{"id":791368,"date":"2026-07-29T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791368\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:17:08","slug":"new-berns-kevin-fuller-returns-to-masterchef-with-guest-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791368\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bern&#8217;s Kevin Fuller returns to &#8216;MasterChef&#8217; with guest appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW BERN, Craven County \u2014 Eastern North Carolina viewers will have another chance to see a familiar face in the MasterChef kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>New Bern resident Kevin Fuller, who competed on last season&#8217;s MasterChef, will make a guest appearance on the hit FOX cooking competition during Wednesday night&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller shared the update with WCTI News 12, saying he&#8217;ll be back on the show when it airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. on FOX Eastern Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance comes after Fuller made a memorable run on last season&#8217;s competition, where he represented Eastern North Carolina on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Fuller impressed judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Aar\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez with his Southern-inspired cooking and hometown pride.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the competition, Fuller frequently highlighted his New Bern roots and credited his family and community for inspiring his passion for cooking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wcti12.com\/news\/local\/crowd-gathers-at-carteret-community-college-to-watch-chef-kevin-fuller-on-masterchef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">His journey earned him support from viewers across Eastern North Carolina, with local watch parties and social media campaigns cheering him on throughout the season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, fans will get to see Fuller return to the MasterChef kitchen for a special guest appearance during Wednesday night&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BERN, Craven County \u2014 Eastern North Carolina viewers will have another chance to see a familiar face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-791368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}