MasterChef is an American competitive cooking reality show based on the original British series of the same name, open to amateur and home chefs. Produced by Shine America and One Potato Two Potato, it debuted on July 27, 2010 on the Fox network, following the professional cooking competition series, Hell's Kitchen For the first 5 seasons, the series starred chefs Gordon Ramsay (the co-creator of the series and Hell's Kitchen), Graham Elliot and restaurateur Joe Bastianich From Season 6-8, Christina Tosi replaced Bastianich as a judge The series was renewed for an eighth season which premiered on May 31, 2017. In Season 8, chef Aarón Sanchez joined as the new judge The series has been renewed for a ninth season, which premiered on May 30, 2018 with Ramsay, Sanchez, and Bastianich as the judges
