{{short description|Canadian food reality television series}} {{Update|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = Fire Masters intertitle.jpg | image_size = 240 | caption = | genre = Food reality television | creator = | based_on = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = Dylan Benoit | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Canada | language = English | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 60 <ref>{{cite web |title=Fire Masters |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fire_masters |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = {{duration|m=41}} | company = Architect Films | channel = {{flatlist| * Cooking Channel * Food Network Canada }} | first_aired = {{Start date|2019|07|06}} | last_aired = {{End date|2022|10|13}} | related = }}
'''''Fire Masters''''' is a Canadian cooking reality competition television series that began airing simultaneously on Food Network Canada in Canada and Cooking Channel in the United States on July 6, 2019.<ref name="tvg">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fire-masters/episodes-season-1/1292054|title=Watch Fire Masters Episodes Online {{!}} Season 1 (2019) {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> The show is presented by chef Dylan Benoit, and it features three barbecue chefs competing in three rounds, where the winner of the second round wins a Napoleon portable barbecue grill and then competes against one of the three judges in the final round for a prize of $10,000.<ref name="mic">{{cite web|url=https://mediaincanada.com/2019/02/25/food-network-announces-sponsors-for-fire-masters|title=Food Network announces sponsors for Fire Masters » Media in Canada|work=Media in Canada|publisher=Brunico Communications|date=February 25, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>
''Fire Masters'' was initially supposed to air for only one season;<ref name="mic"/> but a second season began airing on December 21, 2019.<ref name="tvg_s2">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fire-masters/episodes/1292054|title=Watch Fire Masters Episodes Online {{!}} Season 2 (2020) {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> As of August 2020 there have been three seasons of the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/fire-masters/episodes#:~:text=%20Fire%20Masters%20Episodes%20%201%20Trial%20by,Round.%20The%20Crossfire%20Round%20sees%20the...%20More%20|title = Episodes}}</ref>
==Episodes== {{incomplete list|date=April 2020}} <small>{{plainlist| * <u>KEY</u> * (J)udge}}</small>
===Season 1 (2019)=== {| class="wikitable" ! No. ! Title ! Feast of Fire<br>(final round) theme ! Original<br>air date<ref name="tvg"/><ref name="official">{{cite web|url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/fire-masters/episodes/1|title=1 {{!}} Fire Masters {{!}} Cooking Channel|work=Cooking Channel|publisher=Discovery|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> ! Judges ! Contestant ! Result |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 1 | rowspan=4 | "Hearts on Fire" | rowspan=4 align=center | Into the Wild | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|06}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Connie DeSousa * Ray Lampe * Hugh Mangum}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Connie DeSousa {{small|(J)}}''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Trish Gill | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Erik Dandee | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Marco Niccoli | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 2 | rowspan=4 | "That's the Way the Chicharrón Crumbles" | rowspan=4 align=center | Campfire Cookout | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|13}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Amy Mills * Eddie Jackson * Andy Husbands}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Rusty Johnson''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Amy Mills {{small|(J)}} | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Adrian Acosta | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Brad Orrison | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 3 | rowspan=4 | "For the Love of Chuck" | rowspan=4 align=center | Tuscan trattoria | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|20}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Kevin Bludso * Tiffani Faison * Dale MacKay}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Dale MacKay {{small|(J)}}''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Jennifer Hunter | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Adam Pereira | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Serge Belair | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 4 | rowspan=4 | "Sticks and Stones...but Please No Bones!" | rowspan=4 align=center | Mardi Gras | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|07|27}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Eddie Jackson * Andrea Nicholson * Andy Husbands}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Eddie Jackson {{small|(J)}}''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Roary MacPherson | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Michael Kirkwood | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Allan Feldman | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 5 | rowspan=4 | "No Charred Feelings" | rowspan=4 align=center | Cape Cod | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|08|03}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Hugh Mangum * Tiffani Faison * Kevin Bludso}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Tiffani Faison {{small|(J)}}''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Cam Dobranski | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Felix Zhou | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Tigretón Marques | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center | 6 | rowspan=4 | "No Grits No Glory" | rowspan=4 align=center | Southern comfort | rowspan=4 align=center valign=center | {{Start date|2019|08|03}} | rowspan=4 valign=center | {{plainlist| * Dale MacKay * Eddie Jackson * Andrea Nicholson}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| '''Lindsay Porter''' | align=center valign=center style="background:turquoise;" | '''WINNER''' |- | Dale MacKay {{small|(J)}} | align=center valign=center style="background:lightblue;" | '''RUNNER-UP''' |- | Humberto Sanchez | align=center valign=center style="background:brown;" | '''3rd place''' |- | Steve Buzak | align=center valign=center style="background:darkred;" | '''4th place''' |}
==Winners== {{Incomplete list|date=April 2024}} {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Season !! Winner |- | 1 || |- | 2 || |- | 3 || Aakash Dhall |} <ref>{{cite web |title=GEORGE BROWN GRAD AAKASH DHALL WINS SEASON 3 OF FOOD NETWORK'S FIRE MASTERS; NEW SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED IN HIS HONOUR |url=https://www.georgebrown.ca/news/2022/george-brown-grad-aakash-dhall-wins-season-3-of-food-networks-fire-masters-new-scholarship-announced-in-his-honour |website=George Brown College |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Rotten Tomatoes|tv/fire_masters}} * {{official website|https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/fire-masters}} * {{IMDb title|id=10036682}}
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