MasterChef

MasterChef
Genre	Cooking
Created by	Franc Roddam
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	30–90 minutes
Release
First shown in	1990–2001 (Original) 2005–present (Revived)
External links
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t1k5

MasterChef is a television competitive reality cooking show franchise created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John Silver and series producer Karen Ross.

In 2009, the format was re-developed in Australia where it was transformed into the current iteration of the programme. This gave the programme a new dynamic.^[1]

Format

The show's format has been exported around the world under the same MasterChef logo, and is now produced in more than 40 countries and airs in over 200 territories.

The format has appeared in four major 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. In 2012, Australia created the fifth version called MasterChef All-Stars, for former contestants to raise money for charity.

The revived format is sold internationally by production company, Shine Group.

Popularity

MasterChef Australia is the most watched television series in Australia,^[2][3] with the season 2 finale being the third most watched show in Australian television history.^[4][5] 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

Current, previous and upcoming versions include:

     Currently airing franchise

     Franchise no longer in production

Country	Name	Presenter(s)	Judges	Network	Premiere / Air dates
Albania[6]	MasterChef Albania	Manjola Merlika	Sokol Prenga Renato Mekolli Gëzim Musliaka	Top Channel	8 March 2014 – 7 June 2014 (Season 1) 15 November 2014 – 14 February 2015 (Season 2)
Algeria	MasterChef Algérie ماسترشاف الجزائر	Tayeb Kaci Abdellah	Rabah Ourrad Yasmina Sellam Malak Labidi	Echourouk TV Benna TV	5 November 2016 – 24 December 2016
Argentina[7]	MasterChef	Mariano Peluffo	Donato de Santis Germán Martitegui Christophe Krywonis	Telefe	6 April 2014 – 27 July 2014 (Season 1) 8 April 2015 – 26 August 2015 (Season 2)
Asia	MasterChef Asia	Chokoleit	Susur Lee Bruno Menard Audra Morrice	Lifetime	3 September 2015 – 10 December 2015 (Season 1)
Australia[8]	MasterChef Australia	Sarah Wilson (Season 1) Gary Mehigan (Season 2–) George Calombaris (Season 2–)	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) 2 June 2013 – 1 September 2013 (Season 5) 5 May 2014 – 28 July 2014 (Season 6) 5 May 2015 – 27 July 2015 (Season 7) 1 May 2016 – 26 July 2016 (Season 8) 1 May 2017 – 24 July 2017 (Season 9)
	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
Bangladesh[9]	MasterChef Bangladesh	TBA		Delta Bay (production)	TBA
Belgium (in Dutch)[10]	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)
Brazil[11]	MasterChef	Ana Paula Padrão	Erick Jacquin Henrique Fogaça Paola Carosella	Band	2 September – 16 December 2014 (Season 1) 19 May – 15 September 2015 (Season 2) 15 March – 23 August 2016 (Season 3) 7 March – 22 August 2017 (Season 4)
Bulgaria[12]	MasterChef България (MasterChef Bulgaria)	Viktor Angelov	Andre Tokev Viktor Angelov Petar Mihalchev	bTV	3 March 2015 – 2 June 2015 (Season 1) 1 March 2016 – 1 June 2016 (Season 2) 27 February 2017 – 30 May 2017 (Season 3)
Canada	MasterChef Canada	Alvin Leung Claudio Aprile Michael Bonacini[13]		CTV	20 January 2014 – present
Chile[14][15]	MasterChef Chile	Diana Bolocco	Cristopher Carpentier (Season 1 – present) Ennio Carota (Season 1 – present) Yann Yvin (Seasons 1 – 2) Sergi Arola (Season 3 – present)	Canal 13	27 October 2014 – 1 February 2015 (Season 1) 18 October 2015 – 28 January 2016 (Season 2) 5 March 2017 – present (Season 3)
China[16][17]	MasterChef China 顶级厨师	Jonathan Lee Tsung-sheng (2012) Jereme Leung Ji-gang (2013) Cao Kefan (2012–13) Steven Liu I-fan (2012–13)		Dragon TV JSTV	29 July 2012 – March 2013
Colombia[18]	MasterChef Colombia	Claudia Bahamon	Jorge Raush Paco Roncero Nicolás de Zubiría	RCN Television	14 January 2015 – 21 April 2015
Croatia	MasterChef Hrvatska	Igor Mešin	Tomislav Gretić Mate Janković Radovan Marčić	Nova TV	21 March 2011 – 17 June 2011 (Season 1)
Czech Republic	MasterChef Česko	No presenters	Marek Raditsch Marek Fichtner Miroslav Kalina	TV Nova	7 October 2015 – 16 December 2015 (Season 1) 21 August 2016 – 23 November 2016 (Season 2)
Czech Republic[19]  Slovakia	MasterChef ČS	Daniela Peštová	Martin Korbelič Jiří Štift Radek Šubrt	Markíza Nova	31 August 2012 – present
Denmark[20]	Masterchef Danmark	Thomas Herman Henrik-Yde-Andersen Anders Aagaard		TV3	5 September 2011
Finland[21]	MasterChef Suomi	Mikko Silvennoinen	Sikke Sumari Tom Björck Risto Mikkola	Nelonen	18 January 2011 – present
France[22]	MasterChef France	Carole Rousseau (season 1–3) Sébastien Demorand (season 4) Sandrine Quétier (season 5)	Frédéric Anton (season 1–4) Yves Camdeborde (season 1–4) Sébastien Demorand (season 1–4) Amandine Chaignot (season 4) Gilles Goujon (season 5) Christian Etchebest (season 5) Yannick Delpech (season 5)	TF1 (2010–2015) NT1 (2015)	19 August 2010 – 4 November 2010 (Season 1) 18 August 2011 – 3 November 2011 (Season 2) 23 August 2012 – 8 November 2012 (Season 3) 20 September 2013 – 20 December 2013 (Season 4) 25 June 2015 – 3 September 2015 (Season 5)
Germany [23][24]	Deutschlands MeisterKoch (Germany's Master Chef)	Tim Raue Thomas Jaumann Nelson Müller		Sat.1	27 August – 16 October 2010 (Season 1)
	MasterChef Germany	Justin Leone Sybille Schönberger Ralf Zacherl		Sky 1	3 November 2016
Greece[25]	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)
		Dimitris Skarmoutsos Panos Ioannidis Sotiris Kontizas		Star Channel	4 May - 30 July 2017 (Season 3)
Hungary[26][27]	Mesterszakács (MasterChef)	unknown	Gianni Annoni Bíró Lajos	Viasat 3	26 October 2009 – present
Iceland[28]	MasterChef Ísland	TBA	Ólafur Örn Ólafsson Friðrika Hjördís Geirsdóttir Eyþór Rúnarsson	Stöð 2	November 2012[29]
India[30]	MasterChef India	No presenters	Akshay Kumar (Season 1) Kunal Kapur (Seasons 1–3;5) Ajay Chopra (Seasons 1–2) Vikas Khanna (Seasons 2–5) Sanjeev Kapoor (Seasons 3–4) Ranveer Brar (Season 4) Zorawar Kalra (Season 5)	Star Plus	16 October 2010 – 25 December 2010 (Season 1) 22 October 2011 – 1 January 2012 (Season 2) 11 March 2013 – 9 June 2013 (Season 3) 26 January 2015 – 12 April 2015 (Season 4) 1 October 2016 – 25 December 2016 (Season 5)
	Junior MasterChef India: Swaad Ke Ustaad		Vikas Khanna Kunal Kapur Chef Jolly		17 August 2013 – 2 November 2013
Indonesia[31]	MasterChef Indonesia	Juna Rorimpandey (Season 1-2, 5-present) Rinrin Marinka (Season 1-3, 5-present) Arnold Poernomo (Season 3–present) Farah Quinn (Season 5-present) Vindex Tengker (Season 1) Degan Septoadji (Season 2-3) Matteo Guerinoni (Season 4)		RCTI	1 May – 21 August 2011 (Season 1) 8 July – 28 October 2012 (Season 2) 5 May – 17 August 2013 (Season 3) 31 May – 12 September 2015 (Season 4)
Ireland[32]	MasterChef Ireland	Lorraine Pilkington (narrator)	Dylan McGrath Nick Munier	RTÉ Two	8 September – 13 October 2011 (Series 1) 4 October – 13 December 2012 (Series 2)
	Celebrity MasterChef Ireland			RTÉ One	14 July 2013 – 18 August 2013 (Series 1)
Israel[33]	מאסטר שף MasterChef Israel	Haim Cohen Eyal Shani Michal Anski Yonatan Rochfeld[34] (Season 2–present) Rafi Adar (Season 1)		Channel 2 (Keshet)	14 October 2010 – present
	[35] VIP מאסטר שף MasterChef VIP (Israel)	Haim Cohen Eyal Shani Michal Anski Yonatan Rochfeld			1 February 2015 – 29 March 2015
Italy[36]	MasterChef Italia	Bruno Barbieri (1-present) Joe Bastianich (1-present) Carlo Cracco (1-present) Antonino Cannavacciuolo (5-present)		Cielo (1) Sky Uno (2–present) Rerun Sky Uno (1) Cielo (2–4) TV8 (5)	21 September 2011 – 7 December 2011 (Season 1) 13 December 2012 – 21 February 2013 (Season 2) 19 December 2013 – 6 March 2014 (Season 3) 18 December 2014 – 5 March 2015 (Season 4) 17 December 2015 – 3 March 2016 (Season 5) 22 December 2016 – 9 March 2017 (Season 6)
					13 December 2012
Malaysia[37]	MasterChef Malaysia	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir) Yahaya Hassan, (Chef Yahaya) Priya Menon, (Chef Priya)	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) (2011) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir) Adu Amran Hassan, (Chef Adu) (2012–present)	Astro Ria (2011–present) Mustika HD (2012–2013) Maya HD (2013–present)	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
	MasterChef Malaysia All-Stars	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir) Adu Amran Hassan, (Chef Adu)			23 November 2013
Mexico[38]	MasterChef México	Anette Michel[39]	Adrián Herrera Díaz (2015-) Benito Molina Dubost (2015-) Betty Vázquez (2015-)	Azteca Trece (Azteca)	28 June 2015 – 18 October 2015 (Season 1) TBA (Season 2)
Morocco[40]	ماستر شيف المغرب MasterChef Elmaghreb	Mariam Ettahri Moha Fdal Khadija Bensdira		2M	7 October 2014 – 14 October 2015 - 2016 upcoming
Netherlands[41]	MasterChef	Renate Verbaan (2010) No host (2011-2015)	Hans van Wolde (2010) Alain Caron (2010-2014) Peter Lute (2010-2014) Julius Jaspers (2014) Michiel van der Eerde (2015-2016) Marcus Polman (2015-2016) Robert Kranenborg (2015-2016)	Net 5, SBS 6	26 September 2010 – present
New Zealand[42]	MasterChef New Zealand	No presenters	Ray McVinnie (Season 1–5) Josh Emett (Season 2–6) Simon Gault (Season 1–5) Ross Burden (Season 1) Al Brown (Season 6) Mark Wallbank (Season 6)	TV One (2010–2014) TV3 (2015)	3 February 2010 – 28 April 2010 (Season 1) 20 February 2011 – 15 May 2011 (Season 2) 21 February 2012 – 12 June 2012 (Season 3) 21 February 2013 – 2 June 2013 (Season 4) 2 February 2014 – 4 May 2014 (Season 5) 26 July 2015 – 28 September 2015 (Season 6)
Norway[43]	Masterchef Norge	Jenny Skavlan	Eyvind Hellstrøm Jan Vardøen Tom Victor Gausdal	TV3	16 March 2010
Pakistan[44]	ماسٹر شیف پاکستان MasterChef Pakistan	Chef Zakir Qureshi Chef Mehboob Khan Chef Khurram Awan		Urdu 1	3 May 2014 – 27 July 2014
Peru[45]	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	Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo Fern Aracama Rolando Laudico JP Anglo	ABS-CBN	12 November 2012 – 9 February 2013
Poland[46]	MasterChef	Magda Gessler	Magda Gessler Michel Moran Anna Starmach	TVN	2 September 2012 – 25 November 2012 (Season 1) 1 September 2013 – 1 December 2013 (Season 2) 7 September 2014 – 7 December 2014 (Season 3) 6 September 2015 – 13 December 2015 (Season 4) 4 September 2016 – 4 December 2016 (Season 5)
Portugal[47]	MasterChef	Sílvia Alberto	Justa Nobre Ljubomir Stanisic Chef Cordeiro	RTP1	9 July 2011 – 17 October 2011
	MasterChef Portugal	Manuel Luís Goucha Teresa Fernandes (narrator)	Manuel Luís Goucha Rui Paula Miguel Rocha Vieira	TVI	8 March 2014 – 31 May 2014 (Season 1) 28 February 2015 – 6 June 2015 (Season 2)
Romania[48][49]	MasterChef România	Răzvan Fodor	Răzvan Exarhu (2017–) Samuel le Torriellec (2017–) Liviu Popescu (2017–) Patrizia Paglieri (2014–2015) Adrian Hădean (2014–2015) Florin Scripcă (2014–2015) Florin Dumitrescu (2012–2014) Cătălin Scărlătescu (2012–2014) Sorin Bontea (2012–2014)	Pro TV	20 March 2012 – 6 June 2012 (Season 1) 15 March 2013 – 28 May 2013 (Season 2) 18 March 2014 – 10 June 2014 (Season 3) 15 September 2014 – 23 December 2014 (Season 4) 14 September 2015 – 14 December 2015 (Season 5) 13 February 2017 – TBA (Season 6)
	Celebrity MasterChef				8 October 2013 – 24 December 2013 (Season 1)
Russia[50]	МастерШеф (MasterChef)	Arkady Novikov Mirko Dzago Alexandr Sorkin (season 1) Denis Krupen'a (season 2)		STS	2 November 2013 – 30 December 2013 (Season 1) 23 October 2014 – 25 December 2014 (Season 2)
Saudi Arabia[51]	ماستر شيف العرب MasterChef Elarab	No presenters	Hafez Kohaje Yasser Jad Badr Fayez	Saudi TV 1	17 February 2014
Slovakia[52]	Masterchef Slovensko	No presenters	Branislav Križan Jaroslav Ertl Martin Záhumenský	Markíza	5 April 2016 – 23 June 2016
Slovenia[53]	MasterChef Slovenija	No presenters	Luka Jezeršek Alma Rekić Karim Merdjadi	POP TV	1 April 2015 – 18 June 2015 (season 1) 10 March 2016 – 9 June 2016 (season 2)
South Africa[54]	Masterchef South Africa	Pete Goffe-Wood Andrew Atkinson (season 1–2) Benny Masekwameng Ruben Ruffle (season 3–present)		Mnet	20 March 2012 – present (Series 1)
South Korea[55]	MasterChef Korea	Kang Leo (Season 1–) Kim So-hee (Season 1–2, 4) Noh Hee-young (Season 1–3) Kim Hooni (Season 3–)		O'Live[56]	27 April 2012 – 20 July 2012 (Season 1) 10 May 2013 – 2 August 2013 (Season 2) 5 April 2014 – 2 August 2014 (Season 3) 3 March 2016 – 2016 (Season 4)
	Celebrity MasterChef Korea	Kang Leo (Season 1) Kim So-hee (Season 1) Noh Hee-young (Season 1)			22 February 2013 – Unknown (Season 1)
Spain[57][58]	MasterChef	Eva González	Pepe Rodríguez Jordi Cruz Samantha Vallejo-Nágera	La 1	10 April 2013 – 2 July 2013 (Season 1) 9 April 2014 – 23 July 2014 (Season 2) 7 April 2015 – 30 June 2015 (Season 3) 6 April 2016 – 29 June 2016 (Season 4) 16 April 2017 – 28 June 2017 (Season 5)
	MasterChef Celebrity				6 November 2016 – 13 December 2016 (Season 1) TBA 2017 (Season 2)
Sweden[59]	Sveriges mästerkock	No presenters	Leif Mannerström Markus Aujalay Per Morberg (2011–2013) Anders Dahlbom (2014) Mischa Billing (2015-)	TV4	12 January 2011 – present
Thailand	MasterChef Thailand	Piyatida Mitrteeraroj	M.L. Pasan Sawasdiwat M.L. Kwanthip Dewakul Pongthawat Chalermkittichai	CH7	4 June 2017 – present (Season 1)
Turkey	MasterChef Türkiye	Vural Özkandan	Batuhan Zeynioğlu Piatti Murat Bozok Erol Kaynar	Show TV	Spring 2010
Ukraine[60]	МастерШеф MasterChef Ukraine	Hector Jimenez-Bravo (1-) Mykola Tischenko (1-5) Anfisa Chehova (1) Janna Badoeva (2) Tatiana Litvinova (3-) Sergey Kalinin (6-)		STB	31 August 2011 – 28 December 2011 (Season 1) 29 August 2012 – 26 December 2012 (Season 2) 30 August 2013 – 25 December 2013 (Season 3) 27 August 2014 – 24 December 2014 (Season 4) 26 August 2015 – 23 December 2015 (Season 5) 30 August 2016 – December 2016 (Season 6)
United Kingdom (original country)	MasterChef (MasterChef Goes Large from 2005–2007)	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, 2013-) BBC Two (2012)	11 September 2006 – present
United States[61]	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 (Season 1–present) Christina Tosi (Season 6–present) Aaron Sanchez (Season 8-present) Graham Elliot (Seasons 1–6) Joe Bastianich (Seasons 1–5) Guest Judges for each challenge (Season 7)	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) 22 May 2013 – 11 September 2013 (Season 4) 26 May 2014 – 15 September 2014 (Season 5) 20 May 2015 – 16 September 2015 (Season 6) 1 June 2016 – 14 September 2016 (Season 7) 31 May 2017 – present (Season 8)
Uruguay	MasterChef Uruguay	Diego González	Sergio Puglia Lucía Soria Laurent Lainé	Canal 10	3 April 2017 – present
Vietnam	MasterChef Vietnam: Vua đầu bếp	Phạm Tuấn Hải Christine Ha (Season 3–present) Nguyễn Thị Kim Oanh (Season 2) Luke Nguyen (Season 1–2) Hoàng Khải (Season 1) Phan Tôn Tịnh Hải (Season 1)		VTV3	8 March 2013 – 19 July 2013 (Season 1) 19 July 2014 – 25 October 2014 (Season 2) 5 September 2015 – 12 December 2015 (Season 3)
	Celebrity MasterChef Vietnam	TBA		VTV3	2017 (Season 1)

See also

• Junior MasterChef
• MasterChef: The Professionals

References