Masterchef Season 12 Wiki (2024)

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What was the biggest MasterChef scandal? ›

In 2013, "MasterChef" judges and producers were accused of sexual, mental, and physical harassment by former contestants. Many accusations came from a blog post by former contestant Marie Porter, where she describes how friends she met on the show were allegedly sexually and physically harassed by judges and producers.

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After her appearance, Krissi started offering private chef and catering services and regularly posts recipes on her blog Rotund Chef. She was banned on Twitter for a series of racist tweets around the time that she appeared on MasterChef. She is a breast cancer survivor.

This long-standing collaboration ensures that leftover ingredients from the show's pantry are used to support over 1,300 charities nationwide. Anything that's not suitable for redistribution is composted on site.

The thirteenth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef (also known as MasterChef: United Tastes of America) premiered on Fox on May 24, 2023, and concluded on September 20, 2023.

Melissa Leong, the high-profile co-host of MasterChef Australia, will be pulled from the popular Channel Ten program, but the broadcaster insists she remains an important part of the television network.

Jock Zonfrillo, judge on MasterChef Australia, chef and author, has died at the age of 46. His family confirmed his death on Monday, saying “our irreplaceable husband, father, brother, son and friend” died on Sunday in Melbourne.

“He never, ever complained. Ben was and will always be the strongest person we know," Ben Watkins' uncle and grandmother announced. “MasterChef Junior” contestant Ben Watkins died of cancer on Monday at the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Allegedly, they had cooked a signature dish that was a protected Stena Line recipe. As a result, the chef violated the organisation's non-disclosure agreement, additionally forcing the BBC to edit all footage of the contestant out on legal grounds.

A MasterChef semi-finalist who died after collapsing at the London Marathon has left the charity he was raising money for "humbled by his legacy". Matt Campbell, 29, from Kendal in Cumbria, collapsed at the 22.5 mile mark during the London Marathon.

Well, it turns out when the judges tuck into a morsel of scrumptious looking grub, it is almost guaranteed to have been sitting there for at least an hour or two. Yep, they are usually plated up cold, and the judges just have to grin and bear it.

Do the MasterChef contestants get to keep their aprons? ›

Answer. Contestants on MasterChef are generally allowed to keep their aprons as a keepsake that symbolizes their journey on the show; however, policies may vary by country and season.

The BBC is handing one of its juggernaut shows a multi-season renewal and moving production outside of London for the first time since 2001. Cooking competition series “MasterChef,” produced by Banijay U.K.-owned Shine TV, has been renewed for six more seasons, and is moving from London to Birmingham from 2024.

But as this is MasterChef, only three could make it through to the final, meaning one cook had to be sent home. Ultimately, it was Abi who was eliminated and missed out on a chance in winning MasterChef 2024.

At age 45, Dorian is the oldest winner in the show's history. She is also the first "Masterchef" winner from Georgia.

1 Richard Blais - Season 8

Richard may have been a great chef on both of the seasons he was in, but many Redditors disliked him because he came off as arrogant, self-centered, and pretentious. A few attributed this to the fact that he was the runner-up in season four and felt he deserved a win.

Paul Qui, Season 9 (Texas)

The original disgraced Top Chef winner.

He was a decent cook, but was infamous for serving food from another home cook that wasn't cooked by himself. Despite the understanding that the incident was an accident, he made history for being the first contestant ever to be disqualified from MasterChef, although he took his elimination gracefully.

MasterChef season 3 winner Christine Hà is arguably one of the most successful in the franchise. With over 150k followers on Instagram, the Vietnamese-American MasterChef is the most followed contestant of all time. She was the first blind contestant in the show's history.