“ MasterChef Asia ” is coming back. Banijay Rights has closed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery and CreAsia Studio – part of Endemol Shine India – to produce a new 10-episode series of the pan-Asian cooking competition, marking the format’s return to the region after a 10-year break. The new run, a 10 x 60-minute series, will be shot in Macao, which holds designation as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Rather than casting fresh faces, the series will bring back 10 former “MasterChef” contestants from across the continent, each competing for a second shot at the title. The show will broadcast across TLC, Discovery and the Asian Food Network in India, Southeast Asia, Greater China and Korea, on Lala TV in Japan, and on the Fatafeat channel in the Middle East. The Macao Government Tourism Office is a production partner on the series. Popular on Variety The deal was brokered by Rashmi Bajpai, executive VP Asia at Banijay Rights.…