Junior MasterChef is a British TV cookery competition, broadcast by the BBC, in which nine to twelve-year-olds compete to be crowned "Junior MasterChef". It is a spin-off from the main British series of MasterChef.

Junior MasterChef
GenreCookery
Created byFranc Roddam
Karen Ross
John Silver
Presented byLoyd Grossman
John Torode
Donal Skehan
Nadia Sawalha
Narrated byIndia Fisher
Sharon Horgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5 (original)
3 (revival)
No. of episodes65 (original)
38 (revival)
Production
Running time25–30 minutes
Production companiesShine TV and Ziji Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release14 August 1994 (1994-08-14) –
1 August 1999 (1999-08-01)
NetworkCBBC
Release10 May 2010 (2010-05-10) –
21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
Related
MasterChef UK

Junior MasterChef first ran from 1994 to 1999, presented by Loyd Grossman. After a long hiatus, it was revived in 2010 in a revamped format,[1] presented by writer and actress Nadia Sawalha, who won the 2007 series of Celebrity MasterChef, and professional chef John Torode, who also presents MasterChef. The revival series was commissioned by CBBC controller Anne Gilchrist and produced by Shine Television and was broadcast on CBBC and BBC One. A further series was commissioned in 2012 for broadcast on CBBC[2] and again in 2014.

Original series

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Based on the MasterChef format, and using the same set, the original Junior MasterChef was for cooks up to the age of 16. It ran from 1994 to 1999 and was presented by Loyd Grossman.

Revival series

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Junior MasterChef was briefly revived in 2008 for a Children in Need special after the success of the 2006 series. It was won by Billy.

The first new series, targeting children aged 9 to 12, premiered on 10 May 2010 on CBBC. India Fisher continued to provide the voiceover, and the judging panel consisted of John Torode and former Junior MasterChef champion, Lawrence Julian Roberts.

Georgia, who turned 13 by the time the finals occurred, was the 2010 winner.[3] From the 2012 series, Sawalha was replaced by Irish cook Donal Skehan.[4]

Age limit rules

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The online application form[5] for the CBBC series filmed in 2012 clearly shows that applicants had to be between 8 and 13 years old on 6 August of that year. Filming of the early heats would start on that same date.

Winners

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Year Winner
1994 Camilla Askaroff
1995 Jenna Tinson
1996 Lucy Wright
1997 Jamie Lee Morgan
1998 Adam Cowley
1999 Tim Walmsley
2004 Richard Ward
2010 Georgia Bradford
2012 Tom Barlow-Kay[6]
2014 Phoebe Riley

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
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

International versions

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Legend:   Still in production     No longer airing  

Country Name Host(s) Judges Network Air dates
  Albania MasterChef Junior Albania Redjan Mulla (narrator) Sokol Prenga
Xheraldina Vula
Julian Zguro
RTSH 27 March 2018 – 12 June 2018 (season 1)
  Australia 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)
  Belgium (in Dutch) Junior MasterChef Belgium unknown Wout Bru
Fatima Marzouki
vtm 18 January 2012 – 2012
  Brazil MasterChef Junior Ana Paula Padrão Erick Jacquin
Paola Carosella
Henrique Fogaça
Band 20 October 2015 – 15 December 2015
  Chile Junior MasterChef Chile Diana Bolocco Christopher Carpentier
Yann Yvin
Ennio Carota
Canal 13 21 March 2016 – present
  Finland Junior MasterChef Tomi Björck
Meri-Tuuli Lindström
Nelonen 19 August 2012 – 7 October 2012
  France Junior MasterChef Carole Rousseau Frédéric Anton
Yves Camdeborde
Sebastian Demorand
TF1 22 December 2011; 5 July 2012; 27 December 2013
  Greece
  Cyprus
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
  Hungary MasterChef Junior Hungary István Pesti
Zsófia Mautner
Bence Szendrei
Viasat 3 13 October 2018 – 15 December 2018
  India Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad Kunal Kapoor
Vikas Khanna
Surjan Singh Jolly
Star Plus 17 August 2013 – 2 November 2013
  Indonesia Junior MasterChef Indonesia Arnold Poernomo
Degan Septoadji (Season 1)

Rinrin Marinka
Bara Pattiradjawane (Season 2)

RCTI 6 April 2014 – 17 March 2015
  Israel Junior MasterChef Israel unknown Haim Cohen
Eyal Shani
Micahl Anski
Yonatan Rochfeld[7]
Channel 2
(Keshet)
22 April 2012 – present
  Italy Junior MasterChef Italia Joe Bastianich
Carlo Cracco
Bruno Barbieri
Lidia Bastianich
Alessandro Borghese
Sky Uno
Cielo
13 March 2014 – present
  Jordan Junior MasterChef Jordan Mahmoud Al-Omari Soumia Khalifa
Ahmed Saaed
Firas Mamdouh
Amman TV 6 May 2019 − present
  Morocco ماستر شيف جونيور
(MasterChef Junior Morocco)
Mariam el Kamil Mariam Ettahri
Moha Fdal
Khadija Bensdira
2M 9 October 2018 – present
  Mexico 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
  Netherlands Junior MasterChef Alain Caron
Peter Lute
Net 5 28 November 2011 – 24 December 2011
Junior MasterChef Alain Caron
Ron Blaauw
SBS 6 12 October 2012 – present
  Philippines[8] Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo Fern Aracama
Rolando Laudico
JP Anglo
ABS-CBN 27 August 2011 – 18 February 2012
  Poland Masterchef Junior 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)
  Portugal 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)
  Russia MasterChef Deti Alexandr Belkovich
Andrey Shmakov
Giuseppe D'Angelo
STS 7 November 2015 – 25 December 2016
  Spain 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)
  Sweden Sveriges yngsta mästerkock Tina Nordström
Leif Mannerström
Markus Aujalay
TV4 9 April 2014 – present
  Taiwan Kid's Kitchen William Hsieh
Big Stomach
LIZ
SOAC
CTS September 2015 – present
  Thailand 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 [th]
M.L. Kwantip Devakula [th]
Pongtawat Chalermkittichai
Channel 7 19 August 2018
  Turkey MasterChef Junior Turkey Danilo Zanna
Somer Sivrioğlu
Mehmet Yalçınkaya
Exxen 2021
  Ukraine 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)
MasterChef Pidlitky (Teens)
  United States 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

  Vietnam

Junior MasterChef Vietnam Jack Lee
Phan Tôn Tịnh Hải
Alain Nguyễn
VTV3 2 October 2016 – present

In the Taiwanese version, the series is based on the same concept as Junior Masterchef, but there are no mystery box challenges, and there are no eliminations (but there had been cases where a contestant has quit the competition for health reasons). After the first individual challenge, there are a series of team challenges, where team captains cannot enter the pantry, the person who earns the most points (doubled as a winning team captain in team challenges) wins. The eventual winner will receive home appliances instead.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CBBC gets children cooking as Junior MasterChef is announced". BBC Press Office. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ^ BBC – Media Centre – Junior MasterChef returns to CBBC
  3. ^ BBC – Press Office – CBBC's search for Junior Masterchef 2010, winner revealed
  4. ^ "Skehan is Junior MasterChef UK judge". RTÉ.ie. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. ^ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/beonashow/junior-masterchef-application-form.pdf [dead link]
  6. ^ "Stroud schoolboy Tom Barlow-Kay, 12, wins Junior MasterChef".
  7. ^ he:אייל שני
  8. ^ Manila Standard Today – Juday hosts ‘Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition’ – 2011/august/16
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