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 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.
The last semi-final round, Semifinal 3; Northwestern/ Western regions; judges are actress Donna Mills and Allyson Thurber.
Semifinal 2; Northeastern/ Southeastern region; judges are A.J. Benza and Rick Bayless.
Semifinal 1; Southwestern/Midwestern regions; judges are Barbara Fairchild and Piero Selvaggio.
The last group of cooks from the Southwestern region; judges are Suzanne Sena and Chef Mark Miller.
Western-B region; judges are Bill Nye the Science Guy and Chef Michael Chiarello.
Northeastern-A region; judges are Tom Bergeron and Chef Richard Kaupp.
The second set of Midwestern-B region; judges are actress Suzanne Rogers and Chef Damian Mandola.
Southeastern region; judges are David Brenner and Chef Mary Sue Milliken.
Western-A region; judges are Jacklyn Zeman and Chef Mark Peel.
Northeastern-B; judges are CNN's Laurin Sydney and Chef Benjamin Ford.
Northwestern region; judges are editor Jerry Anne Divecchio and Chef Tom Douglas.
Midwestern-A region; judges are comic Bobby Collins and Chef Susan Feniger.
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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