MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Australia
Title Card
Format	competitive cooking game show
Presented by	Sarah Wilson (2009) Gary Mehigan George Calombaris
Judges	Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston Donna Hay (Guest Judge, 2010) Matt Moran (Guest Judge, 2011)
Narrated by	Nick McKay
Theme music composer	Katy Perry
Opening theme	Hot n Cold
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	242
Production
Location(s)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time	30–90 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	FremantleMedia Australia
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Ten
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
First shown in	United Kingdom
Original run	27 April 2009 – present
External links
Website

MasterChef Australia is a Logie award winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by FremantleMedia Australia and screens on Network Ten. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Calombaris and food critic Matt Preston serve as the show's main judges.^[1] Journalist Sarah Wilson hosted the first season, however her role was dropped at the end of the season.^[2]

The first episode aired on 27 April 2009, and the season one finale was broadcast on 19 July 2009.^[3][4] The first winner of MasterChef Australia was Julie Goodwin, a 38 year old I.T. office manager.^[4] A celebrity spin-off, Celebrity MasterChef Australia, began airing from 30 September 2009.^[5]

Season 2 of MasterChef Australia premiered on 19 April 2010.^[6] The second season aired through the week at 7.30 pm, half an hour later than the original timeslot of the first season. The winner of the 2010 series of MasterChef was Adam Liaw, who won by a seven-point margin over his opponent Callum Hann.^[7] Another spin-off, Junior MasterChef Australia, began airing on 12 September 2010.^[8]

The third season of MasterChef Australia went to air in 2011. The season was won by Kate Bracks, who defeated Michael Weldon in the series final.^[9]

Format

MasterChef Australia features a different format to that of the original British MasterChef and MasterChef Goes Large formats. Initial rounds consist of a large number of hopeful contestants from across Australia individually "auditioning" by presenting a food dish before the three judges in order to gain one of 50 semi-final places. Entrants must be over 18 years old whose main source of income cannot come from preparing and cooking fresh food in a professional environment.^[10]

The semi-finalists then compete in several challenges which test their food knowledge and preparation skills. In Season 1, the top 50 competed until 20 were left, with the final 20 progressing to the main stage of the show. From Season 2, 24 contestants progress. The contestants will then be whittled down through a number of individual and team-based cooking challenges and weekly elimination rounds until a winning MasterChef is crowned. The winner plays for a prize that includes chef training from leading professional chefs, the chance to have their own cookbook published, and A$100,000 in cash.

Episodes

MasterChef Australia is widely watched worldwide, especially in Mexico and Australia. MasterChef Australia airs six nights a week from Sunday to Friday. Each night features a different episode format, however some episodes modify the format slightly. The typical episode formats are as follows:

Sunday is the Challenge night. From series 3, it can range from a variety of challenges, including a Mystery Box, where each contestant is given the same box of ingredients and are to create a dish using only those ingredients. These dishes are then tasted, and a winner chosen. There can also be an Invention Test, where contestants have to invent a dish relevant to a theme using a core ingredient. There can also be Off-Site Challenges and Team Challenges, which often involve cooking for large numbers of people. The top three contestants who made the best dishes are selected by the judges, from which a winner is chosen to compete in the Immunity Challenge. After this the bottom three are revealed, who will face off in an elimination challenge the next night. In the first two series, it would always consist of a Mystery Box, where the winner was able to choose the core ingredient for the Invention Test.

Monday episodes feature the Pressure Test. The bottom three from the previous night's challenge are given a recipe for a particular dish they are to emulate in an allocated time. Once completed they are taken in to the judges to be tasted, before all three contestants are seated in front of the judges for critiquing. The judges then eliminate the contestant out of the three that performed least adequately in the test.

Tuesday episodes feature the Immunity Challenge, where the winner of the Sunday challenge competes against a guest, which can vary from a chef, apprentice, or to a home cook in a cook off. A dish by the guest is chosen by the judges, or even by the guest himself, or can sometimes be a different dish chosen by the judges, which the contestant and their opponent are to emulate. The contestant sometimes gets a head start to complete the dish before their opponent starts cooking, and sometimes gets a recipe, which the guest does not, and after the allotted time for both is finished, the dishes are presented to the judges who are for tasting and scoring out of ten. The judges are not aware which dish was made by which person, however. If the contestant's dish's score is of equal or higher than that of the guest, they are crowned the winner of the challenge. In the first season they are given a free pass to the finals week of the competition and can go home. From season 2 onwards, they receive a pin that allows them save themselves from one future elimination.

Wednesday features a Team Challenge. The contestants are split into teams of equal numbers and are given a task, and a set amount of time to complete the challenge. Tasks have included presenting a three course meal to a celebrity guest, running a restaurant for an evening or catering an event such as a birthday party or wedding. Once completed and judged the teams are given the results, which can be determined by which team the judges think did the best, or receiving the most votes or making the most money by the people the teams had to cook for, with members of the losing team facing an elimination the next night. The winning team safe from elimination receives a reward (for example lunch at a top restaurant).

Thursday is another Elimination. The two worst performing contestants from the losing team in the team challenge compete against each other in a head to head challenge to determine who will be eliminated. The loser of the challenge is then eliminated. On some occasions, all members of the losing team will be selected to compete as individuals in the elimination challenge. In the first season, a different elimination process was used. The contestants from the losing team were to choose a contestant that they each feel did not perform to their best and may have cost them the challenge. After choosing their nomination the team is called in together to announce their nominations, with the contestant with the most nominations being eliminated from the competition. If the previous challenge was an individual challenge, the bottom two contestants competed in a head to head taste test where one contestant at a time named one ingredient of a particular dish or sauce, and the first person to name an incorrect ingredient is eliminated.

Friday is the MasterClass. Here, judges George and Gary run a masterclass for the remaining contestants, which usually call back to some of the challenges from the previous week. For example, they may revisit the Mystery Box challenge and demonstrate some other dishes that could have been made or redo one of the contestants' dishes to give tips on how it could have been improved.

Season synopses

MasterChef Australia 2009

Main article: MasterChef Australia (season 1)

The first season of MasterChef Australia was broadcast between 27 April 2009 and 19 July 2009. Applications for contestants closed on 8 January 2009, with subsequent auditions held in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Over 7000 people auditioned for the show.

The Top 50 portion of the series was filmed at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. From the Top 20 onwards, filming was moved to a studio on Doody Street in Alexandria, Sydney.^[11][12] The season one finale was filmed on 2 July 2009, two and a half weeks before its actual television broadcast.^[13]

The winner was I.T. office manager Julie Goodwin.

MasterChef Australia 2010

Main article: MasterChef Australia (season 2)

The second season of MasterChef Australia premiered on 19 April 2010, with the initial call for contestants held in mid-2009.

Other changes to Season 2 include not showing the initial auditions, with the series beginning instead with the Top 50 which were filmed at a Redfern Train Works building in Sydney, and having a Top 24 instead of a Top 20.^[14] Also, unlike Season 1, the last 45 minutes of the finale were broadcast live.

The winner was 31 year old lawyer Adam Liaw.

MasterChef Australia 2011

Main article: MasterChef Australia (season 3)

In response to media reports that the Seven Network was trying to sign at least one of the judges, or possibly all three of them, Network Ten revealed that all the judges (plus new judge Matt Moran) signed-on for season 3.^[15]

The season premiere aired on 1 May 2011. It was watched by 1.511 million viewers,^[16] rating higher in its timeslot than the Australian television.

The 2011 series was won by Kate Bracks, who defeated Michael Weldon in the grand final.^[9]

MasterChef Australia 2012

Contestant applications for the fourth season have closed on 16 September 2011.^[17]

Celebrity Seasons

Celebrity MasterChef Australia 2009

Main article: Celebrity MasterChef Australia

Celebrity MasterChef Australia, a spin-off featuring celebrities as contestants began production in early September 2009, and aired for ten weeks starting from 30 September 2009.^[5] The celebrity version, which features a heats and semi-finals format similar to MasterChef Goes Large, is based around weekly episodes.^[5][18]

Presenter Sarah Wilson did not return to present the show. Ten states that she was dropped because "the appropriate role for Sarah was not achievable without dramatically changing the format".,^[2] but Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston returned as judges, Calombaris and Mehigan took Wilson's presenting role.^[19] It was won by Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan, who took home $50,000 for charity Swim Survive Stay Alive.

In February 2010, executive producer Mark Fennessy stated that he doubted the spin-off will return for a second season.^[20]

Junior Seasons

Junior MasterChef Australia 2010

Main article: Junior MasterChef Australia (season 1)

Production of a junior version of the show was initially suggested in October 2009.^[8] The first series of the show, featuring 8 to 12 year old contestants, was filmed after the second series of MasterChef Australia. Junior MasterChef Australia is produced by Shine Australia.^[21]

The series final was won by 12-year-old Isabella Bliss from Queensland.^[22]

Junior MasterChef Australia 2011

Main article: Junior MasterChef Australia (season 2)

Channel 10 confirmed the second season of the spin-off in their 2011 line-up.

Reception

Ratings

The one hour series premiere of MasterChef Australia attracted an average of 1.42 million viewers, making it the most watched show in its timeslot.^[23] Ratings steadily grew throughout the first season, with the show dominating Australian ratings as it entered finals week, averaging around or above 2 million viewers an episode, and on daily rankings placing ahead of other high rating shows such as the Seven Network's Packed to the Rafters and Nine's Rugby League State of Origin broadcast.^[24][25] Its success is despite initial belief from critics that the series would be a dud based on the performance of previous prime time cooking shows, as well as general cynicism against a new reality show format.^[26][27]

The first season finale of MasterChef Australia attracted an average of 3,745,000 viewers, and peaked at 4.11 million viewers. This figure was for the last half hour of the show, titled MasterChef Australia: The Winner Announced, while the first 90 minutes of the finale averaged 3,313,000 viewers. The figure also eclipsed the show's previous high, set on the last elimination episode, of 2.36 million viewers and also surpassed the previous high for a non-sporting event (Australian Idol's 2004 finale, which averaged in 3.35 million) since OzTAM ratings started in 2001. It is currently the 4th highest rating television program in Australia since 2001, behind the 2005 Australian Open final between Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin, and the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final. Ten's share for the night was 41.3%, almost 20% ahead of its nearest rival.^[28] The first season finale was the most watched television program of 2009.^[29]

The highly anticipated second season premiere of the show attracted 1.69 million viewers, peaking at 2.11 million nationwide.^[30] In general, the second season rated higher on average compared to the first season, with weekday episodes seeing a 35% increase in viewers by the midpoint of the season.^[31] The last half hour of the second season final attracted 3,962,000 viewers and 3,542,000 during the rest of the final out rating the season 1 final to become the 3rd highest rating show of all time.

Critical and popular reception

Despite success in the ratings, the series initially received mixed reviews from some viewers, with fans of the original British version describing the Australian show to be incomparable to that version in terms of quality, structure, judgement and skill of the contestants.^[32] Other commentators have also criticised the show for using a competition format similar to other reality shows such as Australian Idol, The Biggest Loser and Project Runway Australia that focuses more on the elimination of contestants than the food and cooking itself.^[33][34] Ten's programming chief David Mott admitted that using the new format was "a huge risk",^[26] while FremantleMedia's Paul Franklin has asserted that "for a commercial audience we needed to pump it up and make it bigger, a little over the top, with more drama and storytelling and a sense of theatre".^[13]

In counterpoint, the show has been described as "an antidote for cynicism" and a reflection of multicultural Australia,^[27] while the show's success has been attributed to audiences "uncomfortable with the win-at-all-cost mould of reality shows of old" and a shift in values in the face of the recent financial crisis.^[35]

Cooking schools have reported an increase in enrolments due to the success of the series,^[36] while kitchenware retailers and upmarket restaurants have also seen increased trade. Supermarkets and specialty food retailers have reported increased demand from the public for the more unusual ingredients, such as quail, custard apple and squab, after being featured on the program.^[37] The success of the show led Ten to explore possible spin-offs such as the celebrity and junior versions, as well as one featuring professional chefs as contestants.^[5] The success of the show has also led competing networks to commission their own competitive cooking programs, such as Seven's My Kitchen Rules and Nine's The Great Aussie Cook-Off after the first series,^[38] with reports that both networks are planning more copycat shows to air in late 2010 and early 2011.

MasterChef Australia won the award for Most Popular Reality Program at the 2010 Logie Awards. In addition, Matt Preston won the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent for his work on the program.^[39]

Controversy

Allegations of vote rigging

Significant numbers of viewers have raised allegations that the voting on the season one finale of MasterChef was fraudulent after Julie Goodwin won the crown. After the airing of the finale talkback radio became inundated with calls, both for and against the verdict, and the finale also became a top trending topic on social networking site Twitter, where many users said they felt "deflated" and "ripped off" by the final episode of the hit show.^[40][41] Similar allegations were raised when contestants were eliminated throughout the season.^[42]

Judge Matt Preston has denied that eliminations were rigged or the result of a popularity contest,^[42] and asserted that Julie had won the title because she was the better cook on the night.^[40] Goodwin herself has also asserted that her victory was not the result of rigging, insisting that the professional integrity of the three judges would be damaged if it were.^[43]

Welfare of former contestants

During their time playing Masterchef, the contestants are paid a retainer of $500 a week. This is slightly below the national Australian minimum wage of $589.30 and less than half the average wage of $1,291.34. This was revealed in 2011 along with the knowledge that most contestants quit their jobs before entering the competition and faced seeking re-employment once eliminated from the show.^[44]

International syndications

Country	Network	Dubbed or Subtitled?	Current Broadcaster?
Afghanistan	STAR World	Subtitled in Dari	Yes
Arab League	Fox Series	Dubbed
	STAR World	Subtitled in Arabic
Bangladesh		Subtitled in Bengali
Belgium	één	Subtitled in Dutch	No
	Vitaya
Bhutan	STAR World India	Subtitled in English	Yes
Burma	STAR World	Subtitled
Canada	Casa	Dubbed in French
Croatia	Nova TV	Subtitled
Denmark	TV3 Puls
Finland	Nelonen
Greece	Mega Channel
Hong Kong	STAR World	Subtitled in Cantonese
Iceland	Stöð 2	Subtitled	Future
India	STAR World India	Subtitled in English	Yes
Indonesia	STAR World	Subtitled
Ireland	Good Food
	Really
	RTE One
	Watch
Israel	Channel 2	Subtitled in Hebrew
Italy	Gambero Rosso	Dubbed
Macau	STAR World	Subtitled in Cantonese
Malaysia		Subtitled
Nepal	STAR World India	Subtitled in English
New Zealand	TV ONE	English Subtitles Available
Norway	TV3	Subtitled
Pakistan	STAR World	Subtitled in Urdu
Philippines
Poland	TV6	Polish lector
Portugal	SIC Mulher	Subtitled
Singapore	MediaCorp Channel 5		Future
	STAR World	Subtitled in English	Yes
South Africa	M-Net
Sri Lanka	STAR World India	Subtitled in English
Sweden	TV3	Subtitled
	TV8
Taiwan	STAR World
Thailand
The Netherlands	NET 5
	RTL5
United Kingdom	Good Food
	Really
	Watch
Vietnam	STAR World	Subtitled

Print publications

Official MasterChef Cookbook Volume 1

The Official MasterChef Cookbook Volume 1 was published by Random House Australia in December 2009. It contains recipes from the series 1 Top 20 contestants and top Australian and international chefs: Martin Boetz, Donovan Cooke, Pete Evans, Manu Feildel, Guy Grossi, Alex Herbert, Matt Moran and Andrew Honeysett, Ben O'Donoghue, Adrian Richardson, Frank Shek, Emmanuel Stroobant and Adriano Zumbo. There are also behind-the-scenes stories and culinary tips and tricks.

^[45]

Our Family Table

As the first winner of MasterChef Julie Goodwin won the chance to have her own cookbook published. Her first cookbook is called Our Family Table and is published by Random House Australia, April 2010.^[46]

Official MasterChef Cookbook Volume 2

The Official MasterChef Cookbook Volume 2 was published by Random House Australia in December 2010. It contains recipes from the series 2 Top 24 contestants and top chefs.

Official Junior MasterChef Cookbook Volume 1

The Official Junior MasterChef Cookbook Volume 1 was published by Random House Australia in 2010. It features recipes suitable for children and spreads it across various themes. Some MasterClass recipes are also included.

Two Asian Kitchens

As the second winner of MasterChef Adam Liaw won the chance to have his own cookbook published. The book is called Two Asian Kitchens (ISBN 9781864711356) and is published by Random House Australia, April 2011. Split into two main sections – the Old Kitchen and the New Kitchen – Liaw explores recipes that he has grown up with, along with new creations.^[47]

MasterChef Magazine

MasterChef Magazine, a monthly spin-off publication adopting the series' brand, went on sale in May 2010. Following a high-profile launch, the magazine exceeded its initial sales target within a short space of time, selling 90,000 copies in three days.^[48] The magazine is published by News Magazines, a subsidiary of News Limited.^[49]

See also

• List of Australian television series
• My Kitchen Rules

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External links

• MasterChef Australia – Official MasterChef Australia Website
• Official Channel Ten Website – Official Network Ten Website (with free MasterChef episodes)
• MasterChef Australia at the Internet Movie Database
• MasterChef Australia at TV.com
• MasterChef Australia on Twitter