Junior MasterChef
{{about|the original British series|adaptations|#International versions}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox television
| genre = Cookery
| creator = Franc Roddam
Karen Ross
John Silver
| presenter = Loyd Grossman
John Torode
Donal Skehan
Nadia Sawalha
| narrated = India Fisher
Sharon Horgan
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| runtime = 25–30 minutes
| num_series = 5 (original)
3 (revival)
| num_episodes = 65 (original)
38 (revival)
| company = Shine TV and Ziji Productions
| network = BBC One
| network2 = CBBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1994|08|14|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1999|08|01|df=y}}
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2010|05|10|df=y}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2014|11|21|df=y}}
| related = MasterChef UK
}}
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 first ran from 1994 to 1999, presented by Loyd Grossman. After a long hiatus, it was revived in 2010 in a revamped format,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/24/junior.shtml |title=CBBC gets children cooking as Junior MasterChef is announced |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=24 August 2009 |access-date=30 November 2010}} 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[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/junior-masterchef.html BBC – Media Centre – Junior MasterChef returns to CBBC] and again in 2014.
Original series
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
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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/28/junior.shtml BBC – Press Office – CBBC's search for Junior Masterchef 2010, winner revealed] From the 2012 series, Sawalha was replaced by Irish cook Donal Skehan.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2012/1004/440658-skehand/
|title=Skehan is Junior MasterChef UK judge |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2017}}
Age limit rules
The online application formhttp://downloads.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/beonashow/junior-masterchef-application-form.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} 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 |
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1994
| Camilla Askaroff |
1995
| Lawrence Julian Roberts |
1996
| Lucy Wright |
1997
| Jamie Lee Morgan |
1998
| Adam Cowley |
1999
| Tim Walmsley |
2010
| Georgia Bradford |
2012 |
2014
| Phoebe Riley |
Transmissions
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Series
! Start date ! End date ! Episodes |
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colspan="4"|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 |
colspan="4"| 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
Legend:
{{Color box|#92FF8D|border=darkgray}} Still in production
{{Color box|#FF7777|border=darkgray}} No longer airing
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Country | Name | Host(s) | Judges | Network | Air dates |
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style="background-color: #FF7777"|{{flagu|Albania}}
| Redjan Mulla (narrator) | Sokol Prenga | RTSH | 27 March 2018 – 12 June 2018 (season 1) | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Australia}}
| George Calombaris | Gary Mehigan | 12 September 2010 – 15 November 2010 (Season 1) | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Belgium}} {{in lang|nl}}
| Junior MasterChef Belgium | unknown | Wout Bru | vtm | 18 January 2012 – 2012 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| Erick Jacquin | Band | 20 October 2015 – 15 December 2015 | |||||
style="background: #90EE90"|{{Flagu|Canada}} {{Flagu|Quebec}} | colspan="2" |Martin Picard |TVA |April 2025 – present {{small|(Season 1)}} | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"|{{flagu|Chile}}
| Christopher Carpentier | Canal 13 | 21 March 2016 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Finland}}
| Junior MasterChef | colspan=2|Tomi Björck | Nelonen | 19 August 2012 – 7 October 2012 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|France}}
| Junior MasterChef | Carole Rousseau | Frédéric Anton | TF1 | 22 December 2011; 5 July 2012; 27 December 2013 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2| {{flagu|Greece}} {{flagu|Cyprus}} | rowspan=2 |Junior MasterChef Greece | Maria Mpekatorou | Yiannis Loukakos | 27 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 | |||||
colspan=2 | Eleni Psyhouli Manolis Papoutsakis Magky Tabakaki | 13 September 2018 - 24 December 2018 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Hungary}}
| MasterChef Junior Hungary | {{N/A}} | István Pesti | Viasat 3 | 13 October 2018 – 15 December 2018 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|India}}
| Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad | {{N/A}} | Kunal Kapoor | 17 August 2013 – 2 November 2013 | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Indonesia}}
| Junior MasterChef Indonesia | {{N/A}} | Arnold Poernomo Rinrin Marinka | RCTI | 6 April 2014 – 17 March 2015 | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Israel}}
| Junior MasterChef Israel | unknown | |Haim Cohen | 22 April 2012 – present | |||||
style="background-color:#92FF8D"| {{flagu|Italy}}
| Junior MasterChef Italia | Joe Bastianich | Bruno Barbieri | 13 March 2014 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"|{{flagu|Jordan}}
|Junior MasterChef Jordan | Mahmoud Al-Omari | Soumia Khalifa | Amman TV | 6 May 2019 − present | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Morocco}}
| ماستر شيف جونيور | Mariam el Kamil | Mariam Ettahri | 2M | 9 October 2018 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"|{{flagu|Mexico}}
| Junior MasterChef México | Adrián Herrera Díaz | Azteca Trece (Azteca) | 3 April 2016 – 3 July 2016 | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D" rowspan=2|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
| Junior MasterChef | {{N/A}} | Alain Caron | Net 5 | 28 November 2011 – 24 December 2011 | |||||
Junior MasterChef
| {{N/A}} | Alain Caron | SBS 6 | 12 October 2012 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Philippines}}[http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideEntertainment.htm?f=/2011/august/16/entertainment1.isx&d=2011/august/16 Manila Standard Today – Juday hosts ‘Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition’ – 2011/august/16]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition | Fern Aracama | ABS-CBN | 27 August 2011 – 18 February 2012 | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| Michael Moran | Michael Moran | TVN | 21 February 2016 – 24 April 2016 (Season 1) | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Portugal}}
| Masterchef Júnior | Teresa Fernandes (narrator) | Manuel Luís Goucha | TVI | 22 May 2016 – 31 July 2016 (Season 1) | |||||
style="background-color: #FF7777"| {{flagu|Russia}}
| MasterChef Deti | colspan="2" | Alexandr Belkovich | STS | 7 November 2015 – 25 December 2016 | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Spain}}
| MasterChef Junior | Pepe Rodríguez | La 1 | 23 December 2013 – 6 January 2014 (Season 1) | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Sweden}}
| colspan=2|Tina Nordström | TV4 | 9 April 2014 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Taiwan}}{{zh}}
| colspan=2|William Hsieh | CTS | September 2015 – present | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D" rowspan=2|{{flagu|Thailand}}
| colspan=2|Patiparn Pataweekarn | 3 February 2013 – 2 June 2013 | |||||
MasterChef Junior Thailand
| M.L. {{ill|Pasan Sawasdiwat|th|หม่อมหลวงภาสันต์ สวัสดิวัตน์}} | 19 August 2018 | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| MasterChef Junior Turkey | colspan=2|Danilo Zanna | Exxen | 2021 | |||||
rowspan=2 style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| MasterChef Dity (Kids) | rowspan=2 colspan=2| Hector Jimenez-Bravo (1-2) | rowspan=2| STB | rowspan=2| 3 February 2016 – 25 May 2016 (Season 1) | |||||
MasterChef Pidlitky (Teens) | |||||
style="background-color: #92FF8D"| {{flagu|United States}}
| Joe Bastianich (Seasons 1-3 & 6) | Fox | 27 September 2013 – present | |||||
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{{flagu|Vietnam}} |{{N/A}} |Jack Lee | 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
References
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External links
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