What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?

What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?
 
What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?

Harvard is not a culinary institution, but I still apply Harvard rigor to my food.

Adam Wong was a contestant on Season 8 of MasterChef. He ranked in 10th place.

Personality

Adam was shown to have a high opinion of himself, believing that his Harvard education specifically would give him an edge on his competitors. Despite this, this was proven to be false as his ego did not match his cooking skills, finishing every individual challenge either in the middle or the bottom, was also weak in the leadership area, and sometimes felt intimidated by the stronger cooks. During his final performance in the kitchen, he did begin to show a genuinely passionate and endearing side when he cooked against Caitlin, but while it was stated by the judges to be his best performance in the kitchen, he unfortunately served raw chicken and was sent home. He was disliked by Eboni for his attitude and favoritism to Brien, although the two later reconciled upon his elimination.

Season 8

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Competition History

Week 3 In/Immune
Week 4 Win
Week 5 In/In/Immune
Week 6 In/Immune
Week 7 Win
Week 8 In/Immune
Week 9 Low
Week 10 In/In
Week 11 Win
Week 12 Low/Low
Week 13 Low/Eliminated

Post MasterChef

  • After his appearance, he was an intern and later a research fellow at Niskanen Center. He currently works in regulation at Analytical Space and is also a food vlogger on Youtube.

Trivia

  • He is the fifth contestant to voluntarily eliminate themself for elimination without having the judges announce it, following Erryn (Season 2), Ryan (Season 3), Howard (Season 4), and Sam (also from Season 8).
  • He was the only contestant in his season's Top 10 to never finish in the top group of any individual challenge.
  • He only ever won Team Challenges.

Quotes

  • (After being eliminated) "I'm sad to go, but the fact that I made it to Top 10 in the MasterChef Kitchen is so life-affirming. As hard as it was to leave Harvard, coming here to the MasterChef Kitchen, totally worth it. I don't have to worry about pursuing investment banking or pursuing a law degree, I know what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life."

Gallery

Season 8

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Adam's Confessional

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Adam's Audition Tacos

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Adam receiving his Apron

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Adam in the Red Team

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Adam in a Black Apron

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Adam's Pressure Test Cannoli

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Adam, Brien, and Jeff in the Cannoli Pressure Test Bottom 3

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Adam's Skills Test Crawfish

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Gabriel, Adam, Jenny, Eboni, Caitlin, and Jeff in the Crawfish Skills Test Bottom 6

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Adam's Crawfish Dumplings Replication Dish

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Jenny and Adam in the Crawfish Dumplings Replication Bottom 2

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Adam and Caitlin's Chicken & Potato Dish

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Caitlin and Adam in the Chicken and Potato Bottom 2

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Adam's Pressure Chicken & Potato Replication Dish

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Adam Eliminated

  • What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?
    Adam Wong on Instagram: /adamsulliwong
  • What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?
    Adam Wong on Facebook: /CookingWong
  • What happened to Adam from Season 8 MasterChef?
    Adam Wong on Twitter: @CookingWong

References

MasterChef U.S. Season 8
Judges

Gordon Ramsay • Aarón Sánchez • Christina Tosi

Contestants

Reba Billingsley • Jenny Cavellier • Necco Ceresani • Heather Dombrosky • Eboni Henry • Yachecia Holston • Paige Jimenez • Caitlin Jones • Gabriel Lewis • Dino Angelo Luciano • Daniel Pontes-Macedo • Cate Meade • Mike Newton • Brien O'Brien • Sam Reiff-Pasarew • Jeff Philbin • Mark Togni • Jason Wang • Jennifer Williams • Adam Wong

What is Adam from MasterChef Season 8 doing now?

Post MasterChef After his appearance, he was an intern and later a research fellow at Niskanen Center. He currently works in regulation at Analytical Space and is also a food vlogger on Youtube.

Where is Adam Liaw now?

Adam Liaw is a cook, writer and television presenter based in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of five cookbooks.

Where is Adam from MasterChef Australia now?

Liaw has since published more cookbooks including Asian After Work (2013), Adam's Big Pot (2014), Asian Cookery School (2015) and The Zen Kitchen (2016). He also writes for Fairfax newspapers' Good Food, Sunday Life magazine and The Guardian. He used to write for The Wall Street Journal's Scene Asia.

Who is Adam Liaw married to?

Asami FujitsukaAdam Liaw / Spousenull