The Truth About MasterChef Finally Revealed

MasterChef is an intense cooking competition that sees chefs trying to impress a panel of judges week after week, until only one is left standing. The kids’ version of the show is obviously a little less cutthroat, but both are more intense behind-the-scenes than you see on TV. One contestant, who didn’t sign a nondisclosure agreement, has talked at length about all the testing that contestants have to undergo, and it seems pretty intense, especially for what seems like just a simple cooking show. From the whittling down of potential contestants to all the controversy, let’s take a look at the truth about MasterChef that has been revealed.

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Auditioning takes months | 0:00
About 100 potential contestants | 0:40
The one that didn't sign | 1:35
Contestant to producer | 2:16
Tasting while cooking | 2:36
Lots of waiting | 3:27
Time to beautify food | 3:53
Cooking classes | 4:23
The crew eats the leftovers | 5:08
A judge's legal troubles | 5:35
Animal cruelty issues | 6:40
Accusations of harassment | 7:31
Ramsay's take on crying | 8:09
Keeping safety in mind | 8:45
Accidents happen | 9:17
A contestant's tragic end | 9:57

[MashedFood]

How do you think you'd do on MasterChef?

[princesssmileyface]

No wonder they get emotional when someone gets eliminated, they get to know each other for months.

[schroyerfamilydaily]

I didn't know Josh commited suicide. Thats so sad. He was such a nice guy and so talented. It's a great loss to the culinary world. Sending my thoughts and prayers to the family.

[jabujolly]

Josh Marks was 7 foot 2 but apparently didn't come from a particularly tall family nor was he himself particularly tall as a kid. People growing to such heights in that manner are due to pituitary gland irregularities and that's at the base of the brain. Might I suggest that a tumor in his brain caused him to grow to that height and simultaneously caused his paranoid schizophrenia thus costing him his life. Real tragedy.

[AndrewSmith-hwml]

Here’s my problem, you never get to see the judges taste all the dishes until the Top 10.

[cherryblossoms]

That poor Josh guy I read about his story it was sad. I think he took getting eliminated really hard and couldn't bare it. He also claimed to hear Gordon Ramsay's voice in his head too like literally.

[Frazzled_Chameleon]

That guy had the most honest and unscripted quips ever. I love watching him.

[projektxent]

Josh was so awesome. I didn’t know him personally but his personality was infectious on screen

[rosehearts]

That woman who killed that turtle has so much anger. I mean I get distraught sometimes but on a psychotic level of angrily beating a turtle and then decapitating it.

[haikumagician]

I love the thumbnail with Aaron. I'm glad he's still wholesome

[YellowFalse]

It always made sense that Master Chef would give their home cooks lessons. Not every home cook has tried cooking everything like a student or chef has tried in culinary school or in the industry. That's why I feel that Master Chef lost so much of it's shine and luster from the earlier season. It's just a bunch of produced garbage meant to pull on your heart strings like any other show. Shows like America Got Talent and American Idol is selling you the story. The performers are all great but it's not always the best that wins or moves on to the next round. The story that Master Chef sells you over other cooking shows is that HOME COOKS, not professional chefs, are able to cook and compete. It's an underdog story to show that anyone can achieve excellency. They get you to watch because of the feel good notion and how relatable it is to you. It's heavily scripted and the contestants are chosen, like the video says, way in advance with months of choosing personalities that will collide, personalities that represent the average American, personalities that a humble, etc. I'm not saying all shows are like this, but very careful of shows that appear on the same network that has entertainment news as their news.

[BladeBlur]

So sad for Josh. He was awesome and I wish his family the best.

[Dic-yyrj]

Ellies was one of the worst people on masterchef. Always cried. Ramsay hated her

[jeremywinston]

The guy that committed suicide believed he was possessed by Gordon Ramsay. Sad to think that this happened all cuz he stopped taking his meds.

[lovablefort]

I love watching Masterchef! The US version is so conpetitive but the Australian version is a nightly show, you can cook almost whatever you want to cook.

[jaehaspels]

Every reality show has a lag between choosing of contestants and the start of filming. I've always wondered why people don't practice basic stuff during that time like baking a cake, making a pie crust, making some kind of bread, vegetarians learning to cook meat, cooking eggs, making pasta, etc. When these supposed expert home cooks stand there and say, "This is the first time I've ever made this." and it's not something unusual, I'm always thinking they're total idiots.

[aguywholifts]

my question is how the heck all the supposed "homecooks" seem to know all kinds of dishes and techniques ever exist? Like in a challenge, the judges told them to copy a what seem to be a complicated dish, how do the homecooks know the steps to make it?

[ianrotten]

You couldn't pay me enough to go on any of these cooking shows. You're just opening yourself to an unknown world of hurt. The world of TV or film is always too good to be true folks.

[neomt]

Why the heck would anyone touch BOILING HOT CARAMEL? ?! Lol

[dougloremaster]

I'm sorry but the slaughter 'scandal' is stupid. A chef preparing meat has to know how to butcher an animal. But the ingredients arrive prepped I hear you say. True, in most cases (lobster, anyone?) but as someone who has killed a wild boar in order to eat, I can personally tell you, the respect for whatever ingredient you prepare is tripled for the creator when you, yourself have no choice. Yes, I was starving to death, and no, I regret nothing. I did what I had to.
I am fairly certain it is common practice in culinary school to understand the ins and out of each and every meat product that is prepared, not to mention that the meat is slaughtered. Live or not, the animal dies to provide food. That is simply the facts of life. Facts don't care about opinions, though personally, I would rather not kill an animal, I will without regret butcher one if I need to eat and there are no alternatives.