Highlights
MasterChef South Africa

MasterChef South Africa - Season 6 (2026)

Audience Score
70

Season 6 Episodes

1. Premiere: First Double Elimination

February 22nd, 202645 min

The episode centers on a challenge to "put themselves on a plate," where contestants had to create an elevated dish based on a childhood memory triggered by a photograph found in their Mystery Boxes.

2. Apple Mystery Box Challenge

March 1st, 2026

A Mystery Box Challenge where the remaining 18 contestants must create a dish using the "humble ingredient of an apple". Contestants are tasked with thinking of the "apple of their eye"—someone special in their lives—to inspire their dish. The winner of the challenge receives immunity from the following week's elimination and gets to watch from the gantry.

3. Signature Savoury Pies

March 8th, 2026

Each of the 20 contestants opens a mystery box to find a photograph from their childhood. They must create and "elevate" a dish inspired by that specific childhood memory to a MasterChef standard.

4. Judges' Star Signs

March 15th, 2026

5. Translating Fashion into Food

March 22nd, 2026

6. Buffet of New Beginnings

March 29th, 2026

All Seasons

Season 6
Feb 22, 2026
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Season 4
Feb 28, 2022
Season 3
Aug 21, 2014
Season 2
Jun 11, 2013
Season 1
Mar 20, 2012