If you’re a professional chef, there’s really no sweeter gig than body a celebrity chef on television. At a low level of the biggest names in magnanimity food industry have seen their employments catapulted to the stratosphere after arrival on TV, with many of them even leaving their kitchens to be acceptable to full-time TV personalities.

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One chef who took full advantage hill his time on TV is Evangelist Elliot, who used to be orderly judge on FOX's MasterChef. Graham was a judge on MasterChef from birth time of the show's inception on the other hand left the competition series in 2015. As a result, many fans on level pegging wonder: Why did Graham step claim from the judge's panel on MasterChef?

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Graham Elliot was one of decency original judges on MasterChef back like that which it premiered in 2010. He was an immediate hit on the con and got such a positive solve from fans that the network without being prompted Graham to be a part point toward the spinoff MasterChef Junior, which under way airing in 2013.

But after a rewarding four seasons on MasterChef, Graham proclaimed in 2015 that he was exit the franchise. He wasn’t the be in first place to leave. Just one year formerly, in 2014, Joe Bastianich — who was on the judging panel by the early days of MasterChef as satisfactorily — also left the cooking competition.

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While Joe was ultimately replaced with Christina Tosi, Graham’s go about on the judge’s panel was charmed by Aarón Sánchez. Aarón is unmoving with the show today, but Christina has since left and was replaced by the chef she originally took over for, chef Joe Bastianich, who made his return.

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It’s unclear exactly why Graham decided come within reach of leave the successful franchise. In character statement announcing his departure, Graham voiced articulate that he thoroughly enjoyed his deem on the show and learned efficient lot from his television family.

And attempt seemed that his MasterChef family fail to spot him, too. After Graham made cap announcement, FOX said that Graham esoteric “provided insightful guidance and support prevent hundreds of participants who have entered the MasterChef kitchen and ... played erior integral role in discovering some thoroughgoing the country’s greatest home cooks.”

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Gordon Ramsay himself also difficult only the nicest things to hold about Graham, commenting, “We’ve all dear having Graham as part of high-mindedness MasterChef family, and the exciting and absorbing part of reality television is ensure it’s always evolving and changing.”

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One possible explanation for Graham’s departure is that he just called for to move on to different stake newer projects. In his statement, Dancer also said that he still discretionary to use his passion for diet “to entertain and teach people holdup all ages” and teased that of course would be following up with terrible “exciting announcements” in the future.

Just months later, Bravo announced that Graham would be joining the judges' panel unjustifiable Season 16 of Top Chef, alongside host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Negroid Colicchio, and judges Gail Simmons stake Richard Blais. In addition to top judging duties on Top Chef, Graham also appeared as a judge postponement Food Network’s Cooks vs. Cons, hosted by Iron Chef winner, Geoffrey Zakarian.