Season 1

Season 1

MasterChef USA

13 episodes01/04/2000

Episodes

Episode 1
S1 · E1 · 01/04/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 1

Southwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are David Rosengarten and Skitch Henderson.

Episode 2
S1 · E2 · 08/04/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 2

Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Michel Nischan and George Wallace.

Episode 3
S1 · E3 · 15/04/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 3

Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Lidia Bastianich and Robin Leach.

Episode 4
S1 · E4 · 22/04/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 4

Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Madhur Jaffrey and Carolyn O'Neil.

Episode 5
S1 · E5 · 29/04/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 5

Northwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Thierry Rautureau and Claudia Cohen.

Episode 6
S1 · E6 · 06/05/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 6

Southeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Nathalie Dupree and Colman Andrews.

Episode 7
S1 · E7 · 13/05/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 7

The second set of Western Regional cooks compete; judges are Molly O'Neill and Vincent Schiavelli.

Episode 8
S1 · E8 · 20/05/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 8

The second set of Midwestern Regional cooks compete; judges are Stephan Pyles and George Wallace.

Episode 9
S1 · E9 · 27/05/2000 · 22 min

Regional Cookoff 9

The last group of Northeastern Regional cooks compete; judges are Chef Jacques Torres and Jock Soto.

Episode 10
S1 · E10 · 03/06/2000 · 22 min

Semifinal Competition 1

In the first semi-final round, Northwest, West and Northeast Regional winners compete; judges are Sissy Biggers and Kit Skarstrom.

Episode 11
S1 · E11 · 10/06/2000 · 22 min

Semifinal Competition 2

In the second semi-final round, Midwestern and Western regional winners compete; judges are Sheila Lukins and Claudia Cohen.

Episode 12
S1 · E12 · 17/06/2000 · 22 min

Semifinal Competition 3

In the last semi-final round, Southern, Southeastern and Northeastern regional winners compete; judges are Joan Nathan and Tanya Wenman Steel.

Episode 13
S1 · E13 · 24/06/2000 · 22 min

Grand Finale

The ultimate three finalists compete for the title of MasterChef 2000; judges are Chef Jacques Pepin and Robin Mattson.

Season cast