MasterChef Junior
| MasterChef Junior | |
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| Genre | Cooking |
| Based on | Junior MasterChef |
| Written by | Robin Ashbrook |
| Judges |
Gordon Ramsay Christina Tosi Graham Elliot Joe Bastianich Aaron Sanchez |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ben Adler Robin Ashbrook Paul Franklin Eden Gaha Patricia Llewellyn Elisabeth Murdoch Adeline Ramage Rooney Gordon Ramsay |
| Production company(s) |
One Potato Two Potato Endemol Shine North America |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 27, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
MasterChef Junior is an American cooking competition television series that is airing on Fox. It premiered on Friday, September 27, 2013. It is based on the format of the U.K. series Junior MasterChef.
On March 5, 2014, MasterChef Junior was renewed for a third season before production on season two began. The second season premiered on November 4, 2014. The third season premiered on January 6, 2015. The fourth season premiered on November 6, 2015. The fifth season premiered on February 9, 2017.
Any children between ages eight and thirteen can apply to become a contestant on the series. Twenty-four applicants are chosen to audition. At the auditions, the applicants are split into three groups. Twelve of the applicants become contestants for the next round and all twenty-four receive one of the MasterChef franchise's signature aprons that they get to keep, regardless of their progress.
After the audition round, two contestants are sent home per episode. The winner receives a prize of $100,000 and the MasterChef Junior trophy.
Since season 2-4 the contestants get their apron and the competition begins, starting from season 5 the Top 40 home cooks compete making dishes from scallops, to steak, to cupcakes to get a spot in the competition and a white apron. After one or two contestants go home.
Like its adult counterpart, MasterChef Junior is expertly judged by Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot. Bastianich did not return for the show's fourth season, being replaced by prominent pastry chef Christina Tosi. Elliot did not return for the show's fifth season.
Fox placed casting calls for participants in January 2013. Fox officially ordered the series (then under the name Junior MasterChef) on May 10, 2013. The name was later changed to MasterChef Junior. There were concerns that Ramsay's style of cursing at the contestants on his other competition shows (most notably Hell's Kitchen and the adult MasterChef) would carry over to MasterChef Junior. It did not. One contestant (named Gavin) said that Ramsay had only cursed twice during the production of the series and never at the contestants. In the final editing, he cursed once in front of (but not at) the contestants.
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