The famous culinary show was released in 2010year and immediately gained incredible popularity. His ratings went off scale. And all because it was a new format of such projects. Non-professional chefs participated in it.
About the show
The presenters of Master Chef America, in contrast to the participants, are quite famous in their professional circles. They were the main judges in the draft. The winner of the show was promised a prize of $ 250,000.
This TV show has been awarded several prestigious awards, including the Emmy and the Directors Guild Award (for the best performance of a reality show).
The first season lasted for several months,for which the audience liked both the participants and the presenters of the "Master Chef America" show. The winner was Whitney Miller, who, in addition to monetary rewards, received the right to publish a book of her recipes.
Since 2010, six seasons of the program have been released. In 2015, the anniversary hundredth episode was shown.
For five years, the United States learned the usualpeople who came to the shooting from different parts of the country. These were teachers, middle managers, even firefighters ... But one thing united them - an incredible love for the process of cooking.
The show is attractive because it shows everything withoutembellished Leading "Master Chef America" feel free to express their opinions, sometimes even spit out unloved food or simply throw plates into the urn.
The main judge is Gordon Ramsay, a popular chef in America and a respected restaurateur.
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon was born in 1966 in Scotland.He had two brothers and a sister. In early childhood, the boy with his family moved to England. Perhaps that is why his main passion was football. He was even invited to play for one local club, but unfortunately, Gordon was injured and could not continue his sports career.
From the age of sixteen he became seriously interested in cooking. Later he entered the Technical College on the specialty "Hotel Business Management".
After receiving the diploma he worked as a managera hotel, then a cook in small restaurants. He studied the cuisines of the world, mainly French. This allowed him to become a chef in one expensive restaurant in Paris. Later he worked as a personal chef on the yacht of a wealthy man and lived for a long time in Bermuda.
In 1998, Gordon opened his first restaurant in Scotland. Then a few more appeared in England and Dubai.
А в 2008 году он покорил Америку, открыв ресторан In Los Angeles. Since then, Ramsay's career has developed more rapidly. He became a frequent guest on television. led various culinary programs and workshops. And in 2010 he became the ideological inspirer of the new project - "Master Chef America".
The presenters, whose names soon learned the whole world, as well as Gordon, represented the color of the culinary world.
Graeme Eliot
Anchorman was born in 1977 in Seattle. He soon began to live independently, working the first time in the bar. Then he entered culinary school and successfully graduated from it.
Since 2004, Eliot has worked in the highest-ratedrestaurants of the country. In 2007, he became a participant in the battle of culinary professionals and became famous as the King of desserts. A year later, he opened his own restaurant.
Leading the "Master Chef America" after the release of the projectthe screens have acquired new customers in their establishments, but Graham is more successful in this regard than his colleagues. And all because he appears in the show rather in the role of the good-natured, rather than harsh critic.
Joe Bastianich
We can say that this guy took over the familybusiness. His parents (Italians) were famous restaurateurs in their homeland. Joe studied the art of cooking in Italy too. After returning to New York, he opened his first restaurant. After some time, six more establishments with exquisite cuisine and the highest level of service appeared.
Leading the "Master Chef America" in the TV show fully complement each other. Graham is a kind critic, Joe is tough, Gordon is neutral.