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MasterChef Junior Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
New Kids on the Block
Tue, Mar 12, 201943 mins
The Top 24 junior home cooks from across the United States of America arrive in the MasterChef kitchen and are immediately put to the test to prove they can master any challenge thrown their way. The contestants face a breakfast food mystery box challenge followed by an elimination test elevating school lunch.
Episode 2
Going Bananas
Tue, Mar 12, 201943 mins
The 22 remaining junior home cooks are divided into teams of four and face a speed and teamwork challenge by creating as many perfect banana splits as they possible. Not only is a lobster-themed elimination challenge on the line, but the winning team gets to turn a judge into a human banana split.
Episode 3
Under the Big Top
Tue, Mar 19, 201944 mins
In the season's first big team challenge, the top 20 junior home cooks test their leadership skills and communication abilities in a bold carnival-themed challenge. As two teams of nine fuel 51 Circus Vargas performers with a delicious lunch, one team prepares seared salmon and the other grills NY strip steak.
Episode 4
Off the Hook
Tue, Mar 26, 201944 mins
The pressure is on for the remaining 18 junior home cooks, who must fillet an entire fish and prepare a MASTERCHEF worthy dish with a fish that they must fillet entirely on their own in the hopes of winning a special advantage, or be at risk in a challenge. Not only are there big stakes at hand - the winner will receive a special advantage worthy of the effort - but the cooks also bring heart to the table as they reflect how their cultural heritages influence their cooking styles.
Episode 5
Something to Trifle With
Tue, Apr 2, 201944 mins
The Top 16 junior home cooks face a sticky situation when they are split into three teams before they are given only 20 minutes tasked with a Gordon masterclass - to create as many stunning delicious English trifles as possible in under 20 minutes. Only one team proves they have enough creativity and finesse to bypass the elimination round, the remaining team of home cooks that fails to impress the judges are challenged to recreate three identical sliders.
Episode 6
Quacking Under Pressure
Tue, Apr 9, 201944 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: After showing how to break down a duck by Aarón, the contestants have one hour to break down their own duck and cook one duck dish. Jaala, Rhashad, and Evie have the best three duck dishes, with Evie as the winner. Afterwards, the kids enjoy cupcakes on the patio. Challenge Winner: Evie. Elimination Challenge: All contestants will have to work in pairs with Evie choosing the pairs. Each team has to make a dozen cupcakes, and the winning pair will have their recipe published in the all-new "MasterChef Junior Cookbook." Evie chooses Sadie as her teammate, then she pairs Brielle with Ben, Malia with Jaala, Matthew with Ivy, Rhashad with Reid, Kyle with Che, and Kate with Aaron. Jaala and Malia are the winners of this challenge. Challenge Winners: Jaala Smith and Malia Brauer. The judges decide not to eliminate anyone, as all pairs performed well. Eliminated: None.
Episode 7
Camp Masterchef
Tue, Apr 16, 201944 mins
The Top 14 young home cooks head outside to visit the great outdoors for a chicken cookout with delicious recipes. Hungry campers at the KIDS CAMP MASTERCHEF will decide which dish reigns supreme, and the winning team's recipe will be featured in Family Circle Magazine. The losing team must faces a coconut cream pie pressure test special twist that proves to be not as "sweet" as it may seem.
Episode 8
Kidz Bop Kitchen
Tue, Apr 23, 201944 mins
The Top 12 are in for a surprise when they are visited by the children from Kidz Bop, as they introduce a special twist on the young cooks' next mystery box challenge, deciding which ingredients the home cooks must craft into an elevated dish full of personality. Only one winning cook will win a needed advantage, forever altering his/or/her MASTERCHEF journey in a "blast from the past" elimination challenge.
Episode 9
Pasta Race
Tue, Apr 30, 201943 mins
It's a battle to the finish line when The Top 10 junior home cooks are put into teams tasked with a pasta race. The home cooks are divided into teams and compete against one another to roll out the longest pasta sheet that they can make as quickly as they can. The first team's pasta sheet to make it to the winner's circle will be safe and exempt from a high-stakes elimination challenge in which the losing team faces tests their ability to make Éclairs, which are the dish of the day.
Episode 10
Girl Power
Tue, May 7, 201944 mins
Team Challenge: The kids are split into teams with contestants that have never been captain before. Ivy captains the Blue team and wins a coin toss, allowing her to choose her entire team at once; she picks Malia, Reid, Che and Sadie; Rhashad captains the Red Team with Aaron, Ben, Jaala and Matthew. Both teams will be cooking meals for guests of the MasterChef Junior restaurant who are all women, including former MasterChef and MasterChef Junior winners. The Blue Team wins the challenge. Challenge Winners/Immune: Che Spiotta, Ivy Angst, Malia Brauer, Reid Briggs and Sadie Suskind. Pressure Test: The Red Team members must replicate Gordon's signature scallop dish after he demonstrates how to make it. Jaala wins the Pressure Test, while Rhashad, Ben and Aaron are left in the bottom. Challenge Winner: Jaala Smith. Bottom three: Aaron Smith, Ben Brown and Rhashad Lowery. Aaron is saved, sending Ben and Rhashad home. Eliminated: Ben Brown and Rhashad Lowery.
Episode 11
Too Corny
Tue, May 14, 201944 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: After being showered with corn, the kids must make a dish featuring different types of corn in 60 minutes. The top three dishes belong to Che, Matthew and Ivy, and Che wins the challenge. Challenge Winner: Che Spiotta. Team Challenge: Che gets to choose the contestants to pair up in the annual tag team challenge. Che teams with Aaron, Ivy teams with Reid, Jaala teams with Matthew, and Malia teams with Sadie. All teams must make a platter of six different tapas in one hour, with the contestants switching out every ten minutes, and both members of the losing team will be eliminated. The winning team is Reid and Ivy. Jaala, Matthew, Malia and Sadie are the teams in the bottom. Challenge Winners: Ivy Angst and Reid Briggs. Bottom four: Jaala Smith, Matthew Smith, Malia Brauer and Sadie Suskind. The team of Malia and Sadie are saved, sending Jaala and Matthew home. Eliminated: Jaala Smith and Matthew Smith.
Episode 12
Restaurant Takeover
Tue, May 21, 201943 mins
The Top Six junior home cooks tackle the most daunting challenge in MASTERCHEF JUNIOR history when they are given full control over the kitchen at Michelin Star-rated Los Angeles restaurant Mélisse, a restaurant in Los Angeles, where they must appease hungry and expectant guests who will determine who will progress to the semifinals. To rise to the occasion, the teams face an intensely chaotic, hectic and stressful kitchen environment, hungry VIP guest diners with sky high expectations and the wrath of Gordon Ramsay. Find out which team makes it straight into the semifinal and which team will be sent into eliminations.
Episode 13
The Semi-Final
Tue, May 28, 201944 mins
In the season's last mystery box challenge, the six remaining semifinalists face their final mystery box challenge as they receive a surprise taste from home when they are tasked with creating a dish inspired by family, which tests their ability to create a dish that draws inspiration from their loved ones. Whoever wins this challenge will immediately earn a spot in the MASTERCHEF JUNIOR three-way finale, while the other semifinalists must elevate a secret, ordinary, humble ingredient to its highest flavorful extraordinary peaks in a photo finish semifinals horse race for the last two spots in the finale.
Episode 14
The Road to the Finale
Tue, May 28, 201944 mins
Mystery Box Challenge: In this last Mystery Box challenge, the kids receive letters of encouragement from their families, and they must make a dish based on their families in one hour. They are then greeted by their families. The winner will advance through to the finale. All the dishes are judged and Che wins the challenge. Challenge Winner/Immune/Finalist: Che Spiotta. Elimination Challenge: After the families leave, Che is given five fruits and gets to assign one to each contestant. He assigns cherries to Aaron, mango to Reid, pineapple to Sadie, pear to Ivy and peach to Malia. The contestants must make a dish in 60 minutes using their fruit. Bottom five: Aaron Smith, Ivy Angst, Malia Brauer, Reid Briggs and Sadie Suskind. Ivy and Malia advance to the finals, eliminating Aaron, Reid and Sadie. Eliminated: Aaron Smith, Reid Briggs and Sadie Suskind. Finalists: Ivy Angst and Malia Brauer.
Episode 15
The Finale: Pt. 1
Tue, Jun 4, 201943 mins
Season Finale: The three finalists must prepare their best appetizer, entrée, and dessert. They will have 60 minutes to prepare each course and will be judged at the end of each course. Appetizer: Malia serves miso-marinated black cod, fresh soba noodles with pickled cucumber and a soy quail egg. Che serves pan-seared prawns and cuttlefish, Calabrian chile butter polenta with lemon vinaigrette and Parmesan crisp. Ivy serves pan-seared red snapper, tropical salsa, avocado crema and tostones. The entrées begin cooking as the episode ends.
Episode 16
The Finale: Pt. 2
Tue, Jun 4, 201943 mins
Entrée: Malia serves pan-seared filet mignon, fried shishito peppers and dashi-braised daikon. Che serves veal saltimbocca, fingerling potatoes, spring pea ragout with morels and mushroom jus. Ivy serves glazed hanger steak, butternut squash two ways, Brussels sprouts and herb purée. Dessert: Malia serves black sesame panna cotta, mixed berry coulis with raspberry cream and sesame tuile. Che serves gluten-free chocolate olive oil cake, orange glaze with fresh ricotta cream and pistachio tuile. Ivy serves butterscotch pots de creme with caramel sauce, pine nut brittle and whipped creme fraíche. Final three: Che Spiotta, Ivy Angst and Malia Brauer. Winner Announced: Che is announced as this season's winner of MasterChef Junior, taking home the trophy and the $100,000 prize. MasterChef Junior Winner: Che Spiotta.