MasterChef Junior

2013 • FOX
4.7
495 reviews
TV-14
Rating
Eligible
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Season 5 episodes (17)

1 The Quest for an Apron, Part 1
2/9/17
Season-only
Sixteen of the country's finest junior home cooks compete for eight of the Top 20 spots on this season's MASTERCHEF. After being split into four groups, each with a distinct signature dish, the kids get started. Only two contestants from each group will find out if they will succeed in moving on to the next round of challenges.
2 The Quest for an Apron, Part 2
2/16/17
Season-only
The remaining junior chefs compete for the final 12 spots in the Top 20. Making dishes ranging from cupcakes, to steak and lobster, the young chefs are tested to their limits and will find out if they will move on to the next round.
3 Just Like Gordon
2/23/17
Season-only
The Top 20 face the season's first mystery box challenge, during which they must cook dishes using both sweet and savory ingredients. Later in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the contestants must replicate Chef Ramsay's signature hand-roasted sea bass. Then, it's up to the judges to decide who stays and who goes home.
4 Batter Hurry Up
3/2/17
Season-only
The Top 18 return to the kitchen to face off in two challenges. In the first competition, the young cooks are split into teams and have 10 minutes to make a classic American dish – the corn dog. The winning team gets to turn the judges into a yummy treat. Later in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the contestants have to make a juicy burger, but there's a tough catch! Then, it's up to the judges to decide who stays and who goes home.
5 Kitchen Emergency
3/9/17
Season-only
The Top 16 face off in their first team challenge, during which they cook lunch for first responders. Each team will have to create a dish featuring a delicious filet mignon and the guests will vote on which is better – the team with the most votes will win the challenge. Then, it's up to the judges to determine which two cooks from the losing team will head home.
6 A Presidential Mystery Box
3/16/17
Season-only
The Top 14 receive a mystery box challenge inspired by the White House garden from former First Lady Michelle Obama. The young cooks must come up with an original recipe that is both healthy and presidential worthy, and the winner will receive a special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! For the next challenge, Julie Bowen steps into the MASTERCHEF kitchen to watch the kids make a dish in honor of their moms. Then, it's up to the judges to decide which contestant will go home.
7 Pie-Eyed
3/23/17
Season-only
Guest judge Richard Blais enters the kitchen to see what the kids can cook up. In the first challenge, the Top 12 junior home cooks team up into groups of three and have 10 minutes to make as many pies as possible. The winning team will be safe from elimination and will get to give the judges a sweet surprise! For the next challenge, the young chefs must use a blow torch to make either an appetizer, entrée, or dessert using ingredients from the MASTERCHEF pantry. Then, it's up to the judges to decide who stays and who goes home.
8 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
3/30/17
Season-only
In this week's episode of MASTERCHEF, guest judge Richard Blais enters the kitchen once again, but not to judge the remaining 10 junior home cooks. There's a big surprise in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, as the judges bring back the six kids who have gone home, to give them another shot at reentering the competition! The six junior home cooks will participate in two challenges that involve breaking apart a chicken and then using the parts to make unique dishes. Then, it's up to the judges to decide which two kids will be able to reenter the competition.
9 Scouts Honor
4/6/17
Season-only
The Top 12 junior home cooks take their talents to the great outdoors, where they will cook for America's Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. For the first challenge, the kids are split into two teams and have to prepare and serve all scouts and troop leaders a dish that includes a pork chop entrée and two sides. The winning team moves on and the losing team heads back to the kitchen for a pressure test, during which they each must make a box of macaroons. Then, it's up to the judges to decide which two kids will go home.
10 Winter Wonderland
4/13/17
Season-only
The MASTERCHEF kitchen is transformed into a winter wonderland! In the first challenge, the young chefs are split into teams of two and must replicate a gingerbread house. Then, in the next challenge, Aarón Sánchez joins the kitchen as a guest judge, and the kids must cook up a Gordon Ramsay holiday classic. Finally, it’s up to the judges to decide which two kids will go home.
11 Tag Team
4/20/17
Season-only
MASTERCHEF welcomes guest judge Chef Edward Lee...and the contestants’ families! In the season’s first mystery box challenge, the junior home cooks must prepare a delicious dish of their choice, inspired by their families. Then, in the next challenge, the young cooks team up in pairs to replicate a sushi platter and the judges will decide which two kids will go home.
12 An Extra Serving
4/27/17
Season-only
Kids rule the kitchen when multi-Michelin star chef Gordon Ramsay hosts a one-hour special highlighting MASTERCHEF JUNIOR’s greatest moments on the hit cooking competition’s first-ever special. The one-hour retrospective will feature Ramsay dishing on some of his favorite meals from the show. He also will be visited by past winners and fan-favorite contestants, as he checks in to see how they’ve grown – not only as chefs, but as young adults. Additionally, the special will include never-before-seen bloopers.
13 The Muppets Take MasterChef
5/4/17
Season-only
In this week’s episode of MASTERCHEF, the Top Six split up into two teams, and have 75 minutes to create an entrée for VIP guests who range from firefighters to professional softball players, and construction workers to pilots. The guests will then vote on which dish they prefer and the winning team will receive a huge advantage later on in the competition. Next in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the young cooks face an elimination challenge and welcome two surprise guests who will join in the fun – Miss Piggy and Swedish Chef! Then it’s up to the judges to decide who will go home.
14 Pop Up Restaurant
5/11/17
Season-only
In this week’s episode of MASTERCHEF, the remaining contestants face a high-pressure team challenge, during which they must cook for food critics, chefs and journalists at a pop-up restaurant on the beautiful California coast. The young cooks will have one hour to serve delicious scallop appetizers and another hour to dish out red snapper entrees to the guests. The winning team will go straight to the semifinals, but two young chefs from the losing team will have to leave the kitchen.
15 The Semi Finals
5/18/17
Season-only
Next up is the elimination challenge, during which each of the four contestants will have to create a dish using one of the world’s most popular meats. Two of the young chefs will be sent home, leaving only two to battle it out for the grand prize on the season finale.
16 The Finale
5/18/17
Season-only
In the last cook-off of the season, special guest judges Wolfgang Puck and Martha Stewart join the judges’ panel, as the two finalists prepare a three-course meal from scratch. In the end, only one will be crowned the winner and receive a check for $100,000.
101 First Look – Season 5
1/15/17
Season-only
Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi talk about guests and surprises in season.

About this show

A new culinary competition series for talented kids between the ages of eight and 13 who love to cook, with the winner receiving a $100,000 prize.

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4.7
495 reviews
Yanela Nunez
December 11, 2015
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Ethan Pham
January 2, 2016
This show is amazing because it inspires kids to cook. You should watch and buy the shows because you can learn how to cook new things and bake new things. This show also can teach you how to make drinks besides alcohol and stuff like that. The show has allot of funny things in it like when Kaitlin throws fish at the other contestants. It can get sad when people get kicked out in a nice way. Kids ages 8-13 can audition for the show. If you win you will win 100,000 $ and the master chef junior trophy. By Splashy money 101
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S1LV3RMIST
December 18, 2014
This is a cool and fun and fun show you and your family will love. These young chiefs are very talented. With there age it makes me surprise to watch them do different challenges they are learning how to do. Good show. I love the show and I want to join
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