Nicholas "Nick" Nappi was a contestant on Season 6 of MasterChef. He ranked in 4th place.
Personality[]
During his time in the kitchen, Nick was shown to be cool, calm and collected. His cooking skills were consistent and he was never in the bottom in individual challenges. However, one major mistake in the chocolate malted cake pressure test caused him to mess with the ratios, ending with a cake that while looking good, did not taste like Christina's, resulting in his elimination. He appeared to have gotten along with everyone in the kitchen, worked very well with Stephen in most team challenges, and notably developed a very close friendship with Claudia.
Season 6[]
Episode 1[]
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Episode 7[]
In the breakfast Mystery Box Challenge, Nick served his dish which was Breakfast Three Ways, the first way was French Toast with a Berry, Mint and Lemon Compote. The 2nd Way was Devilled Eggs with some Rendered down Bacon and the final way was a Breakfast Sausage, Asparagus and Mushroom Medley. However, despite his dish being the first selected and being praised by all 3 judges, he lost to Derrick who's dish was deemed better by the judges.
In the TV Dinner Challenge, Nick served one of the best dishes of the night. His dish was Italian Style Salisbury steak Meatballs with a White Wine Mushroom Sauce, roasted Broccolini with Pancetta and a Baked Zini Mac N Cheese. As a result, Nick became a Team Captain for the next Team Challenge.
Episode 8[]
The next team challenge celebrated the 100th episode of the show and Nick was a team captain along with Olivia.
Overall, Nick's team lost and had to compete in the challenge, the judges told the remaining cooks to vote on someone to go to the balcony safe from elimination but if they were unable to come up with one choice then the whole team would be eliminated, the team all agreed on Stephen to sit out the challenge and he was safe from elimination.
Episode 9[]
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Episode 13[]
In the Flambé challenge, Nick's dish wasn't selected but for the elimination challenge which was to cook a rendition of Chicken and Waffles. His dish was great and delicious but Graham said that he should step back and make sure everything on the dish has a reason for being there.
Episode 14[]
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Episode 18[]
Episode 20[]
Competition History[]
| Week 3 | In/Immune |
|---|---|
| Week 4 | Win |
| Week 5 | In/In |
| Week 6 | Win |
| Week 7 | High/Win |
| Week 8 | Pressure Test |
| Week 9 | Lose/Pressure Test |
| Week 10 | In/Immune |
| Week 11 | Win |
| Week 12 | Pressure Test |
| Week 13 | In/In |
| Week 14 | Win |
| Week 15 | Win/Immune |
| Week 16 | Win |
| Week 17 | High/Win |
| Week 18 | Eliminated |
Season 7[]
Episode 4[]
Nick returned to the MasterChef Kitchen to introduce the next Team Challenge which featured his wedding and was the first contestant in the show's history to have his wedding featured as a team challenge in a later season of the show. Nick and his fiancée said that their appetizer should include scallops while the entrée should include a Rack of Lamb, also in this challenge Terry and Nathan were the team captains for the challenge as they had the best dishes in the previous challenge.
Post MasterChef[]
- After his appearance, Nick was Executive Chef at Bar One until March 2018. He is currently a Chef at LOLA 55 and owns catering company, On the Fly Catering, where he provides event catering services, private chef services and sells homemade chicken broth.
- He now runs Nappi Roots with his wife.
Trivia[]
- He was the first contestant to have his wedding featured as a team challenge in a later season of the show.
- Nick was never on the bottom of any individual challenge.
- He lost the Beef Wellington team challenge with Kerry, but proceeded to win the following Pressure Test, meaning he was never on the bottom of a challenge.
- He and Olivia were the only contestants to not have their auditions shown to make the Top 10 of their season.
Quotes[]
- (Commenting on Stephen's leadership skills) "A good team has a great leader. And great leaders control their team. Right now, if Stephen told me to scale off the side of the building and clean a window, I'm gonna clean a window."
- (After saving Stephen from the birthday cake pressure test) "I'm a competitor and I know this is a competition, but Stephen worked his ass off. He kept the team on track and he really deserved to be saved."
- (After the Blue Team saved Olivia from the fruit tart pressure test) "The Blue Team came together and decided on Olivia because, as simple as it is, Olivia's a hell of a team player and we like having her around."
- (Staying true to his heritage) "Being Italian, some people call me Nicky Gnocchi. I mean, I've been rolling gnocchi out with my grandmother since I could see over the counter. I could make gnocchi in my sleep, baby. Bring it on. Let's go."
- (After being eliminated) "It's bittersweet being eliminated; Top 4 was a huge accomplishment for me, Top 3 would've been better, and the winner would've been great, but I feel good, man. I feel really good. I've accomplished a lot, a lot more than I thought I would. I quit my job as a restaurant supply salesman to follow my dream and my biggest fear has always been 'Am I good enough?', but Gordon and Graham and Christina, they made me push myself; they made me believe in myself and it's a cool feeling, man. Today, I feel like a new man that took on a risk and made something of himself."
Gallery[]
Season 6[]
Season 7[]
External links[]
Nick Nappi on Instagram
References[]
| MasterChef U.S. Season 6 |
|---|
| Judges |
| Gordon Ramsay • Graham Elliot • Christina Tosi |
| Contestants |
| Justin Banister • Darah Carattini • Charlie Chapman • Veronica Cili • Dan Collado • Olivia Crouppen • Ailsa Von Dobeneck • Shelly Flash • Katrina Kozar • Stephen Lee • Christopher Lu • Mateo McConnell • Nick Nappi • Derrick Peltz • Kerry Prince • Jesse Romero • Amanda Saab • Claudia Sandoval • Hetal Vasavada • Tommy Walton • Brianna Watson • Sara Zacek |