MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 4 Recap and Review: June 3 2015

June 4, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screenshot from the Season 6 MasterChef episode "Cinnamon Roll-er Coaster".

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…

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My MasterChef Open Call Experience – New York 2012

May 27, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By

Times Square billboard advertising MasterChef. Photograph by

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…

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 2 Recap and Review: May 20 2015

May 22, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencapture from the May 20, 2015 episode of MasterChef, "The Battle Continues".

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…

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MasterChef US Season 6 Episode 1 Recap and Review: May 20 2015

May 21, 2015 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screen capture from the May 19, 2015 premiere of MasterChef season 6.

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?

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Win or Lose, Andrew Zappley is South Jersey’s MasterChef Junior Hero

February 25, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By

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…

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MasterChef US Season 6: Will New Judge Christina Tosi Save or Sink the Show?

January 30, 2015 | Posted in REALITY TV | By

"Milk Bar Life: Recipes and Stories" is the upcoming cookbook by new MasterChef US judge Chrstina Tosi.

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…

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: December 2 2014 Episode 5 Recap and Review

December 3, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencap from the December 3 2014 episode of MasterChef Junior.

Logan thinks it’s amazing to be here at this point. Oona thinks she is underestimated because of her size. We should know by now that the contestants spotlighted early on in an episode are likely going to be in trouble and perhaps next on the chopping block, so does this mean…

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: November 25 2014 Episode 4 Recap and Review

November 29, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screen cap from the November 25 2014 episode of MasterChef Junior.

But now it’s time for the final eight competitors in MasterChef Junior to compete! Left at this point are Abby, Adaiah, Oona, Josh, Logan, Levi, Sean and Samuel. Abby says that getting this far on MasterChef Junior is better than eating all of the ice cream in the world…

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: November 18 2014 Episode 3 Recap and Review

November 19, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencapture from the November 18 2014 episode of MasterChef Junior.

There are 10 young chefs left now in the MasterChef kitchen: Abby, Oona, Mitchell, Samuel, Sam, Logan, Sean, Adaiah, Josh and Levi. The competition is just going to get harder as it’s time for their next mystery box challenge. The

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MasterChef Junior Season 2: November 11 2014 Episode 2 Recap and Review

November 12, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By

Screencap from MasterChef Junior, November 11 2014 episode.

ast week we met the sixteen young contestants who would be computing in season two of MasterChef Junior, but four of them were sent home before the end of the night: Coco, Berry, Nasir and Isabella…

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