Bride Said “Master Chef can’t be Real”

[Pedro7]

Originally Posted by NickTheGreat

Yeah it seems Chopped is fairly legit. I know there was a fellow on here that went on it fairly recently.

I was just very disenchanted when I learned that on Iron Chef they know what the mystery ingredient is (out of a few options). I thought i'd read that they get a practice round but I can't find anything on that now.

That I'm not surprised as those are entire teams that have to cook that meal. The teams are running way too flawlessly for it to be an impromptu meal.

[BillN]

I enjoy Master Chef and I really enjoy Master Chef Jr. Since I don't have cable/satellite and only get one channel (Fox) that has any cooking shows I had better like Master Chef. For some reason I always miss Hell's Kitchen.

[rob g]

I can't confirm Master Chef but Master Chef Canada is all scripted from who is fighting with who and who is going home each week. A buddy of mine knows one of the cooks that competed on the show a couple years ago. They were told which person they were to fight with and which person to befriend. They were given the weekly recipe the week before. The person going home wasn't given the recipe. It's all made for TV tripe.