The Kenchic Mastercook Chef’s Competition is searching for Kenya’s next great professional and amateur chefs to be featured in its upcoming reality TV cooking competition. Around 20 contestants will compete for the chance to be named ‘Kenyan Mastercook’ and win a $1,000 cash prize.
Focused on bringing African cuisine, culture, and talent to the global limelight, the competition is open to contestants from all walks of life across Kenya and will be filmed from August to November 2024 with plans to air the first episode of the series in December 2024 in Kenya, Diamond TV in Zambia, YTV in Botswana, and 3KTV in Zimbabwe while also being available on YouTube.
Over the course of 13 episodes, competitors will need to tackle a variety of unique challenges such as fine dining, bush cooking, Kenyan food, and the dynamic Mystery Box Challenge. The various challenges are designed to test an array of skills chefs must master in order to be named the ‘Kenyan Mastercook.’ Finalists from each Mastercook competition across Africa will later compete for the title of the ultimate ‘African Mastercook.’
After hosting five successful seasons in Zambia, the competition is now expanding and has chosen Kenya as the next host for its series. Season Five winners of the Mastercook competition from Zambia include Fanny Ngulube, who won the amateur category, and Moses Iluki, who took home the top prize in the professional category.
The competition is being powered by Kenchic, Kenya’s leading producer of high-quality chicken and beef products, and supported in association with Nederburg.
Preliminaries are being hosted in Mombasa on July 20th and on July 27th in Nairobi. Individuals interested in taking part in this amazing opportunity should submit their application here.
