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3 unusual facts about MasterChef


Alain Ducasse

He has been special guest in the US and Italian versions of MasterChef.

Frances Ashcroft

She appeared (as a diner) on MasterChef during the 2011 series, along with several other Fellows of the Royal Society.

Tugay Kerimoğlu

His prowess as a cook is also revered, and in 2010 he was victorious in the Turkish version of the television programme MasterChef.


Amandine Chaignot

Since September 2013, she is a member of the jury in the fourth season of the French version of MasterChef with chefs Frédéric Anton, Yves Camdeborde and journalist Sébastien Demorand.

Chris Culvenor

During Culvenor’s time at Shine Australia, the company successfully launched Australian formats of such series as MasterChefThe Biggest LoserThe Voice AustraliaAustralia's Next Top ModelMinute to Win ItAussie Pickers and Dating in the Dark.

James Nathan

James Nathan is best known as the winner of the BBC's MasterChef 2008, having beaten Emily Ludolf and Jonny Stevenson in the grand final.

John Torode

He has also co-presented Junior MasterChef, initially along with Nadia Sawalha, the former winner of Celebrity MasterChef, and more recently alongside Donal Skehan.

Lefteris Lazarou

His popularity has peaked from 2010 and onwards, due to his involvement in the Greek version of the famous MasterChef cooking show, as one of the three panel-judge chefs.

Marion Grasby

Grasby's highlights in the series include winning a celebrity chef challenge against Movida’s Frank Camorra and being singled out by Heston Blumenthal as the best performer during a MasterChef challenge in the UK.

MasterChef India

Amul presents MasterChef India is an Indian competitive cooking show based on the original British MasterChef.

No Kitchen Required

In Australia, the show aired on SBS Two and local media described the show as, "a wonderful study in TV's hybridisation of ideas: part Survivor, part MasterChef and part Man vs. Wild".

RTVE Interactive

This division manages and runs all of the web-sites for the different sections that make up the group (News, Television, Radio, Children's Programmes, Sports and À La Carte), as well as those that have been created as a digital complement for RTVE's large television productions ("Águila Roja", "Cuéntame Cómo Pasó”, "MasterChef", etc.), not to mention the extension of RTVE products to all other platforms (mobiles, tablets, consoles and TV connected to Internet).

Son Hoyoung

In February 2013, Son participated and won in MasterChef Korea Celebrity alongside with other Korean celebrities, Fei, Henry, Tony, comedian Shin Bong-sun.

Tracey MacLeod

Other screen credits include channel 4’s A Stab in the Dark with David Baddiel and Michael Gove, All I Want – A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright, Kitchen Criminals, Masterchef, and voicing over many music documentaries and the long-running BBC2 show Rapido, presented by Antoine de Caunes.

Yves Camdeborde

Since 2010, he is a member of the jury in the French version of MasterChef with journalist and food critic Sébastien Demorand, chefs Frédéric Anton and Amandine Chaignot (since 2013).


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