Throughout this season of Fox’s MasterChef, Jeff Philbin was a major force in the kitchen. He battled hard in the challenges, clashed at times with the competitors, and then embraced his underdog status before eventually being one of two home cooks sent home in the first of two episodes airing on September 13. He had a heck […]
One of the things that MasterChef season 8 has done a really good job at this season is create big stakes for the home cooks — and also come up with surprises! We wouldn’t have predicted even a month ago that Dino, Eboni, and Jason would be in the finale. We were convinced for a while that […]
The first thing to note about next week’s MasterChef season 8 finale is rather simple: The return of an old favorite in Joe Bastianich! For those of you who remember the earlier seasons of the franchise on Fox, you are probably very aware of Bastianich’s reputation as the toughest judge in the history of the show. He’s […]
When it comes to drama, MasterChef season 8 episode 19 delivered in terms of the biggest showdown of the season. The person who went home right before the final three had never been in the bottom before, and really only seemed to suffer as a result of it being a bad day for her. Yet, this is […]
We anticipated going in that MasterChef season 8 episode 18 could bring to the table a double elimination, but that didn’t make it any less sad. Alas, in this review we must make a toast to our former winner pick Yachecia, who fought hard and brought an enormous amount of energy and enthusiasm to the […]
Somehow, somehow, MasterChef season 8 episode 18 continues to find a way to give us great soundbites in the middle of challenges. Last week, the show brought to us the tremendous gem otherwise known as Dino complimenting Gordon Ramsay on his gym body midway through his curry dish. This time around, you have Yachecia telling Aaron Sanchez […]
This past MasterChef season 8 two-hour event proved to be a big one, especially when it comes to the way Gabriel Lewis ended up being eliminated. After losing the pasta challenge he shared an emotional moment with the judges, as Gordon Ramsay and Aarón Sánchez each made offers to help secure his future in the culinary world. He started the […]
When MasterChef season 8 episode 18 starts to air on Fox Wednesday night, you’re going to see the foundation laid for an epic finale ahead. There are still six home cooks remaining after the non-elimination that we saw on this past installment, and Jeff, Dino, Yachecia, Eboni, Cate, and Jason all have a shot of emerging from […]
There’s something entertaining about a non-elimination when we really don’t expect it. MasterChef season 8 episode 17 definitely threw us off! This was an intense competition like no other, but we also do think that it’s rather inspirational in its own way. Here’s the first question that we wonder: Is the edit turning things around on Jeff? Through much […]
If it was the goal of MasterChef season 8 episode 16 to leave everyone in a pile of their own tears, then mission accomplished. We’ve said that the first hour of the recent two-hour episodes were by and large a little forgettable. However, we cannot say that this time around! This was, by far, one of the […]
