MasterChef France

MasterChef France is a French television series broadcast on TF1 in France. It premiered on August 19, 2010. It is produced by Shine France and TF1 and has run for four seasons. The original presenter, Carole Rousseau, was controversially removed from the programme in 2013.

Michel Roux Jr, a judge in the original British series, has stated that he believes the British MasterChef should be more ambitious and emulate some of the content of the French version.

Plot

A large number of amateur chefs compete in the MasterChef France kitchen to impress three judges in order to become the MasterChef France winner.

Series overview

Season	Contestants	Episodes		Originally aired		Winner	Runner(s)-up
				First aired	Last aired
1	20	12		August 19, 2010 (2010-08-19)	November 4, 2010 (2010-11-04)	Anne Alassane	Marine Crousnillon
2	21	12		August 18, 2011 (2011-08-18)	November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)	Élisabeth Biscarrat	Xavier Malandran
3	19	12		August 23, 2012 (2012-08-23)	November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)	Ludovic Dumont	Pierre Lefebvre
4	18	12		September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)	December 20, 2013 (2013-12-20)	Marc Boissieux	Marie-Hélène Metu
5	12	8		June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25)	September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03)	Khanh-Ly Huynh	Elizabeth Cauvel
6	18	6		August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23)	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	Marc-Amaury Legrand	Clara Galand

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

The first season ran from August 19 to November 4, 2010.

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status
Anne Alassane	25	Yvelines, Île-de-France	Medicine student	Winner November 4
Marine Lucenê	37	Fort-de-France, Martinique	Baker	Runner-Up November 4
Romain Jacquet	46	Paris, Île-de-France	Businessman	2nd Runner-Up November 4
Agathe Accôn	22	Guyane, French Guiana	Law student	3rd Runner-Up November 4
Cyril Leidermer	38	Cher, Centre-Val de Loire	Former football player	Eliminated October 28
Virginie Limpopo	27	Calvados, Normandy	Stylist and make-up artist
Audrey Poret	43	Paris, Île-de-France	Housewife	Eliminated October 21
Phillipe Montesieur	33	Gard, Occitanie	English teacher
Frédéric Mesusia	22	Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Model	Eliminated October 14
Joël Peries	18	Aube, Grand Est	Gastronomy student
Cédric Longeraux	39	Indre, Centre-Val de Loire	Businessman	Eliminated October 7
Corinne Brideskei	63	Bas-Rhin, Grand Est	Retired
Georgiana Vicine	52	Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France	Housewife	Eliminated September 30
Steve Dorcas	24	Bouches-du-Rhône, Région Sud	Pizza deliver
Phillipe Clementin	59	Paris, Île-de-France	Retired	Eliminated September 23
Thomas Escobar	38	Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Language teacher
Julien Cavalhero	21	Haute-Garonne, Occitanie	Medicine student	Eliminated September 16
Baïa Navatepe	18	Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie	Student
Jérôme Coveda	23	Mayenne, Pays de la Loire	Professional skater	Eliminated September 9
Nathalie Matéro	40	Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe	French teacher

Season 2 (2011)

The second season ran from August 18 to November 3, 2011.

Season 3 (2012)

The third season ran from August 23 to November 8, 2012.

Season 4 (2013)

The fourth season ran from September 20 to December 20, 2013.

Season 5 (2015)

The fifth season ran from June 25 to September 3, 2015.

Season 6 (2022)

The sixth season ran on France 2 from August 23, 2022.

See also

• List of French Adaptations of Television Series from Other Countries