MasterChef 2025: 23 players ready for cooking duels

23 creative cooks started on the most exciting culinary journey of their lives, aiming to win the title, trophy and grand prize of 100,000 euros! A total of over 160,000 euros in prizes will divide MasterChef 2025! ADVERSE Tonight, Tuesday, January 21st, we will find out who or what the 24th contestant will be in MasterChef 2025! 23 MasterChef 2025 candidates Mary Alepa (37 years old) Mary was born and raised in Thessaloniki and her great weakness and love is Rocky, her little dog. From the age of 27 he started working as a waitress and then as an assistant cook, after discovering that cooking is the profession he wants to follow. CORVERSE In the competition she wants to try herself, get over her limits and get out of her comfort zone. She believes that her good sense of humor and self-sarcasting mood will help her cope with the demands of MasterChef 2025. Dimitris Anagnostopoulos (39 years old) Dimitris was born and raised in Chania. He started working from 16 years old in the restaurant and currently works as a chef in a hotel group in Crete. In his personal life he is calm and low-key, but in kitchens he is dynamic when conditions demand it. He considers it a great challenge for himself to work in a different environment each season and acquire new knowledge. His great motivation for his participation in MasterChef 2025 is his nine-year-old daughter, whom he wants to make proud of with his cooking creations. Marios Andrew (31 years old) Marios was born and lives in Limassol. As he states, he is always positive, happy and easily finds solutions to any problem that arises. He owns a food truck, but his dream is to open in Cyprus a restaurant which will have employees with special skills. His friends and acquaintances in Cyprus call him “Train” because he is always on the run! Nikos Aspromatis (42 years old) Nikos was born and lives in Rethymno. The “doric” Cretan decided to become a cook 13 years ago doing, as he argues, the hobby of the profession. He thinks that was the best decision he’s ever made in his life. He declares social, tender and just with people. He’s confident and confident about his knowledge. Nikos enters MasterChef 2025 with great expectations! Vaso Diapath (38 years old) Vasso was born and raised in Thessaloniki and at the age of 5 she moved to Utrecht, Netherlands. At 21 she returned to Thessaloniki, where she resides to this day. Self-taught and amateur cook, she owns a sports café in Euosmos. She loves cooking and wants to get as high as she can in MasterChef 2025. She always puts high goals, learns from her mistakes, never puts it down and always sees things from their positive side. Sotiris Zarifis (24 years old) Sotiris was born and stays in Thessaloniki and has studied cooking and pastry. From 18 years old he works as a cook and enters MasterChef 2025 with high goals. He likes competition and works comfortably under pressure. In kitchens he is fast, very disciplined and with great imagination, which hopes to reach him and his final goal, title, trophy and prize money of MasterChef 2025! Maria Zoga (30 years old) Maria was born and raised in Preveza. Her friends call her “Bunno”. Although she studied Accounting she knew well from her student years that her place is in the professional kitchens. She describes herself as benevolent, patient, calm, dynamic, but also stubborn. She has great confidence in her cooking skills and has the primary goal of reaching the five and then gaining a place in Cleo Ibrahimi’s grand final (22 years old) Cleo was born in Albania and grew up in Athens. Although he has little cooking experience, he thinks whatever he’s aiming for can do it. He declares compassionate and is very fond of order and cleanliness. He is not afraid of cooking trials but of living together with his teammates. His big dream to open his own restaurant to freely present his cooking creations. Aim and desire to reach as high as possible at MasterChef 2025 . Philip Kagiorgos (23 years old) Philip was born and lives in Athens. From a very early age he knew he wanted to work in professional kitchens, since he has a huge love for cooking. He’s sensitive, honest and fair. He has confidence in his cooking skills and believes that if he remains targeted within MasterChef 2025 he has a great chance of reaching the top! Angel Karkangelis (38 years old) Angel was born in Argos and then moved familyly to Athens. He’s been a professional cook for 20 years and thinks he’s found his own shelter in cooking. His participation in MasterChef 2025 excites him because he escapes daily routine. He likes noble rivalry and is not afraid of competition with his prospective rivals because he feels confident about his cooking skills. Pantelis Koutrakis (28 years old) Pantelis was born and lives in Heraklion Crete. For the last eight years he’s been working on cooking. He states that he is patient, organizational and with love for cleanliness and order. Besides his little son, his great love is cooking, because it calms him down and makes him forget about everyday life. He is very pleased to hear good words about his cooking creations and his only goal in MasterChef 2025 is to reach the final and claim the title and prize money! Luke Kyriakos (29 years old) Luke was born in Nicosia. From a very young age he entered the professional kitchens and his great dream is to collaborate in Greece with accomplished chefs. He has faith in his cooking skills and considers the competition a good opportunity to give him new professional possibilities. It states low profile, but within kitchens it is dynamic and decisive. Nora Micheli (27 years old) Nora was born and raised in Megalopolis. Her first contact with cooking was when she was 16 years old working in a candy store. In recent years she has worked as a cook in large hotels. She wanted to take part in the competition for years and this year she believes she is now mature cooking to claim with claims the title and prize money of MasterChef 2025. She declares that she is always well disposed, but also disciplined, which she believes will help her along the way in the competition. Nestor Nestor (27 years old) Nestor was born and lives in Piraeus and his family maintains a fish tavern in Kastella. Although he finished Business Administration at Aegean University he already knew that cooking is the way to go. He declares ardent, social and very disciplined, since he was among the best students in cooking school, who studied. He has a great weakness for his younger brother Constantine, whom he loves. Marilyn Dameron (29 years old) Marilyn was born in Crete and stayed there until 2004. She then went to New York to study at a Fine Arts school, but her work in front and behind the kitchens, in various restaurants, made her realize that she eventually wants to be a cook. She describes herself as sensitive, dynamic, persistent, and stubborn. Within MasterChef 2025 he wants to live the cooking trip, collect experiences and get knowledge. Nikos Papadas (30 years old) Nikos was born and raised in Chalkida, while in the last two years he lives in Brussels. He decided to go to cooking school without knowing for sure if he wanted to be a professional cook. But along the way, he discovered that cooking was the way he wanted to go with passion. He states that in kitchens he is determined, targeted and very disciplined. To take part in the competition he resigned from the restaurant he worked in Brussels, since he wishes as much as anything else to be Greece’s next MasterChef! Lefteris Peter (23 years old) Lefteris was born and lives in Athens. From the age of 15, he knew that he wanted to be a cook and always declares himself well and smiling. He believes that for his age he has evolved very quickly in kitchens because he usually adapts quickly and “sucks” knowledge. He declares organizational in the kitchen and with leadership skills. He believes he can reach the MasterChef 2025 final if the advantage of easy adjustment works. George Rigas (32 years old) George was born and lives in Athens and considers himself comfortable and communicative. Since he was a kid, he knew he wanted to do cooking and got into the kitchens early. A life-long master of learning and education when dealing with something does it. George comes to MasterChef 2025 having planned his step-by-step course with the final goal of the grand final! Thanos Tokmasov (41 years old) Thanos was born in Rostov, Russia and is of Pontian descent. At the age of 8 he moved with his family to Greece. He has worked as a private chef at Kazakhstan’s embassies in Italy and Sweden. He states that he is always calm and calm even when there is tension and pressure in kitchens. With his participation in MasterChef 2025 he wants to highlight the cuisine of the countries of the former Soviet Union. Santa Cópa (44 years old) Vassilis was born and raised in Chalkida. With the presence of gentle “giant” he is always smiling and colorfully dressed. He started as a professional cook, but when his wife opened her own bakery she started working exclusively as a pastry maker, so he can support with passion both cooking and pastry. He declares a lover of flavors and believes he has a great culinary perception, which he believes will help him at MasterChef 2025 . Panagiotis Fotopoulos (33 years old) Panagiotis was born and raised in Agrinio. Being a cook wasn’t something he had dreamed of since he was a kid. It all started by chance when he was 19 years old went to work in England and began working first as a dishwasher and then as a cook in restaurants and pubs. He declares hardworking, kindhearted, friendly and compassionate. He wants to live MasterChef 2025’s cooking trip and reach as high as he can. His dream is to open his own restaurant in Agrinio in the future. Hallaniakou Dionysis (23 years old) Dionysis was born and raised in Athens and has been a professional cook since 18 years old. Although he has little cooking experience he has faith in his cooking skills. As he argues he could be Greece’s next MasterChef because he loves and loves cooking. When he sets something as a goal, such as taking part in the competition, he devotes himself fully to him and pursues him with all his powers. In his advantages he states that he is calm, patience and maturity. Christiana Psilomeni (30 years old) Christina was born and lives in Nicosia. Along with her cooking studies she began working in restaurants as an assistant cook until the age of 22. Today she is chef and ready to give it all to reach as high as she can in MasterChef 2025, having confidence in herself and her cooking skills. She declares sensitive, dynamic and spontaneous, after telling her opinion without rotation. Who or who will win the title of MasterChef 2025? MasterChef 2025, the leading cooking television competition continues for another exciting season its successful course in Star. Head of Productions : Savvas Vellas Senior Executive Producer : Giannis Thireos Direction : Kostas Tripoulas Creative Producer : Thanasis Mitrelias Executive Producer : Vassilis Georgiadis Director : George Michelis Project Manager : Stergios Nenes Production Organization : Maria Mertzanis Culinary Consultant : Nikos Thomas Scenetographer : Christina Kostea Editor : Nikos Kakarikas Producer : Star Production performance : Green Pixel Productions