Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I've seen several seasons of this show now, and still do not understand what the heck it's all about. i'm always left shaking my head about why it's filmed and edited and directed the way it is. "artificial importance", would be my label for this show.it's so unnecessarily self-important - from the need to plaster the logo on everything that isn't moving, to the overuse of adjectives - "fantastic tuna", "beautiful, majestic venison", "incredible chocolate cake". it's never been clear to me what the actual goal is, or the ultimate prize for the winner. you never hear from any of the winners again, apart from their single appearance on an episode addressing the new chefs. why is it like this? maybe it's our need as americans to have english people be rude to us (gordon ramsay and simon cowell, but also, that lady from "the weakest link"), but that's the downfall of the show to me. i won't be watching any longer.

I think how they got Kate off the show was ridiculous. She is a very good chef, but she is not a dessert chef. So what challenge did they have them do towards the end-desserts. Kate won more times than anyone and I think she should have been in the finale instead of the joke of a chef Eboni. All Eboni knows how to cook is for a family. She had a worse attitude than Jeff. I will not say what I think she was, but she was not a person I would want as a friend. Dino is not a chef, but a good dessert chef. If he did not get help from judges more than once he would have been kicked off like he should have. I think the two finalists should have been Kate and Jason. Dino should not have won. Gordon, Christina and whoever is the third judge should not help any of the contestants in any way. Christina told Eboni what to do to get a flame in her fry pan because Eboni had no clue what she was doing and Gordon telling Dino what to with his lamb that was under cooked after he pulled it out from the pressure cooker. That is just two examples of judges helping contestants. NOT RIGHT!! I will no longer be watching Masterchef!

I MEAN COME ON! this show seems to be about Gordon Ramsay, it is so not a nail biter yet the music seems to think it is about a protagonists journey to take over the world. THE FOOD is sh*t. My 8 year old sister can plate better? S08E02 a woman paired unseasoned salmon with badly fried potatoes and some "indian" broth? AND WON AN APRON!? The food takes up 10% of the show and the rest is annoying music and OVERLY DRAMATIC personas, its so obvious that they casted the weirdest people and told them to amp it up to the point were they are almost sh*tting themselves. It is definitely some manuscript here somewhere, and it is BAD. If you like food, don't watch this cr*ap hole of a show. Masterchef Canada is like the US version was in the beginning, almost good and pretty enjoyable to watch. Masterchef Australia HOWEVER is the reason why i absolutely hate this show. There its about food to 100%. The judges are professional chefs. If master chef Australia is a seared rib eye you are eating at the base of mt Fuji in the finest weather possible, master chef us is a dry Kraft mac and cheese at the base of a lake of sulfur. The 2 star rating is because of Joe, he was a damn good judge and i very much get why he jumped of this train of crap in time.

If you want to watch a show for culinary purposes this is not the show to watch! You should take a look at Masterchef Australia, which is leagues above this drama loaded TV crap in terms of actually taking time to teach dishes and the contestants are actually able to make restaurant style dishes. But if your looking for a show that is loosely based around food and has the typical American high school type drama then this is the show for you. This is by far the worst Masterchef. The contestants are disrespectful and are only bullying each other, covered by the usual dramatic background music. The judges acting like big bullies and beasts. The money from FOX can not buy the standards of Masterchef UK, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland!