MasterChef

For the food brand based in Singapore, see Master Chef.

MasterChef is a television cooking game show franchise, started with MasterChef on BBC in 1990. The same MasterChef logo is used around the world. The show has expanded to many versions in other countries. Izzy Carter is widely accredited as the original creator of the show

International adaptations

Country	Name	Host(s)	Judges	Network	Air Dates/Premiere
Australia[1]	MasterChef Australia	Sarah Wilson (2009) Gary Mehigan George Calombaris	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston Donna Hay (Guest Judge, 2010) Matt Moran (Guest Judge, 2011)	Network Ten	27 April 2009 – present
	Celebrity MasterChef Australia	George Calombaris Gary Mehigan	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston		30 September – 25 November 2009 (Season 1)
	Junior MasterChef Australia	George Calombaris Gary Mehigan Anna Gare	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston Anna Gare		12 September 2010 – present
Belgium (Dutch)[2]	MasterChef	Dina Tersago?	Wout Bru Jean-Paul Perez	vtm	28 June – 29 July 2010 (Season 1) 4 July 2011 – 18 August 2011 (Season 2)
Croatia[3]	MasterChef Hrvatska	Jasna Nanut	Tomislav Gretić Mate Janković Radovan Marčić	Nova TV	21 March – 17 June 2011
Denmark[4]	Masterchef Denmark	?	Thomas Herman Henrik-Yde-Andersen Anders Aagaard	TV3	5 September 2011
Finland[5]	MasterChef Suomi	Mikko Silvennoinen	Sikke Sumari Tom Björck Risto Mikkola	Nelonen	18 January – 5 April 2011
France[6]	MasterChef	Carole Rousseau	Frédéric Anton Yves Camdeborde Sebastian Demoran	TF1	19 August 2010 – present
Germany[7]	Deutschlands Meisterkoch (MasterChef Germany)	?	Tim Raue Thomas Jaumann Nelson Müller	Sat.1	27 August – 16 October 2010 (Season 1)
Greece[8]	MasterChef Greece	Eugenia Manolidou (Season 1) Maria Synatsaki (Season 2)	Yiannis Loukakos Lefteris Lazarou Dimitris Skarmoutsos	Mega Channel	3 October – 28 December 2010 (Season 1) January 2012 (Season 2)
	Junior MasterChef Greece	Maria Mpekatorou			November 2011
India[9]	MasterChef India	Akshay Kumar (also judge's) Vikas Khanna (also judge's for Season 2)	Chef Ajay Chopra Chef Kunal Kapoor	Star Plus	16 October – 25 December 2010 (Season 1) 22 October – 25 December 2011 (Season 2)
Indonesia[10]	MasterChef Indonesia	?	Vindex Tengker Rinrin Marinka Juna Rorimpandey	RCTI	1 May – 21 August 2011 (Season 1) September 2012 (Season 2)
Ireland[11]	Masterchef Ireland	Lorraine Pilkington (narrator)	Dylan McGrath Nick Munier	RTÉ TWO	8 September – 13 October 2011 (Series 1)
Israel[12]	מאסטר שף MasterChef Israel	Haim Cohen (also judge's)	Eyal Shani Micahl Anski Yonatan Roshfeld[13] Rafi Adar (Season 1)	Channel 2 Keshet	14 October 2010 – present
Italy[14]	MasterChef Italia	No host	Bruno Barbieri Joe Bastianich Carlo Cracco	Cielo	21 September 2011
Malaysia[15]	MasterChef Malaysia	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir)	Moh Johari Edrus, (Chef Jo) Mohd. Nadzri Redzuawan, (Chef Riz) Zubir Md. Zain, (Chef Zubir) Yahaya Hassan, (Chef Yahaya) Priya Menon, (Chef Priya)	Astro Ria	22 October 2011
Netherlands[16]	MasterChef	Renate Verbaan	Alain Caron Peter Lute	Net 5	26 September 2010 – present
	Junior MasterChef	TBA			28 November 2011
New Zealand[17]	MasterChef New Zealand	No Host	Ray McVinnie Josh Emett Simon Gault Ross Burden (Season 1)	TV One	3 February 2010 – present
Norway[18]	Masterchef Norge	Jenny Skavlan	Eyvind Hellstrøm Jan Vardøen Tom Victor Gausdal	TV3	16 March 2010
Peru[19]	MasterChef Perú	Gastón Acurio	Astrid Gutsche Mitsuharu "Mich" Tsumura Renato Peralta	América Televisión	28 August 2011
Philippines[20]	Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition	Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo	Fern Aracama Rolando Laudico JP Anglo	ABS-CBN	27 August 2011 – present
	MasterChef Pinoy Edition				TBA 2012
Portugal[21]	MasterChef	Sílvia Alberto	Justa Nobre Ljubomir Stanisic Chef Cordeiro	RTP1	9 July 2011
Romania[22]	MasterChef Romania	TBA	Florin Dumitrescu Scarlatescu Catalin Bontea Sorin	ProTV	2012
Sweden[23]	Sveriges mästerkock	?	Leif Mannerström Marcus Aujalay Per Morberg	TV4	12 January 2011 – present
Turkey[24]	MasterChef Türkiye	Vural Özkandan	Batuhan Zeynioğlu Piatti Murat Bozok Erol Kaynar	Show TV	Spring 2010
Ukraine[25]	МастерШеф MasterChef	Hector Jimenez-Bravo Mykola Tischenko Anfisa Chehova		STB (Channel)	31 August 2011
United Kingdom (original country)	MasterChef	Revived Series: Narrator: India Fisher	Original series: Loyd Grossman (1990–2000) Gary Rhodes (2001) Revived series: Gregg Wallace (2005–present) John Torode (2005–present)	BBC One BBC Two	Original series: 2 July 1990 – 3 July 2001 (Series 1–11) Revived series: 21 February 2005 – present
	Celebrity MasterChef	Narrator: India Fisher	Gregg Wallace John Torode	BBC One	11 September 2006 – present
	MasterChef: The Professionals	Narrated by: India Fisher (2008–10) Sean Pertwee (2011)	Gregg Wallace Michel Roux, Jr.	BBC Two	25 August 2008 – present
	Junior MasterChef	Lloyd Grossman		BBC One	14 August 1994 – 1 August 1999 (Series 1–5)
		Narrator: India Fisher	John Torode Nadia Sawalha	CBBC / BBC One	10–29 May 2010 (New version)
United States[26]	MasterChef USA	Gary Rhodes	two (various) celebrity judges per challenge	PBS	1 April – 24 June 2000 (Season 1) 7 April – 30 June 2001 (Season 2)
	MasterChef	Gordon Ramsay	Gordon Ramsay Joe Bastianich Graham Elliot	Fox	27 July 2010 – present

References

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2. ^ MasterChef | vtm
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5. ^ http://www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/masterchef-suomi/etusivu MasterChef Suomi - Etusivu - Kaikki sisältö
6. ^ Shine cooks up French MasterChef
7. ^ Deutschlands Meisterkoch: Kandidaten
8. ^ "MEGA TV - MasterChef - αρχείο εκπομπών , παιχνιδια , masterchef". http://www.megatv.com/article.asp?catid=19164&subid=2. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 
9. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s127/masterchef/news/a255331/masterchef-expands-to-six-new-countries.html%7Ctitle='MasterChef' expands to six new countries
10. ^ Home | Master Chef Indonesia 2011
11. ^ http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283804&tpl=archnews&force=1%7Ctitle=Screentime Shinawil Preps Irish 'Masterchef'
12. ^ מאסטר שף - האתר הרשמי
13. ^ he:אייל שני
14. ^ Masterchef arriva in Italia
15. ^ MasterChef
16. ^ http://www.net5.nl/masterchef
17. ^ Vass, Beck (17 November 2009). "TVNZ announces 2010 programmes". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10609733. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
18. ^ TV3
19. ^ Gastón Acurio conducirá el reality "Master Chef Perú" | El Comercio Perú
20. ^ Manila Standard Today - Juday hosts ‘Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition’ - 2011/august/16
21. ^ MasterChef - RTP
22. ^ Home | Master Chef Indonesia 2011
23. ^ http://www.recept.nu/1.309791/ Bli Sveriges första Mästerkock - recept.nu
24. ^ MasterChef Türkiye
25. ^ МастерШеф
26. ^ http://www.west175productions.com%7Ctitle=West 175 Productions, producers of the original US MasterChef USA