MasterChef

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MasterChef
MasterChef Logo & Wordmark.svg
Genre Cooking
Format Game show
Created by Franc Roddam
Country of origin United Kingdom
Production
Running time 30–90 minutes
Broadcast
First shown in 1990–2001 (Original)
2005 onwards (Revived)

MasterChef is a television cooking game show franchise created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version of the show in 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in 2005 by executive producers Franc Roddam and John Silver and series producer Karen Ross. The show's format has been exported around the world under the same MasterChef logo, and is now produced in more than 35 countries and airs in at least 200 territories.

The format has appeared in four versions: the main MasterChef series, MasterChef: The Professionals for professional working chefs, Celebrity MasterChef featuring well known celebrities as the contestants and Junior MasterChef, a version created and adapted for children, which was first developed in 1994 and has also proliferated to other countries outside the UK in recent years.

MasterChef Australia is the most watched television series in Australia,[1][2] with the season 2 finale being the third most watched show in Australian television history.[3][4] MasterChef Australia also won the award for 'Most Popular Reality Program' at the 2010 Logie Awards. Many other countries also broadcast the Australian version, either dubbed or with subtitles in the local language.

International versions [edit]

Current and upcoming versions include:

Country Name Presenter(s) Judges Network Premiere / Air dates
 Australia[5] MasterChef Australia Sarah Wilson (Season 1)
Gary Mehigan
George Calombaris
Gary Mehigan
George Calombaris
Matt Preston
Donna Hay (Guest Judge, Season 2)
Matt Moran (Guest Judge, Season 3)
Network Ten 27 April 2009 – 19 July 2009 (Season 1)
19 April 2010 – 25 July 2010 (Season 2)
1 May 2011 – 7 August 2011 (Season 3)
6 May 2012 – 25 July 2012 (Season 4)
TBA 2013 (Season 5)
Celebrity MasterChef Australia George Calombaris
Gary Mehigan
Gary Mehigan
George Calombaris
Matt Preston
30 September 2009 – 25 November 2009
MasterChef Australia All-Stars George Calombaris
Gary Mehigan
Gary Mehigan
George Calombaris
Matt Preston
26 July 2012 – 19 August 2012
MasterChef Australia: The Professionals Marco Pierre White
Matt Preston
Marco Pierre White
Matt Preston
20 January 2013 – present
 Bangladesh[6] MasterChef Bangladesh TBA Delta Bay
(production)
TBA
 Belgium (Dutch)[7] MasterChef Belgium Dina Tersago (2010)
No host (2011–2012)
Wout Bru (2010–2012)
Stéphane Buyens (2010)
Jean-Paul Perez (2011)
Kenny Bernaerts (2012)
vtm 28 June – 29 July 2010
(Season 1)
4 July – 18 August 2011
(Season 2)
2 July – 23 August 2012
(Season 3)
 China[8][9] MasterChef China 顶级厨师 Jonathan Lee (2012)
Jereme Leung (2013)
Cao Ke-Fan (2012–13)
Steven Liu (2012–13)
Dragon TV 29 July 2012 – present
 Croatia MasterChef Hrvatska Mitchell Musso Tomislav Gretić
Mate Janković
Radovan Marčić
Nova TV 21 March 2011 – 17 June 2011 (Season 1)
 Czech Republic[10]
 Slovakia
MasterChef ČS Daniela Peštová Martin Korbelič
Jiří Štift
Radek Šubrt
Slovakia Markíza
Czech Republic Nova
31 August 2012 – present
 Denmark[11] Masterchef Denmark Thomas Herman
Henrik-Yde-Andersen
Anders Aagaard
TV3 5 September 2011
 Finland[12] MasterChef Suomi Mikko Silvennoinen Sikke Sumari
Tom Björck
Risto Mikkola
Nelonen 18 January 2011 – present
 France[13] MasterChef Carole Rousseau Frédéric Anton
Yves Camdeborde
Sébastien Demorand
TF1 19 August 2010 – present
 Germany[14] Deutschlands Meisterkoch
(MasterChef Germany)
N/A Tim Raue
Thomas Jaumann
Nelson Müller
Sat.1 27 August – 16 October 2010
(Season 1)
 Greece[15] MasterChef Greece Eugenia Manolidou
(Season 1)
Maria Synatsaki
(Season 2)
Yiannis Loukakos
Lefteris Lazarou
Dimitris Skarmoutsos
Mega Channel 3 October – 28 December 2010
(Season 1)
24 December 2012 – 2013
(Season 2)
 Hungary[16][17] Mesterszakács
(MasterChef)
unknown Gianni Annoni
Bíró Lajos
Viasat3 26 October 2009 – present
 Iceland[18] MasterChef Ísland TBA Ólafur Örn Ólafsson
Friðrika Hjördís Geirsdóttir
Eyþór Rúnarsson
Stöð 2 November 2012[19]
 India[20] MasterChef India Akshay Kumar
(also judges)
Vikas Khanna
(also judges for Season 2)
Chef Ajay Chopra
Chef Kunal Kapoor
Star Plus 16 October – 25 December 2010
(Season 1)
Zaykebazon Ka Safar
(non-competition)
Vikas Khanna
Chef Ajay Chopra
Chef Kunal Kapoor
N/A 22 October 2011 – 1 January 2012
(Season 2)
Kitchen Ke Superstar Vikas Khanna
Sanjeev Kapoor
Chef Kunal Kapoor
11 March 2013 – present
(Season 3)
 Indonesia[21] MasterChef Indonesia N/A Rinrin Marinka
Degan Septoadji (2012-)
Arnold Poernomo (2013-)
Vindex Tengker (2011)
Juna Rorimpandey (2011-2012)
RCTI 1 May – 21 August 2011
(Season 1)
8 July 2012 – 28 October 2012
(Season 2)
5 May 2013 – present
(Season 3)
 Ireland[22] Masterchef Ireland Lorraine Pilkington (narrator) Dylan McGrath
Nick Munier
RTÉ Two 8 September – 13 October 2011
(Series 1)
4 October 2012 – present
(Series 2)
 Israel[23] מאסטר שף
MasterChef Israel
N/A Haim Cohen
Eyal Shani
Michal Anski
Yonatan Rochfeld[24]
Rafi Adar (Season 1)
Channel 2
(Keshet)
14 October 2010 – present
November 2012 – 29 January 2013 (Season 3)
 Italy[25] MasterChef Italia N/A Bruno Barbieri
Joe Bastianich
Carlo Cracco
Cielo (2011)
Sky Uno (2012)
21 September 2011 – 7 December 2011
(Season 1)
December 2012 (Season 2)
 Malaysia[26] MasterChef Malaysia Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo)
Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) (2011)
Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir)
Adu Amran Hassan, (Chef Adu) (2012–present)
Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo)
Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz)
Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir)
Yahaya Hassan, (Chef Yahaya)
Priya Menon, (Chef Priya)
Astro Ria
Mustika HD
22 October 2011 – present
MasterChef Selebriti Malaysia
(MasterChef Celebrity Malaysia)
Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo)
Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir)
Adu Amran Hassan, (Chef Adu)
26 May 2012 – present
 Netherlands[27] MasterChef Renate Verbaan Alain Caron
Peter Lute
Net 5 26 September 2010 – present
 New Zealand[28] MasterChef New Zealand N/A Ray McVinnie
Josh Emett
Simon Gault
Ross Burden (Season 1)
TV One Season 1 3 February 2010 – 28 April 2010
Season 2 20 February 2011 – 15 May 2011
Season 3 21 February 2012 – 12 June 2012
Season 4 21 February 2013 –
 Norway[29] Masterchef Norge Jenny Skavlan Eyvind Hellstrøm
Jan Vardøen
Tom Victor Gausdal
TV3 16 March 2010
 Peru[30] MasterChef Perú Gastón Acurio Astrid Gutsche
Mitsuharu "Mich" Tsumura
Renato Peralta
América Televisión 28 August – 11 December 2011
 Philippines MasterChef Pinoy Edition Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo Fern Aracama
Rolando Laudico
JP Anglo
ABS-CBN 12 November 2012 – present
 Poland[31] MasterChef Magda Gessler Magda Gessler
Michel Moran
Anna Starmach
TVN 2 September 2012 – 25 November
 Portugal[32] MasterChef Sílvia Alberto Justa Nobre
Ljubomir Stanisic
Chef Cordeiro
RTP1 9 July 2011 – 17 October 2011
 Romania[33][34] MasterChef România Răzvan Fodor Florin Dumitrescu
Cătălin Scărlătescu
Sorin Bontea
ProTV 20 March 2012 – 6 June 2012
(Season 1)
15 March 2013 – June 2013 (Season 2)
 Slovakia[35] Masterchef Slovensko Daniela Peštová Martin Korbelič
Jiří Štift
Radek Šubrt
Markíza 26 August 2012 – present
 Spain[36] MasterChef Eva González Pepe Rodríguez
Jordi Cruz
Samantha Vallejo-Nágera
La 1 10 April 2013 – present
 South Africa[37] Masterchef South Africa Pete Goffe-Wood
Andrew Atkinson
Benny Masekwameng
Mnet 20 March 2012 – present
(Series 1)
 South Korea[38] MasterChef Korea Kang Leo
Kim So-hee
Noh Hee-young
Olive TV 27 April 2012 – 20 July 2012
(Season 1)
May 2013
(Season 2)
 Sweden[39] Sveriges mästerkock N/A Leif Mannerström
Marcus Aujalay
Per Morberg
TV4 12 January 2011 – present
 Turkey MasterChef Türkiye Vural Özkandan Batuhan Zeynioğlu Piatti
Murat Bozok
Erol Kaynar
Show TV Spring 2010
 Ukraine[40] МастерШеф
MasterChef
Hector Jimenez-Bravo
Mykola Tischenko
Anfisa Chehova
STB 31 August 2011 – present
 United Kingdom
(original country)
MasterChef
(named MasterChef Goes Large
from 2005 to 2007)
Revived Series:
Narrator: India Fisher
Original series:
Loyd Grossman (Series 1 to 10)
Gary Rhodes (Series 11)
Revived series:
Gregg Wallace (2005–present)
John Torode (2005–present)
BBC One (1990–2000, 2009–)
BBC Two (2001, 2005–08)
Original series:
2 July 1990 – 3 July 2001
(Series 1–11)
Revived series:
21 February 2005 – present
Celebrity MasterChef Narrator: India Fisher Gregg Wallace
John Torode
BBC One (2006–11)
BBC Two (2012)
11 September 2006 – present
MasterChef: The Professionals Narrated by:
India Fisher (2008–2010)
Sean Pertwee (2011–)
Gregg Wallace
Michel Roux, Jr.
BBC Two 25 August 2008 – present
 United States[41] MasterChef USA Gary Rhodes two (various) celebrity
judges per challenge
PBS 1 April – 24 June 2000
(Season 1)
7 April – 30 June 2001
(Season 2)
MasterChef Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay
Joe Bastianich
Graham Elliot
Fox 27 July 2010 – 15 September 2010 (Season 1)
6 June 2011 – 16 August 2011 (Season 2)
4 June 2012 – 10 September 2012 (Season 3)
 Vietnam MasterChef Vietnam: Vua đầu bếp Luke Nguyen
Hoàng Khải
Phan Tôn Tịnh Hải
VTV3 8 March 2013 – present

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