Manny Rodriguez
Director
MasterChef USA (2000)
Season 1
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.
Released April 1, 2000
Episode 26 min
10+
Genres: Reality
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.cooking-competition, tmdb.chef, tmdb.us-adaptation
Production Companies: West 175 Media Group, Thirteen
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Regional Cookoff 1
Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.
April 1, 2000, midnight
S1E2 - Regional Cookoff 2
Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.
April 8, 2000, midnight
S1E3 - Regional Cookoff 3
Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.
April 15, 2000, midnight
S1E4 - Regional Cookoff 4
Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.
April 22, 2000, midnight
S1E5 - Regional Cookoff 5
Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.
April 29, 2000, midnight
S1E6 - Regional Cookoff 6
Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.
May 6, 2000, midnight
S1E7 - Regional Cookoff 7
The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.
May 13, 2000, midnight
S1E8 - Regional Cookoff 8
The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.
May 20, 2000, midnight
S1E9 - Regional Cookoff 9
The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.
May 27, 2000, midnight
S1E10 - Semifinal Competition 1
In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.
June 3, 2000, midnight
S1E11 - Semifinal Competition 2
In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.
June 10, 2000, midnight
S1E12 - Semifinal Competition 3
In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.
June 17, 2000, midnight
S1E13 - Grand Finale
The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.
June 24, 2000, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 26 min.
Season Runtime: 26 min.
Released: April 1, 2000
Last Air Date: June 30, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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