Gordon Ramsay will be the host and co-producer of the US version of hit British Television show Masterchef. In Great Britain the series now appears in three versions: the main MasterChef series for non-professional cooks, MasterChef: The Professionals which is for working chefs, and Celebrity MasterChef.
The format of the US version will be based on that from Australia, which was one of the highest rating shows of this millenium. MasterChef Australia featured a different format to that of the original British MasterChef and MasterChef Goes Large formats. In Australia, the initial rounds consist of a large number of hopeful contestants from across the country individually "auditioning" by presenting a food dish before the three judges in order to gain one of fifty semi-final places. Most dishes were cooked before arriving for the auditions and then finihsed an prepared with a five-minute time limit onsite. Contestants had to be at least eighteen years or over at time of audition, and their main source of income cannot come from cooking and preparing food professionally
The semi-finalists then competed in several challenges which test their food knowledge and preparation skills, cutting the number to twenty finalists. That twentywas then whittled down through a number of individual and team-based cooking challenges and weekly elimination rounds until a winning MasterChef was crowned. The winner plays for a prize that includes chef training from leading professional chefs, a cash prize and their own cookbook published.
Auditions were held across the United States in January of 2010 and some of the questions on the application from were very strange! Here's some examples
1. How did you hear about casting for "MasterChef"(please be specific)?
2. Do you have any obligations that would prevent you from being gone from your home and job for an extended period of time? If so, please explain.
What excuse could you give for them to have you on the show if you couldn't comply???
3. If NO, what is your cooking background (cookbooks, self taught, internet, family recipes)?
Yep, I cook on the internet and have 5 stars on all levels of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen game!
4. Do you have a favorite chef? If so, list whom and why:
Will anyone get this question wrong??
5. Describe your feelings about Chef Gordon Ramsay?
See above!
6. Describe a major issue that has affected your life. Do you still face this issue?
WTF is this about?
7. Do you have tattoos? Y/N! Comments:
See above
8. Have you had plastic surgery? Y/N Comments:
WTFF?
9. Have you ever hit someone in anger or self defense? YES/NO If so, please provide details below!(i.e. year, how it happened)
I ain't nobody's Bitch!
10. If chosen to be a contestant on "MasterChef," is there any part of your life that you would prefer not to share on camera?!(i.e., social organizations, activities, personal history, friends, family,!etc.)
I wonder if Jerry Springer asks the same questions??
11. List your three (3) closest male friends whom we could call as character references. Please list their names and contact information
12. List your three (3) closest female friends whom we could call as character references. Please list their names and contact information
Would it be more worrying if they said the same things about you?
Just getting through the application form seems to be an ordeal!
Looking forward to the show
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