A disgruntled contestant of the US version of MasterChef has claimed that show isn't real and its an elaborately constructed fiction".
Ben Starr, who appeared on the second series, said that the reality show is "not a competition" and "highly-engineered fiction", the Daily Star reported.
The travel writer credits the crew as genius-minded individuals who keep viewers gripped from episode to episode and coaxing "exactly what they need out of the contestants", claiming they "string it together masterfully in the editing room".
Starr added that there's nothing real about reality TV and the comments one sees a contestant make are often pieced together from sound byte tangents recorded throughout the entire season.