MasterChef

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 27, 2010
Season #: 15, 14, 13, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 53
  3. Negative: 8 out of 53
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  1. tbugge63
    Sep 14, 2010
    9
    this is a better than average show, however it would be great if the shows producers could find a new way to present it instead of copying every other ramsay show. My wife and I know exactly when to "take a break" because its everytime he is going to annouce sometihng, he comes the commercial break.
  2. Radiant
    Sep 21, 2010
    4
    I watched the whole season although I am not sure why. It was really pretty boring and the show is very predictable. I think these shows have about run their course at this point.
  3. Mjoog
    Oct 15, 2013
    7
    This show is good for passing the time, and quite inspirational on the topic of food, but sadly it's marred by "tv-syndrome". Constant looks ahead and flashes of what just happened means the show stutters and the flow feels interrupted. If you have any interest in food you should definitely watch this show, you'll learn from it.
  4. HonestRev
    Jun 29, 2017
    4
    It is an entertainment show and not a cooking show.
    Cookingwise it is canned.
    If there is any normal person competing against weird one; they will choose weird one.
    It is Gordon's show, other two judges are just for show.
  5. aaronpaul121
    May 25, 2012
    2
    The show is way too predictable, especially with the actions of Gordon Ramsay, you can easily guess when is the commercial break coming. It also lacks surprises and excitement which I wanted in reality TV shows. A cooking show turned into a disaster........
  6. film_bug
    Aug 21, 2013
    10
    It doesn't get any better than this! There's something about watching home cooks, as opposed to professional cooks, that really makes the show that much more interesting! The personalities on the show are usually quite colourful, and come on, how can one resist the drama?!

Awards & Rankings

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#74 Best TV Season of 2010
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#73 Most Discussed TV Season of 2010

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Keith Staskiewicz
    75
    It's not great TV, but compared with the concentrated incompetence of "Hell's Kitchen," it's delicious.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    70
    Its pleasures are simple and familiar. There is the usual mix of boastful losers and shy winners, of tiresome cutting remarks and delightful delighted approval.
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  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    40
    Even Ramsay's most barbarous fans are likely to find this formula so thin by now that, by comparison, Louise Roe looks like a blimp.
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