Junior MasterChef facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Junior MasterChef |
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Genre | Cookery |
Created by | Franc Roddam Karen Ross John Silver |
Presented by | Loyd Grossman (1994–1999) John Torode (2010–2014) Donal Skehan (2012–2014) Nadia Sawalha (2010) |
Narrated by | India Fisher (2010, 2014) Sharon Horgan (2012) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 5 (original) 3 (revival) |
No. of episodes | 65 (original) 38 (revival) |
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Running time | 25–30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Shine TV and Ziji Productions |
Distributor | Banijay |
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Original network | BBC One (1994–99) CBBC (2010–2014) |
Picture format | 4:3 (1994–99) (2010–2014) |
Original release | Original series: 14 August 1994 – 1 August 1999 Revived series: 10 May 2010 – 21 November 2014 |
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Related shows | MasterChef UK |
Junior MasterChef is a fun British TV cooking competition. In this show, young chefs from 9 to 12 years old compete. They want to win the title of "Junior MasterChef". It is a special version of the main UK MasterChef show.
The show first aired from 1994 to 1999. Loyd Grossman was the presenter back then. After a break, the show returned in 2010. It had a new look and new presenters. These were writer and actress Nadia Sawalha and professional chef John Torode. Nadia had won Celebrity MasterChef in 2007. John Torode also presents the main MasterChef show.
The new series was made by Shine Television. It was shown on CBBC and BBC One. More series were made in 2012 and 2014.
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The First Junior MasterChef Show
The very first Junior MasterChef show was based on the regular MasterChef format. It even used the same TV set. This original show was for young cooks up to 16 years old.
It ran for five years, from 1994 to 1999. Loyd Grossman was the presenter for all these years.
Junior MasterChef Comes Back!
Junior MasterChef had a short return in 2008. This was for a special Children in Need episode. A young chef named Billy won this special show.
The first brand new series for kids aged 9 to 12 started on May 10, 2010. It was shown on CBBC. India Fisher was the voiceover artist. The judges were John Torode and Nadia Sawalha. Georgia, who turned 13 during the finals, won in 2010.
For the 2012 series, Irish cook Donal Skehan joined as a judge. He took Nadia Sawalha's place.
How Old Do You Need to Be to Compete?
The rules for applying to the CBBC series were clear. For the 2012 show, applicants had to be between 8 and 13 years old. This age limit was set for August 6 of that year. Filming for the first rounds also started on that date.
Junior MasterChef Winners
Here are the talented young chefs who won Junior MasterChef:
Year | Winner |
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1994 | Camilla Askaroff |
1995 | Jenna Tinsle |
1996 | Lucy Wright |
1997 | Jamie Lee Morgan |
1998 | Adam Cowley |
1999 | Tim Walmsley |
2008 | Steve Raby |
2010 | Georgia Bradford |
2012 | Tom Barlow-Kay |
2014 | Phoebe Riley |
When Junior MasterChef Was On TV
This table shows when the different series of Junior MasterChef were broadcast. It includes the original and revived shows.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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Original series | |||
1 | 14 August 1994 | 13 November 1994 | 13 |
2 | 16 July 1995 | 22 October 1995 | 13 |
3 | 4 August 1996 | 27 October 1996 | 13 |
4 | 11 March 1998 | 31 May 1998 | 13 |
5 | 18 April 1999 | 1 August 1999 | 13 |
Revived series | |||
1 | 10 May 2010 | 28 May 2010 | 13 |
2 | 5 November 2012 | 23 November 2012 | 15 |
3 | 10 November 2014 | 21 November 2014 | 10 |
Junior MasterChef Around the World
Junior MasterChef is so popular that many other countries have made their own versions! Here's a list of some of them.
Key: Still on TV No longer on TV
Country | Name | Host(s) | Judges | Network | Air dates |
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MasterChef Junior Albania | Redjan Mulla (narrator) | Sokol Prenga Xheraldina Vula Julian Zguro |
RTSH | 27 March 2018 – 12 June 2018 (season 1) |
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Junior MasterChef Australia | George Calombaris Gary Mehigan (Season 1-2) Andy Allen Melissa Leong Jock Zonfrillo |
Gary Mehigan George Calombaris Matt Preston (Season 1) Anna Gare Matt Moran (Season 2) Andy Allen Melissa Leong Jock Zonfrillo |
Network Ten | 12 September 2010 – 15 November 2010 (Season 1) 25 September 2011 – 23 November 2011 (Season 2) 11 October 2020 (Season 3) |
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Junior MasterChef Belgium | unknown | Wout Bru Fatima Marzouki |
vtm | 18 January 2012 – 2012 |
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MasterChef Junior | Ana Paula Padrão | Erick Jacquin Paola Carosella Henrique Fogaça |
Band | 20 October 2015 – 15 December 2015 |
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' | Diana Bolocco | Christopher Carpentier Yann Yvin Ennio Carota |
Canal 13 | 21 March 2016 – present |
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Junior MasterChef | Tomi Björck Meri-Tuuli Lindström |
Nelonen | 19 August 2012 – 7 October 2012 | |
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Junior MasterChef | Carole Rousseau | Frédéric Anton Yves Camdeborde Sebastian Demorand |
TF1 | 22 December 2011; 5 July 2012; 27 December 2013 |
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Junior MasterChef Greece | Maria Mpekatorou | Yiannis Loukakos Lefteris Lazarou Dimitris Skarmoutsos |
Mega Channel | 27 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 |
Eleni Psyhouli Manolis Papoutsakis Magky Tabakaki |
Star Channel | 13 September 2018 - 24 December 2018 | |||
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MasterChef Junior Hungary | N/A | István Pesti Zsófia Mautner Bence Szendrei |
Viasat 3 | 13 October 2018 – 15 December 2018 |
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Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad | N/A | Kunal Kapoor Vikas Khanna Surjan Singh Jolly |
Star Plus | 17 August 2013 – 2 November 2013 |
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Junior MasterChef Indonesia | N/A | Arnold Poernomo Degan Septoadji (Season 1) Rinrin Marinka |
RCTI | 6 April 2014 – 17 March 2015 |
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Junior MasterChef Israel | unknown | Haim Cohen Eyal Shani Micahl Anski Yonatan Rochfeld |
Channel 2 (Keshet) |
22 April 2012 – present |
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Junior MasterChef Italia | Joe Bastianich Carlo Cracco |
Bruno Barbieri Lidia Bastianich Alessandro Borghese |
Sky Uno Cielo |
13 March 2014 – present |
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Junior MasterChef Jordan | Mahmoud Al-Omari | Soumia Khalifa Ahmed Saaed Firas Mamdouh |
Amman TV | 6 May 2019 − present |
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ماستر شيف جونيور (MasterChef Junior Morocco) |
Mariam el Kamil | Mariam Ettahri Moha Fdal Khadija Bensdira |
2M | 9 October 2018 – present |
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Junior MasterChef México | Anette Michel | Adrián Herrera Díaz Benito Molina Dubost Betty Vázquez |
Azteca Trece (Azteca) | 3 April 2016 – 3 July 2016 5 March 2017 – present |
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Junior MasterChef | N/A | Alain Caron Peter Lute |
Net 5 | 28 November 2011 – 24 December 2011 |
Junior MasterChef | N/A | Alain Caron Ron Blaauw |
SBS 6 | 12 October 2012 – present | |
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Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition | Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo | Fern Aracama Rolando Laudico JP Anglo |
ABS-CBN | 27 August 2011 – 18 February 2012 |
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' | Michael Moran | Michael Moran Mateusz Gessler Anna Starmach |
TVN | 21 February 2016 – 24 April 2016 (Season 1) 19 February 2017 – 23 April 2017 (Season 2) |
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Masterchef Júnior | Teresa Fernandes (narrator) | Manuel Luís Goucha Rui Paula Miguel Rocha Vieira |
TVI | 22 May 2016 – 31 July 2016 (Season 1) 2017 (Season 2) |
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MasterChef Deti | Alexandr Belkovich Andrey Shmakov Giuseppe D'Angelo |
STS | 7 November 2015 – 25 December 2016 | |
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MasterChef Junior | Eva González | Pepe Rodríguez Jordi Cruz Samantha Vallejo-Nágera |
La 1 | 23 December 2013 – 6 January 2014 (Season 1) 30 December 2014 – 3 February 2015 (Season 2) 1 December 2015 – 5 January 2016 (Season 3) 20 December 2016 – 17 January 2017 (Season 4) 20 December 2017 – TBA 2018 (Season 5) |
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Sveriges yngsta mästerkock | Tina Nordström Leif Mannerström Markus Aujalay |
TV4 | 9 April 2014 – present | |
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Kid's Kitchen | William Hsieh Big Stomach LIZ SOAC |
CTS | September 2015 – present | |
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Junior MasterChef Thailand | Patiparn Pataweekarn Ban Boribun Chatchaya Ruktakanit |
Channel 3 | 3 February 2013 – 2 June 2013 | |
MasterChef Junior Thailand | Piyathida Mittiraroch | M.L. Pasan Sawasdiwat M.L. Kwanthip Dewakul Pongtawat Chalermkittichai |
Channel 7 | 19 August 2018 | |
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MasterChef Junior Turkey | Danilo Zanna Somer Sivrioğlu Mehmet Yalçınkaya |
Exxen | 2021 | |
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MasterChef Dity (Kids) | Hector Jimenez-Bravo (1-2) Tatiana Litvinova (1-2) Mykola Tischenko (1) Sergey Kalinin (2) Dmitriy Gorovenko (2) |
STB | 3 February 2016 – 25 May 2016 (Season 1) 31 January 2017 – 30 May 2017 (Season 2) January 2018 (Season 3) |
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MasterChef Pidlitky (Teens) | |||||
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MasterChef Junior | Gordon Ramsay | Joe Bastianich (Seasons 1-3 & 6) Graham Elliot (Seasons 1-4) Christina Tosi (Season 4-) Aaron Sanchez (Season 7) |
Fox | 27 September 2013 – present |
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Junior MasterChef Vietnam | N/A | Jack Lee Phan Tôn Tịnh Hải Alain Nguyễn |
VTV3 | 2 October 2016 – present |
In the Taiwanese version, called Kid's Kitchen, the show is a bit different. There are no "mystery box" challenges. Also, contestants usually don't get eliminated. Sometimes, a contestant might leave if they are not feeling well.
After the first cooking challenge, there are team challenges. In these, the team captains cannot go into the pantry to get ingredients. The person who earns the most points wins. If you are a winning team captain, your points are doubled! The final winner receives home appliances as a prize.
See also
In Spanish: Junior MasterChef para niños