MasterChef

Season 1

13 episodes 15 seasons

Season 1 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef, which ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010, on Fox.

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MasterChef Season 1 released on July 27, 2010.

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S01E01 Aired July 27, 2010

Auditions (1)

Cooks share their signature dishes with the judges in hopes of advancing to the next round of the competition.

S01E02 Aired August 03, 2010

Auditions (2)

Auditions continue as amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

S01E03 Aired August 10, 2010

Top 14 Revealed

The cooks must prove that they have mastered basic kitchen techniques; the judges reveal which cooks have made it into the top 14.

S01E04 Aired August 18, 2010

14 Chefs Compete (1)

One team is safe from elimination after winning a challenge where they spend the day feeding hundreds of Marines; the losing team faces a pressure test.

S01E05 Aired August 18, 2010

14 Chefs Compete (2)

The cooks prepare their best dishes in hopes of impressing the judges.

S01E06 Aired August 25, 2010

11 Chefs Compete (1)

The contestants are asked to make a single cupcake; chef Cat Cora and the contestants cook at a truck stop.

S01E07 Aired August 25, 2010

11 Chefs Compete (2)

The remaining chefs need to feed 100 truckers at a remote California truck stop. The losing team returns to the kitchen to face a pressure test, which consists of naming as many foods as they can from a table of farmer's market ingredients.

S01E08 Aired September 01, 2010

9 Chefs Compete (1)

In their first challenge of the day, the chefs are asked to make a dish with dungeness crab

S01E09 Aired September 01, 2010

9 Chefs Compete (2)

The contestants must cater a high-end wedding, and things go awry when the main course goes missing. The losing team goes back to the MasterChef kitchen to face a pressure test, and one more chef is eliminated.

S01E10 Aired September 08, 2010

6 Chefs Compete (1)

The contestants undergo a Mystery Box challenge and an Invention Test.

S01E11 Aired September 08, 2010

6 Chefs Compete (2)

The contestants go fishing, and use their catches for their entrees. Another chef is eliminated.

S01E12 Aired September 15, 2010

Winner Revealed (1)

After enduring pressure tests and grueling challenges, the remaining chefs compete for $250,000 and a cookbook-publishing deal.

S01E13 Aired September 15, 2010

Winner Revealed (2)

The winner is revealed.