HA NOI (VNS) — The second season of the reality cooking show MasterChef Viet Nam will be aired on VTV3 channel from this Saturday.

Thousands of cooks across the country registered to make the cut in Can Tho, An Giang, Hue, Nam Dinh, Ha Noi, and HCM City. Only a few hundred contestants then had the chance to audition in HCM City for one of the 17 white aprons.

Vietnamese-Australia chef Luke Nguyen and gastronomy expert Tuan Hai will return to the second season as judges. The remaining spots on the judging panel will include businesswoman Kim Oanh and actress Tang Thanh Ha.

Last year, Vietnamese-Australian cook Ngo Thanh Hoa beat out several strong rivals to win the first-ever MasterChef Viet Nam title. — VNS