Fox Renews 'MasterChef' for Season 13

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Season 12 comes to an end Sept. 14

Masterchef on Fox
The season 12 finale of Fox’s MasterChef will air on Sept. 14. (Image credit: Fox Media LLC)

Fox has renewed competition series MasterChef for season 13. The show features Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich.

The season 12 finale happens Wednesday, Sept. 14. Former judge Christina Tosi of Milk Bar returns and one of the chefs takes home the $250,000 grand prize, and a kitchen from Viking.

MasterChef averages 4.7 million multi-platform viewers, according to Fox.

The show is produced by Endemol Shine North America and One Potato Two Potato, and is based on a format created by Franc Roddam. Elisabeth Murdoch, Danny Schrader, Gordon Ramsay, Pat Llewellyn, Ben Adler, Sharon Levy and DJ Nurre are executive producers. ■

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.