Episodes
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1. Premiere: First Double Elimination
22 Feb 2026 · 45 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.
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2. Apple Mystery Box Challenge
1 Mar 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.
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3. Signature Savoury Pies
8 Mar 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.
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4. Judges' Star Signs
15 Mar 2026
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5. Translating Fashion into Food
22 Mar 2026
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6. Buffet of New Beginnings
29 Mar 2026
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7. Episode 7
5 Apr 2026
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8. Episode 8
12 Apr 2026
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9. Episode 9
19 Apr 2026
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10. Episode 10
26 Apr 2026
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11. Episode 11
3 May 2026
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12. Episode 12
10 May 2026
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13. Episode 13
17 May 2026
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14. Episode 14
24 May 2026
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15. Episode 15
31 May 2026
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16. Episode 16
7 Jun 2026
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17. Episode 17
14 Jun 2026
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18. Episode 18
21 Jun 2026
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19. Episode 19
28 Jun 2026
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20. Episode 20
5 Jul 2026
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21. Episode 21
12 Jul 2026
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22. Episode 22
19 Jul 2026
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23. Episode 23
26 Jul 2026
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24. Episode 24
2 Aug 2026
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25. Episode 25
9 Aug 2026
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26. Episode 26
16 Aug 2026
MasterChef South Africa Season 6: quick answers
How many episodes are in MasterChef South Africa Season 6?
Season 6 of MasterChef South Africa has 26 episodes, about 1 hours in total.
When did MasterChef South Africa Season 6 come out?
Season 6 premiered on 22 Feb 2026.