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MasterChef USA

2000–2001 · 2 seasons

A gentle, old-school cooking contest where amateur cooks sweat over soufflés and the stakes feel cozy rather than cutthroat.

Created by
Franc Roddam
Genres
Reality
Starring
Gary Rhodes, Lynne Champion, Stephen Both
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.

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Created by
Franc Roddam
Genres
Reality
Starring
Gary Rhodes, Lynne Champion, Stephen Both
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • art
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
reality
Created by
Franc Roddam
Starring
Gary Rhodes, Lynne Champion, Stephen Both, Geoffrey Hill, David Ross, Lala Cheema, Nancy Vaziri, Skitch Henderson
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes, 26 min each
Network
PBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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