MasterChef Ireland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids MasterChef Ireland
Genre	Cooking
Judges	Dylan McGrath Nick Munier
Narrated by	Lorraine Pilkington (2011–16) Aoibhéann McCann (2017–)
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry Bass
Production location(s)	Dublin
Running time	54 minutes
Production company(s)	Shine Group in association with Ziji productions distributed by Shine International Screentime ShinAwiL
Release
Original network	RTÉ Two
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	8 September 2011 (2011-09-08) – present
Chronology
Related shows	MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Ireland is an RTÉ television cooking game show based on the international format created by Franc Roddam.

As of late 2016 the series has moved to TV3, the fourth season is expected to air as part of the TV3 Autumn 2016 schedule beginning with Celebrity Masterchef Ireland.

Judges

Robin Gill and Daniel Clifford have been confirmed as the new judges on the 2017 season of the show on TV3 Ireland. Previous judges included Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier.

Narrator

Lorraine Pilkington was the show's narrator until 2013. Aoibhéann McCann narrates Celebrity Masterchef Ireland 2017.

Series 1

First series winner

Mary Carney

Series 2

A second season was announced on 15 February 2012. It premiered on 4 October 2012 at 9:30 on RTÉ Two. The final of the second season aired on 13 December 2012 and was won by Tamarin Blackmur.

Celebrity MasterChef 2013

On 14 July 2013, Celebrity MasterChef Ireland, a new six-part series began on RTÉ One at 9.30pm. Eight celebrities are taking part with Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier returning as judges.

In week 1 judges Nick Munier and Dylan McGrath asked the contestants to cook something that is 'You on a Plate' and also to cook French dessert Crêpe Suzette in a cooking challenge. Comedian Gary Cooke was the first contestant to leave after Dylan McGrath commented that his dessert looked like something that had "fallen off a roof." David Gillick was crowned the winner of the competition on the final which aired 18 August 2013, beating fellow finalists, Aengus Mac Grianna and Maia Dunphy.

Celebrities

Celebrity MasterChef 2017

On 16 January 2017, a new series of Celebrity MasterChef Ireland began on TV3 at 10pm. Daniel Clifford and Robin Gill were the judges.

Celebrities