MasterChef

Overview

This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.

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  Season 1

  8 episodes · 2010

  Season 1 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef, which ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010, on Fox.

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  Season 2

  20 episodes · 2011

  Season 2 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 6 and 7, 2011. At the end of the third episode, which aired on June 13, 2011, the judges had tasted all 100 dishes and given white MasterChef aprons to 38 contestants. In the fourth episode that aired on June 14, 2011, the judges cut that number down to 18 contestants.

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  Season 3

  20 episodes · 2012

  Season 3 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 4 and 5, 2012. By the third episode, which aired on June 11, 2012, the judges had tasted all 100 dishes and given white MasterChef aprons to 36 contestants. In the same episode, the judges cut that number down to 18 contestants. The season concluded on September 10, 2012 with the first blind contestant Christine Ha winning the MasterChef title.

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  Season 4

  25 episodes · 2013

  Season 4 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a premiere on Fox on May 22, 2013. Luca Manfè was the winner of this season, making him the first male contestant and previous season returnee to win MasterChef.

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  Season 5

  19 episodes · 2014

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  Season 6

  20 episodes · 2015

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  Season 7

  19 episodes · 2016

  Throughout Season Seven, host and award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and renowned pastry chef Christina Tosi will welcome a number of special guest judges, including Wolfgang Puck, Aarón Sánchez, Edward Lee, Kevin Sbraga and Richard Blais, to help search for America’s best home cook.

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  Season 8

  21 episodes · 2017

  Throughout Season Eight, award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and renowned pastry chef Christina Tosi will be joined by celebrated chef and restaurateur Aarón Sánchez on the judges’ panel, as they put the Top Forty contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.

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  Season 9

  23 episodes · 2018

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  Season 10

  25 episodes · 2019

  This season is more exciting than ever with a surprise-filled journey that takes the contestants on the trip of a lifetime. Ramsay and the judges will serve as mentors to these skilled home chefs as they compete to claim the title of MasterChef and the $250,000 grand prize on MasterChef’s milestone 10th season.

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  Legends

  18 episodes · 2021

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  Back to Win

  20 episodes · 2022

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  United Tastes of America

  20 episodes · 2023

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  Generations

  19 episodes · 2024

  Culinary titan Gordon Ramsay, acclaimed chef Aarón Sánchez and renowned restaurateur Joe Bastianich return for the ultimate cook-off, as the top home cooks from four generations (Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers) battle it out.

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  Dynamic Duos

  18 episodes · 2025

  In the 15th season, pairs of home cooks participate together, in hopes of becoming America’s next MasterChefs. From married and dating couples, to mothers and daughters, siblings, best friends and even divorcees — relationships are tested in some of the toughest challenges to date.

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  Global Gauntlet

  14 episodes · 2026

  Season 16, titled MasterChef: Global Gauntlet, pits 20 home cooks against each other in a World Cup-inspired competition where contestants represent four global regions tied to their heritage: the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.