MasterChef France is a French television series broadcast on TF1 in France.[1] It premiered on August 19, 2010.[2] It is produced by Shine France and TF1 and has run for four seasons. The original presenter, Carole Rousseau, was controversially removed from the programme in 2013.[3]

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.[4]

Plot edit

A large number of amateur chefs compete in the MasterChef France kitchen to impress three judges in order to become the MasterChef France winner.

Seasons edit

Season 1 (2010) edit

The first season ran from August 19 to November 4, 2010.

Contestants edit

Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status
Anne Alassane 25 Yvelines, Île-de-France Medicine student Winner November 4
Marine Lucenê 37 Fort-de-France, Martinique Baker Runner-Up November 4
Romain Jacquet 46 Paris, Île-de-France Businessman 2nd Runner-Up November 4
Agathe Accôn 22 Guyane, French Guiana Law student 3rd Runner-Up November 4
Cyril Leidermer 38 Cher, Centre-Val de Loire Former football player Eliminated October 28
Virginie Limpopo 27 Calvados, Normandy Stylist and make-up artist
Audrey Poret 43 Paris, Île-de-France Housewife Eliminated October 21
Phillipe Montesieur 33 Gard, Occitanie English teacher
Frédéric Mesusia 22 Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Model Eliminated October 14
Joël Peries 18 Aube, Grand Est Gastronomy student
Cédric Longeraux 39 Indre, Centre-Val de Loire Businessman Eliminated October 7
Corinne Brideskei 63 Bas-Rhin, Grand Est Retired
Georgiana Vicine 52 Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France Housewife Eliminated September 30
Steve Dorcas 24 Bouches-du-Rhône, Région Sud Pizza deliver
Phillipe Clementin 59 Paris, Île-de-France Retired Eliminated September 23
Thomas Escobar 38 Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Language teacher
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) edit

The second season ran from August 18 to November 3, 2011.

Season 3 (2012) edit

The third season ran from August 23 to November 8, 2012.

Season 4 (2013) edit

The fourth season ran from September 20 to December 20, 2013.

Season 5 (2015) edit

The fifth season ran from June 25 to September 3, 2015.

Season 6 (2022) edit

The sixth season ran on France 2 from August 23, 2022.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ My TF1 website. Accessed 3 March 2014
  2. ^ "Masterchef arrive sur TF1 le 19 août". programme.tv. 27 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Carole Rousseau : la vérité sur son éviction de MasterChef" (10 October 2013) Le Figaro (French)
  4. ^ "'MasterChef' judge: 'Great British Bake Off not as fancy as French version'" (Nov 4 2013) Digital Spy (Accessed 3 March 2014)