Junior MasterChef

Junior MasterChef is a British TV cookery competition, broadcast by the BBC, in which nine to twelve-year-olds compete to be crowned "Junior MasterChef". It is a spin-off from the main UK series of MasterChef.

This article is about the original UK series. For the U.S. adaptation, see MasterChef Junior.

Junior MasterChef
GenreCookery
Created byFranc Roddam
Karen Ross
John Silver
Presented byLoyd Grossman
John Torode
Donal Skehan
Nadia Sawalha
Narrated byIndia Fisher
Sharon Horgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5 (original)
3 (revival)
No. of episodes65 (original)
38 (revival)
Production
Running time25–30 minutes
Production companiesShine TV and Ziji Productions
Release
Original networkBBC One (1994–99)
CBBC (2010–2014)
Original releaseOriginal series:
14 August 1994 (1994-08-14) – 1 August 1999 (1999-08-01)
Revived series:
10 May 2010 (2010-05-10) –
21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
Related
MasterChef UK

Junior MasterChef first ran from 1994 to 1999, presented by Loyd Grossman. After a long hiatus, it was revived in 2010 in a revamped format,[1] presented by writer and actress Nadia Sawalha, who won the 2007 series of Celebrity MasterChef, and professional chef John Torode, who also presents MasterChef. The revival series was commissioned by CBBC controller Anne Gilchrist and produced by Shine Television, and was broadcast on CBBC and BBC One. A further series was commissioned in 2012 for broadcast on CBBC[2] and again in 2014.

Original series

Based on the MasterChef format, and using the same set, the original Junior MasterChef was for cooks up to the age of 16. It ran from 1994 to 1999 and was presented by Loyd Grossman.

Revival series

Junior MasterChef was briefly revived in 2008 for a Children in Need special after the success of the 2006 series. It was won by Billy.

The first new series, for children aged 9 to 12, began on 10 May 2010 on CBBC. India Fisher provided the voiceover as usual, while the judges were John Torode and former Junior MasterChef champion, Lawrence Julian Roberts.

Georgia, who had become 13 yrs old by the time the finals occurred, was the 2010 winner.[3] From the 2012 series, Sawalha was replaced by Irish cook Donal Skehan.[4]

Age limit rules

The online application form[5] for the CBBC series filmed in 2012 clearly shows that applicants had to be between 8 and 13 years old on 6 August of that year. Filming of the early heats would start on that same date.

Winners
Year Winner
1994 Lawrence Julian Roberts
1995 Jenna Tinsle
1996 Lucy Wright
1997 Jamie Lee Morgan
1998 Adam Cowley
1999 Tim Walmsley
2004 Hamish McNaughton
2010 Georgia Bradford
2012 Tom Barlow-Kay[6]
2014 Phoebe Riley

Transmissions
Series Start date End date Episodes
Original series
1 14 August 1994 13 November 1994 13
2 16 July 1995 22 October 1995 13
3 4 August 1996 27 October 1996 13
4 11 March 1998 31 May 1998 13
5 18 April 1999 1 August 1999 13
Revived series
1 10 May 2010 28 May 2010 13
2 5 November 2012 23 November 2012 15
3 10 November 2014 21 November 2014 10

See also

References
  1. "CBBC gets children cooking as Junior MasterChef is announced". BBC Press Office. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. BBC – Media Centre – Junior MasterChef returns to CBBC
  3. BBC – Press Office – CBBC's search for Junior Masterchef 2010, winner revealed
  4. "Skehan is Junior MasterChef UK judge". RTÉ.ie. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/beonashow/junior-masterchef-application-form.pdf
  6. "Stroud schoolboy Tom Barlow-Kay, 12, wins Junior MasterChef".

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