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Greek MasterChef Winner Shares Prize Money with Runner-Up

In an unexpected turn of events, the winner of the Greek version of the reality show MasterChef announced on Thursday that he is giving half of the winning prize to the runner-up in the competition. Stavros Varthalitis won the popular...

Blind Greek Cook Wows MasterChef Judges

A nearly-blind contestant moved the audience and the judges from the television reality show MasterChef on Wednesday not only with his cooking skills but also his determination to prove that his disability can turn into an advantage in the...

Heartrending Moments as Greek MasterChef Competitor Cooks for His Late Son

A Greek national born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, moved the audience of the television reality show MasterChef on Monday when he announced that he would cook the favorite dish of his late son. Fifty-four-year-old Dionysis Poios, who appeared...

Retired Greek Banker Makes History Winning Masterchef UK 2019

Irini Tzortzoglou, a 61-year old retired banker won Masterchef UK 2019 competing against two other female amateur cooks for the title of Masterchef. Tzortzoglou, or simply Irini, as she is better known in Britain, managed to amaze John Torode and...

“Divine” Greek Chef is Taking Masterchef UK 2019 by Storm

Irini Tzortzoglou, a 61-year old Greek woman living in the UK, has made it to the finals of the fifteenth season of "Masterchef UK," the world-famous cooking television show produced by BBC One. Tzortzoglou was born in Heraklion, Crete, but in...

The Incredible Story of Zahir from Greece's "Masterchef"

An unbelievable story of heroism and courage amazed the judges and the audience watching the second episode of the new television series "Greece's Masterchef". Zahir, a 28-year-old Afghan migrant who has been living in Greece since 2006, is competing along...

Marios Vrahatis: From Abandoned Child to Greek MasterChef

The story of Marios Vrahatis, the young chef who achieved stardom in the TV reality show MasterChef, has captured the hearts and minds of the Greek public. Thirty-year-old Marios has distinguished himself in the Greek version of MasterChef with a...

Greek Spyros Theodoridis Wins Italian MasterChef

Greek Spyros Theodoridis is the winner of the First Italian MasterChef reality contest. Theodoridis won a 100,000 euro prize and will be publishing his personal cook book very soon. This 37-year old Athenian born chef, who now lives in Modena, Italy,...