MasterChef Junior
24 of the best junior home cooks in the country between the ages of eight and 13 will compete in the first audition round and present their dishes to the judges.
Genre: Family, Reality-TV
Cast:Gordon Ramsay , Christina Tosi , Charlie Ryan , Joe Bastianich , Graham Elliot , Aarón Sánchez , Che Spiotta , Peyton Copeland , Eddie Levine , Gonzalo Ingram , Sam Brock , Charlie Hans , Shayne Wells , Mashu Nishi , Solomon Yero , Afnan Ahmad , Elisabeth Wingo , Lila Deluca
S1.E1 ∙ Top 24 Compete
Move over grown-ups...the kids are taking over the kitchen.
S1.E5 ∙ The Restaurant Takeover: Top 6 Compete
The kids take over a fine dining restaurant.
S2.E1 ∙ The Next Generation
In the second season premiere, 16 junior chefs are tasked to prepare dishes featuring the season 1 winner's favorite ingredients. The winner selects the proteins used in elimination round before 12 contestants are chosen to advance.
S2.E2 ∙ Flip It!
A pancake-flipping contest precedes a challenge to create the best citrus cream pie.
S2.E3 ∙ Mom Knows Best
A three-legged challenge is held to make a dozen cupcakes. Later, Gordon's mom visits the kitchen as a guest judge when the remaining contestants prepare one of the host's favorite dishes from his childhood.
S2.E4 ∙ An Egg-Cellent Adventure
The contestants fry eggs sunny-side up in a 10 minute-challenge, and later prepare their signature dishes that will anchor their menus at a future restaurant.
S2.E5 ∙ Pop-Up Restaurant
The last six cooks split up into teams to compete in the inaugural restaurant challenge, with the winning group advancing to the semifinals.
S2.E6 ∙ A Cut Above the Rest
The top 4 junior chefs cut fillets from Alaskan king salmon, which are used in the next challenge to create a restaurant quality dish with a limited number of ingredients.
S2.E7 ∙ The Finale
The season 2 finale crowns a winner, who receives a trophy and a $100,000 prize, after the Top 2 junior chefs prepare a three-course menu in the last challenge.
S3.E1 ∙ Class of 2015
On the "Junior Edition" of MASTERCHEF, America's Top 19 junior home cooks are introduced to their first mystery box challenge, in which they must make a complete restaurant-quality dish using any of the ingredients they are given. The winner of the challenge will have a significant advantage and select which of the judges' favorite pastas the remaining contestants will prepare in the elimination round. Later, the top junior home cooks with the best dishes will advance in the competition.
S3.E2 ∙ Easy as Pie
Before the next challenge, three of the junior home cooks will face a sweet competition as they race to top all of their pies with whipped meringue.
S3.E3 ∙ Grandad Gordon!
Twelve cooks remain for a mystery box challenge using ingredients that get better with age. Later, the contestants work with the most dangerous protein in the show's history.
S3.E4 ∙ Raw Talent
A pantry hunt pits the winners from the previous challenge against one another to match the most ingredients in the time allotted. Later, the 10 remaining contestants team up in pairs to complete an elaborate sushi dish.
S3.E5 ∙ Family Style
Banana dishes are created by the eight remaining contestants. Later, Gordon Ramsay's daughter Mathilda introduces the next elimination challenge of preparing a family favorite involving salmon.
S3.E6 ∙ Restaurant Takeover
The six remaining junior home cooks take on their restaurant takeover challenge.
S3.E7 ∙ The Crème De La Crème... Brulee
Twenty crème brulee desserts are prepared by the four remaining contestants, who then tackle a difficult raspberry treat before two cooks are selected to move on to the season finale.
S4.E1 ∙ New Kids on the Chopping Block
On the new "Junior Edition" of MASTERCHEF, America's top 24 junior home cooks will enter the kitchen for the first time and jump right into their first mystery box challenge. Each junior home cook is tasked with preparing a signature burger and one side. The winner of the challenge will have a significant advantage and will select the main ingredient that the remaining contestants must use in the season's first elimination round. The junior home cooks with the best dishes will advance in the competition.
S4.E2 ∙ A Sweet Surprise
On the next episode of MASTERCHEF JUNIOR, Season Two winner Logan returns to the MASTERCHEF JUNIOR kitchen and offer some advice to the remaining contestants. The top three contestants from the previous elimination challenge will compete in a cupcake-frosting contest, during which only the winner can keep the judges safe from a sticky situation. Then, in the next challenge, the contestants will be tasked with making a scallop dish in order to move onto the next round in the competition.
S4.E3 ∙ One Small Step
The Top 20 junior home cooks face an out-of-this-world Mystery Box challenge with special guest astronaut Tracy Dyson, during which they must prepare a unique dish that highlights a stellar ingredient. The one who rockets to the top will have a significant advantage in the elimination challenge, when the contestants will be tasked with creating a stunning and delicious fish dish in order to move onto the next round.
S4.E4 ∙ The Good, the Bad and the Smelly
In a team relay race, the junior home cooks must create a large serving of seven-layer dip. The team that completes the dip first will be safe, and get to choose the smelly, wrinkly or spicy ingredients for the elimination challenge.
S4.E5 ∙ Happy Birthday
The remaining junior home cooks will party their way into the next team challenge when they leave the MASTERCHEF JUNIOR kitchen for the first time to cook at a birthday party for kids ages 8-13, as well as special guests, the Ramsay and Elliot children. The team that receives the most votes from the birthday party attendees will be safe from elimination, while the losing team will compete in the next pressure test and create the French dessert croquembouche.
S4.E6 ∙ When Life Gives You Lemons
A seven-minute team challenge involves making raspberry-mint lemonade, to be judged by Christina Tosi, in a blind taste test. The winners are safe from elimination, but the losing group must make a dish from the decade in which one of the judges was born.
S4.E7 ∙ Blind Ambition
The 12 remaining cooks test their senses in a blind-taste challenge, with dishes prepared by Gordon Ramsay, and then must re-create the dish. Later, in a team challenge, the contestants prepare a meal for a dining room full of grandmothers.
S4.E8 ∙ Hatching a Plan
In the next team challenge, the junior home cooks will face an egg-cellent challenge and compete in pairs to see who can complete the most deviled eggs in 12 minutes. The team that perfects the most deviled eggs will be safe from the next elimination challenge, in which contestants must create their future cookbook's signature dish.
S4.E9 ∙ Tag Team Time
Contestants will compete in a tag team platter challenge using international street food ingredients
S4.E10 ∙ A Gordon Ramsay Dinner Party
Gordon welcomes the kids to his home for a VIP lunch.
S4.E11 ∙ Head of the Class
The remaining four junior home cooks compete in the semi-finals and are challenged to make the ultimate dessert - a soufflé! The winner receives a huge advantage in the elimination challenge. Later in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the contestants must prepare a unique dish with a select cut of pork. Then, it's up to the judges to decide who will go home and who will continue in the competition and compete in the finals.
S4.E12 ∙ The Finale
In the highly anticipated Season Finale, the two finalists will compete head-to-head and prepare the most important menu of their lives. Find out which talented junior home cook will earn the MASTERCHEF trophy and a $100,000 prize.
S5.E1 ∙ Quest for the Apron
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.
S5.E2 ∙ Quest for the Apron, Pt. 2
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.
S5.E3 ∙ Just Like Gordon
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.
S5.E4 ∙ Batter Hurry Up
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.
S5.E5 ∙ Kitchen Emergency
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.
S5.E6 ∙ A Presidential Mystery Box
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.
S5.E7 ∙ Pie-Eyed
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.
S5.E8 ∙ Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
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.
S5.E9 ∙ Scouts Honor
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.
S5.E10 ∙ Winter Wonderland
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.
S5.E11 ∙ Tag Team
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.
S5.E12 ∙ An Extra Serving
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.
S5.E13 ∙ The Muppets Take MASTERCHEF
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.
S5.E14 ∙ Pop-Up Restaurant
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.
S5.E15 ∙ The Semi Finals, Finals
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.
S5.E16 ∙ Finale
Season Finale: The judges want the finalists to prepare and present a three-course meal - appetizer, entrée, and dessert. Judges Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi are joined by Wolfgang Puck and Martha Stewart. The chefs must cook all three courses at once in 90 minutes. Appetizer: Justise serves grilled spot prawns with a basil pesto, chili watermelon, and avocado balls. Jasmine serves white fish fritters with red pepper peanut sauce and papaya salad. Entrée: Jasmine serves jerk lobster tail with coconut curry, sweet potatoes, peas, and finger lime caviar. Justise serves cider braised pork belly with wilted greens, pickled peaches, grits, and onion rings. Dessert: Jasmine serves sticky rum cake with coconut whipped cream, guava puree, and a pineapple chip. Justise serves buttermilk panna cotta with balsamic strawberries and strawberry meringue. Final two: Jasmine Stewart and Justise Mayberry. Winner Announced: Jasmine is announced as the fifth MasterChef Junior winner, taking home the trophy and the $100,000 prize. She became the first contestant who was previously eliminated to return and win the championship. MasterChef Junior Winner: Jasmine Stewart.
S6.E1 ∙ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
40 junior home cooks come to Los Angeles, ready to compete. The junior home cooks are split up into two groups - girls and boys, and all 20 girls are tasked with making a flawless medium-rare filet mignon dish. Find out who moves on and who goes home.
S6.E2 ∙ The Boys Are Back in Town
40 junior home cooks come to Los Angeles, ready to compete. The junior home cooks are split up into two groups - girls and boys. All 20 girls are tasked with making a flawless medium-rare filet mignon dish, while the boys must prepare the perfect chicken breast dish. Only 12 winners from each group will earn an apron and a chance to move on. The competition is tougher than ever as the judges separate the best junior chef-testants from all the rest.
S6.E3 ∙ Culinary ABC's
The Top 24 face their first mystery box challenge of the season, during which they must cook dishes using ingredients that start with each letter of the alphabet. The winner receives a huge advantage in the elimination challenge. Later in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the contestants must prove their technical skills as they are tasked with crafting a French classic - fruit tart. Then, it is up to the judges to decide who stays and who goes home.
S6.E4 ∙ American Classics
The Top 22 split up into teams and must prepare as many perfect-looking milkshakes as they can in just 10 minutes. The winning teams will be safe from elimination and one unlucky judge will get a sweet surprise! Then, the rest of the junior cooks will each have to put their own personal twist on a classic chicken-and-waffles dish. It is then up to the judges to decide who stays and goes home.
S6.E5 ∙ Recipe for Love
The Top 20 face their toughest team challenge yet: preparing lunch service for a wedding of 75 guests. Both sides will be cooking racks of lamb and pan-seared halibut, and it will be up to the judges to decide which team wins and who from the losing team will head home.
S6.E6 ∙ No Sugar, Sugar
In the mystery box challenge, the junior home cooks must craft desserts using natural sweeteners instead of sugar. The winner receives a sweet surprise and has his or hers signature recipe in Family Circle magazine.
S6.E7 ∙ Donut Sweat It
The junior chefs split up into pairs and have to decorate and frost as many specialty as they can in just 10 minutes, all while being tied by the ankle to their partner.
S6.E8 ∙ Room Service
The junior cooks are divided into two teams, to serve as cooks for room service. The losing team then faces the first pressure test - Risotto, after which the judges will decide which two of them will be sent home.
S6.E9 ∙ Tag Team
The junior cooks mystery box challenge - create a recipe for a national meal delivery service, the winner then selects one other cook to be safe and divides the remaining 10 cooks into teams of two for an Asian platter tag-team challenge.
S6.E10 ∙ Crackin' Under Pressure
The top 12 have just 15 minutes to make as many eggs benedict dishes as they can. Then they must prepare one of the most difficult egg dishes of all time.
S6.E11 ∙ A Can Do Attitude
The remaining home cooks create their own unique dishes but must use one common ingredient - chocolate. The winner will receive the first-ever Masterchef golden apron and the biggest advantage in series history.
S6.E12 ∙ Pop Up Restaurant
The junior chefs cook for 30 Masterchef Junior alumni at a pop-up restaurant. The losing team will head back to the Masterchef kitchen for a pressure test designed by season 5 winner Jasmine Stewart.
S6.E13 ∙ Grandma Gordon
The remaining home cooks prepare dishes inspired by their grandmothers.
S6.E14 ∙ Road To the Finale
Award-winning chef and MASTERCHEF host Gordon looks back at his favorite moments from this season, and charts the extraordinary journey this talented group of junior home cooks has taken.
S6.E15 ∙ The Finale Part 1
After a season's worth of challenges that tested the cooking abilities of young contestants from across the nation, only three junior home cooks remain. The finalists face one last battle, during which they must prepare a three-course meal that will impress the judges.
S6.E16 ∙ The Finale, Part 2 - The Winner
Entrée: Avery serves seared ribeye cap with mustard greens, glazed onions, chimichurri and bone marrow butter. Quani serves duck fat fried catfish with spicy greens, pickled okra and corn purée. Beni serves grilled veal chop with beet-potato fondant, red cabbage sauerkraut and mustard cream sauce. Dessert: Beni serves deconstructed apple tartlet with walnut crumble, apple-brandy cream and cranberry coulis. Quani serves blueberry tart with marshmallow meringue, blueberries and lemon poppy seed tuile. Avery serves tres leches cake with salted caramel sauce, kettle corn and whipped cream. Final three: Avery Meadows, Beni Cwiakala and Quani Fields. Winner Announced: Beni is announced as the sixth MasterChef Junior winner, taking home the trophy and the $100,000 prize. MasterChef Junior Winner: Beni Cwiakala.
S7.E1 ∙ New Kids on the Block
The Top 24 junior home cooks in America arrive in the MASTERCHEF kitchen and are immediately put to the test to prove they can master any challenge thrown their way. These chef-testants begin to learn the importance of teamwork and speed in the kitchen, while facing two sets of eliminations.
S7.E2 ∙ Going Bananas
The 22 remaining junior home cooks are divided into teams of four and face a speed and teamwork challenge to make as many perfect banana splits as possible! Not only is an elimination on the line, but the winning team gets to turn a judge into a human banana split.
S7.E3 ∙ Under the Big Top
In the season's first big team challenge, the top 20 junior home cooks test their leadership and communication skills in a bold carnival-themed competition. As two teams of nine fuel 51 Circus Vargas performers with a delicious lunch, one team prepares seared salmon and the other grills NY strip steak.
S7.E4 ∙ Off the Hook
The pressure is on for the remaining 18 young home cooks, who must debone an entire fish and make a MASTERCHEF worthy dish, or be at risk in a challenge. Not only are there big stakes at hand - the winner will receive a special advantage worthy of the effort - but the cooks also bring heart to the table as they reveal how their cultural heritages influence their cooking styles.
S7.E5 ∙ Something to Trifle With
The Top 16 home cooks face a sticky situation when they are divided into three teams and tasked with a Gordon masterclass - make as many stunning English trifles as possible in under 20 minutes. Only one team proves they have enough creativity and finesse to bypass the elimination round, the remaining home cooks are challenged to make three identical sliders.
S7.E6 ∙ Quacking Under Pressure
The top 14 get a mystery box with a whole duck the must be butchered and then are paired into teams for a cupcake challenge.
S7.E7 ∙ Camp Masterchef
The Top 14 chef-testants head to the great outdoors for a chicken cookout. Hungry campers at the KIDS CAMP MASTERCHEF will decide which dish reigns supreme, and the winning team's recipe will be featured in Family Circle Magazine. The losing team must face a coconut cream pie pressure test that proves to be not as "sweet" as it may seem.
S7.E8 ∙ Kidz Bop Kitchen
The Top 12 are in for a surprise when the kids from Kidz Bop arrive and put their twist on a mystery box challenge, deciding which ingredients the home cooks must craft into an elevated dish full of personality. Only one will win a huge advantage, forever altering his/or/her MASTERCHEF journey in a "blast from the past" elimination test.
S7.E9 ∙ Pasta Race
It's a battle to the finish line when the Top 10 are tasked with a pasta race. The home cooks are divided into teams and compete to roll out the longest sheet of pasta as fast as they possibly can. The first team's pasta sheet to make it to the winner's circle will be safe and exempt from a high-stakes elimination test in which éclairs are the dish du jour.
S7.E10 ∙ Girl Power
The top 10 divide into two teams and prepare dishes for female role models. The losing team must replicate a 3-Michelin-star fish after a masterclass with Gordon.
S7.E12 ∙ Restaurant Takeover
The Top Six junior home cooks tackle the most daunting challenge in MASTERCHEF JUNIOR history when they take over Michelin Star Los Angeles restaurant Mélisse. To rise to the occasion, the teams face an intense environment, hungry guests with high expectations and the wrath of Gordon Ramsay. Find out which team makes it straight into the semifinal and which team will be sent into eliminations.
S7.E13 ∙ The Semi-Final
In the season's last mystery box challenge, the remaining contestants receive a surprise taste from home when they are tasked with creating a dish inspired by family. Whoever wins this challenge will immediately earn a spot in the MASTERCHEF JUNIOR finale.
S7.E14 ∙ The Road to the Finale
Clips and Gordon gives three kids their just desserts at the end.
S7.E15 ∙ The Finale: Pt. 1
A battle of the culinary world's next generation comes to a head in this exciting two-hour finale showdown. The season began with 24 contestants, but now only three young chef-testants remain standing.
S7.E16 ∙ The Finale: Pt. 2
A battle of the culinary world's next generation comes to a head in this exciting two-hour finale showdown. The season began with 24 contestants, but now only three young chef-testants remain standing.
S8.E1 ∙ Junior Edition: Punch and Munch
The contestants must punch a hole through a wall of mystery ingredients.
S8.E2 ∙ Junior Edition: Taste It, Make It
Fifteen chefs remain and must join together in groups to create show-stopping pizzas.
S8.E3 ∙ Junior Edition: All's Fair at Ren Faire
The remaining 14 junior chefs split into two teams to prepare a medieval-themed dish.
S8.E4 ∙ Junior Edition: Donut Holes & Hold Your Nose
Gordon Ramsay's daughter, Matilda "Tilly" Ramsay, joins as a guest judge, as the panel challenges the remaining 13 young home cooks to make one of their favorite treats: donuts.
S8.E5 ∙ Junior Edition: Daphne's Baby Shower
To celebrate the approaching birth of her baby, Daphne challenges the remaining 12 young chefs to divide into two teams and create the ultimate savory and sweet balanced meal. The teams must satisfy the cravings of a restaurant full of mothers-to-be or face elimination.
S8.E6 ∙ Junior Edition: Where's Walnuts?
After facing a nutty Mystery Box challenge, 11 junior chefs compete in a fiery elimination challenge. They also welcome back MasterChef Junior Edition Season Seven winner Che Spiotta.
S8.E7 ∙ Junior Edition: Motocross Mayhem
The Top 10 chefs start their engines for the ultimate race of the season, as they head over to a secret destination for their challenge. The strongest communicators are picked as team captains, as they compete to create the best American-style comfort dish for a team of very hungry motorsport racers.
S8.E8 ∙ Junior Edition: Jalapeño Business
The nine remaining junior chefs create one of the most popular fried, feisty and spicy finger foods.
S8.E9 ∙ Junior Edition: The Big Bake Sale
The eight remaining junior chefs split into teams for a bake sale challenge. Gordon, Daphne and Aaron judge four different types of tasty treats on flavor and presentation. Ultimately, one member of the losing team will be going home.
S8.E10 ∙ Junior Edition: Totally Egg-streme!
The seven remaining junior chefs test their culinary knowledge of different types of eggs and cuts of steak.
S8.E11 ∙ Junior Edition: The Restaurant Takeover
The top six junior chefs put their professional skills to the test during a restaurant takeover at the luxury hotel NoMad in downtown Los Angeles. Executive Chef Rudy Lopez lends his kitchen to the chefs after teaching them how to prepare some of the restaurant's signature dishes.
S8.E12 ∙ Junior Edition: Alexander in a Box
Masterchef Junior Season One winner Alexander Weiss makes a surprise return, as the chefs are challenged to filet as many fish as they can in 15 minutes. The three chefs who filet the least number of fish will need to create a show-stopping salmon dish to make it to the final four.
S8.E13 ∙ Junior Edition: WWE Tag Team
The four remaining junior chefs pair up with WWE Superstars, who are much more comfortable in the ring. The winning junior receives tickets to a WWE match. In the elimination challenge, the chefs prepare one of Gordon Ramsay's signature dishes.
S8.E14 ∙ Junior Edition: The Semi-Final
The three semi-finalists go head-to-head in front of a live audience with a surprise visit from their loved ones. The chefs have one hour to prepare a dish inspired by their families for each judge.
S8.E15 ∙ Junior Edition: The Road to the Finale
In the road to the finals, host Gordon Ramsay recaps the biggest, most exciting moments of Season 8. Ramsay counts down with the best bloopers, clips, and outtakes of the season.
S8.E16 ∙ Junior Edition: The Finale
The stakes have never been higher in the season finale of MasterChef: Junior Edition. The two finalists compete for the best prizes yet: $100,000, brand-new kitchen appliances, and a trip to Las Vegas to dine with Gordon Ramsay at his restaurant. With their families and past contestants in the crowd to cheer them on, the two chefs create an entree and dessert that best represent themselves. The chefs face off in two 60-minute challenges to prove they are a MasterChef.
