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Kira Novak was a contestant on Season 5 of MasterChef. She ranked in 18th place.

Personality[]

Kira was shown to be friendly and upbeat, and was respectful and got along with all her competitors.

Season 5[]

Episode 1[]

Kira was one of 30 home cooks brought to the MasterChef Kitchen. She, along with 16 other contestants, received their aprons after the first audition round.

Episode 2[]

During the Dessert Mystery Box, Kira was seen laughing at herself struggling with her stand mixer. She was not chosen to be in the Top 2.

She was one of 10 contestants to be saved by Courtney, meaning she did not have to compete in the Meatloaf Pressure Test.

Episode 3[]

Kira was Francis B's last pick to be a part of the Red Team, leaving the remaining 10 home cooks as the Blue Team. During the 500 Soldiers Challenge, she was seen shredding heads of cabbage with a mandolin. At one point, she remarked that she felt like her arms were going to fall off. The Red Team eventually won the challenge and were safe from the Pressure Test.

Episode 4[]

At the beginning of the Live Seafood Mystery Box, Kira was seen jumping and screaming as the seafood was clawing at her. She stated that she was preparing scallops and shrimp over a mushroom ragu. Although her dish was highlighted during the challenge, she was not selected to be a part of the Top 3.

During the Box of Donuts elimination challenge, Kira told Ramsay that she felt terrible as she forgot to melt her shortening with the milk. During judging, Joe remarked that her donuts seemed like kaiser rolls as there was no filling inside any of them, even though she swore she filled them all.

Kira was the first contestant to be named as part of the Bottom 3, with Cutter as the second and Courtney as the third. After Cutter was sent back to his station, Ramsay said they were failing to see her passion. She was eliminated due to her donuts not having any filling and her perceived lack of passion. As she left the kitchen, she remarked that she was sad as she thought she could've brought more to the table, but was still proud of everything she had done.

Competition History[]

Week 2 In/Immune
Week 3 Win
Week 4 In/Eliminated

Post MasterChef[]

  • After her appearance, Kira returned to medical recruitment before moving to account management roles in the medical field. She is currently Director of Business Development for a building company.
  • She currently offers personal chef services with her company Cooking By Design.

Trivia[]

  • She is the lowest ranked contestant in her season to have won any challenge.

Quotes[]

  • (After being eliminated) "I feel really sad because I thought that there's so much more that I can bring to the table and I'm gonna miss it, but I'm very proud of myself. No matter what, I'm still gonna be on top of what I wanna do; you know I hope that people don't see the last of me, I hope it's my beginning.

Gallery[]

Season 5[]

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References[]

MasterChef U.S. Season 5
Judges
Gordon RamsayGraham ElliotJoe Bastianich
Contestants
Francis BiondiWhitney BrayCutter BrewerElizabeth CauvelAhran ChoLeslie GilliamsChristian GreenGordon HoustonJordan KaminskiCourtney LapresiAstrid LaveniaFrancis LeggeElise MayfieldDaniel McGuffeyWillie MikeKira NovakVictoria ScrogginsStephani Syfax-ShepherdChristine SilversteinTyler ViarsJaimee VitoloDan Wu
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