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New kitchen and format for MasterChef
Monday 30 August 2010
The BBC has commissioned 15 one-hour shows for the seventh series of 'MasterChef' with Torode and Wallace auditioning amateur chefs chosen from 20,000 applicants.
The 20 best contestants will be chosen and viewers will be able to follow their progress across the series as they "face more ambitious tests than ever before, designed to really develop their culinary skills and test them to limit".
Karen Ross, Executive Editor at the company that makes the show for the BBC, Shine TV, said: "Although we have always enjoyed the six weeks of heat shows to select the final eight semi-finalists, we are very excited to have the opportunity to start with a smaller group of cooks and follow them across the series.
"It will allow viewers to see more development of the contestants and enjoy an entire series of challenges that up till now have only been possible in the last two weeks of the semi-final and final rounds.
"The new massive kitchen will give us the space to do this and having the same competitors across the series will not only help them to become even stronger cooks, but it will also give our viewers a chance to engage with them even more."
Jay Hunt, Controller BBC One, said: "'MasterChef' has grown into unmissable event television on BBC One. The new series will give viewers the chance to be part of the action from the very beginning and to experience more drama and cooking than ever before."
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