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MPAC presents MasterChef All-Stars Live!

Published by New Jersey Stage

originally published: 07/13/2025

Michael Leonard, photo by TCG Entertainment

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- MasterChef All-Stars Live! is hitting the road, bringing your favorite chefs straight from the MasterChef kitchen! Witness epic head-to-head battles, thrilling challenges and jaw-dropping culinary creations. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime night of food, fun, and competition when the tour comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:00pm! The cast will include Season 14 show winner Michael Leonard and Season 9 winner Gerron Hurt, as well as others from the current season to be announced.

This brand-new, high-energy stage show delivers the ultimate MasterChef experience—LIVE up close and personal! Witness epic head-to-head battles, thrilling challenges, and jaw-dropping culinary creations right before your eyes. Plus, hear from your favorite all stars on what it’s like to cook in America’s famous kitchen and toughest judges plus tips and tricks to take to your own home kitchen.

Season 14 show winner Michael Leonard and Season 9 winner Gerron Hurt will join the cast of MasterChef All-Stars Live.  Additional cast members from Season 15 MasterChef: Dynamic Duos airing Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, next day on Hulu, will join the tour and be announced closer to the tour kick off date.

Gerron Hurt, photo by TCG Entertainment

Tickets range from $47-$160 and are available for purchase online or by calling the Box Office at 973-539-8008.  The Box Office is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am - 6:00pm.  Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey.

Michael Leonard, winner of Season 14, embodies a bold cooking style and holds strong intuition in the kitchen. Since the wrap up of the show, he has focused on growing his brand through food content, private dinners, and time spent working in professional kitchens. He’s now building out FlavorPerfection—a platform for new projects focused on his passion for food that connects with people.

Gerron Hurt rose to culinary fame as the Season 9 winner of hit culinary competition series, MasterChef. Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, Gerron impressed judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Aaron Sanchez with his southern-inspired dishes and heartfelt cooking style. Since his victory, Gerron has continued to pursue his culinary dreams, sharing his love for food through cooking demonstrations, collaborations, and inspiring others with his journey from educator to acclaimed chef. His win on MasterChef not only validated his talent but also solidified his place in the culinary world as a rising star with a promising future.

*Cast is subject to change.

MasterChef season 15 MasterChef: Dynamic Duos airs Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, next day on Hulu. On tonight’s episode of MasterChef, the five duos on the losing team from the previous challenge face the first Pressure Test of the season. The pairs enter the MasterChef kitchen to find a Mystery Box with a mallet inside.  Gordon reveals the Mystery Box IS their ingredient. The box is made completely out of chocolate! In this first dessert challenge of the season, each duo must smash up their box and use the chocolate to make a stunning sweet dish to avoid elimination in the all-new “Mystery Box” episode of MasterChef: Dynamic Duos airing Wednesday, July 9 (8:00-9:02 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (MCH-1507)

MasterChef is produced by Endemol Shine North America, a Banijay Americas company and One Potato Two Potato in the U.S. and is part of the global offering from Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, which encompasses brand licensing, merchandising, gaming and gambling and represents brands from the world’s largest content catalogue, comprising 200,000+ hours of original programming.

Represented internationally by Banijay Entertainment, MasterChef is the world’s most successful cookery television format (Guinness World Records). Now commissioned across 70 markets, the life-changing show has aired over 700 seasons and more than 16,000 episodes to-date. Created by Franc Roddam and first launched in 1990, the superbrand is known and enjoyed across the globe.

Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2024-2025 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.




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