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MasterChef Junior Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
New Kids on the Chopping Block
Fri, Nov 6, 2015 60 mins
The Season 4 premiere introduces 24 new contestants, who begin with a mystery-box challenge that involves making a burger and a side dish, and the winner gets to choose the main ingredient for the first elimination round.
Episode 2
A Sweet Surprise
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 60 mins
Season 2 winner Logan returns to give advice to the remaining contestants, and the top three cooks from the previous elimination challenge participate in a cupcake-frosting contest. Later, a challenge involving scallops will decide who moves on to the next round.
Episode 3
One Small Step
Fri, Nov 20, 2015 60 mins
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson is a guest for a mystery-box challenge, which is followed by an elimination challenge involving a seafood dish.
Episode 4
The Good, the Bad and the Smelly
Fri, Nov 27, 2015 60 mins
The 18 remaining cooks split up for their first team challenge of the season, which involves creating a large seven-layer dip, and the group that finishes first is safe from the next elimination challenge and gets to choose its ingredients.
Episode 5
Happy Birthday
Fri, Dec 4, 2015 60 mins
The cooks leave the kitchen for a team challenge to make food for a birthday party for kids ages 8-13, and the invitees include the Ramsay and Elliot children. The winners are safe from elimination, while the losing group compete in a pressure test involving the French dessert croquembouche.
Episode 6
When Life Gives You Lemons
Fri, Dec 11, 2015 60 mins
A seven-minute team challenge involves making raspberry-mint lemonade to be judged by Christina Tosi in a blind taste test. The winners are safe from elimination, but the losing group must make a dish from the decade in which one of the judges was born.
Episode 7
Blind Ambition
Fri, Dec 18, 2015 60 mins
The 12 remaining cooks test their senses in a blind-taste challenge with dishes prepared by Gordon Ramsay—and then must re-create the dish. Later, in a team challenge, the contestants prepare a meal for a dining room full of grandmothers in their first restaurant contest.
Episode 8
Hatching a Plan
Fri, Jan 8, 2016 60 mins
The cooks compete in pairs to make the most deviled eggs in 12 minutes, and the winners are safe from the next elimination challenge, which involves making signature dishes from their future cookbooks.
Episode 9
Tag Team Time
Fri, Jan 8, 2016 60 mins
Christina Tosi's mother is on hand for a mystery-box challenge featuring Christina's favorite childhood foods; and a tag-team platter contest uses international street-food ingredients.
Episode 10
A Gordon Ramsay Dinner Party
Fri, Jan 15, 2016 60 mins
A challenge at Gordon's home involves two teams preparing a two-course menu for a VIP lunch that includes a seared red snapper appetizer and a roasted venison loin entrée.
Episode 11
Head of the Class
Fri, Jan 22, 2016 60 mins
The Top 4 cooks compete to see who can make the ultimate soufflé, and the winner gets an advantage in the next elimination challenge, which involves a specific cut of pork and determines who will be the two finalists.
Episode 12
The Finale
Fri, Jan 29, 2016 60 mins
Season 4 ends with two finalists competing for a trophy and a $100,000 prize.
