What's in a name? Chicago's uber-chef Graham Elliot Bowles -- the genius behind the award-winning restaurant that bears his "Graham Elliot" moniker, and one of the judges (along with Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich) on Fox's new "MasterChef," has opted to condense his.

A US version of reality TV cooking show MasterChef, with fiery chef Gordon Ramsay as one of the judges, has made an impressive debut.

It was “Cook-along with Gordon Ramsay” Tuesday night on Fox as we were treated to back-to-back episodes of “Hell’s Kitchen” and the new “MasterChef.”

Hell’s Kitchen’s four remaining seventh-season contestants all survived to cook another dinner service during Tuesday night’s broadcast of the Fox culinary competition series.

Gordon Ramsay is thrilled that MasterChef is being compared to American Idol. “To be honest, it’s exactly that,” the famous TV chef said Monday.[...]