# Top Chef Brasil season 2

The second season of Top Chef Brasil premiered on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 10:3 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on RecordTV.
On March 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RecordTV announced that filming had been suspended midway through episode 5, with plans to resume once it was safe to do so. Shooting resumed on July 25, under social distancing measures and regular testing, until August 9, 2020.

## Contestants

Source:
| Name | Age | Hometown | Current residence | Result |
| Matheus Emerick | 26 | Brasília | Florianópolis | Eliminated 1st |
| Rafael Terrassi | 30 | Bauru | Curitiba | Eliminated 2nd |
| Beatriz Buéssio | 32 | São Paulo | Santos | Withdrew |
| Kaká Silva | 54 | Brasília | Brasília | Eliminated 3rd |
| Marê Araújo | 31 | Ituiutaba | Brasília | Eliminated 4th |
| Taty Albano | 37 | Salvador | Salvador | Eliminated 5th |
| Lucas Ryu | 23 | Rinópolis | São Paulo | Eliminated 6th |
| Natália Rios | 32 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Eliminated 7th |
| Michele Petenzi | 33 | Ponte San Pietro, Italy | Rio de Janeiro | Eliminated 8th |
| Maiara Marinho | 30 | Ribeirão Pires | São Paulo | Eliminated 9th |
| Bruno Alves | 37 | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Eliminated 10th |
| César Scolari | 39 | Alvorada do Sul | São Paulo | Third place |
| Lara Carolina | 25 | Macaé | São Paulo | Runner-up |
| Luciana Berry | 39 | Salvador | London, UK | Winner |

## Contestant progress

| Episode # | Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Quickfire challenge winner(s) | Quickfire challenge winner(s) | Beatriz César Kaká Maiara Michele Natália Taty | Bruno Lara Lucas Michele | César Natália | Bruno César Lucas Luciana Natália | César Lara Lucas Maiara Marê | Bruno Luciana Michele Natália Taty | Bruno Lara Michele | Bruno Lara Natália Michele | Bruno Lara Michele | Luciana Maiara | Luciana | — |
| Contestant | Contestant | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results | Elimination challenge results |
| 1 | Luciana | IN | IN | IN | IMM | — | IMM | — | HIGH | LOW | IMM | IMM | WINNER |
| 2 | Lara | IN | IMM | HIGH | IN | IMM | LOW | IMM | IMM | IMM | LOW | IN | OUT |
| 3 | César | IMM | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | IN | WIN | WIN | — | LOW | IN | OUT |
| 4 | Bruno | IN | IMM | LOW | IMM | — | IMM | IMM | IMM | IMM | WIN | OUT | |
| 5 | Maiara | IMM | IN | WIN | IN | IMM | WIN | — | LOW | WIN | IMM | OUT | |
| 6 | Michele | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | — | IMM | IMM | IMM | IMM | OUT | | |
| 7 | Natália | IMM | HIGH | IMM | IMM | — | IMM | HIGH | IMM | OUT | | | |
| 8 | Lucas | WIN | IMM | HIGH | IMM | IMM | IN | HIGH | OUT | | | | |
| 9 | Taty | IMM | IN | WIN | LOW | — | IMM | OUT | | | | | |
| 10 | Marê | LOW | LOW | IN | WIN | IMM | OUT | | | | | | |
| 11 | Kaká | IMM | IN | IN | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Beatriz | IMM | LOW | WD | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Rafael | IN | OUT | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Matheus | OUT | | | | | | | | | | | |
* ^Note 1 : The elimination challenge was cancelled as filming was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* ^Note 2 : Maiara lost the sudden death quickfire challenge and was eliminated.
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## Main guest appearances

Episode 1
* Chef Giovanna Perrone, season 1 winner
Episode 2
* Chef Paul Cho
* Chef Rodrigo Oliveira
Episode 3
* Chef Murakami
Episode 4
* Chef Luisa Abram
Episode 5
* Xuxa Meneghel
Episode 7
* Chef Fred Caffarena

## Ratings and reception
### Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
| Episode | Title | Air date | Timeslot (BRT) | SP viewers (in points) |
| 1 | Top 14 | July 15, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 3.4 |
| 2 | Top 13 | July 22, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 4.9 |
| 3 | Top 12 | July 29, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 5.4 |
| 4 | Top 11 | August 5, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 4.6 |
| 5 | Top 10 | August 12, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 5.9 |
| 6 | Top 10 Redux | August 19, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 4.6 |
| 7 | Top 9 | August 26, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 5.4 |
| 8 | Top 8 | September 2, 2020 | Wednesday 10:30 p.m. | 5.6 |
| 9 | Top 7 | September 11, 2020 | Friday 11:00 p.m. | 6.3 |
| 10 | Top 6 | September 18, 2020 | Friday 11:00 p.m. | 5.8 |
| 11 | Top 5 | September 25, 2020 | Friday 11:00 p.m. | 6.5 |
| 12 | Winner announced | October 2, 2020 | Friday 11:00 p.m. | 7.6 |
* In 2020, each point represents 260.558 households in 15 market cities in Brazil (74.987 households in São Paulo).