This Friday kicks off the 3rd annual New York City Wine and Food Festival -- a weekend where culinary and enological experts gather to share their love and expertise of all things food and wine. Like its counterparts across the country, the festival will be brimming with celebrity...

After 8 intense weeks and thousands of hopefuls, tonight we find out who will be named America's first MasterChef! 50 made the original cut, and after facing grueling culinary challenges, pressure tests (and of course, me), we have whittled it down to the final 4. Sheetal, Lee, David, and Whitney...

Its official: MasterChef, this summer's smash hit, has been picked up by Fox for another season!

It's the second-to-last episode and we are down to the final six tonight. The playing field is rising as we get closer to America's first MasterChef!

The Final Six:

Sheetal Bhagat
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It is week 5 for MasterChef, and the competition is getting fierce. Thousands auditioned, we are now down to 9, with more to be eliminated on Wednesday. Front runners are emerging, and as we learn more about our tenacious home cooks, we see their strengths and weaknesses unfold....

It's week 4 of MasterChef, and we are down to 11 contestants, with 2 more to be eliminated tomorrow night. The challenges are only getting tougher -- and more exciting! Take a look at what is in store for the home cooks this week:

Celebrity Chef: This...

What really makes a great MasterChef? Which qualities did the judges see over and over again in the contestants who weren't weeded out? Three home cooks in particular out of the final 14 from last week's show truly exemplified the following qualities which helped them to succeed:

Culinary...

It was back in March that I was given the unique opportunity to participate as a judge on FOX's new reality cooking show, MasterChef, where I would get to critique, educate, and cultivate the best of America's amateur home cooks. I came armed and ready with my 20-plus...