Rithy
2
3			Sun Meng Hy

Series overview

Season	Contestants	Episodes		Originally aired		Winner	Runner(s)-up
				First aired	Last aired
1	25	25		August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19)	February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)	You Thandara	Hay Chheanghok
2	25	25		August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09)	January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24)	Pech Sreynoch	Roeung Chanra & Tuy Sophea
3	25	TBA		May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)	()	TBA	TBA