MasterChef South Africa season 1

The first season of the African reality television series MasterChef South Africa began on 20 March 2012 and aired on M-Net. The season judges were Pete Goffe-Wood, Andrew Atkinson and Benny Masekwameng.

Elimination table

 * (WINNER) This chef won the competition.
 * (RUNNER-UP) This chef received second place in the competition.
 * (WIN) The chef won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test) and but didn't win.
 * (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test) but didn't win.
 * (WIN) The chef was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and was safe from the Pressure Test.
 * (CC) The chef received the advantage of competing against a celebrity chef in this challenge. If they won, they advanced farther on in the competition, skipping a number of challenges. The chef could not be eliminated after this challenge.
 * (IN) The chef was not selected as a top entry or bottom entry in the challenge.
 * (PT) The chef was on the losing team in the Team Challenge (except episode 8 – an Individual Challenge), competed in the pressure test, and advanced.
 * (LOW) The chef was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, but was not the last person to advance.
 * (LOW) The chef was one of the bottom entries in an individual elimination challenge, and was the last person to advance.
 * (ELIM) The chef was eliminated from MasterChef.