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MasterChef USA

26min

Reality

MasterChef USA, on PBS, is the original US adaptation of the BBC's MasterChef, a cooking competition for amateur cooks. Grab your whisks and hang on to your toques, as the 27 regional MasterChef champs chop, purée, roast, braise, sauté, simmer and grill their way through the Olympics of amateur cooking to the title of MasterChef USA! Host Gary Rhodes, one of Great Britain’s best-loved chefs, guides us through 13 half-hour episodes and an hour long prime time special. A panel of celebrity judges preside as 27 winning amateur chefs, wielding their own mouthwatering menus, battle over Brulée and Beurre Blanc, wrangle over roasted peppers and risotto, and strive to create the most satisfying soup, salad and soufflé.

Production Companies

West 175 Media Group

Thirteen

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Regional Cookoff 1

1. Regional Cookoff 1

22min

1st Apr 2000

Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.

Regional Cookoff 2

2. Regional Cookoff 2

22min

8th Apr 2000

Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.

Regional Cookoff 3

3. Regional Cookoff 3

22min

15th Apr 2000

Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.

Regional Cookoff 4

4. Regional Cookoff 4

22min

22nd Apr 2000

Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.

Regional Cookoff 5

5. Regional Cookoff 5

22min

29th Apr 2000

Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.

Regional Cookoff 6

6. Regional Cookoff 6

22min

6th May 2000

Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.

Regional Cookoff 7

7. Regional Cookoff 7

22min

13th May 2000

The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.

Regional Cookoff 8

8. Regional Cookoff 8

22min

20th May 2000

The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.

Regional Cookoff 9

9. Regional Cookoff 9

22min

27th May 2000

The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.

Semifinal Competition 1

10. Semifinal Competition 1

22min

3rd Jun 2000

In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.

Semifinal Competition 2

11. Semifinal Competition 2

22min

10th Jun 2000

In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.

Semifinal Competition 3

12. Semifinal Competition 3

22min

17th Jun 2000

In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.

Grand Finale

13. Grand Finale

22min

24th Jun 2000

The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.

First air date

1st Apr 2000

Last air date

30th Jun 2001

Status

Ended

Type

Reality

Original language

en

Networks