MasterChef Greece

MasterChef
Genre	Cooking
Format	Game show
Directed by	Panos Georgiou
Presented by	Eugenia Manolidou(Season 1) Maria Synatsaki(Season 2)
Judges	Lefteris Lazarou Yiannis Loukakos Dimitris Skarmoutsos
Theme music composer	Scissor Sisters
Opening theme	Fire with Fire
Country of origin	Greece
Language(s)	Greek
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	72
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Studio ATA
Broadcast
Original channel	Mega Channel
Picture format	576i (PAL)
Audio format	Stereo
First shown in	United Kingdom
Original run	October 3, 2010 – present
External links
Website

MasterChef Greece is a Greek competitive cooking game show. It is an adaptation of the British show MasterChef. The first season premiered in October 3, 2010 and ended on December 28, 2010. In 2011 it renewed for second season which will premiere in January 2012.

Season 1 (2010)

The first season of Master Chef premiered on October 3, 2010 and ended on December 28, 2010 and was hosted by musician and television presenter Eugenia Manolidou. The judges of the Greek show were Yiannis Loukakos, Lefteris Lazarou and Dimitris Skarmoutsos. The winner of the first series was Akis Petretzikis.

Season 2 (2012)

The second season of the show will premiere on January 2012 and it will be hosted by Maria Synatsaki. The judges will be the same.

Spin-off

• Junior MasterChef Greece will premiere on November 2011, the judges will be the same as MasterChef Greece (Yiannis Loukakos, Lefteris Lazarou and Dimitris Skarmoutsos) and it will be hosted by Maria Mpekatorou.