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|'''Cinematography:'''<br>Stagehand Film
|'''Cinematography:'''<br>Stagehand Film
|'''Produce:'''<br>Novellan Fine Foods and Artisan Goods Corporation
|'''Produce:'''<br>National Agriculture and Food Corporation{{efn|Fresh ingredients from NAFC Farms and NAFC Fisheries; bulk staples from NAFC Processing; finished branded products (such as crème edopru) from NAFC Foods.}}
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| rowspan="2" |2001
| rowspan="2" |2001
| rowspan="2" |Episode 52
| rowspan="2" |Episode 52
| rowspan="2" |Edopru{{efn|Edible Edopru flowers, loose Edopru tea leaves, and [[Creme Edopru]] were all made available to the challengers.}}
| rowspan="2" |Edopru{{efn|Edible edopru flowers, loose edopru tea leaves, and crème edopru were all made available to the challengers.}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|Mr. Patrick Worwright
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|Mr. Patrick Worwright
| rowspan="2" |''The Imperial Tea House''<br>Eddington, Opthelia
| rowspan="2" |''The Imperial Tea House''<br>Eddington, Opthelia
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| rowspan="2" style="background: #FF8; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" |'''Dr. Caspar Teng'''
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FF8; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" |'''Dr. Caspar Teng'''
| rowspan="2" |''National Food Corporation Test Kitchen''{{efn|Not a restaurant serving patrons, but an industrial development kitchen for the National Food Corporation's commercial products; notably, including the majority of pre-packaged travellers' lunchboxes.}}<br>Murray Bay, Novella Islands
| rowspan="2" |''NAFC Foods Test Kitchen''{{efn|Not a restaurant serving patrons, but an industrial development kitchen for the National Agriculture and Food Corporation's commercial products; notably, including the majority of pre-packaged travellers' lunchboxes.}}<br>Murray Bay, Novella Islands
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Novella Islands}}<br>(Commercial Novellan)
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Novella Islands}}<br>(Commercial Novellan)
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Latest revision as of 23:52, 19 May 2026

Masters of Cuisine
Title card
GenreCooking show
Reality competition
Presented byAmélie Bouchard
Country of origin Novella Islands
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkCulture One
Original release7 May 1990 - Present

Masters of Cuisine is a Novellan cooking competition program, broadcast by the Novellan National Media Directorate on Culture One. The program has aired since 1990, and has achieved widespread popularity as one of the nation's most beloved television series. Pitting two expert chefs (routinely, executive chefs of Seollim Star-winning restaurants) against one another, the challengers compete to create dishes that best accentuate a given theme ingredient, as judged by a panel of culinary critics.

Format[edit | edit source]

Theme reveal[edit | edit source]

Each episode begins with a theme reveal, where the show's host - most recently, renowned restaurateur and gourmand Amélie Bouchard - presents the two chefs with the ingredient they must use to create their dishes. This is typically an exotic or otherwise unique food item, always sourced fresh from where it is best grown seasonally, and is meant to both challenge the chefs' creativity and encourage the serving of truly unique dishes.

Cooking[edit | edit source]

The chefs have two hours to complete a minimum of three dishes each using the theme ingredient (although more often four or five dishes are served, on average). Both are afforded the assistance of two sous-chefs, a fully equipped professional kitchen, and a pantry stocked with every pre-requested ingredient. During this time, the judging critics observe the entire process, commentating upon the chef's actions and decisions for the audience.

Tasting and judgement[edit | edit source]

Once the cooking time has elapsed and the dishes have been served, the judging panel taste each dish with the preparing chef present, providing their opinion on flavour, presentation, creativity, and the application of the theme ingredient. The chefs are aften quizzed upon their decision-making process, and may be called upon to explain why the dish was prepared as such. Having tasted the selection of dishes created by each chef, the judges allocate a score out of twenty points: five points for creativity and presentation, five points for the use of the theme ingredient, and ten points for flavour.

The chef with the most judges voting in their favour is declared the winner; in the event that there is a split decision, the chef with the highest point total is declared the winner. In the event that there is a tie on both judges and points, both chefs are invited back for the subsequent episode, to compete once again, with a different theme ingredient.

Notable episodes[edit | edit source]

Higher scores and winning chefs are shown both highlighted and in bold.

Year Episode Theme Challenger A Challenger B Score Notes
Name Restaurant Nationality (Cuisine) Dishes Name Restaurant Nationality (Cuisine) Dishes Judge A Judge B Judge C Judge D Total Judges (Points)
1990 Episode 1 Murray Bay Crayfish Ms. Margaret Oliver The Admiralty
Sydney, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		4 Mr. Thomas Hartley Bayside
Port Ternout, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		4 15 16
15
 16 3 (62)
14
14
 16
15
1 (59)
1995 Episode 20 Saffron Ms. Sunita Patel Solara
Vasantpur, Celestria 		 Celestria
(Modern Celestrian) 		4 Ms. Clara Reyes Northlight
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		3 17
16
 18 17 3 (68)
16
 17
16
16
1 (65)
1998 Episode 44 Golden Oyster Ms. Ciara Peters Jade
Rikal, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		4 Mr. Oscar Jones The Imperial Hotel
Eddington, Opthelia 		 Opthelia
(Northern Opthelian) 		4 18
17
 18
18
2 (71)
17
 19
17
 19 2 (72)[b]
2001 Episode 52 Edopru[c] Mr. Patrick Worwright The Imperial Tea House
Eddington, Opthelia 		 Opthelia
(Opthelian Tea Culture) 		6 Ms. Olivia Hall Bistro;32
Rikal, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Novellan Tea Culture) 		5
16
17
 19
17
1 (69)
17 19
17
 18 3 (71)
2006 Episode 16 Crystal Bay Smoked Eel Ms. Nour Khalil Bahar
Marsa, Bala Victa 		 Bala Victa
(Modern Bala Victan) 		4 Ms. Ananya Rajan Carnelian
Nilansar, Celestria 		 Celestria
(Modern Celestrian) 		4 17 18
16
 17 3 (68)
16
17
 17
16
1 (66)
2011 Episode 2 Bamboo Shoots Ms. Sophia King Heart and Soul
Pont, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		3 Mr. Noah Smith New Opthelia
Telefar, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Novellan-Opthelian Fusion) 		4
17
 18 18 18 3 (71)
18
17
17
17
1 (69)
2015 Episode 38 "Traveller's Lunchbox" Ms. Mira Soares Mirador
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		1[d] Dr. Caspar Teng NAFC Foods Test Kitchen[e]
Murray Bay, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Commercial Novellan) 		1[d] 18
16
 17
17
2 (68)
 [f]
17
 18
16
 18 2 (69)[b]
2018 Episode 24 Enoki Mushrooms Mr. Lee Hyeon-su Halmoni & Harmonie
Suyang, Haesan 		 Haesan
(Modern Haesanite) 		5 Ms. Eliza Roberts Hearth
Twin Oaks, Opthelia 		 Opthelia
(Southern Opthelian) 		3 20 19 19 20 4 (78) [g]
16
15
17
16
0 (64)
2022 Episode 4 Kumquat Ms. Zeynab Karami Shekofeh
Hyangsan, Haesan 		 Haesan
(Lehvant-inspired Haesanite) 		4 Mr. Michael Taylor Wood and Stone
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		5 18
17
15
 17 2 (67) [h]
17
 18 16
16
 2 (67)
2022 Episode 5 Paprika Ms. Zeynab Karami Shekofeh
Hyangsan, Haesan 		 Haesan
(Lehvant-inspired Haesanite) 		5 Mr. Michael Taylor Wood and Stone
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		3 18
17
 17 18 3 (70)
17
 18
16
16
1 (67)
2023 Episode 45 "The Perfect Sandwich" Mr. Fabian Nelson Crescent Table
Eddington, Opthelia 		 Opthelia
(Modern Opthelian) 		4 Ms. Eliza Partridge Anton House
Sydney, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		3
16
 18 19 20 3 (73) [i]
17
17
17
17
1 (68)
2024 Episode 47 Curry Leaf Mr. Arjun Mehta Monsoon Room
Vesper Bay, Celestria 		 Celestria
(Modern Celestrian) 		5 Mr. Brendan Walsh The Copper Kettle
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Novellan-Celestrian Fusion) 		4
17
 18
17
 18 2 (70)[b]
18
16
 18
17
2 (69)
2025 Episode 34 White Asparagus Ms. Astrid Lund Vintersol
Steinvik, Timur 		 Timur
(Modern Timurian) 		4 Mr. Liu Wei Qingtan
Richmond, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Modern Novellan) 		4 18 19
17
 18 3 (72)
17
17
 18
17
1 (69)
2026 Episode 2 Pink Yuzu Ms. Aiko Yamamoto (山本 愛子)[j] Shiro
Hanaoka, Hanafleura 		 Hanafleura
(Modern Hanafleuran) 		5 Ms. Yuki Nakamura (中村 幸)[j] Estuary
Novella City, Novella Islands 		 Novella Islands
(Novellan-Hanafleuran Fusion) 		4
17
18
 18
17
1 (70)
18 19
17
 18 3 (72)

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Fresh ingredients from NAFC Farms and NAFC Fisheries; bulk staples from NAFC Processing; finished branded products (such as crème edopru) from NAFC Foods.
  2. ↑ a b c Decided on points following a 2-2 split on judges.
  3. ↑ Edible edopru flowers, loose edopru tea leaves, and crème edopru were all made available to the challengers.
  4. ↑ a b Due to the shortened time limit and inconvenient operational constraints of the improvised kitchen - and due to the nature of the theme - only a single lunchbox "course" was required to be presented for judging.
  5. ↑ Not a restaurant serving patrons, but an industrial development kitchen for the National Agriculture and Food Corporation's commercial products; notably, including the majority of pre-packaged travellers' lunchboxes.
  6. ↑ Filmed, contested, and judged entirely onboard the first Novella Islands Intercity Rapid service between Xeles and Stahl, operating through the newly opened high-speed rail tunnel (the longest continuous tunnel in the Novella Islands).
  7. ↑ Both the highest score awarded, and the highest score delta to date.
  8. ↑ A tie on both the number of judges, and on points. Both chefs were invited back for the subsequent episode, to rematch with a new theme.
  9. ↑ Released the week of the airing of The Perfect Sandwich, which used Nelson's Crescent Table for filming of the fictional bistro Marigold. The film's director, Oliver London, was a guest judge this episode.
  10. ↑ a b This name in its English transliteration is presented in the Western order, with the given name first. Native names in Hanafleuran are presented with the family name first.
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