MasterChef USA (2000)
MasterChef USA, on PBS, is the original US adaptation of the BBC's MasterChef, a cooking competition for amateur cooks. Grab your whisks and hang on to your toques, as the 27 regional MasterChef champs chop, purée, roast, braise, sauté, simmer and grill their way through the Olympics of amateur cooking to the title of MasterChef USA! Host Gary Rhodes, one of Great Britain’s best-loved chefs, guides us through 13 half-hour episodes and an hour long prime time special. A panel of celebrity judges preside as 27 winning amateur chefs, wielding their own mouthwatering menus, battle over Brulée and Beurre Blanc, wrangle over roasted peppers and risotto, and strive to create the most satisfying soup, salad and soufflé.
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Episode 1 - Regional Cookoff 1
Release Date: 2000-04-01Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.
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Episode 2 - Regional Cookoff 2
Release Date: 2000-04-08Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.
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Episode 3 - Regional Cookoff 3
Release Date: 2000-04-15Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.
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Episode 4 - Regional Cookoff 4
Release Date: 2000-04-22Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.
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Episode 5 - Regional Cookoff 5
Release Date: 2000-04-29Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.
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Episode 6 - Regional Cookoff 6
Release Date: 2000-05-06Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.
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Episode 7 - Regional Cookoff 7
Release Date: 2000-05-13The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.
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Episode 8 - Regional Cookoff 8
Release Date: 2000-05-20The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.
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Episode 9 - Regional Cookoff 9
Release Date: 2000-05-27The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.
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Episode 10 - Semifinal Competition 1
Release Date: 2000-06-03In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.
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Episode 11 - Semifinal Competition 2
Release Date: 2000-06-10In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.
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Episode 12 - Semifinal Competition 3
Release Date: 2000-06-17In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.
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Episode 13 - Grand Finale
Release Date: 2000-06-24The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.