Junior MasterChef

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Junior MasterChef
Genre Cookery
Created by Franc Roddam
Karen Ross
John Silver
Presented by Loyd Grossman
John Torode
Donal Skehan
Nadia Sawalha
Narrated by India 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 companies Shine TV and Ziji Productions
Original release
Network BBC One
Release14 August 1994 (1994-08-14) –
1 August 1999 (1999-08-01)
Network CBBC
Release10 May 2010 (2010-05-10) –
21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
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 UK series of MasterChef .

Contents

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

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 had become 13 yrs old 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

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

YearWinner
1994Camilla Askaroff
1995Lawrence Julian Roberts
1996Lucy Wright
1997Jamie Lee Morgan
1998Adam Cowley
1999Tim Walmsley
2004Hamish McNaughton
2010Georgia Bradford
2012Jack Wilson
2014Phoebe Riley

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
Original series
114 August 199413 November 199413
216 July 199522 October 199513
34 August 199627 October 199613
411 March 199831 May 199813
518 April 19991 August 199913
Revived series
110 May 201028 May 201013
25 November 201223 November 201215
310 November 201421 November 201410

International versions

Legend:  Still in production    No longer airing  

CountryNameHost(s)JudgesNetworkAir dates
Flag of Albania.svg Albania MasterChef Junior Albania Redjan Mulla (narrator)Sokol Prenga
Xheraldina Vula
Julian Zguro		 RTSH 27 March 2018 – 12 June 2018 (season 1)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium(in Dutch)Junior MasterChef BelgiumunknownWout Bru
Fatima Marzouki		 vtm 18 January 2012 – 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil MasterChef Junior Ana Paula Padrão Erick Jacquin
Paola Carosella
Henrique Fogaça		 Band 20 October 2015 – 15 December 2015
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Junior MasterChef Chile Diana Bolocco Christopher Carpentier
Yann Yvin
Ennio Carota 		Canal 13 21 March 2016 – present
Flag of Finland.svg FinlandJunior MasterChefTomi Björck
Meri-Tuuli Lindström		 Nelonen 19 August 2012 – 7 October 2012
Flag of France.svg FranceJunior MasterChefCarole RousseauFrédéric Anton
Yves Camdeborde
Sebastian Demorand		 TF1 22 December 2011; 5 July 2012; 27 December 2013
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus		 Junior MasterChef Greece Maria MpekatorouYiannis 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
Flag of Hungary.svg HungaryMasterChef Junior Hungary—István Pesti
Zsófia Mautner
Bence Szendrei		 Viasat 3 13 October 2018 – 15 December 2018
Flag of India.svg India Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad —Kunal Kapoor
Vikas Khanna
Surjan Singh Jolly 		Star Plus 17 August 2013 – 2 November 2013
Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaJunior MasterChef Indonesia—Arnold Poernomo
Degan Septoadji (Season 1)

Rinrin Marinka
Bara Pattiradjawane (Season 2)

 RCTI 6 April 2014 – 17 March 2015
Flag of Israel.svg IsraelJunior MasterChef IsraelunknownHaim Cohen
Eyal Shani
Micahl Anski
Yonatan Rochfeld [6] 		Channel 2
(Keshet)		22 April 2012 – present
Flag of Italy.svg ItalyJunior MasterChef Italia Joe Bastianich
Carlo Cracco		 Bruno Barbieri
Lidia Bastianich
Alessandro Borghese		 Sky Uno
Cielo 		13 March 2014 – present
Flag of Jordan.svg JordanJunior MasterChef JordanMahmoud Al-OmariSoumia Khalifa
Ahmed Saaed
Firas Mamdouh		 Amman TV 6 May 2019 − present
Flag of Morocco.svg Moroccoماستر شيف جونيور
(MasterChef Junior Morocco)		Mariam el KamilMariam Ettahri
Moha Fdal
Khadija Bensdira		 2M 9 October 2018 – present
Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoJunior 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
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsJunior 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
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines [7] Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo Fern Aracama
Rolando Laudico
JP Anglo		 ABS-CBN 27 August 2011 – 18 February 2012
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Masterchef Junior Michael MoranMichael Moran
Mateusz Gessler
Anna Starmach		 TVN 21 February 2016 – 24 April 2016 (Season 1)
19 February 2017 – 23 April 2017 (Season 2)
Flag of Portugal.svg PortugalMasterchef JúniorTeresa Fernandes (narrator) Manuel Luís Goucha
Rui Paula
Miguel Rocha Vieira		 TVI 22 May 2016 – 31 July 2016 (Season 1)
2017 (Season 2)
Flag of Russia.svg RussiaMasterChef DetiAlexandr Belkovich
Andrey Shmakov
Giuseppe D'Angelo		 STS 7 November 2015 – 25 December 2016
Flag of Spain.svg SpainMasterChef 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)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Sveriges yngsta mästerkock Tina Nordström
Leif Mannerström
Markus Aujalay 		TV4 9 April 2014 – present
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Kid's Kitchen William Hsieh
Big Stomach
LIZ
SOAC		 CTS September 2015 – present
Flag of Thailand.svg 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
Flag of Turkey.svg TurkeyMasterChef Junior TurkeyDanilo Zanna
Somer Sivrioğlu
Mehmet Yalçınkaya		 Exxen 2021
Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineMasterChef 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)
Flag of the United States.svg 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

Flag of Vietnam.svg 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.

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References

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  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. ↑ he:אייל שני
  7. ↑ Manila Standard Today – Juday hosts ‘Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition’ – 2011/august/16

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