قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة MasterChef

MasterChef is a reality television cooking competition which began in the United Kingdom.
The show is very popular and has different versions in over 40 countries.
The original show aired from 1990 to 2001.
It came back in 2005.
"MasterChef" airs on BBC.

Format.

Each series is broadcast on five nights a week for eight weeks.
During the first six weeks, the first four episodes of each week are heats and the fifth episode is a quarter-final.
Six contestants enter each heat and the winner becomes a quarter-finalist.
At the end of each week, the four quarter-finalists compete and a semi-finalist is chosen.
After six weeks, the six semi-finalists compete in the final two weeks.

The judges decide who leaves and who stays in the show.
The current UK judges are Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
They are sometimes joined by a guest judge.

Versions in other countries.

The show was very popular and has been adapted into other versions such as an Australian one and American one (which had Gordon Ramsay as a judge).