MasterChef Thailand season 7

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status	Amount of Wins
Thiti Thongborisut	29	Chaiyaphum	Bar Manager		6
Papon Paisancharoenwong (Boss)	30	Bangkok	Diamond Shop Businessman		2
Phatthanaruen Veerapong (Mint)	25	Samut Prakan	Auditor		2
Adisorn Janvijitkul (Tong)	45	Ratchaburi	Photographer		2
Azmi Pattaratadanukul (Mi)	29	Songkhla	IT Technician		2
Chatpakorn Chotiam (Bella)	37	Chiang Mai	Showgirl		2
Supicha Trakarnsapthavee (Pim)	18	Buriram	Student		4
Newporn Phalang (New)	44	Nonthaburi	Wedding Print Business Owner		2
Natchanon Suwan (Tonka)	22	Uthai Thani	Student		1
Chanchiran Tangsutthitham (Perschae)	39	Chiang Mai	Cosmetics Business Owner		2
Napassorn Charoenniti (Ant)	29	Bangkok	Housekeeper	Eliminated on April 26	1
Monthakorn Jeong (Miw)	35	Pathum Thani	Cosmetics Import Business Owner	Eliminated on April 19	2
Thapaneepak Sutthipipit (Tan)	28	Bangkok	Online Trader		2
Pharakorn Cherdchuen (JC)	23	Bangkok	Student	Eliminated on April 5	1
Pattanithan Sri-iam (Pitch)	41	Nonthaburi	Singing Instructor		1
Aisawanya Phumilert (Namo)	30	Nong Khai	Advertising Creative	Eliminated on March 29	0
Ploypailin Thongyod (Ploy)	30	Angthong	Content Creator	Eliminated on March 22	1
Jitwimon Tiamjan (Bow)	33	Ubon Ratchatani	Musician[a]	Eliminated on March 15	1
Thanatphorn Sriheranukul (Pop)	51	Bangkok	Brand Owner		0
Sarayut Hathaipattrawong (Prof)	36	Bangkok	Stage Director	Eliminated on March 8	0

Notes

Original Airdate: Sunday, 15 February 2026^[2]

The season opens by welcoming the first 20 contestants who are chosen to enter MasterChef Kitchen, and rewarded them with loads of appetizers, fruits, and drinks. Shortly while the contestants are celebrating, the judges brought up 10 more contestants, making the total count of 30, to compete against each other for the chance of winning an apron to compete in further challenges.

Auditions (Part 1): In this season, the audition session is split into three rounds, where some will receive the apron immediately after each round. After all three rounds complete, those who haven't received an apron will not be competing in further challenges as an official member of this MasterChef season.

Round 1: Skill Test

For the first round, the 30 contestants are being challenged with their knife skills by slicing 250 grams of galangal. Each slice must not break apart and come out as a perfect circle, with the thickness of no more than 1 mm (millimeter). Those who finishes will have to ring the bell, and the judges will come to examine the galangal for preciseness and weight requirement.

After the first contestant, Prof, passed the galangal challenge, Chef Pom Kwantip brought in the second ingredient, lemongrass. The lemongrass must separate from each other as individual strands, and the thickness must be no more than 1 mm (millimeter). In total, they must present 100 grams of lemongrass to pass to the next challenge. No one can start slicing lemongrass until they passed the galangal challenge.

Then, Chef Ian Kittichai brought in the third and last ingredient for this round, which are kaffir lime leaves. The judges are looking for the width of the leaves to be no more than 1 mm (millimeter), and the contestants must take out the stem in the middle of the leaves. In total, contestants must present 15 grams of perfectly sliced kaffir lime leaves. They cannot start this challenge until they passed the previous 2 challenges, which when this challenge starts, Prof was the first contestant to pass both galangal and lemongrass challenges, so he gets to start first.

The first 6 contestants to pass all three challenges will immediately receive an apron and qualify as the official contestants of this season, while the other contestants must compete in the second round. In the end, JC, Prof, Bow, Thiti, Pitch and Boss were the first 6 to pass all challenges, and they were granted the apron respectively.

• Received the apron: JC, Prof, Bow, Thiti, Pitch and Boss

Round 2: Signature Dish

For the second round of audition, the remaining 24 contestants must create their signature dish to present to the judges, with the total of 1 hour to prepare the dish. They can spend as much time as they want in MasterChef Supermarket, but they will only get to enter once, and equipment for cooking are limited so they have to make sure they are not spending too much time in the supermarket.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

The 6 contestants that impress the judges the most will receive an apron as the official contestants of the season. After the judges have tasted all 24 dishes, Ploy, Mint, Tong, Mi, Namo and Bella impress the judges with their dishes and received the apron.

• Received the apron: Ploy, Mint, Tong, Mi, Namo and Bella

Original Airdate: Sunday, 22 February 2026^[3]

Auditions (Part 2): For the remaining 18 contestants, they must perform the best of their ability to get the aprons in the remaining rounds, or else they are eliminated.

Round 3: In this round, the contestants are asked to unfold the umbrellas as the main ingredient rains into them, which appears to be watermelon seeds (or guai-jee). They have 60 minutes to cook a dish, could be savory or sweet, using their creativity to elevate watermelon seeds to a MasterChef worthy presentation. In addition, the contestants must open the seeds by themselves (since the outside shell is not edible), so they must manage their time carefully in this round.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

The 6 contestants that impress the judges the most will be granted the last set of aprons. As a result, Pop, Miw, Pim, New, Tonka and Ant presented the best dishes and received the apron.

• Received the apron: Pop, Miw, Pim, New, Tonka and Ant

For the remaining contestants, they have unfortunately missed the opportunity to be an official contestant of this season. Until, the judges announced that there are still 2 aprons left, and all 12 contestants agreed to compete in the last round for the chance of winning an apron.

Round 4: 3-Egg Challenge

The last round is a basic skill test of a well-known ingredient: eggs. There are 3 types of eggs the contestants must present: 1 fried egg, 1 soft-boiled egg, and 1 poached egg. For fried egg, the white must be cooked and crispy on the outside, while the yolk is still runny. The soft-boiled egg must be beautifully peeled with no bumpy edges, the white must be cooked thoroughly, and the yolk should be runny as well. Poached egg must maintain its smooth and firm shape, the white must be cooked thoroughly while the yolk is still runny. Each contestant are given 4 eggs in total (which means only 1 spare egg), and 18 minutes to prepare all 3 types of eggs.

• Time: 18 minutes

The 2 best performance will receive the apron in this last chance, and in the end, Perschae and Tan executed the best performance and they were granted the apron as the official contestants in this season. Unfortunately for the remaining 10 contestants, they are sent home.

• Received the apron: Perschae and Tan
• Eliminated: Nana, Geo, Aekkung, Palm, Smiletae, Yub, A, Pree, Wi and Mowri

Original Airdate: Sunday, 1 March 2026

Team Challenge 1: DIT x MasterChef - Local Ingredients, World-Class Experiences^[4]

• Location: Ministry of Commerce, Nonthaburi

For the first challenge of the season as the official contestants, they have arrived at the Ministry of Commerce, which is the center of Thailand's domestic and international trade that monitors agricultural price and economic indices. They also get to meet with 3 special guests, including Minister Suphajee Suthumpun of the Ministry of Commerce, the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mr. Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, and the Director-General of DIT, Mr. Wittayakorn Maneenetr. Mrs. Suphajee receives the honor of presenting the concept of this week's team challenge, and that is "DIT x MasterChef - Local Ingredients, World-Class Experiences".

• Special Guests: Minister Suphajee Suthumpun, Mr. Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, and Mr. Wittayakorn Maneenetr

She also presented 3 main ingredients for this challenge, which are Songkhla Lake (sam num) sea bass, Phulae pineapple from Chiang Rai, and varieties of Thai rice (khao praneat). Each team will have to elevate these Thai local ingredients to 2-course fine-dining dishes, where they must use the sea bass and rice to create a savory (main course) dish, and pineapple for a dessert dish. These courses will be served to 101 guest judges, including high-level executives, Ministry of Commerce staffs, Thai farmers, and media. Both teams are given 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete their main course and serve to the guests, plus another 15 minutes for dessert to be served.

• Preparation time (Main Course): 2 hours and 30 minutes
• Service time (+ additional time for Dessert): 15 minutes

Although the contestants have not known each other for long, they must communicate as a team to execute the best presentation of today's challenge for the guest judges. As the first 2 contestants to receive the apron in this season, JC and Prof got the honor to be the team captains for this team challenge. JC gets to choose his teammate first because he was the first one, then Prof. In the end, the team distribution is as follows:

Team Captain	Members
JC	Bella, Pitch, Bow, Mi, Pim, Ploy, Mint, New and Miw
Prof	Namo, Thiti, Perschae, Boss, Tonka, Tong, Ant, Pop and Tan

During the preparation time however, Chef Pom and Chef Ian discovered the lack of communication among both team captains, to the extent that they have decided to switch team captains for both teams. In the last 60 minutes of the challenge, Chef Ian swap Tong as the captain for Red team, while Chef Pom swap Pitch as the captain for Blue team.

• New captain for Red team: Tong
• New captain for Blue team: Pitch

After the time is up for service, the guest judges vote for the best dish for main course and dessert. As a result, Blue team won with a score of 136 to 66 points.

• Winning team: Blue team

Pressure Test 1: Since Red team lost the team challenge, they will be facing Pressure Test round that tests their preciseness and accuracy. Due to M.L. Pasan's absence, the judges bring in a guest judge for the next 2 rounds, which is Chef Ton Thitid, Thailand's only chef with a Michelin star for 2 owned restaurants, including Le Du and Nusara.

• Guest Judge: Chef Ton - Thitid Tassanakajohn

In this round, the 10 contestants must replicate a royal Thai snack, kanom khang khao (Taro Bats). The recipe that the show brings in is from Sa Pathum Palace, which uses khao mao (flattened rice) instead of taro as the main component. The criteria are as follows:

1. The shape of each piece must be identical in size, with each pinched into a triangular pyramid (like a bat spreading its wings).
2. The outer dough must be perfectly thin and crispy, not greasy, while the inside is chewy and fragrant with the aroma from pounded, flattened rice.
3. The filling should not be soggy, and perfectly balanced in flavor with sam kler (coriander roots, garlic, and peppercorn) and kaffir lime leaves fragrance.
4. Ajad (Thai cucumber salad) must be well-balanced in flavor, and the amount of vegetables must balance with the dressing.

To assist the contestants with this dish, Chef Pom demonstrated the cooking process, with a sample for them to taste and analyze the flavor. The contestants will have 1 hour to replicate this dish to the best of their ability with a recipe also given to them.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

The competition and result of this round were broadcast in Episode 4. After the judges have tasted all dishes, Perschae executed the best kanom khang khao and is the first to qualify. Unfortunately, Prof made the most mistakes and is sent home.

• Round winner: Perschae
• Bottom three: Prof, Boss and Ant
• Eliminated: Prof

Original Airdate: Sunday, 8 March 2026^[5]

Mystery Box 1: Taste of Virtue

In this round, all 19 contestants must cook a dish out of the ingredients in the mystery box. The box contains pork belly, chicken wings, white shrimp, tofu skin, all-purpose flour, potato, asparagus, kabocha squash, melinjo, baby carrot, mixed berry, lady finger banana, pomegranate, rosemary, fermented fish, and the main ingredient, instant noodles. The contestants must try to interpret the challenge themselves under the theme "Taste of Virtue" that must be represented in their dish. They have 60 minutes to prepare the dish with limited additional ingredients and seasonings available for them to use.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

After the judges tasted all dishes, 5 contestants are among the best dishes in this round, a record-breaking number that has never happened before in any Mystery Box challenges. Out of the 5 best dishes, Thiti impressed the judges the most and granted immunity for the next round.

• Five best dishes: Bella, Mi, Miw, Pim and Thiti
• Round winner: Thiti

Original Airdate: Sunday, 15 March 2026^[6]

Invention Test 1: In this round, Thiti gets the advantage of picking the main ingredients for the remaining contestants in MasterChef Supermarket. There are three boxes to choose from, each contains the first main ingredient, fish sauce. The first box has the second main ingredient of pen shells, and the second box has geoduck as the second main ingredient. The third box reveals to be Thiti's opportunity to save 8 contestants to immune with him in this round. For the remaining 10 contestants, Thiti can choose 5 contestants for each of the 2 boxes for them to cook with. In the end, he chooses the following:

Main Ingredient	Contestants
Pen shells	Ant, Pop, Namo, New and Ploy
Geoduck	JC, Mi, Bella, Miw and Pim

• Saved: Bow, Pitch, Boss, Mint, Tong, Tonka, Perschae and Tan

The contestants gets 60 minutes for this round, and one will be eliminated.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

As a result, Pim executed the best performance and becomes the winner of this round. Unfortunately, Pop wasn't able to finish plating her dish on time and is eliminated.

• Round winner: Pim
• Bottom three: Ploy, Pop and JC
• Eliminated: Pop

Elimination Test: For this special round, Thiti and the 8 saved contestants will have to compete against each other, where one will be eliminated. The 9 remaining contestants that competed in the last round are saved for the week.

The judges then brought in 3 special guests who will be giving the challenge out to the contestants. They are the champions from each MasterChef seasons, including Chef Zetrong from Season 6, Chef First from Season 2, and Chef Toei from The Professionals season.

• Special guests: Chef Zetrong - Valasura Na Lampang, Chef First - Thanapat Suyao, and Chef Toei - Saharat Taengthai

Each chef has prepared their dishes out of the theme "Esan Fine-Dining", with the combination of each chef's identity into their own signature. As the winner from last round, the judges give Pim the opportunity to assign each of the dishes for all 9 contestants competing. Her final selection, and the components in each dish, are as follows:

Chefs	Chef Zetrong	Chef First	Chef Toei
Menu	4 Canapés	Moden Isan-Style Grilled Pork Neck	Beef Tongue Oom Stew with Pla-ra Lon sauce
Components	Shrimp miang salad Golden pouch koi Krathong thong with od krabok Khao jee with eggplant jaew dip	Pork sausage roulade with grilled pork neck namtok filling Jeow bong with salmon negi Khao jee caramel Som tam compressed vegetables Lime powder snow	Beef tongue oom stew Tilapia mok terrine Pla-ra lon sauce Eggplant soup purée Lime powder caviar Dill oil
Contestants that received the dish	Perschae, Tonka and Mint	Tong, Bow and Tan	Thiti, Boss and Pitch

The contestants will have 60 minutes to self-study and recreate the dish with preciseness and accuracy, and they only have approximately 5 minutes to select the correct ingredients by themselves in MasterChef Supermarket.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

After the judges tasted all the dishes, Pock Piyathida announces that the 3 dishes with the most problems are Tonka, Tong, and Thiti. The problem is, they are the 3 best dishes of this round. The judges tasted their dishes once again, and come to a conclusion that Thiti did the best performance, Tonka in second.

• Three best dishes: Tonka, Tong and Thiti
• Round winner: Thiti

Unfortunately, there are also contestants who aren't able to recreate the chefs' dishes close to the original, and in the end, Bow scored the least and is eliminated.

• Bottom three: Perschae, Boss and Bow
• Eliminated: Bow

Original Airdate: Sunday, 22 March 2025

Team Challenge 2: In this week's team challenge, the contestants will be facing a delivery service challenge, similar to the challenge given in the 10th episode of All-Stars season. They were taken to Ratchaburi Grand Canyon in Ratchaburi, which is 30 kilometers away from its city area.

• Location: Ratchaburi Grand Canyon, Ratchaburi

The delivery platform that the show uses is through ShopeeFood, serving for 101 Ratchaburi residents who will judge the contestants through their delivered meal. Contestants are given a bento box with 5 sections, where each box costs 129 baht. Each team will have 2 hours and 30 minutes to prepare and serve the food, and they must have a sample meal to publish to the platform by the first 30 minutes of the challenge.

• Total time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
• Time for sample meal: 30 minutes

Since Thiti won first place in the Elimination Test last week, and Tonka came second, they will be the team captains for this team challenge. Thiti will get to choose a teammate first, and the teams are as follows:

Team Captain	Members
Thiti	Tong, Miw, Boss, Bella, Pim, Perschae, Tan, Ant
Tonka	Namo, Mi, JC, Pitch, Ploy, Mint, New

Out of 101 residents, 69 ordered Red team's meal while 32 ordered Blue team's. However, Red team were only able to complete 39 orders, while Blue team was able to finish packing all of them. After the service time is over, the 101 residents rated the meal they ordered based on how satisfied they are with the food, given the score from 0-3. As a result, Blue team won Red team with a score of 88 to 85.

• Winning team: Blue team

Invention Test 2: Since Red team lost the team challenge, they will have to compete against each other in this round. The main ingredient for this challenge are Cosmic Crisp apples imported from the United States, which have unique white spots like cosmic stars, and has a sweet flavor and crispy texture. The contestants will have 45 minutes to make any type of dish out of it that can stun the judges.

• Time: 45 minutes

In the end, after the judges tasted all dishes, Mint presented the best dish and wins the round. On the other hand, Ploy's dish scored the least and was eliminated.

• Round winner: Mint
• Bottom three: Namo, Ploy and New
• Eliminated: Ploy

Original Airdate: Sunday, 29 March 2025

Mystery Box 2: This week's Mystery Box challenge comes with the theme of healthy food, where all the ingredients are beneficial for a person's health. The main ingredient is whole grain oats, and additional ingredients including salmon, white tofu, eggs, shrimp, shrimp roe, king oyster mushroom, spinach, broccoli, sunflower sprouts, miso paste, mint leaves, pistachio, and banana. Contestants will have 60 minutes to prepare their best oats dish for the judges.

• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

After the judges tasted all the dishes, Pim wins the round as the best dish and granted herself immunity.

• Three best dishes: Bella, Pim and Perschae
• Round winner: Pim

Invention Test 3: In this round, the remaining contestants are given the main ingredient: coconut milk. They will be assigned to cook either a savory dish, or a Thai dessert dish. The privilege to assign these to each contestant falls under Pim, who won the previous round. She chose Miw, Pitch, Mi, Thiti, and Boss for savory, and assigned Bella, Tonka, Tong, Ant, and Namo for Thai dessert. For the rest that did not get assigned, Pim chose to save them for the week. The 10 contestants who were assigned the challenge will have 60 minutes to create a dish to the best of their ability.

• Saved: JC, Mint, New, Perschae and Tan
• Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)

In the end, after the judges tasted all the dishes, Thiti presented the best dish, Bella in second place. Sadly, Namo's dish scored the least and was sent home.

• Round winner: Thiti
• Bottom three: Boss, Ant and Namo
• Eliminated: Namo

Original Airdate: Sunday, 5 April 2025

Team Challenge 3:

For this season's reinstation challenge, the show introduced a series of competition in a spin-off of MasterChef Thailand: The Second Chance. This special series are currently on air through MasterChef Thailand's YouTube channel every Thursday beginning on April 2, 2026.

Format: Each eliminated contestants, in order, will be battling one-on-one to find the ultimate winner to return to the competition in the Semi-Final round. In each round, the contestant that wins the battle will go against the following eliminated contestants, and it keeps on going until the last pair that determines who returns to the competition. The contestant that lost each round will conclude their journey in this season.

Results: Here are the results from each match.

Day Released	Challenge	Main Ingredient(s)	Cooking time (total)	Contestants
Episode 1 2 April 2026	Creating a dish that is more special than the opponent.	Chicken feet + Dark chocolate (given last 10 minutes)	30 minutes	Pop	Prof
Episode 2 9 April 2026		Coconut milk (given last 20 minutes)		Bow	Pop
—N/a 16 April 2026	Was postponed due to the Songkran festival
Episode 3 23 April 2026	Creating a dish that is more special than the opponent.	Tomato + Breadsticks (given last 15 minutes)	30 minutes	Ploy	Bow
Episode 4 30 April 2026		Duck Breast + Food Extruma (given last 15 minutes)		Ploy	Namo
Episode 5 7 May 2026

  The contestant wins the round and qualifies to the next round.

  The contestant lost the round and was eliminated.

  The contestant wins the series and returns to the competition.