Considering Grayson has never eaten okra before the judges are very impressed. Next is 11-year old Grayson and his Lemon Verbena Snapper with Fried Okra. The judges first call up 10-year old Liya and her Soy & Honey Glazed Eel with Rice Vermicelli which all three feel is excellent. After walking around the kitchen the judges call up their three favorite dishes to explore further and then the three they feel missed the mark and could use some work.

If you have watched MasterChef before then you now the drill.

And one kid from Philly (Yo!) learned from the chefs that hired his father to sharpen their knives. Other have learned from their parents or grandparents. A handful come from a family where one of their parents is a chef and have spent time helping out in their family’s restaurant. The gloves have indeed come off and the stakes for the kids just went through the roof.Īs the junior chefs prepare their dishes everyone gets a quick introduction to some of the kids. However, the biggest shock is when they find out that one junior chef will be going home tonight. Some of the kids get fairly straight forward ingredients while others end up with things like live lobster and eel. Whatever is in the square they have to create a dish around and make it the star. Who went home on Episode 1 of MasterChef Junior Season 8?įor the first challenge, the kids are told to punch through a numbered square in a massive wall.

Hopefully the next season of MasterChef will remember this when the time comes. Speaking of the finalists, unlike the main version of MasterChef, the junior version manages to go through the entire audition process and finding the final 16 in just under two minutes instead taking three agonizingly long hours. Prepare yourself for lots of tears this season. They plan to be tougher and more critical of the dishes the kids cook. However, this season the judges make it very clear to the 16 finalists that the gloves are off. One of the best parts of MasterChef Junior is the kinder, gentler version of Ramsay viewers get to see. Now, I don’t know about anyone else but I never heard the term “MasterChef” used to describe Daphne Oz but I guess when your father is good friends with Oprah Winfrey, you get to host whatever show you want. Joining the two MasterChef mainstays this season is new judge Daphne Oz. Gordon Ramsay and Aarón Sánchez are both back to find the best kid chef in the country and award them the $100,000 prize as well as the MasterChef Junior trophy and a dream kitchen. The highly anticipated eighth season of MasterChef Junior is officially here.

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