MasterChef Season 1 Episode 13 S01E13

MasterChef is a U.S. competitive cooking reality show based on the original U.K. version of the show, open to amateur and home chefs.[2] Produced by Shine America and One Potato Two Potato, it debuted on July 27, 2010 at 9 pm ET/PT on the Fox Television Network, following the professional cooking competition series, Hell's Kitchen.[3]

The show has been first-run as a summer series, with the fifth season concluding in September 2014. On May 10, 2013, Fox renewed MasterChef for an additional two seasons, which extended the show through a sixth season. Season 6 began airing Wednesday May 20, 2015 at 8/7c. For the first five seasons, the show starred chefs Gordon Ramsay (the co-creator of the show and Hell's Kitchen), Graham Elliot and restaurateur Joe Bastianich. For the sixth season, Christina Tosi replaced Bastianich as a judge. On July 22, 2015, it was announced that MasterChef was renewed for a 7th season. A promo for auditions was shown in a commercial during an episode of MasterChef