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MasterChef
MasterChef current logo & wordmark.svg
GenreCookery
Created byFranc Roddam
Directed byRich Kim
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes247
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Justin Brooks
  • Jefferson Strouse
Running time42 minutes
Production companiesOne Potato Two Potato
Reveille Productions (2010–12)
Shine America (2012–14)
Endemol Shine North America (2015–)
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJuly 27, 2010 (2010-07-27) –
present
Chronology
RelatedMasterChef Junior

MasterChef is an American competitive cooking reality television series that premiered on Fox on July 27, 2010.[1] Based on the British series of the same name and produced by Endemol Shine North America and One Potato Two Potato, the series features amateur and home chefs competing to win the title of 'MasterChef'.[2] The current line-up of judges consists of Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Aarón Sánchez.

A twelfth season, subtitled Back to Win, aired May–September 2022. In September 2022, the series was renewed for a thirteenth season. The season is set to premiere in summer 2023 with Ramsay, Sánchez, and Bastianich all set to return as judges.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three television networks on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.

MasterChef (British TV series)

MasterChef (British TV series)

MasterChef is a competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. In the UK, it is produced by the BBC. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2005 as MasterChef Goes Large. The revival featured a new format devised by Franc Roddam and John Silver, with Karen Ross producing. In 2008, the name was changed back to MasterChef but the format remained unchanged.

Endemol Shine North America

Endemol Shine North America

Endemol Shine North America is the American division of Banijay that was founded on March 15, 2002 as a merger of Shine Americas, Shine USA, and Reveille Productions.

Optomen

Optomen

Optomen is an independent television production company, with Optomen Television Ltd. for the United Kingdom and Optomen Productions Inc. for the United States.

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall; it currently holds a total of seven. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.

Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich

Joseph Bastianich is an American restaurateur, winemaker, author, television personality, and musician. He, along with his mother and business partner Lidia Bastianich, co-owns thirty restaurants in four countries, including Osteria Mozza in Los Angeles, which the owners expanded in 2010. Earlier that same year, they teamed up with businessman Oscar Farinetti to bring Eataly, an upscale food and wine market, to Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City and London.

Aarón Sánchez (chef)

Aarón Sánchez (chef)

Aarón Sánchez is a Mexican-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author and philanthropist. He is the executive chef and part-owner of the Mexican restaurant Johnny Sánchez in New Orleans.

Format

MasterChef is based on the British BBC series MasterChef. The competition takes place in the MasterChef soundstage located in Los Angeles, CA which includes a large kitchen area with several cooking stations which is overlooked by a balcony, a well-stocked pantry, a freezer/fridge area and a fine-dining restaurant/seating dining area room used for certain challenges.

While the particular format of the season has slightly varied over the years, the following challenges have all been regularly featured:

  • Skills Test: Cooks are challenged to perform a list of common cooking techniques or styles, or to replicate a particular cooking method of a dish (i.e. steaks done to an exact wellness). This type of test is also sometimes used as an Elimination Test.
  • Mystery Box: Cooks are all given a box with the same ingredients and must use only those ingredients to create a dish within a fixed amount of time. The judges will select three dishes based on visual appearance and technique alone to taste, and from these three select one winner who usually gains an advantage of some type in the elimination test.
  • Elimination Test: After the challenge is explained, judges evaluate all dishes based on taste and visual appeal. The judges nominate the worst dishes for elimination and criticize them before eliminating at least one contestant.
  • Team Challenge: The cooks are split into teams by either team captains or the judges. They often occur in a restaurant takeover or pop-up restaurant taking the place of the staff of a particular restaurant. Diners taste both meals and vote for their favorite. The winning team advances, while the losing team will participate in the Pressure Test or face elimination based on the teams' performance.
  • Pressure Test: Another form of the Elimination Test, in which losing team members compete against each other to make a standard dish within a very limited amount of time that requires a great degree of cooking finesse. Each dish is judged on taste, visual appeal and technique, and the losing chef is eliminated.

Once the competition is reduced to either the final two or three competitors, the finalists will compete against each other in a three-course cook-off. All courses of the meal are judged and an overall winner is crowned. The winner of each season wins $250,000, a MasterChef trophy, and the title of MasterChef. Some seasons have also added other prizes such as a cookbook deal.

Judges

Season Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3
1 Gordon Ramsay Graham Elliot Joe Bastianich
2
3
4
5
6 Christina Tosi
7 Guest judges [a]
8 Aarón Sánchez
9 Joe Bastianich
10
11
12
Notes
  1. ^ The guest judges rotated between Sánchez, Wolfgang Puck, Edward Lee, Kevin Sbraga, Richard Blais, and Daniel Boulud

For the first five seasons, the series starred celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay (the co-creator of the series and Hell's Kitchen), Graham Elliot and restaurateur Joe Bastianich.[3] From seasons six through eight, pastry chef Christina Tosi temporarily replaced Bastianich.[4] On season seven, Elliot departed as a judge, and in place of a third judge, there were a series of guest judges, one of which was Aarón Sánchez. Since season eight, Sánchez joined as a regular judge.[5] In season nine, Bastianich returned as a regular judge, replacing Tosi.

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MasterChef (American season 1)

MasterChef (American season 1)

The first season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010 on Fox.

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall; it currently holds a total of seven. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.

Graham Elliot

Graham Elliot

Graham Elliot Bowles is an American chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. He first gained recognition in the restaurant business as a three-time nominee for the James Beard Award. In 2004, he was named to Food & Wine's "Best New Chefs" list, and became the youngest chef in the United States to receive four stars from a major publication.

Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich

Joseph Bastianich is an American restaurateur, winemaker, author, television personality, and musician. He, along with his mother and business partner Lidia Bastianich, co-owns thirty restaurants in four countries, including Osteria Mozza in Los Angeles, which the owners expanded in 2010. Earlier that same year, they teamed up with businessman Oscar Farinetti to bring Eataly, an upscale food and wine market, to Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City and London.

MasterChef (American season 2)

MasterChef (American season 2)

The second season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 6 and 7, 2011.

MasterChef (American season 3)

MasterChef (American season 3)

The third season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a 2-night premiere on Fox on June 4 and 5, 2012.

Christina Tosi

Christina Tosi

Christina Tosi is an American chef and cookbook author. She is founder and co-owner with Momofuku of Milk Bar and serves as its chef and chief executive officer. Food & Wine magazine included her in their 2014 list of "Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink".

Aarón Sánchez (chef)

Aarón Sánchez (chef)

Aarón Sánchez is a Mexican-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author and philanthropist. He is the executive chef and part-owner of the Mexican restaurant Johnny Sánchez in New Orleans.

MasterChef (American season 10)

MasterChef (American season 10)

The tenth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on May 29, 2019, and concluded on September 18, 2019. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges. The season was won by creeler Dorian Hunter, with former Army interrogator Sarah Faherty finishing second, and college student Nick DiGiovanni placing third.

MasterChef (American season 11)

MasterChef (American season 11)

The eleventh season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on June 2, 2021, and concluded on September 15, 2021. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges. The season was won by physical therapist Kelsey Murphy, with bartender Autumn Moretti and food blogger Suu Khin finishing as co-runners-up.

MasterChef (American season 12)

MasterChef (American season 12)

The twelfth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on May 25, 2022, and concluded on September 14, 2022. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges.

Edward Lee (chef)

Edward Lee (chef)

Edward Lee is a Brooklyn-born celebrity chef, author and restauranteur. He has made numerous television appearances on shows including The Mind of a Chef and Top Chef as well as a judge on Gordon Ramsay's Culinary Genius. He is a nine-time James Beard Award nominee, owns multiple restaurants throughout the United States and the Caribbean, and is the author of two award winning books Buttermilk Graffiti and Smoke and Pickles.

Series overview

SeasonContestantsEpisodesOriginally airedWinnerRunner(s)-upThird place
First airedLast aired
11413July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)Whitney MillerDavid Miller
21820June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06)August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)Jennifer BehmAdrien NietoChristian Collins
31820June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)Christine HàJosh MarksBecky Reams
41925May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22)September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)Luca ManfèNatasha CrnjacJessie Lysiak
52219May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)September 15, 2014 (2014-09-15)Courtney LapresiElizabeth CauvelLeslie Gilliams
62220May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)Claudia SandovalDerrick PeltzStephen Lee
72019June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)Shaun O'NealeBrandi Mudd & David Williams
82021May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)Dino Angelo LucianoEboni Henry & Jason Wang
92423May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)Gerron HurtAshley Mincey & Cesar Cano
102025May 29, 2019 (2019-05-29)September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)Dorian HunterSarah FahertyNick DiGiovanni
111518June 2, 2021 (2021-06-02)September 15, 2021 (2021-09-15)Kelsey MurphyAutumn Moretti & Suu Khin
122020May 25, 2022 (2022-05-25)September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)Dara YuChristian Green & Michael Silverstein

Specials

Note: Bold indicates the winner(s) of the challenge.

MasterChef Celebrity Showdown (aired January 18, 2016)[6]

MasterChef Celebrity Showdown (aired January 2, 2017)[7]

MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown (aired May 15, 2019 and May 22, 2019)[8]

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MasterChef (American season 1)

MasterChef (American season 1)

The first season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010 on Fox.

MasterChef (American season 2)

MasterChef (American season 2)

The second season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 6 and 7, 2011.

MasterChef (American season 3)

MasterChef (American season 3)

The third season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a 2-night premiere on Fox on June 4 and 5, 2012.

Christine Hà

Christine Hà

Christine Huyen Tran Ha is an American chef, writer and TV host. She is the first blind contestant of MasterChef and the winner of its third season in 2012.

MasterChef (American season 4)

MasterChef (American season 4)

The fourth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on May 22, 2013 and concluded on September 11, 2013.

David Williams (card game player)

David Williams (card game player)

David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player who also competed on Season 7 of the popular FOX cooking show MasterChef, where he finished as co-runner-up.

MasterChef (American season 10)

MasterChef (American season 10)

The tenth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on May 29, 2019, and concluded on September 18, 2019. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges. The season was won by creeler Dorian Hunter, with former Army interrogator Sarah Faherty finishing second, and college student Nick DiGiovanni placing third.

MasterChef (American season 11)

MasterChef (American season 11)

The eleventh season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on June 2, 2021, and concluded on September 15, 2021. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges. The season was won by physical therapist Kelsey Murphy, with bartender Autumn Moretti and food blogger Suu Khin finishing as co-runners-up.

MasterChef (American season 12)

MasterChef (American season 12)

The twelfth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on Fox on May 25, 2022, and concluded on September 14, 2022. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges.

Kaitlin Doubleday

Kaitlin Doubleday

Kaitlin Janette Doubleday is an American actress. She played a number of supporting film roles in her early career, including in Waiting... (2005) and Accepted (2006). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Rhonda Lyon in the Fox musical prime time soap opera Empire. In 2017, Doubleday joined the cast of CMT musical drama series Nashville, playing Jessie Caine. In 2019, she appeared as the lead in Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays.

Empire (2015 TV series)

Empire (2015 TV series)

Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox that ran from January 7, 2015 to April 21, 2020. It is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. Although it is filmed in Chicago, the show is set in New York. The series centers on the fictional hip hop music and entertainment company Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of it. It stars Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett and Trai Byers as members of the Lyon Family, along with a supporting cast including Grace Byers, Kaitlin Doubleday, Gabourey Sidibe, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Serayah, Malik Yoba and Vivica A. Fox.

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Boris Kodjoe

Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe is a German actor and former model best known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film Brown Sugar, the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series Soul Food, Dr. Will Campbell on CBS's Code Black and a recurring character on FOX's The Last Man on Earth. He co-stars on BET's Real Husbands of Hollywood and the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Station 19 as Robert Sullivan.

Broadcast

Old logo
Old logo

Season one aired as a summer series initially on Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET, debuting on July 27, 2010; it later moved to Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET on August 18.

On September 7, 2010, MasterChef was renewed for a second season,[9] which started with a two-night premiere on June 6, 2011.

On October 6, 2011, MasterChef was renewed for a third season, which started with a two-night premiere on June 4, 2012, following Hell's Kitchen.[10][11]

On July 23, 2012, MasterChef was renewed for a fourth season,[12][13] which premiered on May 22, 2013.[14]

On May 10, 2013, Fox renewed MasterChef for an additional two seasons, which extended the show to at least six seasons.[15]

On July 22, 2015, Fox renewed MasterChef for a seventh season.[16]

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a tenth season, which premiered on May 29, 2019 with Ramsay, Sánchez, and Bastianich returning as judges.[17][18][19][20]

On August 18, 2021, the series was renewed for a twelfth season,[21] which premiered on May 25, 2022.[22]

On September 14, 2022, it was announced that Fox renewed the series for a thirteenth season, prior to the airing of the twelfth season's finale later that same day. The season is set to premiere in summer 2023.[23]

Reception

Critical

The premiere episode received mixed reviews from major newspapers and online review websites, with reviews commenting that it was entertaining, but criticized the emotional aspect. The Los Angeles Times claimed[24] the contestants' back stories were "blown up," which referred to their dramatization.[24] A Reuters reviewer explained the show "manages to be hugely entertaining and involving thanks mainly to the judges’ personalities and the ability of the producers to spot emotionally charged stories."[24] The Globe and Mail said "the contrived sentimentality of it is, frankly, vomitous" referring to the emotion in contestants' reactions.[24]

The program also attracted negative attention in season two when Agence France-Presse journalist Alex Ogle discovered that the producers doctored a crowd scene said to be of "thousands upon thousands lined up" to audition for the program.[25][26] In post-production, portions of the scene were replicated so as to make the crowd look larger than it actually was, as evidenced by multiple appearances by especially noticeable people in the scene.[25][26]

In 2018, season three auditionee Jessie Glenn discussed her experiences becoming a contestant, something she was uniquely able to do because it was overlooked that she had never returned the nondisclosure contract which all applicants are required to sign.[27][28] She revealed what she described as a carefully planned campaign by the show's staff to create emotional reactions for the sake of on-air drama which caused long-term emotional distress for many contestants, a situation she said was common to most American reality television; she called the casting process "sadistic prying" to assess contestants' weaknesses and vulnerabilities and decide how best to pit contestants against one another to "cause friction and distress".[27][28][29] Glenn also revealed that One Potato Two Potato, Ramsay's production company, assessed a 15% "management fee" on contestant earnings.[28]

Ratings

Season Episodes Premiered Ended TV season Time slot (ET) Season averages (Live + SD)
Date Premiere viewers
(millions)
Date Finale viewers
(millions)
Viewers (millions) 18-49 rating
1 13 July 27, 2010 5.75[30] September 15, 2010 4.81[30] 2010 Tuesday 9:00 pm (1–3)
Wednesday 8:00 pm (4–13)
5.26[30] 2.3[30]
2 20 June 6, 2011 4.40[31] August 16, 2011 7.12[31] 2011 Monday 9:00 pm 5.27[31] 2.2[31]
Tuesday 9:00 pm 5.35[31] 2.2[31]
3 June 4, 2012 5.10[32] September 10, 2012 6.52[32] 2012 Monday 9:00 pm 5.84[32] 2.5[32]
Tuesday 9:00 pm 5.67[32] 2.4[32]
4 25 May 22, 2013 5.30[33] September 11, 2013 6.31[33] 2013 Wednesday 8:00 pm 5.63[33] 2.3[33]
5 19 May 26, 2014 4.26[34] September 15, 2014 5.56[34] 2014 Monday 8:00 pm 5.43[34] 1.9[34]
6 20 May 20, 2015 3.39[35] September 16, 2015 4.69[35] 2015 Wednesday 8:00 pm 4.56[35] 1.5[35]
7 19 June 1, 2016 3.81[36] September 14, 2016 4.36[36] 2016 4.03[36] 1.3[36]
8 21 May 31, 2017 3.67[37] September 20, 2017 4.14[37] 2017 3.62[37] 1.1[37]
9 23 May 30, 2018 3.52[38] September 19, 2018 3.56[39] 2018 3.52[38] 1.0[38]
10 25 May 29, 2019 3.14[40] September 18, 2019 3.17[41] 2019 Wednesday 8:00 pm (1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20–25)
Thursday 8:00 pm (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19)
3.06[42] 0.8[42]
11 18 June 2, 2021 2.55[43] September 15, 2021 2.53[44] 2021 Wednesday 8:00 pm 2.51[45] 0.6[45]
12 20 May 25, 2022 1.75[46] September 14, 2022 2.53[47] 2022 2.22[48] 0.4[48]

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse

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MasterChef (American season 3)

MasterChef (American season 3)

The third season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a 2-night premiere on Fox on June 4 and 5, 2012.

MasterChef (American season 1)

MasterChef (American season 1)

The first season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010 on Fox.

2009–10 United States network television schedule

2009–10 United States network television schedule

The 2009–10 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2009 through August 2010. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2008–09 season.

MasterChef (American season 2)

MasterChef (American season 2)

The second season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 6 and 7, 2011.

2010–11 United States network television schedule

2010–11 United States network television schedule

The 2010–11 network television schedule for the five major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2010 through August 2011. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2009–10 season. As in previous years, the schedule omits the Public Broadcasting Service.

2011–12 United States network television schedule

2011–12 United States network television schedule

The 2011–12 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2011 through August 2012. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2010–11 season.

2012–13 United States network television schedule

2012–13 United States network television schedule

The 2012–13 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2012 through August 2013. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2011–12 season.

2013–14 United States network television schedule

2013–14 United States network television schedule

The 2013–14 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2013 to August 2014. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2012–13 season.

2014–15 United States network television schedule

2014–15 United States network television schedule

The 2014–15 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2014 to August 2015. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2013–14 season.

2015–16 United States network television schedule

2015–16 United States network television schedule

The 2015–16 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2014–15 season.

Earlier American adaptation

West 175 Productions[49] produced an earlier American adaptation, MasterChef USA, broadcast on PBS from 2000 to 2001. The series format was based directly on BBC's MasterChef and lasted 28 episodes over two seasons. It was hosted by British chef Gary Rhodes, who hosted the UK version of MasterChef in 2001.

Kitchenware

In 2011, Reveille Productions and Shine TV, announced licensing deals with kitchenware manufacturers The Cookware Company, Triple Loop Housewares, Global Knives, and Kidsline to produce MasterChef-branded cookware, including stainless steel pans, knives, kitchen appliances, and children's cooking sets. The branded products were given to contestants on the television show to use during challenges.[50] The show changed its branding in 2013 to reflect its expanded focus on consumer products in addition to the television shows.[51] In 2018, Shine America hired Brand Central as their licensing agency,[52] and more branded products, including barbecue tools from Unibrands and children's cooking sets from Wicked Cool Toys, were announced.[53]

Source: "MasterChef (American TV series)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterChef_(American_TV_series).

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