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MasterChef Junior Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
The Next Generation
Tue, Nov 4, 201442 mins
In the second season premiere, 16 junior chefs are tasked to prepare dishes featuring the season 1 winner's favorite ingredients. The winner selects the proteins used in elimination round before 12 contestants are chosen to advance.
Episode 2
Flip It!
Tue, Nov 11, 201444 mins
Individual Challenge: Oona, Sean, and Samuel are given premade pancake batter and are told to make as many pancakes as they can in six minutes. The person who makes the most pancakes will get an advantage in the next challenge, as well as saving their respective judge from being drenched from a huge jar of syrup. Sean wins the challenge with nineteen pancakes, and still pours the syrup on his judge, Joe, anyway. Challenge Winner/Immune: Sean Le. Elimination Challenge: Sean is immune from the following elimination challenge, and is shown three types of cream pie. Sean picks the citrus pie. Sean is also given the ability to save a contestant from facing the challenge. Sean picks Mitchell. Levi and Adaiah make the two best pies. Jessica, Josh, Natalie, and Sam become the bottom four. Immune: Mitchell Vasquez. Winners: Adaiah Stevens and Levi Eirinberg. Bottom four: Jessica Balabona, Josh Reisner, Natalie Jawher and Sam Karpinski. Sam is saved, and Josh does just enough to save himself, so Jessica and Natalie are sent home. Eliminated: Jessica Balabona and Natalie Jawher.
Episode 3
Mom Knows Best
Tue, Nov 18, 201443 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: A mystery box on the judges' table has cupcakes, and they each take a cupcake. There are 5 pairs of cupcakes, meaning this is a team challenge. The teams are: Adaiah and Sam, Samuel and Levi, Abby and Mitchell, Oona and Josh, and Sean and Logan. They have to make 12 cupcakes; however, they have to make them with their legs tied up. The three standout cupcakes are Adaiah and Sam, Abby and Mitchell, and Sean and Logan. Logan and Sean win the Mystery box. Challenge Winners/Immune: Logan Guleff and Sean Le. Elimination Challenge: Logan and Sean are safe from elimination, and will choose what everyone has to cook. They have to choose among Gordon's three favorite dishes from his childhood. They choose shepherd's pie. Levi and Adaiah are deemed to have the best dishes of the night. The worst three dishes belong to Oona, Sam, and Mitchell. Winners: Adaiah Stevens and Levi Eirinberg. Bottom three: Mitchell Vasquez, Oona Yaffe and Sam Karpinski. The judges send Oona to safety, eliminating Mitchell and Sam. Eliminated: Mitchell Vasquez and Sam Karpinski.
Episode 4
An Egg-Cellent Adventure
Tue, Nov 25, 201443 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: The home cooks must make as many perfect sunny-side-up eggs as they can. Sean has ten, giving him the win. Challenge Winner: Sean Le. Elimination Challenge: Sean is not immune from elimination. The contestants have to cook a signature dish, with only the number of ingredients of how many eggs they cooked. Samuel and Abby are the winners and are made team captains in the upcoming challenge. Josh, Levi, Oona, and Sean are declared as the bottom four. Winners: Abby Major and Samuel Stromberg. Bottom four: Josh Reisner, Levi Eirinberg, Oona Yaffe and Sean Le. The judges send Oona and Sean to safety, leading to the elimination of Josh and Levi. Eliminated: Josh Reisner and Levi Eirinberg.
Episode 5
Pop-Up Restaurant
Tue, Dec 2, 201443 mins
The remaining six junior home cooks split into teams and compete in the first-ever "Junior Edition" restaurant. The team that wins the challenge will advance into the semi-finals, while the remaining home cooks will have to face elimination. Find out which four junior home cooks advance to the next round.
Episode 6
A Cut Above the Rest
Tue, Dec 9, 201442 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants must filet a salmon in this challenge. Ramsay gives them a quick overview. They are given forty minutes on the clock. Adaiah wins this challenge. Challenge Winner: Adaiah Stevens. Elimination Challenge: Adaiah is not immune from elimination, but instead gets to choose which refrigerator of ingredients each contestants can work with when cooking their salmon fillets. Abby gets the fridge with 100 ingredients, Adaiah chooses the fridge with 50 ingredients, Samuel gets the fridge with 25 ingredients, and Logan gets the fridge with 5 ingredients. With the best salmon dish, Logan is the first to secure a place in the finale. Winner: Logan Guleff. The judges send Samuel to a head-to-head finale with Logan, eliminating Abby and Adaiah. Eliminated: Abby Major and Adaiah Stevens.
Episode 7
The Finale
Tue, Dec 16, 201443 mins
Season Finale: Logan and Samuel must each cook a three-course meal for the finale. Appetizer: Samuel's first course is southeast Asian chicken oysters with pickled cucumber, radish, and crispy rice. Logan's first course is a spot prawns dish with grilled romaine and smoked saffron aioli. Entrée: Samuel's second course is a seared Arctic Char with baby bok choy and mushrooms in a coconut saffron curry. Logan's second course is a salt-crusted Branzino stuffed with lemon and thyme, served with chimichurri sauce and roasted vegetables. Dessert: Samuel's dessert is a Kaffir Lime panna cotta with passion fruit and raspberry, served with a ginger anise dust. Logan's dessert is a meyer lemon madeleine with a berry compote and goat cheese mousse. Final Two: Logan Guleff and Samuel Stromberg. Winner Revealed: Logan is announced as the second MasterChef Junior winner, taking home the trophy and the $100,000 prize, making Samuel the runner-up. MasterChef Junior Winner: Logan Guleff.
