Now that Season 3 of MasterChef has come to a close, it's time for a photo retrospective.
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The set and lighting designers on this show are geniuses.
You would never know that the Audition Episodes
are filmed in a warehouse in Lynwood, California.
And those produce crates are filled with tile.
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"I ain't no bum, Mick! I ain't no bum!"
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I know there's a spatula around here somewhere...
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The first Team Challenge: cooking at Camp Pendleton.
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This is the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, the U.S. military's biggest helicopter.
It blew our crew off its feet (and nearly toppled the jib camera).
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Someone tell the talent that this is gonna be louder than the limo they're used to.
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Even though I'm Hollywood scum, the colonel was very nice to me.
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We got million-dollar props and hundreds of extremely overqualified extras thanks to you, the U.S. taxpayer! |