MasterChef Australia Online
- Original Title :
- MasterChef Australia
- Genre :
- TV Series / Reality TV
- Cast :
- Gary Mehigan,George Calombaris,Matt Preston
- Type :
- TV Series
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 8.2/10
A few dozen home chefs battle it out in the Masterchef Kitchen to earn the best chef title, judge by top Australian chefs.
Series cast summary: | |||
Gary Mehigan | - | Himself - Judge 470 episodes, 2009-2018 | |
George Calombaris | - | Himself - Judge 459 episodes, 2009-2018 | |
Matt Preston | - | Himself - Judge / - 433 episodes, 2009-2018 | |
Nick McKay | - | Himself - Narrator 227 episodes, 2009-2011 | |
Some of the leftover food of MasterChef Kitchen goes to "SecondBite", a food charity that rescues surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributes it to those in need with the help of their community partners.
It takes about 8 to 12 hours filming to produce content for just one episode.
About 70% of the finalists in MasterChef Australia choose a career in food after completing the show.
The contestents actually live in the same house full-time during their time at MasterChef. Some footage from the house even makes it into the show sometimes.
The opening song in every MasterChef Australia episode is "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry.
Season one winner Julie Goodwin has sold the most cookbooks so far.
Judge Matt Preston gets the most fan mails among the judges of MasterChef Australia.
The series finale of the first MasterChef Australia was the most watched television program of 2009.
MasterChef Australia won the award for 'Most Popular Reality Program' at the 2010 Logie Awards.
The very first contestent to be eliminated from MasterChef Australia was Melissa Lutton (on May 7, 2009). She was voted out by other contestants of the blue team who had lost the team challenge with the red team.
The names of cooks who have won the MasterChef title so far are: 1st season - Julie Goodwin 2nd season - Adam Liaw 3rd season - Kate Bracks 4th season - Andy Allen 5th season - Emma Dean 6th season - Brent Owens 7th season - Billie McKay
The first winner of MasterChef Australia was 38-year-old I.T. Office Manager "Julie Goodwin".
From 2009 to 2012 (season one to four), the show was mostly shot in studio at Alexandria, New South Wales. But, from 2013 (season five onwards), production for the series was moved to the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Flemington, Victoria.
MasterChef Australia airs 6 nights a week from Sunday to Friday. The common episode formats are: 1. Sunday - Challenge night (Mystery boxes, Invention tests, Off-site or Team challenges) 2. Monday - Pressure test 3. Tuesday - Immunity Challenge 4. Wednesday - Team Challenge 5. Thursday - Elimination Challenge 6. Friday - MasterClass From season 7, MasterClass now airs following the Elimination Challenge on Thursday.
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