MasterChef Sweden
Encyclopedia
Sveriges mästerkock is a Swedish competitive reality television
cooking show
based on the original British version of MasterChef. The first episode aired on 12 January 2011 on TV4.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
cooking show
Cooking show
A TV cooking show is a television program that presents the preparation of food, in a kitchen on the studio set. The host of the show, often a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of the show, taking the viewing audience through the food's preparation showing all...
based on the original British version of MasterChef. The first episode aired on 12 January 2011 on TV4.
Contestants
| Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Episode of Elimination | Place Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Johansson | 24 | Administration and storage | Kungälv Kungälv Kungälv is a city and the seat of Kungälv Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 21,139 inhabitants in 2005.-History:According to Swedish official sources the city was founded in 1612, when the former settlement at Kungahälla was moved to the Bohus Fortress... |
Winner | 1st |
| Jennie Benjaminsson | 18 | Student | Lindome Lindome Lindome is a civil parish and a locality situated in Mölndal Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 13,830 inhabitants in the parish in 2009 . The Swedish comic creator Rune Andreasson was born in this small town 1925.- Points of interest :At Lindome there is the static inverter plant of... |
Episode 15 | 2nd |
| Adam Frimodig | 32 | Travel Officer in the armed forces | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Episode 14 | 3rd |
| Åke Lithen | 51 | IT Support | Skellefteå Skellefteå -Industry:*Boliden AB, a big mining and smelting company*Alimak*Natural User Interface Technologies AB - NUITEQ, a promising emerging technology start-up company-Sports:*Skellefteå AIK, an ice hockey team in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien.... |
Episode 14 | 4th |
| Jessica Frej | 21 | Student | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Episode 13 | 5th |
| Pernilla Elmquist | 47 | Journalist / writer / copywriter | Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
Episode 12 | 6th |
| Björn Spak | 36 | Environmental Specialist | Mölndal Mölndal Mölndal is a part of the Gothenburg urban area on the west-coast of Sweden, and constitutes the administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live here.-Geography:... |
Episode 11 | 7th |
| Johanna Orring | 27 | Private Consultant | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Episode 10 | 8th |
| Andreas Wennborg | 32 | Taxi driver | Helsingborg Helsingborg Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city... |
Episode 9 | 9th |
| Ingrid Persson | 34 | Student | Umeå Umeå - Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport... |
Episode 8 | 10th/11th |
| Linda Tjällberg | 37 | Self-employed | Sollefteå Sollefteå Sollefteå is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,530 inhabitants in 2005.The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name of the village was given as De Solatum - a name that can be... |
Episode 8 | 10th/11th |
| Laleh Maghonaki | 43 | Consultant | Storvreta Storvreta Storvreta is a locality situated in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,083 inhabitants in 2005.-Prehistory:Archeological investigations have found Stone Age and Bronze Age habitations and grave fields in the area... |
Episode 7 | 12th |
| Maximilian Moëll | 20 | Student | Lund Lund -Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund... |
Episode 6 | 13th |
| Leif Nöjd | 45 | Chemical-technological innovator | Åkersberga Åkersberga Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,727 inhabitants in 2005.-History:In 1901 a railway station named Berga was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some shops and a post office followed... |
Episode 5 | 14th |