MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 5 Recap and Review: June 10 2015
June 12, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
There are 19 people left now and it’s time for another Mystery Box challenge. In the opening “confessionals” we hear first from Shelly, who says she can almost taste that quarter of a million dollars now that could change her life…
MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 4 Recap and Review: June 3 2015
June 4, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week we said goodbye to two home cooks we’d barely gotten to know: Mateo and Brianna. The remaining 20 hopeful contestants are now going to have to face their very first team challenge…
MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 3 Recap and Review: May 27 2015
May 29, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week on MasterChef, we (briefly) met the top 40 contestants for this season, which was then whittled down to 20 in a series of head to head battles, plus a final cook-off for 6 chefs who got a second chance to earn a white apron.
My MasterChef Open Call Experience – New York 2012
May 27, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Auditioning for a reality television series is not something I had ever dreamed of or planned on doing. But in November of 2012, I spent the day lined up with hundreds other hopefuls in New York City, wishing for just one thing…
MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 2 Recap and Review: May 20 2015
May 22, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
We’re back for the continuation of the season premiere, where the top forty home cooks in America (picked by FOX, at least) had to battle it out for their place in the top twenty. Each had to face off against another hopefully in a battle of signature dishes, based on their common theme or ingredient…
MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 1 Recap and Review: May 20 2015
May 21, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
This week we have a special 2-part premiere episode of MasterChef, so I’m going to divide this recap into two separate posts (part two to follow shortly). There are a lot of new hopeful home chefs to meet – and a new judge as well – so let’s not waste any more time on getting started, shall we?
MasterChef US Season 5: Where Are They Now?
May 11, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
A new season of MasterChef US is set to begin in a few weeks (May 20, 2015 on the FOX network, to be exact), so it’s time for my annual round up of the previous season’s contestants: Where are they now? Who has gone back to his or her “day job”, and who has gone on to pursue a dream of working in the food and cooking industry?
Win or Lose, Andrew Zappley is South Jersey’s MasterChef Junior Hero
February 25, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
West Deptford’s own Andrew Zappley.
While I haven’t been doing weekly recaps of MasterChef Junior Season 3 as I have in the past, I’ve still been avidly watching the series this season. In fact, I think this has been my favorite edition of MasterChef Junior overall as there was such a great bunch of kids this time around—including one young chef from my own area, Andrew Zappley of West Deptford, New Jersey…
MasterChef US Season 3: Where Are They Now?
February 8, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
The third season of MasterChef US aired on FOX from June through September 2012. Now that several years have passed since that time, fans of the show might be wondering what happened to some of their favorite contestants from the series…
MasterChef US Season 6: Will New Judge Christina Tosi Save or Sink the Show?
January 30, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Back in November of last year, restauranteur Joe Bastianich announced that he would be leaving the MasterChef television series, with his last appearance in the third season of MasterChef Junior (currently airing on FOX). Since then there has been plenty of speculation as to who would replace him on the show…
