MasterChef (British TV series)
MasterChef is a British competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2005 as MasterChef Goes Large. The revival featured a new format devised by Franc Roddam and John Silver, with Karen Ross producing. In 2008, the name was changed back to MasterChef but the format remained unchanged.
Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace at MasterChef Live, London, 2009
Francis George "Franc" Roddam is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher, best known as the creator of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Masterchef and as the director of Quadrophenia (1979). He is a graduate of the London Film School.
Roddam in 2014
Roddam with an Arriflex film camera on the set of The Bride (1985)
Roddam on the set of Cleopatra (1999)