10 Best TV Shows for Foodies And Cooking Enthusiasts

Based on the British BBC series of the same name, MasterChef is an American cooking competition series that puts amateur and home chefs against each other to win the title of “MasterChef,” and take home a cash prize of $250,000.

Though the format of MasterChef has had slight variations over its 12-season run, there are five regularly occurring challenges: a skill test, a mystery box, an elimination test, a team challenge, and a pressure test. The mystery box test boasts a similar reveal to what you’d see in Chopped, and the team challenge involves contestants taking the place of a particular restaurant’s staff, to see if they can work together to keep the operation running smoothly.

The competition takes place on a sound stage and is equipped similarly to shows like Iron Chef, and Chopped, in that contestants have access to a well-stocked pantry, all the cooking equipment that they could possibly need, and a freezer/fridge area.

Once the competition is down to two or three competitors, they will compete against one another in a three-course cook-off, judged by Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich. It is at this point that an overall winner is crowned MasterChef.

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