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MasterChef USA
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Christine Andrews Rylko
Director: Manny Rodriguez
Top Cast
Gary Rhodes
Self - Host
Geoffrey Hill
Self - Competitor
David Ross
Self - Competitor
Lala Cheema
Self - Competitor
Seasons
Season 0 (2000)
No overview available.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Season 1 Special
2000-06-22The Season 1 special featured a preview of the final-round cook-off. The episode also included interviews with the contestants and season highlights.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: Season 2 Special
2001-06-28The Season 2 special featured a preview of the final-round cook-off. The episode also included interviews with the contestants and season highlights.
Runtime: 43 minSeason 1 (2000)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Regional Cookoff 1
2000-04-01Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 2: Regional Cookoff 2
2000-04-08Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 3: Regional Cookoff 3
2000-04-15Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 4: Regional Cookoff 4
2000-04-22Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 5: Regional Cookoff 5
2000-04-29Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 6: Regional Cookoff 6
2000-05-06Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 7: Regional Cookoff 7
2000-05-13The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 8: Regional Cookoff 8
2000-05-20The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 9: Regional Cookoff 9
2000-05-27The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 10: Semifinal Competition 1
2000-06-03In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 11: Semifinal Competition 2
2000-06-10In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 12: Semifinal Competition 3
2000-06-17In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 13: Grand Finale
2000-06-24The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.
Runtime: 22 min
Season 2 (2001)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Midwestern-A Regional Cookoff
2001-04-07Midwestern-A region; judges are comic Bobby Collins and Chef Susan Feniger.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 2: Northwestern Regional Cookoff
2001-04-14Northwestern region; judges are editor Jerry Anne Divecchio and Chef Tom Douglas.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 3: Northeastern-B Regional Cookoff
2001-04-21Northeastern-B; judges are CNN's Laurin Sydney and Chef Benjamin Ford.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 4: Western-A Regional Cookoff
2001-04-28Western-A region; judges are Jacklyn Zeman and Chef Mark Peel.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 5: Southeastern Regional Cookoff
2001-05-05Southeastern region; judges are David Brenner and Chef Mary Sue Milliken.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 6: Midwestern-B Regional Cookoff
2001-05-12The second set of Midwestern-B region; judges are actress Suzanne Rogers and Chef Damian Mandola.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 7: Northeastern-A Regional Cookoff
2001-05-19Northeastern-A region; judges are Tom Bergeron and Chef Richard Kaupp.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 8: Western-B Regional Cookoff
2001-05-26Western-B region; judges are Bill Nye the Science Guy and Chef Michael Chiarello.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 9: Southwestern Regional Cookoff
2001-06-02The last group of cooks from the Southwestern region; judges are Suzanne Sena and Chef Mark Miller.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 10: Semifinal Competition 1
2001-06-09Semifinal 1; Southwestern/Midwestern regions; judges are Barbara Fairchild and Piero Selvaggio.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 11: Semifinal Competition 2
2001-06-16Semifinal 2; Northeastern/ Southeastern region; judges are A.J. Benza and Rick Bayless.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 12: Semifinal Competition 3
2001-06-23The last semi-final round, Semifinal 3; Northwestern/ Western regions; judges are actress Donna Mills and Allyson Thurber.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 13: Grand Finale
2001-06-30The three winners of semifinals 1, 2 and 3 compete in a three-course meal challenge; judges are B. Smith and MasterChef 2000 winner, Nancy Vaziri.
Runtime: 22 min
