Masterchef Reviews

For me, Masterchef is not so much about the food, but more the way in which the show is formatted. Obviously it is wonderful to see members of the public concoct a selection of dishes, but just as fascinating is the way the show is edited and of course the presenters. The idea of Masterchef is that a group of wannabe chefs are gathered ...  Read the complete review

This review will cover the recently ended series of Masterchef: The Professionals, which finished last night on BBC2 having run for the last several weeks. The format of the show is this - professional chefs compete for the title of professional masterchef in a show similar to the regular Masterchef format. The presenters are different ...  Read the complete review

I watch this programme because I love food and my husband loves cookery programmes. I wouldn't watch it out of choice, because it just isn't that inspiring. However, I think it is worth switching on for the final, as you get to see some really posh cooking and it means a bit more and so can be a bit more exciting. The worst thing ...  Read the complete review

The latest version of the TV show 'Masterchef - the Professionals', which this time features (notionally) professional cooks has been showing on every weeknight except Fridays, and twice on Thursdays on BBC2, for at least the last four weeks. It's required quite a commitment from the viewers to stick with this marathon schedule but though the ...  Read the complete review

Ah yes, Masterchef. Gone are the days of Lloyd Grossman mulling over the red, blue and yellow kitchens, and instead two chefs-cum-critics - Greg Wallace and John Torode - over see the whole concept...and then there's Masterchef: The Professionals, which sees mega chef Michel Roux Jr. casting his eye over proceedings. Made by Shine ...  Read the complete review

Masterchef is one of those programs on telly that you would not think would be very entertaining but you always find yourself drawn into watching it and picking up some ideas that you think you could do yourself. The program is a cooking competition which is now presented by Gregg Wallace and John Torode who took over presenting the show in ...  Read the complete review

Masterchef, currently showing 'The Professionals', is a televised cookery shown on the BBC. I didn't start watching this until last year and I honestly can not understand why, it is brilliant. Judged by Gregg Wallace and Michel Roux Junior, Masterchef the Professionals is for contestants currently working in the catering industry to ...  Read the complete review

Masterchef, or Masterchef goes LArge as it was called for the first three seasons is a cooking show for amateur cooks in the UK. The show is presented by Greg Wallace and John Torode, Greg is a ingredients expert and John a michelin star chef, they test amateur cooks on their cooking ability. Masterchef as a brand started many years ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe I've never seen a series of this before the current one! As it is, I'm loving it and will definitely be watching again, but it does mean that I can only go on the Professionals version. The format of the show is relatively simple. Four professional cooks come together to prove that they can cook top notch grub. They ...  Read the complete review

Masterchef, in all its incarnations is a well-tested and proven formula. It pits chefs of varying abilities, depending of the series, against each other in order to find the best, most consistent and most exciting culinary prospect. In it's current form, "The Professionals", the bar is set very high by using only chefs with ...  Read the complete review

If you're looking for Lloyd Grossman, you've come to the wrong place. This isn't the 90s version of the show, where people pontificated about their menus before being decamped to their respective coloured kitchens to slave over a partridge jus. The new Masterchef brings things up to date with a frantic-paced show that skips between ...  Read the complete review

Masterchef is a long running BBC Television series that initially was screened from 1990 to 2001 and for all but 1 and a bit years of that period was hosted by Lloyd Grossman, Gary Rhodes hosting from 2000-2001. Back in those days is was somewhat of a serious, stuffy and lacking of real atmosphere affair but then that was in the days ...  Read the complete review

The winner of Masterchef 2009 was announced yesterday and the winner is Mat Follas, an IT engineer from Dorset. I only started watching Masterchef two weeks ago and I have been rooting for Mat to win. Masterchef is a cooking reality show from BBC. The judges for Masterchef are John Torode and Gregg Wallace.The series starts with 4 ...  Read the complete review

I'm currently watching Masterchef on BBC Iplayer, I don't want to dwell too much on the format of the program, simply because Masterchef is such an established program that it would just be repetition for the sake of it, and I notice a recent review that covers it already. What I do want to explore is why, as a completely rubbish cook who ...  Read the complete review

I didn't watch Masterchef back in the days of Lloyd Grossman, partly because I was too young to care and mostly because I can't stand that man's voice! So it comes as a bit of a surprise that I am so thoroughly addicted to the current format (so much so that I taped it whilst I was on holiday last week!). So, what's it all ...  Read the complete review

To watch the opening credits of this show you would think that we were going to go to a full scale nuclear incident if we do not watch this show....they really ham it up, but then I guess this is what makes it so entertaining....it is light years away from the original format with good old Lloyd Grossman. We start with six contestants ...  Read the complete review

****History of Master Chef**** Master Chef was first aired in 1990 and it enjoyed and 11 year stint to 2001. During the early years Lloyd Grossman, and a panel of two experts, hosted Master Chef. During the 'Lloyd' years I never watched Master Chef and would actually make an effort to change channels when it came on preferring to watch ...  Read the complete review

I yesterday found myself watching the lastest incarnation of Masterchef courtesy of the BBC. An sadly not alot has changed from the last few seasons. I still can not recommend it to anyone!!! An I have to say I still am not really impressed with the judges at all, I know they have become synonomous with MasterChef, but who on earth ...  Read the complete review

If you like cooking, you'll love masterchef. Every series sees amateur cooks trying to make the big time in the chef world. The episodes have the same format where 6 contestants make a dish off the cuff from a variety of mystery ingredients. After this, three chefs are eliminated and they must then take part in a kitchen challenge where they do ...  Read the complete review

So who is the nations greatest amateur chef, this is the premise behind Masterchef. With John Torode (A famous Australian chef, based in London), and Gregg Wallace (A sourcer of ingredients to restaurants) assessing each chef this is half hour of television that I enjoy every week. Shown nightly, this is enthralling television, ...  Read the complete review