FOX RENEWS "MASTERCHEF," COOKING UP 15th SEASON

GORDON RAMSAY AND JOE BASTIANICH RETURN WITH NEW JUDGE, JAMES BEARD AWARD-NOMINEE TIFFANY DERRY

Season 15 Set To Premiere This Summer With All-New Theme, MasterChef: Dynamic Duos

FOX has renewed its powerhouse cooking competition series MasterChef for a 15th season with an all-new theme, MasterChef: Dynamic Duos. Award-winning chef and executive producer Gordon Ramsay will return as a host and judge alongside renowned restaurateur Joe Bastianich and new judge, James Beard Award-nominee Tiffany Derry (Top Chef, Bobby's Triple Threat, Great American Recipe), who will bring her no-nonsense point of view to the table. MasterChef: Dynamic Duos is set to premiere this summer on FOX and will stream on Hulu.

"Season after season, Gordon Ramsay and his team deliver limitless creativity and always raise the competitive bar, keeping MasterChef among the top cooking shows on television, as we saw again with its impressive performance last summer," said Michael Thorn, President, FOX Television Network. "The long-standing, collaborative partnership we enjoy with Gordon, Joe and the Endemol Shine North America team continues to bring compelling, differentiated experiences to our audience - a winning recipe we know will get even better by welcoming Tiffany's fresh, expert perspective to the mix."

"I'm beyond excited to join MasterChef as a judge for Season 15, which is unlike any other. For me, cooking has always been about passion, precision, and heart, and I can't wait to bring my perspective to the table alongside Gordon and Joe," said Derry. "The season challenges home cook duos in a whole new way, and it was so fun to see them rise to the occasion. Get ready for some incredible food, tough love, and maybe even a little spice!"

This season, for the first time in MasterChef history, pairs of home cooks will participate together, in hopes of becoming America's next MasterChefs. From married and dating couples, to mothers and daughters, siblings, best friends and even divorcees - relationships are tested in some of the toughest challenges to date. Plus, to make things even more difficult, the dreaded Pressure Test makes an intimidating return. In the end, only one Dynamic Duo will be awarded the grand prize of $250,000, the MasterChef trophy and the title of MasterChefs!

Last summer, MasterChef was FOX's most watched Summer 2024 show in multiplatform viewing, delivering 4.3 million Total Viewers (P2+, L+35 thru 8/25/24 and non-Linear thru 9/1/24) and ranked as Summer's #1 Cooking Series among Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers in Live +7 viewing.

Based on a 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 Llewylln.

Tiffany Derry is the founder of Tiffany Derry Concepts and co-founder of T2D Concepts, the Texas-based purpose-driven hospitality group behind Roots Southern Table, Radici Wood-Fired Grill, Roots Chicken Shak, Shef Food + Wine Festival and 'Shef Tiffany spice and apparel line. Denied from her first cooking job at the age of 15 because of her race and gender, Tiffany has risen her way through the culinary ranks to run her own restaurant concepts, appear on national television and cook at the White House. Tiffany's authentic approach to Southern cooking landed her on the 2022 James Beard Award finalist list in two categories - Best Chef: Texas and Best New Restaurant for Roots Southern Table. Tiffany's TV appearances include Top Chef, Bobby's Triple Threat, The Great American Recipe, Worst Cooks in America, Tournament of Champions, Chopped, Bar Rescue and more. Outside of her restaurants and television appearances, Tiffany is a fierce advocate for social justice and equity across gender, race and food access. She spends much of her spare time lobbying politicians to pass sustainable and healthy food polices.

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About Endemol Shine North America

Endemol Shine North America delivers world-class content and compelling storytelling to multiple platforms in the U.S. and across the globe. A division of Banijay Americas, home to some of the biggest brands in television in the United States and Latin America, Endemol Shine North America is behind hit series Deal or No Deal Island (NBC), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), LEGO Masters (FOX), MasterChef (FOX), MasterChef Junior (FOX), Ripley (Netflix), Wipeout (TBS), Como Agua Para Chocolate (Max) and The Summit (CBS).

About FOX Entertainment:

With a legacy spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world's most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party platforms worldwide. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company includes three key business units: FOX Television Network, FOX Entertainment Studios and worldwide content sales and licensing unit FOX Entertainment Global.

While maintaining its leadership in linear television with an exceptional slate of original series - including Doc, Extracted, The Masked Singer, The Floor, The Simpsons, Animal Control, Going Dutch, Murder in a Small Town, Rescue: HI-Surf, The Cleaning Lady, Hell's Kitchen and LEGO Masters - FOX Entertainment is growing its portfolio of studio engines, business operations and library of owned original content.

To date, the FOX Entertainment Studios division includes the in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment with hits The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune, and its scripted content studio featuring comedies Animal Control and Going Dutch and signature drama series The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters. The unit also oversees the award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment with animated comedies including Krapopolis, Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel and Universal Basic Guys; entertainment platform TMZ with its tentpole primetime series TMZ Investigates; its new independent film label Tideline Entertainment with inaugural releases including First Time Female Director, Ponyboi and Slanted; and the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global in partnership with iconic chef Gordon Ramsay, featuring food-themed original series on FOX such as Next Level Chef, Kitchen Nightmares and Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars, as well as the new next-gen global food brand and entertainment platform Bite, Being Gordon Ramsay on Netflix and No Taste Like Home on Disney+.

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