Top 10 Worst MasterChef Contestants of All Time

This guy's worse than a snob. I've read many of his interviews and seems like he never learnt his lesson at all, still trying to promote "non-traditionist cooking". I can understand his intention and beliefs and appreciate that he is trying to be creative, but there are times where simple and traditional is the best. If he thinks he's a genius and that the judges are too "old-fashioned" then there's no point coming to MasterChef. It is not just a competition, but also a place to learn. What an immature guy he is!

Between him and Jeff, I'd choose Jeff any day. Mark was such a lazy cook that didn't take anything seriously. He just made a bunch of football references and cooked what I would cook on a Sunday morning.

Jeff may have regularly given up and butted heads with other chefs, but Mark was a lazy ass who didn't listen, spouted football jargon and simply seemed like he didn't want to be there.

He, Sam and Heather were doomed from the start. During first mystery box challenge, those 3 were considered worst of the worst. Gordon threatened him with elimination. He's a jerk

This guy is so oblivious in each challenge. He's as bad as Raj and Jeremy (season 8 and season 11 respectively) from Hell's Kitchen. He said that writing is like cooking. Wrong! These 2 arts are different. When he cooks, he doesn't pay attention to what's he doing. First, he made liquid scramble eggs. His bad lamb dish was his last straw. The liquid scramble eggs are as bad as liquid mash potatoes. This guy is a mess from the start.

The only time he wasn't in the bottom was when he was lucky enough to be on the winning team for the first team challenge. Consistently terrible peformer.

I hated this guy so much. He missed an ingredient for some kind of shrimp dish. Then he undercooked Call of Duty. Finally, he added unusual ingredients like bell peppers into his pasta. Joe considered him a total disgrace throughout the season. I hated when he makes some horse noise when called for his pasta. If he participated in in Hell's Kitchen, he wouldn't survive a single dinner service. Chef Ramsay would kick him out of the show before participants chose their nominees. He wouldn't survive Top Chef either. Tom would acknowledge his inconsistencies for each challenge. Padma would eliminate him within first few episodes. This guy would be considered the most incompetent chef if he participated in other cooking game shows, including Cutthroat Kitchen (only heard about it, but never watch it).

If you can't cook savory or sweet there's no point in going to masterchef.Don't know how he got passed the audition and I can't believe his daught was stupid enough to think he would actually win. should be much higher on this list

Two dreadful performances is sure to get you sent home.

I understand that Shanika can be very direct when talking to people, but she truly is looking out not only for her safety in the game, but the others' safety. I admit, I'm not the biggest fan of her attitude either, but Shanika is a competent cook, and that's why she's still here.

You Shanika haters really need to calm the hell down! she’s not as arrogant as you think, she’s always right about most of the mistakes that team captains make and she is very supportive of Bowen and tells the truth. She may deliver her ideas in a harsh way but they’re usually right. And this is not a personality competition it’s cooking competition and she has made some pretty good dishes before she got eliminated.

She's an idiot. She thinks that she knows everything. She doesn't know a thing at all. Worst contestant on season 11

Yes, Astrid. MasterChef does have a cleaning crew. That doesn't excuse you from deliberately throwing food scraps onto the floor. You'd think Joe would immediately throw her out after that.

How did she get a white apron? Let alone not be in the top 3 on this list...

Who put Derrick on this list? He was one of the best competitors! I actually think he should have won over Claudia. Remove his name from the list right now!

Why is Derrick on this list?! He was one of the best contestants and should have won his season.

Ugh, he was a tool from day 1, I was so bitter he made it to the top 2.

I hate this prick so much. She's pretty much the Russell, Elise and Jackie (all 3 from Hell's Kitchen) of Masterchef. Joe berated her for horrible catfish dish. She makes snide plans to eliminate everyone else just to stay in the show, including Jessie and Natasha. Producers keep her just for drama and ratings. In cooking game shows, they can't dismiss participants based on attitude. They care only for cooking capabilities. Show's crew praise her cooking over her attitude. I'm so sick of this prick. I hope she doesn't participate in Top Chef nor Hell's Kitchen. I don't want to hear from her ever again.

After 1st team challenge, she sacrificed herself to be eliminated. She could have gone up the balcony instead.

He outstayed his welcome. He somehow looks like a Bruno Mars Reject. He's "Lazy" (oh yes I said it cause I can). Don't wanna see your face. There's a lot things that I would change. Cause you ain't amazing. "Just the way you are."

Stupid man he should had went home in episode 1

Couldn't make mashed potatoes

Always talks crap about Monti, told females to flash their breasts, arrogant and thinks he's the best contestant in the kitchen but he got his ass kicked quickly. Jeff's attitude is bad, but at least he can make a souffle even when he sucks at desserts. This guy could't even make a molten lava cake. He gave live crab to Christine just because she can't see the pinchers. I agree with Frank on the episode he got eliminated, he said that he would love to go down there a just slap him around.

I would say he is the most pretentious cook on MasterChef but that would connate and imply that he knows what the hell he is doing. He doesn't. He's just an idiot who had some time on his hands because he was unemployable and he tried to force being a cook.

Jeff may have had an attitude, but I feel he had strong cooking skills compared to some others in that season. Not a fan of him, but there has been much worse on MasterChef.

I’m not a fan of Jeff but He should be below Ryan on this list! At least Jeff managed to stay in the competition for a long time by baking a flawless chocolate souffle. Unlike Ryan, who can’t even make a chocolate molten lava cake and he got eliminated earlier. Overall, I think Jeff should not be in the top 3 on this list.

Scrapes by the skin of his teeth every episode and always acts like an arrogant crybaby when things don't go his way.

Without the shield of being an awkward, vulnerable homosexual fobby immigrant that might fool some of the gullible viewers, he's literally a foul blend of Krissi, Courtney, Tali and Jeff, meanwhile exempt from any left redeeming qualities of the mentioned 4. Why isn't he 1st of the list yet?

A hypocrite and phony. Absolutely horrendous human being. No one really deserves to be on this list except for him.

Spoiler alert:

Whoever wanted him gone, your wish is granted

She only know how to cook Indian food and she was a bad team captain twice. If you were a team captain once, you should learn from your mistake. Also the second time when she failed at being team captain, she lost a vegetarian challenge. Also, she would say that she's a vegetarian at least 3 times per episode.

While he did have some really bad moments, I wouldn't really put him as high as #2

He sucks he threw both Felix and Anna under the bus

Eh. He had some good moments and some bad moments.

She initially lost at auditions, but Gordon wanted her to be part of the game. She's pretty much like Virginia from Hell's Kitchen. They both have subpar performances, but Gordon kept making them stay. They both have been on chopping block multiple times. I know audiences despise her, but I think she's at least better than Krissi from season 4.

Utterly shocking that she made it as far as she did. Aside from the whole saving the weakest chefs in episode 6 incident, she was a consistently sub par performer. She only got as far as she did because of her sob story and because she was pretty much Gordon Ramsay's favorite throughout the season.