MasterChef

For the food brand based in Singapore, see Master Chef. For the software product, see MasterChef (software).

MasterChef is a television cooking game show franchise which originated with the UK version of the show. The same MasterChef logo is used around the world. The show has expanded to many versions in other countries, mainly due to the large national and international success of MasterChef Australia, which is the most watched television series in Australia, with the Season 2 finale being the 3rd most watched show in Australian television history.

International adaptations

Several countries around the world have adapted the MasterChef format, with the Australian format being the most popular and most successful franchise outside the UK.

Country	Name	Host(s)	Judges	Network	Air Dates / Premiere
Australia	MasterChef Australia	Sarah Wilson (2009) Gary Mehigan George Calombaris	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston Donna Hay (Guest Judge, 2010) Matt Moran (Guest Judge, 2011)	Network Ten	27 April 2009 – present
	Celebrity MasterChef Australia	George Calombaris Gary Mehigan	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston		30 September 2009 – 25 November 2009 (Season 1)
	Junior MasterChef Australia	George Calombaris Gary Mehigan	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston (2010) Anna Gare Matt Moran (2011–present)		12 September 2010 – present
Belgium (Dutch)	MasterChef	Dina Tersago?	Wout Bru Jean-Paul Perez	vtm	28 June – 29 July 2010 (Season 1) 4 July – 18 August 2011 (Season 2)
Croatia	MasterChef	Mitchell Musso	Tomislav Gretić Mate Janković Radovan Marčić		21 March – 17 June 2011
Denmark	Masterchef Denmark	Thomas Herman Henrik-Yde-Andersen Anders Aagaard		TV3	5 September 2011
Finland	MasterChef Suomi	Mikko Silvennoinen	Sikke Sumari Tom Björck Risto Mikkola	Nelonen	18 January – 5 April 2011
France	MasterChef	Carole Rousseau	Frédéric Anton Yves Camdeborde Sebastian Demoran	TF1	19 August 2010 – present
Germany	Deutschlands Meisterkoch (MasterChef Germany)	No host	Tim Raue Thomas Jaumann Nelson Müller	Sat.1	27 August – 16 October 2010 (Season 1)
Greece	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) January 2012 (Season 2)
	Junior MasterChef Greece	Maria Mpekatorou			30 November 2011
India	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	No Judging		22 October 2011 – 1 January 2012 (Season 2)
Indonesia	MasterChef Indonesia	Vindex Tengker Juna Rorimpandey	Vindex Tengker Rinrin Marinka Juna Rorimpandey	RCTI	1 May – 21 August 2011 (Season 1) September 2012 (Season 2)
Ireland	Masterchef Ireland	Lorraine Pilkington (narrator)	Dylan McGrath Nick Munier	RTÉ TWO	8 September – 13 October 2011 (Series 1)
Israel	מאסטר שף MasterChef Israel	Haim Cohen (also judges)	Eyal Shani Micahl Anski Yonatan Roshfeld Rafi Adar (Season 1)	Channel 2 Keshet	14 October 2010 – present
Italy	MasterChef Italia	No host	Bruno Barbieri Joe Bastianich Carlo Cracco	Cielo	21 September 2011
Lebanon	MasterChef Lebanon	Unknown	Unknown	Murr_TV	2012??
Malaysia	MasterChef Malaysia	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir)	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	22 October 2011
Netherlands	MasterChef	Renate Verbaan	Alain Caron Peter Lute	Net 5	26 September 2010 – present
	Junior MasterChef	Alain Caron & Peter Lute			28 November 2011 – present
New Zealand	MasterChef New Zealand	No Host	Ray McVinnie Josh Emett Simon Gault Ross Burden (Season 1)	TV One	3 February 2010 – present
Norway	Masterchef Norge	Jenny Skavlan	Eyvind Hellstrøm Jan Vardøen Tom Victor Gausdal	TV3	16 March 2010
Peru	MasterChef Perú	Gastón Acurio	Astrid Gutsche Mitsuharu "Mich" Tsumura Renato Peralta	América Televisión	28 August – 11 December 2011
Philippines	Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition	Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo	Fern Aracama Rolando Laudico JP Anglo	ABS-CBN	27 August 2011 – present
	MasterChef Pinoy Edition				TBA 2012
Portugal	MasterChef	Sílvia Alberto	Justa Nobre Ljubomir Stanisic Chef Cordeiro	RTP1	9 July 2011
Switzerland	MasterChef	Charlie Brown	Florin Dumitrescu Catalin Scarlatescu Bontea Sorin	RSI La 1	Late 2012
Sweden	Sveriges mästerkock	No host	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	МастерШеф MasterChef	Hector Jimenez-Bravo Mykola Tischenko Anfisa Chehova		STB (Channel)	31 August 2011
United Kingdom (original country)	MasterChef (named MasterChef Goes Large from 2005 to 2007)	Revived Series: Narrator: India Fisher	Original series: Loyd Grossman (1990–2000) Gary Rhodes (2001) Revived series: Gregg Wallace (2005–present) John Torode (2005–present)	BBC One BBC Two	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	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
	Junior MasterChef	Lloyd Grossman		BBC One	14 August 1994 – 1 August 1999 (Series 1–5)
		Narrator: India Fisher	John Torode Nadia Sawalha	CBBC / BBC One	10–29 May 2010 (New version)
United States	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 – present