| Season Name: | MasterChef: Generations | ||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 19 | ||||||||
| Network: | Fox |
The fourteenth season of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef (also known as MasterChef: Generations[1]) premiered on Fox on May 29, 2024. Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich all returned as judges.
The season was won by business owner Michael Leonard, with customer experience manager Becca Gibb and lawyer Kamay Lafalaise as the runners-up.
The series was confirmed for a fourteenth season renewal on August 9, 2023.[2] On March 4, 2024, it was announced that the fourteenth season would premiere on May 29, 2024, with judges Bastianich, Ramsay, and Sánchez announced to be returning as well.[3] This season's theme featured contestants representing four various generations of cooking talent − Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z.
Note: Contestant details are as shown in graphics in the show except where cited.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Generation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Leonard[4] | 27 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Business owner | Millennials | Winner September 18 |
| Becca Gibb[5] | 24 | Provo, Utah | Customer experience manager | Gen Z | Runners-up September 18 |
| Kamay Lafalaise[6] | 34 | Washington, D.C. | Attorney | Millennials | |
| Rebecka Evans[7] | 63 | Castle Rock, Colorado | Retired opera singer | Baby Boomers | Eliminated September 11 |
| Christopher "Murt" Murton[8] | 27 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Commercial real estate broker | Gen Z | |
| Adam Hart[9] | 23 | Sedalia, Colorado | Dude ranch worker | Gen Z | |
| Horacio Tucunduva[10] | 62 | Nashville, Tennessee | Retired auto industry executive | Baby Boomers | Eliminated September 4 |
| Warren Coleman[11] | 70 | Neptune, New Jersey | Retired flight attendant | Baby Boomers | |
| Hallie Clark[12] | 24 | Berry, Alabama | Professional cornhole player | Gen Z | |
| Kimberly Karver[13] | 52 | Auburn, California | High school teacher | Gen X | |
| Daniela Peregrina[14] | 52 | Tehachapi, California | Reiki master | Gen X | Eliminated August 28 |
| Jeet Kaur Sawant[15] | 32 | Portland, Oregon | Senior HR specialist | Millennials | |
| Arthur Chan[16] | 49 | Malibu, California | Agency managing partner | Gen X | Eliminated August 21 |
| Fatima Ayotunde[17] | 26 | Queens, New York | Doctor | Gen Z | |
| Christopher Walinski[18] | 59 | Hope, New Jersey | Dentist | Baby Boomers | Eliminated August 14 |
| Anna Johnson[19] | 37 | Dallas, Texas | Tax director | Millennials | |
| Christopher "Geags" Geagon[20] | 60 | Bradenton, Florida | Personal trainer | Baby Boomers | |
| Christopher "Chris" Musgrove[21] | 45 | Mobile, Alabama | Real estate investor/contractor | Gen X | Eliminated July 17 |
| Sunshine Carlos[22] | 50 | Portland, Oregon | Yoga instructor | Gen X | Eliminated July 10 |
| Si Envytnc Nguyen[23] | 30 | San Francisco, California | Biotech manager | Millennials | Eliminated June 26 |
| Place | Contestant | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18/19 | ||||
| 1 | Michael | IN | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | WINNER | |
| 2 | Becca | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | HIGH | ||
| Kamay | HIGH | IMM | WIN | HIGH | IMM | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | IMM | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | |||
| 4 | Rebecka | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | ELIM | ||
| 5 | Murt | LOW | IN | IN | IMM | LOW | HIGH | WIN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | ELIM | |||
| 6 | Adam | HIGH | IN | LOW | IMM | IN | IMM | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | ELIM | ||||
| 7 | Horacio | IMM | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||
| Warren | IMM | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | IMM | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | ||||||
| 9 | Hallie | IN | IN | IN | IMM | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||||
| Kimberly | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | ELIM | |||||||
| 11 | Daniela | LOW | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | ELIM | |||||||
| 12 | Jeet | IN | IMM | WIN | IN | IMM | LOW | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||
| 13 | Arthur | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | ELIM | |||||||||
| 14 | Fatima | IN | LOW | IN | IMM | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 15 | Christopher | IMM | LOW | WIN | HIGH | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 16 | Anna | IN | WIN | IMM | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| Geags | IMM | IN | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Chris | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Sunshine | HIGH | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Si | ELIM | |||||||||||||||
(WINNER) This cook won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) This cook finished as a runner-up in the finals.
(WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge/Skills Test or Elimination Test).
(WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
(HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge but didn't win.
(HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the Team Challenge.
(IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
(IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge.
(IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
(IMM) The cook had to compete in that round of the competition but was safe from elimination.
(LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and was the last person to advance.
(LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the Team Challenge and they advanced.
(ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.