MasterChef (American season 2)

The second season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef had a two-night premiere on Fox on June 6 and 7, 2011.[1]

MasterChef
Season 2
Judges
No. of contestants18
WinnerJennifer Behm
Runner-upAdrien Nieto
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJune 6 (2011-06-06) –
August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)
Season chronology

The season concluded on August 16, 2011, with former Miss USA contestant Jennifer Behm as the winner, and Adrien Nieto as the runner-up. Unlike the previous winner, Behm's prize did not include a cookbook deal.[2]

Top 18
Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status
Jennifer Behm[3][4] 34 Wilmington, Delaware Realtor Winner August 16
Adrien Nieto 28 Ventura, California Server Runner-Up August 16
Christian Collins 31 Gloucester, Massachusetts Stay-at-home dad Eliminated August 16
Suzy Singh[5] 27 Chicago, Illinois Neural Engineer Eliminated August 15
Ben Starr[6] 33 Dallas, Texas Travel Writer Eliminated August 9
Tracy Kontos[7] 32 Coral Springs, Florida Sales Consultant Eliminated August 8
Derrick Prince [8] 33 West Babylon, New York Web Designer/Blogger Eliminated August 2
Christine Corley 27 Sopchoppy, Florida Single Mom
Alejandra Schrader[9][10] 37 Playa del Rey, California Architect/Urban Planner Eliminated July 26
Giuseppe Morisco 38 Chicago, Illinois Granite Salesman Eliminated July 19
Erryn Cobb[11] 26 Chicago, Illinois Public Relations Eliminated July 18
Esther Kang 28 Los Angeles, California Lawyer Eliminated July 11
Jennie Kelley[12] 37 Dallas, Texas Musician Eliminated July 5
Max Kramer 18 New York, New York College Student Eliminated June 28
Alvin Schultz 28 Houston, Texas Retail Manager Eliminated June 27
Tony Scruggs 52 Grant Park, Illinois Trucker Eliminated June 21
Angel Moore-Soukkay 37 Columbus, Ohio Property Manager Eliminated June 20
Mark Raffaeli[13] 35 Chicago, Illinois Realtor

Elimination table
Place Contestant Episode
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Jennifer IN IN LOW LOW IN WIN WIN IN PT WIN LOW WIN IN LOW PT WIN IN PT HIGH LOW WIN LOW IN WINNER
2 Adrien IN IN WIN WIN IN NPT HIGH LOW WIN IN LOW WIN WIN IN PT HIGH IN LOW HIGH LOW WIN WIN WIN RUNNER-UP
3 Christian WIN IMM PT IN IN WIN LOW WIN WIN IN IN WIN HIGH WIN PT IN IN WIN IN LOW PT HIGH ELIM
4 Suzy HIGH IN WIN IN IN WIN IN IN LOW IN IN PT IN LOW WIN HIGH WIN WIN IN WIN ELIM
5 Ben LOW IN WIN IN IN NPT IN WIN PT IN IN PT HIGH IN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN ELIM
6 Tracy IN IN PT HIGH WIN WIN IN IN PT IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN IN WIN ELIM
7 Christine IN IN WIN IN IN LOW IN IN LOW IN IN WIN IN WIN WIN IN ELIM
Derrick IN WIN WIN IN IN NPT IN IN WIN HIGH IN LOW IN IN PT IN ELIM
9 Alejandra IN IN PT HIGH IN WIN HIGH LOW WIN HIGH IN LOW IN ELIM
10 Giuseppe IN IN PT IN IN WIN IN IN WIN IN WIN ELIM
11 Erryn IN LOW WIN IN IN WIN IN IN WIN IN ELIM
12 Esther IN IN LOW IN WIN NPT IN IN ELIM
13 Jennie HIGH IN WIN IN LOW NPT IN ELIM
14 Max IN WIN PT IN LOW ELIM
15 Alvin IN IN WIN IN ELIM
16 Tony IN IN ELIM
17 Angel IN ELIM
Mark IN ELIM
  (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
  (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
  (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Elimination Test).
  (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
  (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge, but didn't win.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
  (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of competition and was safe from elimination.
  (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
  (NPT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, did not compete in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge or Pressure Test, but advanced.
  (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Audition #1"June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06)n/a

  • Audition 1: The people that earned a white apron today include Jennifer, Albert, Monica, Erryn, Kayla, Elin, Tracy, Angel, Pauline and Christian.
2"Audition #2"June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)n/a

  • Audition 2: The people that earned a white apron today include Dustin, Christine, Derrick, Esther, Alvin, Kyle, Tony and Alejandra.
3"Audition #3/Top 38 Revealed"June 13, 2011 (2011-06-13)n/a

  • Audition 3: The people that earned a white apron today include Suzy, Max, Giuseppe, Adrien, Joseph, and Ben.
4"Top 18 Revealed"June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)n/a

  • Skills Challenge: The 38 contestants must demonstrate their knife work by creating perfectly even slices of green apple. They must continue slicing until stopped by one of the judges, when they find out if they are going through or going home. Twenty-four contestants remained after this round.
  • Invention Test: The remaining contestants must prepare a meal using chicken. Kyle, Aaron, Rhonda, Joey, Albert and Seby failed. The other 18 made the grade.
5"2 Eliminated / Top 16 Revealed"June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants had to prepare a dish using only the Mystery Box ingredients. Ben's dish earned him last place in the challenge. Suzy, Christian, and Jennie had the best dishes. Christian won the challenge. His prize was to choose the style of food that everyone would cook for the elimination challenge.
  • Challenge Winner/Immune: Christian Collins
  • Elimination Test: The theme for this challenge was the cuisine of Europe. Christian chose French cuisine and also received safety from elimination and the others had one hour to make their French dish. Derrick and Max had the best dishes and would become team captains in the next challenge. Giuseppe, Suzy, Alejandra, Jennie, and Christine are judged to have done enough to move on.
  • Winners: Derrick Prince and Max Kramer
  • Bottom three: Angel Moore-Soukkay, Erryn Cobb and Mark Raffaeli
  • Eliminated: Angel Moore-Soukkay and Mark Raffaeli
6"Top 16 Compete"June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The contestants were split into two teams: the Red Team consisting of Derrick, Ben, Adrien, Erryn, Jennie, Suzy, Christine, and Alvin; and the Blue Team consisting of Max, Jennifer, Giuseppe, Esther, Tony, Alejandra, Christian and Tracy . The teams had to create a five-course meal for 350 office workers in the building. The service had to consist of soup, a salad, pizza, a special entrée and dessert. At the end of service, each diner would vote for their favorite dish. The Red Team wins and send the Blue Team to the first Pressure Test of the season.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Adrien Nieto, Alvin Schultz, Ben Starr, Christine Corley, Derrick Prince, Erryn Cobb, Jennie Kelley and Suzy Singh
  • Pressure Test: The Blue Team members had to an hour to cook ravioli from scratch. Alejandra, Max, Tracy, Giuseppe and Christian were the first five to be sent to safety for producing good enough raviolis.
  • Bottom three: Esther Kang, Jennifer Behm and Tony Scruggs
  • Eliminated: Tony Scruggs
7"Top 15 Compete"June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants had to prepare a dish using only the Mystery Box ingredients. Alejandra, Adrien and Tracy landed in the top three. Adrien won and got the opportunity to choose the theme for himself, and then everyone else in the elimination challenge.
  • Challenge Winner: Adrien Nieto
  • Elimination Test: The theme for the challenge was dessert. He chose nuts for himself and coffee for everyone else to use. The contestants had 90 minutes to prepare a dessert. Tracy and Esther were declared the top two and became team captains for the next challenge. Adrien, Christine, Alejandra, Suzy, and Jennifer's desserts are deemed good enough to move on.
  • Winners: Esther Kang and Tracy Kontos
  • Bottom three: Alvin Schultz, Jennie Kelley and Max Kramer
  • Eliminated: Alvin Schultz
8"Top 14 Compete"June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The contestants were split into two teams: the Blue Team consisting of Tracy, Suzy, Giuseppe, Christian, Jennifer, Erryn, and Alejandra, and the Red Team consisting of Esther, Max, Ben, Christine, Jennie, Derrick, and Adrien. They were given 90 minutes to prepare sausage sandwiches for 101 bikers who would vote on which one was the best. The Blue Team received 51 votes first for the win, sending the Red Team to the Pressure Test.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Alejandra Schrader, Christian Collins, Erryn Cobb, Giuseppe Morisco, Jennifer Behm, Suzy Singh and Tracy Kontos
  • Pressure Test: Chef Ramsay announced that only two chefs would compete in the pressure test. He asked Esther to choose the two chefs most responsible for the loss to which she said Max and Christine. In the Pressure Test, Max and Christine were given three filets of steak to cook rare, medium, and well done.
  • Immune: Adrien Nieto, Ben Starr, Derrick Prince, Esther Kang and Jennie Kelley
  • Bottom two: Christine Corley and Max Kramer
  • Eliminated: Max Kramer
9"Top 13 Compete"July 5, 2011 (2011-07-05)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The Mystery Box contained items used to create a vegetarian entrée. Jennifer, Adrien and Alejandra landed in the top three, and Jennifer won the challenge.
  • Challenge Winner: Jennifer Behm
  • Elimination Test: Jennifer was given three dishes cooked by last year's MasterChef winner Whitney Miller to choose from for everybody to cook. She chose a catfish dish. The contestants had to recreate the dish with no recipe while Jennifer was given a basket of all ingredients needed to cook the dish. Christian and Ben were declared the best and became captains in the next team challenge.
  • Winners: Ben Starr and Christian Collins
  • Bottom three: Adrien Nieto, Alejandra Schrader and Jennie Kelley
  • Eliminated: Jennie Kelley
10"Top 12 Compete"July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The contestants arrived at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the London West Hollywood hotel, where they were split up into teams by captains Christian and Ben. Ben's Blue Team consisted of Jennifer, Tracy, Esther, Suzy, and Christine, while Christian's Red Team consisted of Derrick, Adrien, Alejandra, Giuseppe, and Erryn. The teams were responsible for catering a Hollywood party and prepared hors d'oeuvres for all the guests. The winners would be decided per course by guests' votes. The Red Team took the starter with 64% of the votes, the Blue Team had a comeback on the entrée with a clean sweep of 100% of the votes, and the Red Team took the dessert course and the challenge with 53% of the vote, with the Blue Team up for the Pressure Test.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Adrien Nieto, Alejandra Schrader, Christian Collins, Derrick Prince, Erryn Cobb and Giuseppe Morisco
  • Pressure Test: Everyone on the Blue Team was given two hours to make a cake with a minimum of 6 layers. Ben's and Jennifer's were deemed the best, and Tracy's chiffon cake was also deemed delicious.
  • Bottom three: Christine Corley, Esther Kang and Suzy Singh
  • Eliminated: Esther Kang
11"Top 11 Compete"July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants had a lobster in their Mystery Box. Derrick, Alejandra and Jennifer were the top three. Jennifer won.
  • Challenge Winner: Jennifer Behm
  • Elimination Test: In this challenge with an aphrodisiac theme, Jennifer got to pick from core ingredients for everyone to cook with. She picked truffle and was given the option to watch everyone cook but she decided to stay and cook with everyone else. Tracy and Giuseppe were the top two and named captains for the next team challenge.
  • Winners: Giuseppe Morisco and Tracy Kontos
  • Bottom three: Adrien Nieto, Erryn Cobb and Jennifer Behm
  • Eliminated: Erryn Cobb
12"Top 10 Compete"July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)n/a

  • Team Challenge: Tracy led the Blue team, with Adrien, Jennifer, Christian, and Christine as her brigade, and Giuseppe led the Red team, with Alejandra, Ben, Suzy, and Derrick as his brigade. The team captains were able to spend a few minutes alone with the judges' mothers to find out what they liked, as they were the judges for this contest. The Blue Team won the challenge.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Adrien Nieto, Christian Collins, Christine Corley, Jennifer Behm and Tracy Kontos
  • Pressure Test: The Red Team were given 30 minutes to create the perfect Eggs Benedict. Ben and Suzy were the only two to cook competent dishes.
  • Bottom three: Alejandra Schrader, Derrick Prince and Giuseppe Morisco
  • Eliminated: Giuseppe Morisco
13"Top 9 Compete"July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants found some hand-dived scallops in their Mystery Boxes. The top three consisted of Christian, Adrien and Ben. Adrien's dish won.
  • Challenge Winner: Adrien Nieto
  • Elimination Test: Adrien got to choose between nine different cuts of pork, ranging from easy to hard. He chose double cut pork chops for himself, pork belly for Suzy, cheeks for Christian, ground pork for Jennifer, bacon for Tracy, baby back ribs for Christine, boneless center cut pork loin for Alejandra, pork butt for Ben, and St. Louis style ribs for Derrick. The contestants only got one hour to cook their pork dish. Christian and Christine were named team captains for the next challenge for having the best dishes. Derrick, Ben, Adrien, and Tracy were judged to have done enough to move on.
  • Winners: Christian Collins and Christine Corley
  • Bottom three: Alejandra Schrader, Jennifer Behm and Suzy Singh
  • Eliminated: Alejandra Schrader
14"Top 8 Compete"August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The teams must cater for a children's party. The Red team consists of Christine, Ben, Suzy, and Tracy. The Blue team consists of Christian, Adrien, Jennifer, and Derrick. Their menus had to contain a slider and a side dish without using beef or potatoes. The Red Team received the most votes.
  • Team Challenger Winners/Immune: Ben Starr, Christine Corley, Suzy Singh and Tracy Kontos
  • Pressure Test: Christian, Jennifer, Derrick and Adrien faced a soufflé challenge, in which they were given 90 minutes to cook their best cheese soufflé. The judges thought every contestant's soufflé was delicious, therefore no one was eliminated.
  • Eliminated: None
15"Top 8 Compete Again"August 2, 2011 (2011-08-02)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: In a Mystery Box, contestants were to cook a dish with core ingredients of beef and seafood. Adrien, Jennifer and Suzy landed in the top three and it was Jennifer's dish that won.
  • Challenge Winner: Jennifer Behm
  • Elimination Test: Jennifer got to pick from the three judges' childhood favorite dishes. She picked Gordon's tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich, and the contestants had 45 minutes to turn it into a gourmet dish. Suzy and Tracy had the best dishes and earned the title of team captains for the next challenge.
  • Winners: Suzy Singh and Tracy Kontos
  • Bottom three: Ben Starr, Christine Corley and Derrick Prince
  • Eliminated: Christine Corley and Derrick Prince
16"Top 6 Compete"August 8, 2011 (2011-08-08)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The top six were taken to Patina restaurant in Los Angeles, where they had to run a dinner service. Tracy selected Adrien and Jennifer as her Blue Team, and Christian and Ben cooked with Suzy in the Red Team. The Red Team was declared the winner.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Ben Starr, Christian Collins and Suzy Singh
  • Pressure Test: Tracy, Jennifer and Adrien faced off in a Pressure Test with a salmon theme. They were to correctly fillet a whole salmon and cut it into at least ten portions. They then had to cook one portion and serve it to the judges. Jennifer performed best overall.
  • Bottom two: Adrien Nieto and Tracy Kontos
  • Eliminated: Tracy Kontos
17"Top 5 Compete"August 9, 2011 (2011-08-09)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants were given three kinds of ground meat as a core ingredient for a dish of their choosing with other ingredients from the box, which they had to cook within 60 minutes. The top three consisted of Jennifer, Adrien and Ben, with Ben's emerging triumphant.
  • Challenge Winner: Ben Starr
  • Elimination Test: Ben got to pick one of Gordon Ramsay's signature dishes for everyone to cook. He also got to ask Gordon three questions about the recipe, with no recipe given to the other contestants. Suzy's dish was deemed the overall best.
  • Winner: Suzy Singh
  • Bottom two: Adrien Nieto and Ben Starr
  • Eliminated: Ben Starr
18"Top 4 Compete"August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)n/a

  • Team Challenge: The top four were divided in two teams and cooked a dish for the judges, who were joined by 3 judges from international versions of MasterChef. Suzy was allowed to pick which of the other three chefs she wanted to work with, and chose Christian for her Red Team. Jennifer and Adrien's dish earned the Blue Team the win for this challenge.
  • Team Challenge Winners/Immune: Adrien Nieto and Jennifer Behm
  • Pressure Test: Suzy and Christian went head-to-head and were given 90 minutes to recreate a lemon meringue pie.
  • Eliminated: Suzy Singh
19"Top 3 Compete"August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)n/a

  • Mystery Box Challenge: The final three chefs were asked to cook a dish using chicken in one hour. Adrien won the challenge.
  • Challenge Winner: Adrien Nieto
  • Elimination Test: Adrien, Jennifer and Christian were shown ingredients that were three of Joe's favorites. Adrien got to choose his ingredient and chose the octopus. Christian then got the chance to choose both his and Jennifer's ingredient for their entrees. Christian chose veal leaving Jennifer with mushrooms. Adrien was the winner.
  • Winner: Adrien Nieto
  • Bottom two: Christian Collins and Jennifer Behm
  • Eliminated: Christian Collins
20"Winner Revealed"August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)n/a

  • Season Final: Adrien and Jennifer faced off in a single challenge to determine who wins the title of MasterChef and $250,000. They were given two hours to create a three-course menu of their choosing.
  • Starter: Jennifer's starter was Pan Seared Scallops with Quail Egg, Creamed Corn and Pea Puree. Adrien's dish was Spot Prawn Taquitos with Avocado Sauce, Masago and Micro Greens
  • Entree: Jennifer's entree was Stuffed Quail with Creamy Potatoes and Spinach, and Adrien's was Beer Braised Short Ribs with Cauliflower-Parsnip Puree and Rainbow Chard.
  • Dessert: Jennifer's dish was Braised Pear with Poached Apples and Mascarpone, and Adrien's was Flourless Chocolate Cake Infused with Blood Orange, Passion Fruit and Chipotle.
  • Final Two: Adrien Nieto and Jennifer Behm
  • Jennifer was pronounced the winner of the competition, taking away $250,000 and the MasterChef title.
  • MasterChef Winner: Jennifer Behm

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