MasterChef France is a French television series broadcast on TF1 in France.My TF1 website. Accessed 3 March 2014 It premiered on August 19, 2010. It is produced by Shine France and has run for four seasons and the first part of the fifth season on TF1. It was moved to NT1 for the last part of the fifth season before being canceled. The original presenter, Carole Rousseau, was controversially removed from the programme in 2013."Carole Rousseau : la vérité sur son éviction de MasterChef" (10 October 2013) Le Figaro (French)
Michel Roux Jr, a judge in the original British series, has stated that he believes the British MasterChef should be more ambitious and emulate some of the content of the French version.MasterChef' judge: 'Great British Bake Off not as fancy as French version (Nov 4 2013) Digital Spy (Accessed 3 March 2014) The series was revived on France 2 in September 2022.
Plot A large number of amateur chefs compete in the MasterChef France kitchen to impress three judges in order to become the MasterChef France winner.
Series overview
Seasons Season 1 (2010) The first season ran from August 19 to November 4, 2010.
Contestants ContestantAgeHometownOccupationStatus Anne Alassane 33 Yvelines, Île-de-France Farmer Marine Lucenê 31 Fort-de-France, Martinique French teacher Runner-Up November 4 Romain Jacquet 24 Paris, Île-de-France Air conditioning company manager 2nd Runner-Up November 4 Agathe Accôn 28 Guyane, French Guiana Waitress 3rd Runner-Up November 4 Cyril Leidermer 36 Cher, Centre-Val de Loire Executive in mass distribution Eliminated October 28 Virginie Limpopo 27 Calvados, Normandy Stylist and make-up artist Audrey Poret 43 Paris, Île-de-France Housewife Eliminated October 21 Philippe Montesieur 33 Gard, Occitanie English teacher Frédéric Mesusia 39 Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bartender Eliminated October 14 Joël Peries 30 Aube, Grand Est Ready-to-lend store assistant Cédric Longeraux 39 Indre, Centre-Val de Loire Businessman Eliminated October 7 Corinne Brideskei 40 Bas-Rhin, Grand Est Secretary Georgiana Vicine 52 Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France Housewife Eliminated September 30 Steve Dorcas 35 Bouches-du-Rhône, Région Sud Management Consultant Philippe Clementin 42 Paris, Île-de-France Press officer Eliminated September 23 Thomas Escobar 38 Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Pharmaceutical consulting manager Julien Cavalhero 21 Haute-Garonne, Occitanie Medicine student Eliminated September 16 Baïa Navatepe 18 Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie Student Jérôme Coveda 23 Mayenne, Pays de la Loire Professional skater Eliminated September 9 Nathalie Matéro 40 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe French teacher
Season 2 (2011) The second season ran from August 18 to November 3, 2011.
Season 3 (2012) The third season ran from August 23 to November 8, 2012.
Season 4 (2013) The fourth season ran from September 20 to December 20, 2013.
Season 5 (2015) The fifth season ran from June 25 to September 3, 2015.
Season 6 (2022) The sixth season ran on France 2 from August 23, 2022.
See also List of French Adaptations of Television Series from Other Countries Georgiana Viou, chef from Benin who appeared in the first season of the show, and later returned as a judge for the sixth season
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