Fire Masters

{{short description|Canadian food reality television series}}

{{Update|date=April 2024}}

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| presenter = Dylan Benoit

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| country = Canada

| language = English

| num_seasons = 5

| num_episodes = 60 {{cite web |title=Fire Masters |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fire_masters |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=10 April 2024}}

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| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|07|06}}

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Fire Masters is a Canadian cooking reality competition television series that began airing simultaneously on Food Network Canada in Canada and Cooking Channel in the United States on July 6, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fire-masters/episodes-season-1/1292054|title=Watch Fire Masters Episodes Online {{!}} Season 1 (2019) {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 7, 2020}} The show is presented by chef Dylan Benoit, and it features three barbecue chefs competing in three rounds, where the winner of the second round wins a Napoleon portable barbecue grill and then competes against one of the three judges in the final round for a prize of $10,000.{{cite web|url=https://mediaincanada.com/2019/02/25/food-network-announces-sponsors-for-fire-masters|title=Food Network announces sponsors for Fire Masters » Media in Canada|work=Media in Canada|publisher=Brunico Communications|date=February 25, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2020}}

Fire Masters was initially supposed to air for only one season; but a second season began airing on December 21, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fire-masters/episodes/1292054|title=Watch Fire Masters Episodes Online {{!}} Season 2 (2020) {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 7, 2020}}

As of August 2020 there have been three seasons of the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/fire-masters/episodes#:~:text=%20Fire%20Masters%20Episodes%20%201%20Trial%20by,Round.%20The%20Crossfire%20Round%20sees%20the...%20More%20|title = Episodes}}

Episodes

{{incomplete list|date=April 2020}}

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  • KEY
  • (J)udge}}

=Season 1 (2019)=

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! No.

! Title

! Feast of Fire
(final round) theme

! Original
air date{{cite web|url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/fire-masters/episodes/1|title=1 {{!}} Fire Masters {{!}} Cooking Channel|work=Cooking Channel|publisher=Discovery|access-date=April 26, 2020}}

! Judges

! Contestant

! Result

rowspan=4 align=center | 1

| rowspan=4 | "Hearts on Fire"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Into the Wild

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|06}}

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| Connie DeSousa {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Trish Gill

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Erik Dandee

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Marco Niccoli

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

rowspan=4 align=center | 2

| rowspan=4 | "That's the Way the Chicharrón Crumbles"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Campfire Cookout

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|13}}

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| Rusty Johnson

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Amy Mills {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Adrian Acosta

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Brad Orrison

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

rowspan=4 align=center | 3

| rowspan=4 | "For the Love of Chuck"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Tuscan trattoria

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|20}}

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| Dale MacKay {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Jennifer Hunter

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Adam Pereira

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Serge Belair

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

rowspan=4 align=center | 4

| rowspan=4 | "Sticks and Stones...but Please No Bones!"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Mardi Gras

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|27}}

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  • Eddie Jackson
  • Andrea Nicholson
  • Andy Husbands}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Eddie Jackson {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Roary MacPherson

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Michael Kirkwood

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Allan Feldman

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

rowspan=4 align=center | 5

| rowspan=4 | "No Charred Feelings"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Cape Cod

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|08|03}}

| rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist|

  • Hugh Mangum
  • Tiffani Faison
  • Kevin Bludso}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Tiffani Faison {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Cam Dobranski

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Felix Zhou

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Tigretón Marques

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

rowspan=4 align=center | 6

| rowspan=4 | "No Grits No Glory"

| rowspan=4 align=center | Southern comfort

| rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|08|03}}

| rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist|

  • Dale MacKay
  • Eddie Jackson
  • Andrea Nicholson}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Lindsay Porter

| align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | WINNER

Dale MacKay {{small|(J)}}

| align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | RUNNER-UP

Humberto Sanchez

| align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | 3rd place

Steve Buzak

| align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | 4th place

Winners

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SeasonWinner
1
2
3Aakash Dhall
{{cite web |title=GEORGE BROWN GRAD AAKASH DHALL WINS SEASON 3 OF FOOD NETWORK'S FIRE MASTERS; NEW SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED IN HIS HONOUR |url=https://www.georgebrown.ca/news/2022/george-brown-grad-aakash-dhall-wins-season-3-of-food-networks-fire-masters-new-scholarship-announced-in-his-honour |website=George Brown College |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=10 April 2024}}

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