America's top 24 junior home cooks will enter the kitchen for the first time and jump right into their first mystery box challenge. Each junior home cook is tasked with preparing a signature burger and one side. The winner of the challenge will have a significant advantage and will select the main ingredient that the remaining contestants must use in the season's first elimination round. The junior home cooks with the best dishes will advance in the competition.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 1 of MasterChef Junior was watched by 4,160,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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MasterChef Junior Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - New Kids on the Chopping Block
• s04e02 - A Sweet Surprise
• s04e03 - One Small Step
• s04e04 - The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly
• s04e05 - Happy Birthday
• s04e06 - When Life Gives You Lemons
• s04e07 - Blind Ambition
• s04e08 - Hatching a Plan
• s04e09 - Tag Team Time
• s04e10 - A Gordon Ramsay Dinner Party
• s04e11 - Head of the Class
• s04e12 - The Finale

MasterChef Junior Show Summary

Move over grown-ups... the kids are taking over the kitchen! "MasterChef Junior" is a new culinary competition series for talented kids between the ages of eight and 13 who love to cook.

The series will give budding cooks the exciting opportunity to showcase their talent, culinary smarts and passion for food through a series of delicious challenges and cook-offs.

Host and award-winning Chef Gordon Ramsay is joined by restaurateur and winemaker Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot on the judging panel. Together, the celebrated food experts will coach and encourage the promising hopefuls to cook like pros and teach them the tricks of the trade along the way.