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'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.

I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

I feel like there's a lot of tasks in cooking that I want to master, that I want to do better.

I believe that 'MasterChef' brings something more to the table, so to speak, than simply being another reality food TV show. My hope is that it will inspire America to get more involved in the food they eat, how it is prepared.

I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby.

I have been invited to do something called 'Celebrity MasterChef' in England, which, of course, I can't do. It's complete nonsense. You have to be a decent cook to begin with. I'd be the joke one.

I know my way around the kitchen. I like to cook, so I can fry an egg. I guess I could be a fry cook at Bob's Big Boy or something, or maybe a sous chef somewhere a little nicer. I would like to do that. I think I can probably pick that up pretty quickly.

I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!

I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you.

I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.