When was junior masterchef filmed

Did you know Edit. User reviews 1 Review. Top review. Maybe George and Gary and Matt will never be back, but I'm glad this show was revived. The skill levels these kids have is absolutely amazing. I was a chef for ten years and any one of them could cook circles around me.

What is it about Australian children that is so different from American kids that makes them so polite and thoughful and sweet? Like the grownup Aussie version, this show is very positive in nature, and emphasizes only the best human qualities. I wish I could say the same of Masterchef US. Details Edit. Release date September 12, Australia. Official site. Junior MasterChef contestant Georgia, 11, borrows cookbooks instead of novels from her local library.

Credit: Network Reviving the kid-focused spin-off was an obvious choice for Network 10 but for Benson, it presented a few challenges. By law, filming must be halted every 50 minutes to give the contestants — aged between 10 and 14 — a minute break, plus one hour for lunch.

Often, it took a whole day to film the set-up for a food challenge and another day to record the actual cooking. To single out a year-old for eviction in front of their peers seemed needlessly harsh, so contestants are eliminated in groups of two or three.

Benson even extended this rule to immunity prizes. Tutors, nurses and psychologists are always on set while "spotters" stand near each bench during filming to take care of deep-frying and other tasks deemed too risky for minors. That's right, kids have taken over the MasterChef kitchen.

MasterChef Junior was taken on by Fox and has filmed eight seasons as of , and viewers can't seem to get enough. The show starts off with 24 boys and girls , all between the ages of 8 and 13, vying to show off their culinary prowess. From the very beginning, the show was a hit as these impressive little chefs show viewers at home that just because they're little or they're young, doesn't mean they can't whip up a mean dinner or an elaborate dessert. But what's happening with MasterChef Junior behind the scenes?

What are these kids doing about schooling while they're on the show, and what exactly is the prize they win at the end of it all? And are they really that good in the kitchen? We decided to take a deeper look. This is the untold truth of MasterChef Junior.

As any teenage television star could probably tell you, being cast on a screen big or small doesn't allow you to get out of school. And the MasterChef Junior crew has had a plan in place to continue schooling for their contestants since the beginning. When asked about the first season, executive producer Robin Ashbrook told HuffPost that the inaugural season took almost three weeks to film.

So, you can imagine no school district would allow a child to be out of school for that long. According to Ashbrook, there are classrooms right next to the kitchen so mandatory class requirements can be fulfilled, in between the four hours of filming each day. And those schooling requirements have stayed in place as the show recruits new contestants, although the timing requirements have changed significantly. According to the casting requirements , the contestants selected must be available for filming for close to nine weeks, missing a whole lot more school in their hometown.

However, the requirements do note that a teacher will be on set during filming to fulfill school requirements during that time. At least if the whole cooking thing doesn't work out, they still have reading, writing, and arithmetic!

As if the filming requirements for the kids weren't complicated enough, producers throw parents into the mix as well. But, if you really think about it, putting a child on a plane alone to film a show for hours on end is probably not the best idea.

According to the MasterChef Junior casting requirements , if selected, the child competing and one parent will need to be available during the entire timeline of filming. So, not only is the child making a huge time commitment, as well as working around schooling, the parents are leaving work for weeks on end to support their child on the show.

When asked about parental inclusion on the show's first season, executive producer Robin Ashbrook told HuffPost there was a chaperone on set at all times.

They really bonded. It certainly wasn't a Dance Moms atmosphere. When it comes to cooking shows, the prize purses can certainly vary. But again, MasterChef is made up of well-trained adults. As it turns out, the winner is awarded a trophy and a check, but that money is inaccessible until the child turns Season seven winner, year-old Che Spiotta told Parade he already was thinking of what to do with his money when he could finally access it.

She was out in L. Out of any of the food television show stars, Gordon Ramsay has, perhaps, the most interesting personality to try to understand. After years of watching MasterChef , with Ramsay's very straightforward and blatant critiques , or his yelling at chefs on Hell's Kitchen , the idea of him hosting a version of a cooking show entirely devoted to kids was pretty difficult to grasp for many viewers.

But Ramsay has certainly shocked viewers over the past seasons, showing a caring side to him that many hadn't seen before. He's given the kids plenty of constructive feedback throughout the course of the show, even hugging some of the contestants when they've had a particularly rough day.

He is not mean at all. He is super fun.