TOLDJA! M-Net confirms that a second season of MasterChef South Africa is in production and auditions will be taking place soon.

Line up the Robertsons, the pots and pans sponsor, the wine sponsor, the Woolies tie-in marketing campaign, Huisgenoot as media partner as well as a recipe book deal and a whole new biggest prize for a reality show on television ever, because MasterChef South Africa is back for a second season on M-Net.

Back in August TV with Thinus of course exclusively broke the news that a second season of MasterChef South Africa is coming, and now the rest of the mostly sit-back and wait for press releases press will finally write it too, with the issuing of the press release confirming what TV with Thinus reader have known since August already.

M-Net now confirms that it has started production of the second season of MasterChef South Africa and auditions will be taking place countrywide again for the second season of the reality show. Longtime insider sources told me in August that a second season for the show was "a done deal".

"Season two of MasterChef South Africa promises to serve up even more top quality entertainment than its predecessor," says Theo Erasmus, M-Net director for general entertainment.

Auditions for the second season of MasterChef South Africa will be taking place in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
Johannesburg: Saturday 27 Oct at Montecasino, Fourways
Durban: Sunday 4 Nov at Suncoast
Cape Town: Saturday 10 Nov at Southern Sun Cullinan

Contestants will, similar to the first season, have to prepare any cold dish ready-to-eat for the judges on the day of auditions for the second season of MasterChef South Africa.