“ | Harvard is not a culinary institution, but I still apply Harvard rigor to my food. | ” |
Adam Wong was a contestant on Season 8 of MasterChef. He ranked in 10th place.
Personality
Adam was shown to have a high opinion of himself, believing that his Harvard education specifically would give him an edge on his competitors. However, this was proven to be false as his overconfidence did not match his cooking skills, finishing every individual challenge either in the middle or the bottom, was also weak in the leadership area, and sometimes felt intimidated by the stronger cooks. During his final performance in the kitchen, he did begin to show a genuinely passionate and endearing side when he cooked against Caitlin, but while it was initially believed by the judges and the other contestants to be his best performance in the kitchen, he unfortunately ended up serving undercooked chicken and was sent home. He got along with Dino, but was disliked by Eboni for his favoritism to Brien, although the two later reconciled upon his elimination.
Season 8
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Competition History
Week 3 | In/Immune |
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Week 4 | Win |
Week 5 | In/In/Immune |
Week 6 | In/Immune |
Week 7 | Win |
Week 8 | In/Immune |
Week 9 | Low |
Week 10 | In/In |
Week 11 | Win |
Week 12 | Low/Low |
Week 13 | Low/Eliminated |
Post MasterChef
- After his appearance, he was an intern and later a research fellow at Niskanen Center. He currently works in regulation at Analytical Space and is also a food vlogger on Youtube.
Trivia
- He is the fifth contestant to eliminate themselves without having the judges formally announce their elimination, following Erryn (Season 2), Ryan (Season 3), Howard (Season 4), and Sam (also from Season 8).
- He is the third contestant to have their decisions overturned as a Team Captain when deciding who should be saved from the Pressure Test, following Bri (Season 4) and Leslie (Season 5).
- He was the only contestant in his season's Top 10 to never finish in the top group of any individual challenge.
- He only ever won Team Challenges.
Quotes
- (After being eliminated) "I'm sad to go, but the fact that I made it to Top 10 in the MasterChef Kitchen is so life-affirming. As hard as it was to leave Harvard, coming here to the MasterChef Kitchen, totally worth it. I don't have to worry about pursuing investment banking or pursuing a law degree, I know what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life."
Gallery
Season 8
External links
References
MasterChef U.S. Season 8 |
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Judges |
Gordon Ramsay • Aarón Sánchez • Christina Tosi |
Contestants |
Reba Billingsley • Jenny Cavellier • Necco Ceresani • Heather Dombrosky • Eboni Henry • Yachecia Holston • Paige Jimenez • Caitlin Jones • Gabriel Lewis • Dino Angelo Luciano • Daniel Pontes-Macedo • Cate Meade • Mike Newton • Brien O'Brien • Sam Reiff-Pasarew • Jeff Philbin • Mark Togni • Jason Wang • Jennifer Williams • Adam Wong |