The first season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef ran from July 27 to September 15, 2010 on Fox.
MasterChef | |
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Season 1 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season 1, featuring judge Gordon Ramsay | |
Judges | |
No. of contestants | 14 |
Winner | Whitney Miller |
Runner-up | David Miller |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | July 27 September 15, 2010 | –
Season chronology |
Whitney Miller was the winner of this inaugural season, with David Miller as the runner-up.
Top 14
editContestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status |
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Whitney Miller | 22 | Poplarville, Mississippi | College Student | Winner September 15 |
David Miller | 29 | Boston, Massachusetts | Software Engineer | Runner-Up September 15 |
Lee Knaz | 27 | Venice, California | Bartender | Eliminated September 15 |
Sheetal Bhagat | 37 | Chicago, Illinois | Teacher | |
Sharone Hakman | 28 | Los Angeles, California | Financial Advisor | Eliminated September 8 |
Mike Kim | 34 | Redondo Beach, California | Server | |
Jake Gandolfo | 38 | Santa Cruz, California | Construction Worker | Eliminated September 1 |
Tracy Nailor | 42 | Atlanta, Georgia | Doctor | |
Kim Dung "Slim" Huynh | 22 | Harvey, Louisiana | College Student | |
Anthony "Tony" Carbone | 31 | Boston, Massachusetts | Server | Eliminated August 25 |
Faruq Jenkins | 30 | Glendale, California | Bartender | |
Jenna Hamiter | 23 | Euless, Texas | Homemaker | Eliminated August 18 |
Avis White | 47 | Vacherie, Louisiana | Elderly Caregiver | |
Sheena Zadeh | 26 | Anaheim, California | Marketing Executive |
Elimination table
editPlace | Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||
1 | Whitney | WIN | IN | PT | HIGH | IN | PT | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | IMM | WIN | WINNER |
2 | David | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IMM | RUNNER-UP |
3 | Lee | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | PT | WIN | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | IMM | IMM | ELIM | |
4 | Sheetal | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | IN | IMM | ELIM | ||
5 | Sharone | IN | IN | PT | WIN | IMM | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | ELIM | |||
6 | Mike | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | PT | IN | ELIM | |||||
7 | Jake | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | PT | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||
Tracy | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | PT | IN | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||
9 | Slim | IN | IN | PT | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||
10 | Tony | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||
11 | Faruq | IN | LOW | PT | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||
12 | Jenna | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||
13 | Avis | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
Sheena | HIGH | ELIM |
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge, Elimination Test, or Pressure Test)
- (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
- (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but didn't win.
- (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
- (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
- (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge and competed in the Pressure Test.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge or Pressure Test, but advanced.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes
editNo. | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Auditions #1" | July 27, 2010 | n/a | |
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2 | "Auditions #2" | August 3, 2010 | n/a | |
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3 | "Top 14 Chefs Revealed" | August 10, 2010 | n/a | |
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4 | "Top 14 Chefs Compete, Part 1" | August 18, 2010 | n/a | |
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5 | "Top 14 Chefs Compete, Part 2" | August 18, 2010 | n/a | |
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6 | "Top 11 compete, Part 1" | August 25, 2010 | n/a | |
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7 | "Top 11 compete, Part 2" | August 25, 2010 | n/a | |
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8 | "Top 9 compete, Part 1" | September 1, 2010 | n/a | |
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9 | "Top 9 compete, Part 2" | September 1, 2010 | n/a | |
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10 | "Top 6 Compete, Part 1" | September 8, 2010 | n/a | |
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11 | "Top 6 Compete, Part 2" | September 8, 2010 | n/a | |
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12 | "Winner Revealed, Part 1" | September 15, 2010 | n/a | |
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13 | "Winner Revealed, Part 2" | September 15, 2010 | n/a | |
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