“Dreadful. I saw one episode where they had the contestants try to identify the ingredients of chili. ‘I’m guessing there’s onion in there’—you know what I’m saying? ‘There might be beef too.’ I wish Gordon Ramsay well, but I think Top Chef remains the benchmark.”

-No Reservations’ Anthony Bourdain on MasterChef, FOX’s latest contribution to the food competition genre.

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