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I had more enemies than friends 'cause I never kept my mouth shut.

Kristianne "Krissi" Biasiello was a contestant on Season 4 of MasterChef. She ranked in 4th place.

Personality

Krissi is unarguably the least popular contestant in the history of the show despite her resilience and strong cooking abilities. In the kitchen, she was a consistent cook in individual challenges despite some inconsistencies while having one of the worst team challenge records of all time, but her attitude became recognized as one of, if not the worst, in the show's history. While she started out as misunderstood and had some moments of rudeness, she somehow managed to turn everyone against her due to her big mouth, along with her ferocious, repulsive, callous, abrasive, and cutthroat temper. She gradually developed into the show's biggest bully, refused to take responsibility for her mistakes, would never let go of petty grudges, targeted other cooks for no good reason, riled up conflicts with everyone, including the judges, and was the first contestant in the history of the show to constantly threaten physical violence, especially when she took pride as a bully after stating that she used to beat up other girls back in high school. She was even shown to be delusional by claiming her fried catfish was delicious rather than tasting like mud, believing she was going to be criticized by the judges regardless of taste because she argued with Joe. It worsened when she developed a sadistic side during Bime's final elimination challenge while watching him mistakenly put cream of tartar instead of cornstarch in his lime curd. She was also not a team player, brought a lot of negative energy, became toxic towards every team that she worked with, complained that she always lost every single team challenge, and threw her teammates under the bus on numerous occasions. Her attitude also deteriorated by becoming nasty and she was very well known for being extremely hypocritical on multiple occasions, an example being criticizing Jordan for saving himself after a team challenge before eventually doing the same. Despite being funny at some points while constantly using her son as her main motivation to keep pushing forward, she had very few friends and made several enemies. Somehow, she got along with Sasha and was good friends with Kathy, but after they were out of the competition very early, she occasionally clashed with almost every other cook and often got berated by most of them, but was seemingly tolerated by Eddie. She had short-lived feuds with Howard, Beth, Bime, and Savannah, while having longer ones with Natasha, Jessie, Jordan, James, Luca, and most of all Bri. She and Lynn also harbored mutual dislikes for each other. Despite the feud, she did support Luca in the finale.

Season 4

Episode 1

Krissi presented her dish to Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot, and Joe Bastianich. She prepared a Meatloaf Florentine with Potatoes and Asparagus. Gordon then asked to see Krissi's son Mikey who answered a series of questions given to him by the judges, most notably rating her mother's food on a scale of 1-10 an 11 and saying that he wants to become a chef because Gordon and his mother are both big inspirations for him. Gordon and Graham both give Krissi a "yes," which was enough to get her a white apron, moving on to the next stage of the competition.

Episode 2

Krissi wasn't featured in this episode.

Episode 3

Krissi was seen in this episode and was in the group of cooks including Natasha, Jessie and most of the other cook in that season that gained entry into the Masterchef Kitchen

Episode 4

When the home cooks walked into the MasterChef kitchen, Krissi first noticed the wine room and wanted to lock herself in there for a couple hours.

During the Four Ingredient Mystery Box Challenge, she was excited to see bacon under the box. During cooking, she told Joe and Graham that she made a frittata. Joe commented that it looked simple, with her adding that she made it for her son all the time and that he loves it. Graham noted her big personality and when he and Joe asked how it would come across for the other contestants, she claimed that Howard and Natasha hated her and that they are also afraid of her. When Natasha was the second cook to be called up as a top entry, she felt that she wanted to tell her that she did good job at some point despite their differences, but she probably would not do so because she cannot stand her. Her dish was the third and final dish to be called up as a top entry, with Natasha being shocked as she thought that anyone could make a frittata. She presented a bacon potato frittata with a tomato basil salad, with Ramsay finding it to be delicious and that she would be the one to watch. Joe further praised her for her confidence for not being afraid to use aggressive seasoning and flavors in her food. While the judges were deciding the winner of the challenge, she stated that while she definitely wanted the advantage, she ultimately wanted to beat Natasha. She was not named the winner of the challenge.

During the Langoustine Elimination Test, Krissi planned to make a langoustine mac and cheese. She believed that she would have good flavors while noting that she made lobster mac and cheese all the time, and that as long as she nailed the langoustine she would be fine. She later overheard Howard telling Ramsay that he thought she would be going home since he did not think that mac and cheese and shellfish would go well together, resulting in her flipping the bird to Howard. She then mocked Howard by sarcastically telling him that strawberries would definitely go well langoustine. She declared that she never instantly hated someone so much while claiming Howard to be an epic fail at cooking and that she could not wait to see him go home. She was the first person to have her dish judged, while Natasha believed that her dish was not creative and that she could not think outside of the box. She presented her lobster mac and cheese to the judges. Joe asked her why Natasha would pick langoustine, she thought that the latter wanted to trip everyone up including her. When Joe asked her why, she thought that Natasha hated her and that she did not know why she hated her. While tasting the dish, Joe found it to be rich and had a good balance of flavor. Graham added that the langoustine was sweet, yummy, and cooked perfectly, and Ramsay praised the dish despite its clumsy presentation. When Ramsay told Natasha that her plan to eliminate her backfired and would eventually bite her in the ass, she made a snarky gesture towards the latter. She then declared that Natasha's plan failed and the the latter would have to do better than that to eliminate her.

While the judges were discussing the best and worst dishes of the Elimination Test, Krissi told Kathy and Sasha that no one would even talk to Howard after his dish was received poorly by the judges. Her dish was not deemed a top or bottom entry and she survived elimination. When Howard was selected to be in bottom three, she felt extremely happy that he was selected as she hated him.

Episode 5

Krissi was selected by Jordan to be on the blue team, claiming he would show his authority and she would respect that. The blue team was very unorganized and eventually lost the challenge.

When the losing team returned Jordan chose to save Howard and James, before deciding to save himself. Krissi called it a 'bitch move' and said that in her neighborhood, Jordan would've gotten his butt kicked. Krissi later had one of the three best cheesecakes and survived the Pressure Test.

Episode 6

Krissi was seen briefly in the episode but her Japanese Mystery Box Dish wasn't seen and nor were her cupcakes.

Episode 7

In this challenge, Krissi nearly ended up on Bethy's team but was swapped for Eddie on Bime's team. She was once again on the losing team and ended up in the Eggs Benedict Pressure test. Her Eggs Benedict saved her and she did not end up in the bottom 4.

Episode 8

Krissi did appear along with the remaining contestants in Las Vegas

Episode 9

Krissi was sad that Kathy had been eliminated saying that there wasn't one person here that she could talk to. Her dish in the Mystery Box challenge wasn't seen. However, she got very excited when Joe Bastianich's mother Lidia appeared as a guest judge and said that Lidia was her culinary idol and that she worshipped Lidia. During the cooking Krissi said that if Jesus came down and stood next to Lidia she would ignore him and just talk to Lidia.

Krissi's Agnolotti dish was marked by the judges as one of the best dishes with the other one being Jessie's dish.

Episode 10

In the next Team Challenge where the contestants had to cook for the cast and crew of Glee, Jessie and Krissi were made Team Captains. Krissi's team lost and she blamed Bime's incompetence with the chicken for their team's loss. She kept Bime in the pressure test and she had a direct hit as Bime made a liquid pie. As Bime was eliminated, Krissi laughed and yelled "mission accomplished!"

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Episode 23

With Luca's choice, Krissi was in a team with Jessie to make a three-course meal using the biggest mystery box of the season. In the beginning of the challenge, she was pissed off as she and Jessie did not agree with anything. In the middle of the challenge, Krissi informed Jessie that she was not comfortable making crepes (as she never made them before). Jessie replied to her with "babe you abandoned me on the lobster so you gotta pick something you can cook!" This arguably put Krissi in her most aggressive state throughout the competition, as she yelled that she was going to smash the hot pan onto Jessie's face. Krissi had to run to the equipment room to calm herself down, leaving Jessie to do everything. As a result of this feud, they ended up with a three-course meal that was subpar to Luca's and Natasha's, putting them in the pressure test.

The next day, Jessie and Krissi were put in a chocolate pressure test featuring three different chocolate desserts; chocolate mousse, chocolate molten lava cake, and a chocolate soufflé. Unfortunately for Krissi, she fell a tiny bit short to Jessie's lava cake, and was eliminated.

Episode 25

She came back to see the finale between Luca and Natasha, only to make a snide comment on Natasha's scallop appetizer about it being plain and ordinary. Natasha then fired back by telling Krissi that she was in the Thunderdome while Krissi was not.

Competition History

Week 4 High/In
Week 5 Pressure Test
Week 6 In/In
Week 7 Pressure Test
Week 8 Immune
Week 9 In/Win
Week 10 No Pressure Test
Week 11 In/Low
Week 12 Immune
Week 13 In/Low
Week 14 Pressure Test
Week 15 High/In
Week 16 No Pressure Test
Week 17 In/Win
Week 18 Immune
Week 19 Win/Immune
Week 20 Lose/Low
Week 21 In/In
Week 22 In/In
Week 23 Eliminated

Post MasterChef

  • After her appearance, Krissi started offering private chef and catering services and regularly posts recipes on her blog Rotund Chef.
  • She was banned on Twitter for a series of racist tweets around the time that she appeared on MasterChef.
  • She is a breast cancer survivor.
  • In December 2023, she announced she needed to take a leave of absence from her private chef services due to the physical challenges involving her breast cancer.

Trivia

  • She and Bri are the first and only contestants to be selected to not participate in a Team Challenge and be subsequently immune from competing in a Pressure Test.
    • Among the two, she is also the first contestant to be on the winning team despite not actively participating in the Team Challenge.
  • She is the first contestant to not win a single Team Challenge out of all of the Team Challenges in the season.
    • However, she is the first and only contestant to this date to achieve this feat without actively competing in all Team Challenges in the season.
  • She is the second contestant to survive 4 Pressure Tests, following Jennifer (Season 2).
  • She is the first contestant to have none of their family members show up for the Family Reunion Challenge.
  • She is the first contestant to threaten another contestant with physical violence.
  • She holds the record for fewest challenge wins out of a 4th place contestant with 3.
  • She strongly dislikes Asian food.
  • She is afraid of heights.

Quotes

  • (About Howard) "I honestly have never instantly hated someone so much, and he's just an epic fail at cooking. Can't wait till you go home, Howard."
  • (When talking about her school days) "I had more enemies than friends 'cause I never kept my mouth shut."
  • (To Jordan) "Let's go, you son of a bitch."
  • "I'd like to chop somebody's head off for going into this Pressure Test. No names."
  • (About Jordan choosing to save himself from the Pressure Test) "Listen, honor is honor. That was a bitch move. In my neighborhood, that would get your ass kicked. Captain goes down with the ship."
  • Ramsay: "Holy shit. Would you like some gloves or should we just take him (Bime) out now?"
    Krissi: "I'm gonna fuck him up!"
  • (To Eddie) "Get your ass over there!"
  • (About Beth) "Beth is like one of those hipster people in Philly that I can't stand. You know what, Beth? I'm sick of you already."
  • (To Beth and her team) "Breakdown much?! Fucking bullshit! It's my second pressure test, you don't see me fucking fall to pieces!"
  • (To her team) "EVERYONE JUST CALM THE FUCK DOWN! FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"
  • (While looking at Chinese black moss) "This is Chinese pubic hair."
  • (About meeting Lidia Bastianich) "If Jesus came down and stood next to Lidia, I'd be like 'Yo, what's up dude.' 'LIDIA! HOW ARE YOU?'"
  • (About Bime) "I don't want Bime on my team because he's a complete idiot. I feel like he's gonna tank my team, man."
  • (About keeping Bime in to compete in the Pressure Test) "Anything that happened yesterday, it doesn't matter to me. He could've shitted the golden goose egg out. I want him gone."
  • "The only thing that comes to my mind is my kid, and my kid would say, 'You had a chance to save yourself for us, and you didn't take it, and you went home on that'. I'm not gonna disappoint my kid."
  • (While saving herself from the Pressure Test) "They already don't like me, so I really don't care what they think. My kid would want me to go up them stairs, and that's what I'm doing."
  • (About being selected to cook catfish by Lynn) "He's doing this because Bime was his boy and I sent Bime packing. You just fucked with the wrong girl!"
  • (To Joe) "I said I knew it!"
  • "What do surfers eat? Aren't they, like, unemployed weirdos?"
  • (To Savannah) "It's what you said. Oh Savannah, fuck you!"
  • (To Savannah) "Shut the fuck up! I'm done!"
  • Krissi: "I didn't say it was a bad team."
    Bri: "Who were you?! What did you do on the team?!"
    Krissi: "I didn't say it was a bad team. YOU BETTER SHUT THE FUCK UP BRI..."
    Bri: "Oh really?! What are you gonna do?!"
    Krissi: "...OR I WILL KNOCK YOU THE FUCK OUT!"
  • Bri: "Damn, I hope you go home."
    Krissi: "Go fuck yourself."
  • "What do they say? 'I fear we have awakened the sleeping giant.' You better hold onto your knives because this bitch is coming for ya."
  • "Public enemy number one."
  • (About Bri) "If I lose a chicken challenge to a vegetarian, I might as well just give up cooking. I cannot stand her. She is the epitome of the girls that I used to beat up in high school. I hate her."
  • (About Bri's mushroom dish) "'A walk through the forest'. Come on, dude. Just stop with this whole 'save the world' friendly, vegan, hippie thing you got going on, 'cause it's really pissing me off. Just cook and shut up!"
  • (Before the outdoor challenge) "I have no idea where I am. I don't walk or hike for fun. That's not fun to me, that's like torture."
  • (About Bri being chosen to partake in the Reinstation Challenge) "Of all people, Bri? Seriously?! Ugh. I will take her on any day, head-to-head, and I will cook her little vegan ass under the table."
  • "I hope Bri's gonna kick his (Bime) ass just because Bime sucks at life."
  • (About Bri being reinstated) "It's Bri. You know, can I not get this girl out of my life?"
  • Graham: "What do you think is under here?"
    Krissi: "I don't know, but I'm just so excited 'cause Bri's gonna freak out!"
  • (About Natasha) "Obviously, I want Natasha to go home because I don't like the fact that she can cook and bake because like that's my thing. There's only room for one Krissi in this competition."
  • "I gave the quail to Jordan because the quail is very complicated, and Jordan is so complicated."
  • (About Bri's pigeon dish) "Bri apparently decided to leave the pigeon whole instead of butchering it because of her "animal views", and I hope it's raw inside because I hate her."
  • (To Jessie, Luca, and Natasha) "I don't know! Can you shut the fuck up up there?!"
  • Luca: "Please go home."
    Krissi: "Go fuck yourself, Luca."
  • "If I lose to a vegetarian, I will literally go home and give up cooking."
  • (About Jessie) "What the fuck did you just say to me, bitch?"
  • (About Jessie) "I am literally going to take this hot pan and smash it in her face!"
  • "I have got to get out of this kitchen right now, or I am seriously gonna go to jail today."
  • (About Jessie) "Jessie was literally cooking for herself today. Everything that I suggested, it was just like 'No', 'No', 'No I don't like that'. Guess what, honey. You wanna run the ship? You can run the fucking ship and you can sink it, 'cause you know what? Tomorrow, I'm just gonna whoop your ass in the Pressure Test."
  • (About Luca, Natasha, and Jesse) "Not one of them will look at me. I heard you. I heard you talking shit. Don't be a bitch. If you got something to say, say it!"
  • (About Jessie) "She probably should have came in here with a helmet on."
  • (After being eliminated) "This experience has taught me that I'm a lot better than I thought I was. I've learned more here than I've ever learned in 20 years of cooking. But, I know that I stayed true to my roots through this whole journey. I wasn't fake. I was me all the way through. I'm not gonna apologize for anything. I'm definitely proud of what I've accomplished. I just really wanted to win for my kid; everything I do is for my kid. Even though I didn't take home the prize, I'm taking home a lot more to my kid. I always knew that I was a great cook, but now, I'm a great chef."
  • (While leaving her apron on her workstation) "It's yours, Mikey."
  • (About Natasha) "She made two purées and she's gonna sear some scallops. What's so great about that?"

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References

MasterChef U.S. Season 4
Judges
Gordon RamsayGraham ElliotJoe Bastianich
Contestants
Krissi BiasielloJonny BlanchardLynn ChyiNatasha CrnjacBime CruzSasha FoxxMalcolm GreenAdriana GuillenEddie JacksonBeth KirbyBri KoziorJessie LysiakLuca ManfèJames NelsonKathy PrietoJordan RootsBethy RossosHoward SimpsonSavannah Sturges
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