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David Williams was a contestant on Season 7 of MasterChef. He was the co-runner-up of that season.
Personality
David was one of the strongest, most talented, consistent and creative cooks of the season coming from a high-end and fine-dining lifestyle. He was always focused in individual challenges, a strong team player, and very passionate, even going as far as to enter the competition for his daughter. However, his attitude was relatively poor, as he stood out to be perpetually aggressive, hostile and explosive. He was known to be very cocky and trash-talked cooks who he disliked. He also had a very short and violent temper, was prone to frequent temper tantrums when things didn't go his way, and could irate over small reasons (such as throwing a champagne bottle forcefully to the ground after he couldn't open it). However, he is most (infamously) well known for attempting to quit the competition entirely when he was at the Top 5 after he felt that everybody was against him, which led to everybody losing whatever little respect that they had for him. His aggressive and hotheaded behavior sent tremors to the rest of the home cooks as he was strongly disliked by, Tanorria, Katie and Dan. He made an early friendship with Shaun before he and the rest of the home cooks turned against him due to his aforementioned behavior. He is debatably one of the worst finalists and runners-up in the show's history due to his horrendousness, volatility, and lack of perseverance.
Season 7
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
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18/19
Competition History
Week 3 | In/In |
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Week 4 | Win |
Week 5 | In/Immune |
Week 6 | In/Immune |
Week 7 | Pressure Test |
Week 8 | In/In |
Week 9 | Win |
Week 10 | Win |
Week 11 | In/Low |
Week 12 | High/Win |
Week 13 | In/Immune |
Week 14 | High/Win |
Week 15 | Win |
Week 16 | In/Low |
Week 17 | Pressure Test |
Week 18 | Co-Runner Up |
Post MasterChef
- After his appearance, David returned to his previous career as a professional poker player.[1][2][3]
Trivia
- He is the first and only contestant so far who attempted to quit the show mid-way into the competition.
- He is the second finalist named "David" who made it to the finale.
Quotes
- (After losing the veterans team challenge) "I don't like losing. I don't deal with losing very well. I've competed all my life, and when I lose, it kills me. I took a huge risk commanding this team, and we got our butts kicked. So we're gonna face a pressure test. And I'm pissed."
- (To his team) "I feel like I should be saved as a captain, and that should be worth something. I would've loved to cook meat, but I stepped up to be the captain. I didn't get to have a station to cook meat, I didn't get to have a station to cook zucchini, I didn't get a station, 'cuz I was all stations."
- (About Manny's fried chicken) "Manny's chicken looks like he just rescued it from a burning building. It's obviously overcooked. Manny's going home tonight. I would bet a lot of money on that."
- (About Nathan not knowing how to cook rice) "Are you kidding me? Nathan just said he doesn't know how to make rice. My five-year-old daughter knows how to make rice. How are you expecting to be America's next MasterChef when you don't even know how to cook rice?"
- (To Shaun) "You don't make a lot of sense brother, I'm just saying you don't make sense. You're an idiot, fucking idiot."
- (About Dan) "Nah. I mean, this idiots doesn't even give me the fucking protein."
- (After attempting to quit) "It's too late now."
- (After being named Co-Runner Up) "Shaun was a great chef from day one, and he executed and performed in the finale, and he deserved to win. I gave it everything I had, it just wasn't good enough to win. I'm happy for my biggest brother."
Gallery
External links
David Williams on Instagram
David Williams on Twitter
References
- ↑ https://www.ibtimes.com.au/masterchef-us-season-7-runner-david-williams-admits-he-lost-his-passion-cook-after-competition
- ↑ https://cartermatt.com/222359/masterchef-exclusive-david-williams-reflects-challenges-performance-overall-experience/
- ↑ https://www.actionnetwork.com/poker/david-williams-poker-masterchef
MasterChef U.S. Season 7 |
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Judges |
Gordon Ramsay • Christina Tosi |
Contestants |
Diamond Alexander • Tanorria Askew • D'Andre Balaoing • Nathan Barnhouse • Diana Bilow • Brittany Craig • Katie Dixon • Andrea Galan • Eric Howard • Lisa-Ann Marchesi • Brandi Mudd • Terry Mueller • Shaun O'Neale • Dan Paustian • Cassie Peterson • Barbara Savage • Alejandro Toro • Bill Travers • Manny Washington • David Williams |