David Williams

  

“

MasterChef is my final table, and I'm going all in.

”

Hometown	Las Vegas, NV
Age	35
Occupation	Poker Player
Statistics
Mystery Box(es) Won	0
Skills Test(s) Won	1
Elimination Test(s) Won	2
Team Challenge(s) Won	4
Pressure Test(s) Survived	3
Top Entries	2
Bottom Entries	2
Placement	Co-Runner-Up

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 and 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 or deemed as weak or out of disrespect. He also had a very short and violent temper, was prone to frequent temper tantrums when things didn't go his way, could irate over small reasons (such as throwing a champagne bottle forcefully to the ground after he couldn't open it), and could start pouting and acting like a child on certain occasions. 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 aggressiveness and hot-heated behavior sent tremors to the rest of the home cooks as he was strongly disliked by Brandi, 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 horrendous, volatile personality and quitter attitude.

Competition History

Week 3	In/In
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.

Trivia

• He is the first and only contestant so far who tried to quit the show.
• He is the second finalist named "David" who made it to the finale.

Quotes

• (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."
• (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 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?"
• (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

Season 7

David's Confessional

David's Audition Dish

David receiving his Apron

David's Halibut Replication Dish

David in the Red Team

David in the Blue Team

David in a Black Apron

David's Pressure Test Fried Chicken

David's Bibimbap Dish

Diamond, David and Katie in the Bibimbap Bottom 3

David's High-End Mystery Box Dish

David, Shaun, and Brandi in the High-End Mystery Box Top 3

David's Canned Salmon Dish

David's Pressure Skills Test French Fries

David's Cast Iron Pan Mystery Box Dish

Tanorria, Brandi, and David in the Cast Iron Pan Mystery Box Top 3

David and Katie's Tag Team Picnic Platter

David with his Daughter

David Attempting to Quit

David's Basket Swap Dish (Dan's Basket)

David and Dan in the Basket Swap Bottom 2

David and Tanorria's Final 4 Entrée

David and Tanorria in the Pork Pressure Test

David's Pressure Test Pork Tenderloin Replication Dish

David's Pressure Test Pork Belly Replication Dish

David's Pressure Test Pork Chop Replication Dish

David in a Chef Smock

David's Smock Confessional

Shaun, Brandi and David in the Finale

David's Salmon Appetizer

David's Guinea Hen Entrée

David's Cherry Dessert

David after being named Co-Runner Up

External links

• David Williams on Instagram: dwpoker

• David Williams on Twitter: @dwpoker