Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master

Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master
An image of Boy Logro holding a cleaver. The show title is displayed on the center of the image. The logo of GMA Network is displayed on the upper right side of the image.
Title card
GenreCooking show
Developed byBuboy Favor
Written by
  • Buboy Favor
  • Faith Monreal
  • Real Florido
Directed byTreb Monteras II
Presented byBoy Logro
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageTagalog
No. of episodes618
Production
Executive producerPaul Lester M. Chia
Editors
  • Noel Alejandro
  • Erwin Luis Logina
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time15–45 minutes
Production companyGMA Entertainment TV
Original release
NetworkGMA Network
ReleaseJanuary 2, 2012 (2012-01-02) –
May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09)

Chef Boy Logro Kusina Master: Sikreto ng Experto (transl. Chef Boy Logro Kitchen Master: Secret of the Expert) is a Philippine television cooking show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Boy Logro, it premiered on January 2, 2012 on the network's morning line up.[1][2] The show concluded on May 9, 2014 with a total of 618 episodes. It was replaced by Basta Every Day Happy in its timeslot.

Overview

Boy Logro serves as a host.

Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master is a 30-minute cooking show that features a step-by-step cooking guide and unfold excellent kitchen skills and unravel secrets to make cooking and food preparation effortless and fun. Every week, there will be a celebrity guest co-host that will assist Chef Boy in preparing different dishes. At the end of every episode, Chef Boy will give an assignment to viewers on what they need to buy or prepare for next episode.[3]

Because of the success in ratings game, Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master extended time from 15 minutes to 30 minutes on its second season. It also added a new segment named "Master Express" where Chef Boy is challenged to make a dish as fast as five minutes.[4] On July 9, 2012, as the show celebrated its third season and its success in ratings game, GMA Network announced the extension of its airtime, from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.[5]

On its third season, the show presented another segment called "Turo Tours" wherein the show went around Metro Manila and some provinces with a six-wheeler mobile kitchen-studio. The said segment aims to bring the show closer to its audience by giving them a chance to witness the chef's actual cooking and taping sessions plus treat them to a free taste of every dish that the chef concocts in the show. The truck is robotically programmed to self-assemble and disassemble with the press of a button and is loaded with a working kitchen and built-in audio and lighting equipment. It also carries its own power supply, which powers its robotic stage and roof assembly. Apart from "Turo Tours", several other segments were introduced like "Market Basket Challenge", "Cook-along" and "Master Fiesta Dish".

The fourth season introduced another segment called "Kusina Master for the Day". The segment featured a chef that is known for his or her own signature dish. This dish may be a masterpiece in his personal kitchen or a specialty in an establishment. The "Kusina Master for the Day" also shares his/her success story to inspire the viewers. Another segment was introduced, "Ininit to Eat it" (transl. reheat it to eat it) wherein Chef Boy Logro prepares new recipes from left-over food.[6]

On the sixth season, the show launched the segment called "Kusina Master's Collegiate Cooking Challenge" wherein culinary students all over the country pitted against each other in a cooking match and other challenges.[7]

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master earned a 9.1% rating.[8] While the final episode scored a 9.1% rating in Mega Manila household television ratings.[9]

Accolades

Accolades received by Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master
Year Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
2012 Anak TV Seal Makabata Awards 2012 Most Well-Liked Program Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master Won
Gawad Tanglaw Best TV Cooking Show Won
26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational/Children's Program Nominated [10]
Best Educational/Children's Program Host Boy Logro Nominated
2013 NAMIC Vision Awards Best Lifestyle Show Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master Won [11]
27th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational Program Nominated [12]
US International Film and Video Festival Certificate for Creative Excellence (Cooking category) Won [13]
2014 ENPRESS Golden Screen TV Awards Outstanding Lifestyle Program Nominated [14]
Outstanding Lifestyle Program Host Boy Logro Nominated
28th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational Program Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master Nominated [15]
Best Educational Program Host Boy Logro Nominated

References

  1. ^ "GMA's Kusina Master magsisimula ngayong January 2!". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Jimenez, Joyce (December 22, 2011). "Chef Pablo "Boy" Logro talks about his new 15-minute cooking show, Kusina Master". PEP. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kusina Master". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kusina Master: Season 2 na!". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kusina Master mapapanood na sa mas pinahabang oras". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Fresh and inspiring season on Kusina Master beginning February 18". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Student craze at Chef Boy Logro's Kusina Master". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. ^ Santiago, Erwin (January 6, 2012). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People Ratings (Jan. 1-5): Munting Heredera rules primetime; new Kapuso cooking show a hit in daytime". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  9. ^ Ching, Mark Angelo (May 20, 2014). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila Household Ratings (May 3-9, 2014): The Legal Wife still most-watched on primetime; 24 Oras widens gap vs TV Patrol". PEP. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "PMPC bares nominees for 26th Star Awards for TV". PEP. September 26, 2012. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "Kusina Master wins big at NAMIC Vision Awards". GMA Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Full list of winners of the 27th Star Awards for Television". LionhearTV. November 24, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "GMA Network wins in 2013 US film/video fest". The Philippine Star. June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  14. ^ Calderon, Ricky (February 12, 2014). "Golden Screen TV Awards nominees revealed; German Moreno will receive Gawad Dolphy Lifetime Achievement Award". PEP. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "28th Star Awards for Television nominees revealed". PEP. November 5, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2020.