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Masterchef NZ

Sam Low, Masterchef NZ winner 2022 (Image: Discovery / Design: Tina Tiller)

The secret to Sam Low’s Masterchef success

Aotearoa's latest Masterchef on going 'balls to the wall' in the final and the power of food as a love language.
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By Tara Ward | 18th July, 2022
Staff writer
Masterchef NZ’s trio of judges Michael P. Dearth, Nadia Lim and Vaughan Mabee (Photo: Discovery, Design: Archi Banal(

Everything we’ve learnt about the Masterchef NZ contestants so far

They’re just 14 of our finest home cooks, standing in front of an oven, asking it to love them.
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By Tara Ward | 1st June, 2022
Staff writer
Image: The Spinoff / Archi Banal

Sausage sizzle chaos: What happened when the The Spinoff met Masterchef

As Masterchef NZ returns to our screens, four Spinoff staff get a 'terrifying' taste of what it’s like to cook for the three new judges.
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By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 29th May, 2022
Contributing writer
Chef Josh Emett (Photo: Amanda Vela)

Masterchef’s Josh Emett on opening a restaurant of his own

The Michelin-starred Masterchef judge tells Simon Pound what it was like working for Gordon Ramsay, and what inspired him to open two new restaurants – in 2020, of all years.
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By Simon Pound | 15th October, 2020
Business is Boring host
Just some of the the disapproving dads taking residence over at Masterchef.

An ode to the disapproving daddies of Masterchef

Marketing might have you believe Masterchef is a show about cooking. Vanessa Crofskey is here to inform you what it's really about: dads.
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By Vanessa Mei Crofskey | 24th April, 2019
Guest writer
Karena (left) and Kasey Bird (Photo: Faanati Mamea)

Karena and Kasey’s big dinner was incredible. But was it worth $320?

Alice Neville went along to The Creation Dinner, a pop-up restaurant by MasterChef winners Karena and Kasey Bird, and it was bloody good.
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By Alice Neville | 28th June, 2018
Deputy editor
Television: The Final Masterchef Recap – To the Victor Goes the Feeble Glitter Cannon

Television: The Final Masterchef Recap – To the Victor Goes the Feeble Glitter Cannon

"The last time anyone made anything like that dish, it was World War I and food was being rationed so our boys on the Western Front could be supplied with the protein they needed."
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By Eleanor Robertson | 30th September, 2015
Guest writer
The Spinoff’s TV Week: Brave Blockheads, Kitchen Quitters and Sunkissed Sheeran

The Spinoff’s TV Week: Brave Blockheads, Kitchen Quitters and Sunkissed Sheeran

Bringing together the TV moments on the week, including Masterchef shockers, Sunday night monsters and Ed Sheeran at the beach. Contributions by Alex Casey and Calum Henderson.
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By Group Think | 11th September, 2015
A bunch of people
Recap: Masterchef NZ, Week Seven – Deconstructing the Onscreen Villainy of Marco Pierre White

Recap: Masterchef NZ, Week Seven – Deconstructing the Onscreen Villainy of Marco Pierre White

"White has been crafting his telly persona for years, making cooks shake and cry and shout 'YES MARCO' and accept treatment unfit for prisoners of war - just because he's good at making dinner."
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By Eleanor Robertson | 8th September, 2015
Guest writer
The Spinoff’s TV Week: Sister Wives, Struggle Street and My Big Fat Ferndale Wedding

The Spinoff’s TV Week: Sister Wives, Struggle Street and My Big Fat Ferndale Wedding

Bringing together the TV moments of the week, including the launch of an essential reality channel, Masterchef's big mistake and Ferndale's mid-week marriage.
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By Group Think | 4th September, 2015
A bunch of people
Stevie TV: Masterchef NZ – the Ballad of the Sad Carrot

Stevie TV: Masterchef NZ – the Ballad of the Sad Carrot

"Hard to imagine Josh, Al, and Mark having a conversation away from the cameras. They’re incapable of actual dialogue in front of the cameras."
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By Steve Braunias | 27th August, 2015
Books Editor
Recap: Masterchef NZ, Week Five – Gently Mopping Up the Competition

Recap: Masterchef NZ, Week Five – Gently Mopping Up the Competition

"Al whips out a shiny coin and the contestants flip it for heads or tails. Weirdly, nobody asks Mark for his restaurant's financial ledger so we can check if he's spending 70% of his budget on luxury candles"
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By Eleanor Robertson | 25th August, 2015
Guest writer
Recap: Masterchef, Week Four – Popcorn Livers and Contestant Courting

Recap: Masterchef, Week Four – Popcorn Livers and Contestant Courting

"Mystery Box reveals are always a little disappointing for me because they hardly ever contain live weasels, 500 small crabs in a burlap sack, or a freshly whelped human infant."
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By Eleanor Robertson | 18th August, 2015
Guest writer
TV Taught Me: How One Cooking Moron Became an Overnight Masterchef Hero

TV Taught Me: How One Cooking Moron Became an Overnight Masterchef Hero

Alex Casey is very good at watching cooking shows and very bad at cooking in real life. She took up the My Food Bag challenge to become a Masterchef in her own home.
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By Alex Casey | 17th August, 2015
Senior writer
Recap: Masterchef, Week Two – Stupid Hats, Sob Stories and Paltry Efforts with Poultry

Recap: Masterchef, Week Two – Stupid Hats, Sob Stories and Paltry Efforts with Poultry

"Masterchef would be great set to a backing track of the Benny Hill theme. Or just a live-recorded compilation of every anxiety fart on set" – Eleanor Robertson on week two of Masterchef.
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By Eleanor Robertson | 3rd August, 2015
Guest writer

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