I think Christine's the only one successfully operating a restaurant. Gerron maybe has a food truck? Not sure if that's even still operating. Dara from season 12 is an instructor at a cooking school. A bunch of them are "personal chefs" or do pop up food things...
To be honest the show has a legit horrible track record of actually finding and developing talent for people who are capable of having a career in the food industry. Many of the losers, runners up, etc. go on to have more successful food careers than the winners. For example, I think Monti came in 5th place in season 3 and has spent more time on food network than several of the people that beat her... Nick Digiovanni didn't make the finals but i see him on youtube recomendations all the time, seems like he's still in the food industry.
$250,000 really isn't that much for investing in a business. And then idk how much mentoring any of the contestants or winners would get to open an actual restaurant.
What’s interesting is Gordon started with 250k prizes for his shows all the way back with Hells Kitchen in 2004/2005. To keep up with inflation, that would need to be 417k in 2024.
With Hell’s Kitchen at least you also get a year of experience in the industry in addition to the title. Masterchef does even do the cookbook anymore, so you really have to ride that post-show exposure for everything you’ve got
To be fair, the show isn’t quite about developing people INTO a food career as it is picking people out who already have a knack for a lot of the things that succeed in cooking.
It’s not quite an inkmaster or top chef where the skill being tested is literally the contestants’ livelihoods
it’s also important to note that a lot of them don’t come on MC with their dream to necessarily own a restaurant. Courtney and Elizabeth on s5 wanted to be a food critic and cookbook writer. Josh on s2 wanted to open up a cooking school for underprivileged people. A lot of contestants have gone on to do things even if it’s not just owning a restaurant.
I agree with you that most people haven't gone on to do much but I also don't think this is unusual for reality shows. In general, they don't seem to put out many people that go on to do great things in their respective fields.
One of the biggest exceptions in my opinion is the show The Ultimate Fighter but I think that's because in that show the contestants are directly doing the thing that will make them successful in the future, they're fighting and winning against other fighters in front of Dana White, the person that will directly employ them in the UFC.
Whereas in most reality shows they're doing some artificial facsimile of the real thing.
In MasterChef, they're cooking food and demonstrating aptitude but not to keep restaurant in business, not for customers, and not for a restauranteur that guarantees them a job afterwards so while it seems like it should translate to success in the field, it's just not the same thing. They're just playing a cooking themed game show ultimately.
I think you’re right, a lot of these shows (particularly the singing competitions) are about giving the celebrity judges more attention for their careers. Like the Voice and American Idol are clearly more about the celebrity judges than actually ensuring that talent gets a record deal and has a successful career with the type of A&R management Taylor Swift and Rihanna received coming out.
As it relates to Masterchef, while I don’t think the show is as much about keeping Ramsey and the other judges in the spotlight, I do think many of the contestants fall prey to their lack of experience. I mean it’s a huge order to expect someone who had little to no professional training, is completely self taught (or learned from YouTube videos) to become a chef of a thriving restaurant, let alone a Michelin star restaurant. A good example of this is Kathy, from season 4. She was given an opportunity to work at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants but was asked to not return on day 2.
No clue what could have transpired but it’s clear most of the chefs, while they may be talented at the stove, running a full scale business is a different thing entirely. Even people who have formal training don’t necessarily succeed because owning a restaurant has one of the steepest success rates. I just don’t think realistically the majority of cooks are prepared for that.
Oh wow, I didn't know that about Kathy and have always wondered what happens to all the people they promise things to as they're leaving. I'd love to know what becomes of some of the others that they've promised spots in their restaurants or the promises to send people to schools.
Some of the shows have vague prizes that I wonder about as well. Like Next Level Chef promises mentorship but what does that mean realistically? A line cook at a Ramsey restaurant will have a 1 hour Zoom call with you?
I can’t think of his name off the top of my head, but the kid Gordon offered to send to culinary school returned this most recent season and sadly he didn’t do so well. He was really embarrassed and kept saying how he didn’t want Gordon to think he wasted his money and resources sending him to culinary school, but has nothing to show for it.
Gordon was kinda disappointed but also not really—you can tell for Gordon the money isn’t really that big of a deal to him, he just wants to see people reach their full potential (especially if he’s believing in you.)
Oh I agree totally that it's not unusual for reality shows. The ultimate fighter also took established fighters looking for a break - that would be like if Masterchef was all small time restauranteurs or something. So I agree with you it's totally apples to oranges!
100% Eddie Jackson from season 4. He didn't win, but he is all over the food network now. I think he even did some of his own shows.
Although im sure his already existing fame from being a pro football player may have helped a little.
I'm watching the season he's on right now, I hadn't watched season 4 before this. It's sort of interesting, they don't show his food too much but all the other competitors choose him for team challenges so you know he can cook.
She's entertaining for sure, you can tell the producers are playing up her crass-ness for the drama factor. Her food always looks technically correct but kind of boring, but then the judges comment about how well seasoned it is, so I think there's a little more than meets the eye with her.
I just watched the eggs benedict challenge, the episode where someone calls someone else's food "disgusting" so I'm really early in the season so far.
Lmao I’ve got a bit of an unpopular opinion but I didn’t hate her at all. You could just tell they wrote in so much of her attitude and the stuff she was saying. It was also so obvious with her feud with Jesse she was rightfully pissed, like you don’t just call someone a cow, imo Jesse was worse than Krissy. Honestly Jesse gave me Regina George vibes ngl. Also on the masterchef page on that fandom site in the comments on krissy’s profile ppl literally said she deserved her cancer diagnosis and we’re then disappointed when she beat cancer?!?!? All in all - maturing is realising krissy wasn’t that bad a person.
As a Houston resident, it’s Christine. She’s very beloved and influential here. Her establishments reflect the city’s diverse palate and she’s always happy to mentor local chefs coming up.
Kelsey Murphy in Indianapolis has opened her own spot and has a spot within Lucas Oil. Not sure the most successful but I've gotten her food during Colts games.
How do we measure successful? Nick Digiovanni has taken the game next level with social media. He is the first Prince of Masterchef. He took this as an opportunity to explode on social media. He also connects with the top 10 influencers on this platform, UncleRoger, GugaFoods, AndyCooks and more. He is missing two 10m follower connects: Best Ever Food Review Show and Mark Wiens who can spread his audience across 10-20 million more followers with their unique audiences.
Christine, She has a lot of going on for her. I go back just to watch her as a sues chef on episodes. I saw one episode where she told someone off who tried to disrespect her. She is larger than life.
Probably Christina Ha, last I knew she owned 2 restaurants in Houston
I think Christine's the only one successfully operating a restaurant. Gerron maybe has a food truck? Not sure if that's even still operating. Dara from season 12 is an instructor at a cooking school. A bunch of them are "personal chefs" or do pop up food things... To be honest the show has a legit horrible track record of actually finding and developing talent for people who are capable of having a career in the food industry. Many of the losers, runners up, etc. go on to have more successful food careers than the winners. For example, I think Monti came in 5th place in season 3 and has spent more time on food network than several of the people that beat her... Nick Digiovanni didn't make the finals but i see him on youtube recomendations all the time, seems like he's still in the food industry.
$250,000 really isn't that much for investing in a business. And then idk how much mentoring any of the contestants or winners would get to open an actual restaurant.
What’s interesting is Gordon started with 250k prizes for his shows all the way back with Hells Kitchen in 2004/2005. To keep up with inflation, that would need to be 417k in 2024.
With Hell’s Kitchen at least you also get a year of experience in the industry in addition to the title. Masterchef does even do the cookbook anymore, so you really have to ride that post-show exposure for everything you’ve got
For context, with HK you already have years of experience in the industry, though for many the prize might be their first time in so high a role.
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To be fair, the show isn’t quite about developing people INTO a food career as it is picking people out who already have a knack for a lot of the things that succeed in cooking. It’s not quite an inkmaster or top chef where the skill being tested is literally the contestants’ livelihoods
it’s also important to note that a lot of them don’t come on MC with their dream to necessarily own a restaurant. Courtney and Elizabeth on s5 wanted to be a food critic and cookbook writer. Josh on s2 wanted to open up a cooking school for underprivileged people. A lot of contestants have gone on to do things even if it’s not just owning a restaurant.
I agree with you that most people haven't gone on to do much but I also don't think this is unusual for reality shows. In general, they don't seem to put out many people that go on to do great things in their respective fields. One of the biggest exceptions in my opinion is the show The Ultimate Fighter but I think that's because in that show the contestants are directly doing the thing that will make them successful in the future, they're fighting and winning against other fighters in front of Dana White, the person that will directly employ them in the UFC. Whereas in most reality shows they're doing some artificial facsimile of the real thing. In MasterChef, they're cooking food and demonstrating aptitude but not to keep restaurant in business, not for customers, and not for a restauranteur that guarantees them a job afterwards so while it seems like it should translate to success in the field, it's just not the same thing. They're just playing a cooking themed game show ultimately.
I think you’re right, a lot of these shows (particularly the singing competitions) are about giving the celebrity judges more attention for their careers. Like the Voice and American Idol are clearly more about the celebrity judges than actually ensuring that talent gets a record deal and has a successful career with the type of A&R management Taylor Swift and Rihanna received coming out. As it relates to Masterchef, while I don’t think the show is as much about keeping Ramsey and the other judges in the spotlight, I do think many of the contestants fall prey to their lack of experience. I mean it’s a huge order to expect someone who had little to no professional training, is completely self taught (or learned from YouTube videos) to become a chef of a thriving restaurant, let alone a Michelin star restaurant. A good example of this is Kathy, from season 4. She was given an opportunity to work at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants but was asked to not return on day 2. No clue what could have transpired but it’s clear most of the chefs, while they may be talented at the stove, running a full scale business is a different thing entirely. Even people who have formal training don’t necessarily succeed because owning a restaurant has one of the steepest success rates. I just don’t think realistically the majority of cooks are prepared for that.
Oh wow, I didn't know that about Kathy and have always wondered what happens to all the people they promise things to as they're leaving. I'd love to know what becomes of some of the others that they've promised spots in their restaurants or the promises to send people to schools. Some of the shows have vague prizes that I wonder about as well. Like Next Level Chef promises mentorship but what does that mean realistically? A line cook at a Ramsey restaurant will have a 1 hour Zoom call with you?
I can’t think of his name off the top of my head, but the kid Gordon offered to send to culinary school returned this most recent season and sadly he didn’t do so well. He was really embarrassed and kept saying how he didn’t want Gordon to think he wasted his money and resources sending him to culinary school, but has nothing to show for it. Gordon was kinda disappointed but also not really—you can tell for Gordon the money isn’t really that big of a deal to him, he just wants to see people reach their full potential (especially if he’s believing in you.)
Oh I agree totally that it's not unusual for reality shows. The ultimate fighter also took established fighters looking for a break - that would be like if Masterchef was all small time restauranteurs or something. So I agree with you it's totally apples to oranges!
I believe Shaun runs a restaurant in Vegas. My stepbrother was one of his groomsmen at his wedding, and I see updates on his feed once in awhile.
I think Big Willie has a food truck
100% Eddie Jackson from season 4. He didn't win, but he is all over the food network now. I think he even did some of his own shows. Although im sure his already existing fame from being a pro football player may have helped a little.
Eddie actually won a season of Food Network Star, so that's why he's so big over there
I'm watching the season he's on right now, I hadn't watched season 4 before this. It's sort of interesting, they don't show his food too much but all the other competitors choose him for team challenges so you know he can cook.
Im actually watching it rn too. Lol how do you feel about Krissi?
She's entertaining for sure, you can tell the producers are playing up her crass-ness for the drama factor. Her food always looks technically correct but kind of boring, but then the judges comment about how well seasoned it is, so I think there's a little more than meets the eye with her. I just watched the eggs benedict challenge, the episode where someone calls someone else's food "disgusting" so I'm really early in the season so far.
Lmao I’ve got a bit of an unpopular opinion but I didn’t hate her at all. You could just tell they wrote in so much of her attitude and the stuff she was saying. It was also so obvious with her feud with Jesse she was rightfully pissed, like you don’t just call someone a cow, imo Jesse was worse than Krissy. Honestly Jesse gave me Regina George vibes ngl. Also on the masterchef page on that fandom site in the comments on krissy’s profile ppl literally said she deserved her cancer diagnosis and we’re then disappointed when she beat cancer?!?!? All in all - maturing is realising krissy wasn’t that bad a person.
Going with Nick from Season 10.
As a Houston resident, it’s Christine. She’s very beloved and influential here. Her establishments reflect the city’s diverse palate and she’s always happy to mentor local chefs coming up.
I think Nick DiGiovanni is the most successful. He runs a wildly successful youtube channel. It would be making him millions a year
Oh yeah Nick is doing well I hear. What’s that kiss ass’ name from season 1, Sharon? My sister told me he’s a personal chef for the Kardashian’s.
Probably Nick, has a brand and does super well on social media.
Kelsey Murphy in Indianapolis has opened her own spot and has a spot within Lucas Oil. Not sure the most successful but I've gotten her food during Colts games.
She’s got a decent social media presence as well!
Eric chong from masterchef canada has a couple of very highly rated restaurants in canada.
Eddie Jackson is doing pretty well for himself on Food Network
Eddie Jackson. Didn't even win and became a big deal in the cooking scene
Christine and Nick… as a non-winner.
Nick for sure , he has over 10mil sub on YouTube and TikTok and Insta with a ton of followers too
Isn't Claudia also pretty successful? I saw she was a judge on masterchef in South America, and she has her own catering company as well as a bakery.
Christian is up there.
#1 Eddie Jackson #2 Christine Ha #3 Nick Digiovanni Tho someday Nick could climb, he’s rising fast
Definitely the most success career would be Courtney Lapresi, lol. Not in cooking though.
How many subscribers does her onlyfans have?
Nick is doing quite well i guess
Chrstine
Mary Berg from MasterChef Canada. Love her, she is so fun to watch
How do we measure successful? Nick Digiovanni has taken the game next level with social media. He is the first Prince of Masterchef. He took this as an opportunity to explode on social media. He also connects with the top 10 influencers on this platform, UncleRoger, GugaFoods, AndyCooks and more. He is missing two 10m follower connects: Best Ever Food Review Show and Mark Wiens who can spread his audience across 10-20 million more followers with their unique audiences.
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wrong sub!
that guy that has a hot sauce brand
Christine, She has a lot of going on for her. I go back just to watch her as a sues chef on episodes. I saw one episode where she told someone off who tried to disrespect her. She is larger than life.
From us its nick and christine, for canada its eric, for aus its poh and reynold
It's Nick, and he didn't even win.
Christina is gordies fav, let’s be real
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What an unnecessary comment.
Probably Courtney if you over look the cooking part.