MasterChef New Zealand is a New Zealand competitive reality television cooking show based on the original British version of Masterchef. The first episode aired on 3 February 2010 at 7:30pm on TV ONE. The show currently features judges Ray McVinnie, Josh Emett and Simon Gault. The series is similar to the format of MasterChef Australia whereby contestants compete in weekly elimination challenges, including team challenges. The major difference is the New Zealand series only has one episode per week compared to Australia's five per week. The first series was won by Brett McGregor, over runner-up Kelly Young, in the grand finale which was screened on 28 April 2010. Nadia Lim won the second series, beating runner-up Jax Hamilton in the finale. The third series was won by Chelsea Winter, who beat runner-up Ana Schwarz in the finale.
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant quality three-course meal for three food critics.
After the death of Mao's mother - Pai - who was called the Goddess of Cuisine, Mao wants to be the Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before Mao takes his mother's place as Master Chef, he travels to China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef just like his mother.
Four celebrities invite each other to their homes and compete to be the best host, where night after night they must cook for the other guests, who in turn will be both the judges and their rivals.
Meet Julius Roberts, ex London chef who swapped city life for a smallholding in Dorset. A Taste of the Country gives us a glimpse into his first summer on a journey to self sufficiency. Watch Julius raise goats, garden and grow and make delicious food alongside friends and family (both two legged and four legged!). This is your taste of the Dorset countryside, from the comfort of your sofa.
Comedian Bert Kreischer hosts a cooking show with guests from the comedy world.
"Miss Culinary" reveals the brilliance of a young man who tries to keep his girlfriend by telling delicious stories of his mother's recipes to win his girlfriend's heart back. With the story of his mother's life being sour, sweet, salty, spicy, it tells of a girl who ran away from her hometown in Uthai Thani province to face life in Bangkok in the 70s in order to fulfill her dream of being a chef at a 5-star hotel, along with love.
Twelve chefs channel their inner food scientists to re-create classic snacks and invent their own original treats for a $50,000 prize.
Gordon's Great Escape is a television series presented by chef Gordon Ramsay. Series 1 follows Ramsay's first visit to India, where he explores the country's culinary traditions. Produced by One Potato Two Potato, in association with Optomen, the series aired on three consecutive nights between 18 to 20 January 2010 as part of Channel 4's 'Indian Winter' promotion. The second series aired in May 2011, where Ramsay explored the culinary traditions of Southeast Asia, visiting Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Each week, five amateur cooks compete against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a cash prize.
From my home kitchen to yours, Meals in Minutes is here to make cooking tastier, faster, and way more fun. You'll not only discover mouthwatering recipes but also pick up handy cooking tips to elevate your kitchen game. Whether you're kicking back to enjoy the show or jumping up to cook along, just remember—it's your kitchen, your rules!
Talented hobby confectioners, or even those who are already familiar with the tricks of baking, compare their knowledge: Master Confectioner candidates must create two confectionery masterpieces individually in each broadcast to advance. At the end of each race day, one of them will be eliminated, so at the end of the two semi-final weeks, three competitors will advance to the final week, where someone will also leave every day.
Food Truck Face Off pits two teams against one another to win their own customized food truck. Hosted by Jesse Palmer, four teams with food truck dreams present their unique concepts to an expert panel of judges, but only two teams are chosen to face off in a truck-on-truck showdown. The team that makes the most money over the course of two intense days emerges victorious.
My Kitchen Rules is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network since 2010. The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Restaurant Rules, and was put into production based on the success of Network Ten's MasterChef Australia. My Kitchen Rules has just been renewed by the Seven Network for a fifth series.
Tired of modern beauty standards that shame her love for food, Xiao Xiao wishes to live in the Tang Dynasty, where curvier figures were admired. When she suddenly wakes up in the body of a sickly thin woman from that era, she’s forced to confront beauty ideals from both past and present, and discover what true self-acceptance means.
Paris Hilton can cook...kind of. And she’s turning the traditional cooking show upside down. She’s not a trained chef and she’s not trying to be. With the help of her celebrity friends, she navigates new ingredients, new recipes and exotic kitchen appliances.
Meet Carrie Morey --an award-winning baker, cookbook author and entrepreneur who is growing a tiny made-by-hand mail order biscuit company into a booming business with a ravenous following.
Andrew Zimmern visits families across America to explore how the cultural, regional, and historical facets of who we are inform what and how we eat, and all the ways food brings people together.
Jamie Oliver goes on a mission to change the way people think about vegetables, demonstrating a collection of vibrant, hearty and healthy vegetarian dishes that everyone can add to their kitchen.
In Jacques Pépin Fast Food My Way, the man who taught millions of Americans how to cook shares the techniques he honed in the most famous kitchens of the world to show you how to create simple, special meals in minutes.