Voiceovers are made by Simone D'Andrea and Luisa Ziliotto for the first five editions, Stefania Nali for the sixth and seventh and Ilaria Egitto from the eighth.
Carlo Cracco quit the program after the end of 6th season and was replaced by Antonia Klugmann in the 7th.
The success of the first edition included parodies of the program, including The Scoured, Crozza in Wonderland and Made in Sud with the parody Mastrochef The first season of MasterChef Italy aired from 21 September to 7 December in 2011 on Sky and saw Spyros Theodoridis come out the winner.
In addition, on 21 and 28 December, two special episodes were aired dedicated to the background and to the comments of the protagonists.
On days 19, 20 and 21 November 2012, three special introductory episodes had aired: Joe Bastianich: Family Affairs, Carlo Cracco:The Squaring Of The Egg and Bruno Barbieri: Chef 7-Star.
[2] In addition, the three judges were guests in an episode of X Factor Italy, of That Heavenly Goal!
[3] Unlike the other two editions, the winner was announced live at the General Stores in Milan.
In February 2014 casting opened for the fourth season scheduled for the second half of 2014 again on Sky Uno.
In February 2016 casting opened for the sixth season scheduled for the second half of 2016 on Sky Uno.
Antonia Klugmann left MasterChef after only one season, being replaced by chef Giorgio Locatelli.
In 2017, the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Italia ended with the victory of Roberta Capua, an Italian TV host.
In 2018, the second season of Celebrity MasterChef Italia ended with the victory of Anna Tatangelo, an Italian singer.