Show Description

MasterChef is back for its 16^th season with its all-new theme, Global Gauntlet. This season, global culinary icon Gordon Ramsay alongside renowned restaurateur Joe Bastianich and James Beard Award nominee Chef Tiffany Derry all return to the MasterChef kitchen. In honor of the FIFA World Cup 2026^TM airing on FOX this summer, MasterChef has split the contestants into four quadrants of the globe, with five contestants from each region battling it out for the title. Whether representing the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa or the Americas, chefs will be tested across challenges, pressure tests, and intense competition. In the end, only one chef will be awarded the grand prize of $250,000, the MasterChef trophy and the title of “MasterChef!” 

Based on the format created by Franc Roddam, MasterChef is produced by Endemol Shine North America and One Potato Two Potato and executive-produced by Danny Schrader, Gordon Ramsay and Jennifer Fazey. Sharon Levy and Michael Heyerman are executive producers for Endemol Shine North America. Additional executive producers include Elisabeth Murdoch, Ben Adler and Pat Llewynlln.