Original title
MasterChef USA
Released
4/1/2000
Origin country
US
Genre
Reality
Production companies
Thirteen, West 175 Media Group
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
26
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.
The Season 1 special featured a preview of the final-round cook-off. The episode also included interviews with the contestants and season highlights.
The Season 2 special featured a preview of the final-round cook-off. The episode also included interviews with the contestants and season highlights.
Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.
Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.
Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.
Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.
Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.
Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.
The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.
The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.
The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.
In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.
In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.
In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.
The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.
Midwestern-A region; judges are comic Bobby Collins and Chef Susan Feniger.
Northwestern region; judges are editor Jerry Anne Divecchio and Chef Tom Douglas.
Northeastern-B; judges are CNN's Laurin Sydney and Chef Benjamin Ford.
Western-A region; judges are Jacklyn Zeman and Chef Mark Peel.
Southeastern region; judges are David Brenner and Chef Mary Sue Milliken.
The second set of Midwestern-B region; judges are actress Suzanne Rogers and Chef Damian Mandola.
Northeastern-A region; judges are Tom Bergeron and Chef Richard Kaupp.
Western-B region; judges are Bill Nye the Science Guy and Chef Michael Chiarello.
The last group of cooks from the Southwestern region; judges are Suzanne Sena and Chef Mark Miller.
Semifinal 1; Southwestern/Midwestern regions; judges are Barbara Fairchild and Piero Selvaggio.
Semifinal 2; Northeastern/ Southeastern region; judges are A.J. Benza and Rick Bayless.
The last semi-final round, Semifinal 3; Northwestern/ Western regions; judges are actress Donna Mills and Allyson Thurber.
The 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.
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