8.4/1022 votesLoading...#1 - Totally Egg-streme
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2022
This week, the seven remaining junior chefs test their culinary knowledge of different types of eggs and cuts of steak. In 45 minutes, the chefs must create a dish with an egg of their choice, ranging from a tiny quail egg to a giant ostrich egg. The winning chef earns immunity and decides the order in which the other contestants will choose a cut of steak in an Operation-style game. The winner of the steak challenge will get his or her recipe published and win a trip to a cattle ranch.
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8.3/1033 votesLoading...#2 - Quacking Under Pressure
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2019
The top 14 junior home cooks face a difficult mystery box challenge where they must learn to butcher an entire duck and make a dish from it; The cooks are paired up and challenged to create a dozen of the tastiest cupcakes they can make.
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8.2/1047 votesLoading...#3 - The Finale
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2014
The top 2 junior chefs prepare a three-course menu in their last challenge; the winner is crowned, receiving a trophy and a $100,000 prize.
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8.2/1040 votesLoading...#4 - The Finale
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2015
In the exciting season finale, the two finalists competes head-to-head and prepare the most important menu of their young lives. Find out which talented junior home cook earns the MasterChef trophy and a $100,000 prize.
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8.2/1018 votesLoading...#5 - The Finale
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2016
In the highly anticipated season finale, the two finalists will compete head-to-head and prepare the most important menu of their lives. Find out which talented junior home cook will earn the MasterChef trophy and a $100,000 prize.
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8.2/1014 votesLoading...#6 - Finale (2)
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/2024
The three finalists are one step away from winning the competition as they complete their main courses and whip up a stunning dessert; the chefs have one final hour to showcase their culinary abilities and impress the judges; the winner is crowned.
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8.1/1031 votesLoading...#7 - Going Bananas
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 3/12/2019
Twenty-four junior home cooks from across the United States visit the MasterChef kitchen and immediately face difficult lunch and breakfast challenges that include mystery box challenges and creating as many perfect banana splits as they can.
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8.1/1022 votesLoading...#8 - The Restaurant Takeover
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 5/26/2022
The top six junior chefs put their professional skills to the test during a restaurant takeover at the luxury hotel NoMad in downtown Los Angeles. Executive Chef Rudy Lopez lends his kitchen to the chefs after teaching them how to prepare some of the restaurant's signature dishes. The junior chefs must work together under the pressure and intensity of the kitchen to deliver the usual quality of the restaurant to a packed dining room of guests who have no idea the chefs are kids. The judges decide whose performance lands them in the top five.
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8.1/1018 votesLoading...#9 - Alexander In A Box
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 6/2/2022
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR Season One winner Alexander Weiss makes a surprise return, as the chefs are challenged to filet as many fish as they can in 15 minutes. The three chefs who filet the least number of fish will need to create a show-stopping salmon dish to make it to the final four.
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8.0/1033 votesLoading...#10 - A Gordon Ramsay Dinner Party
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2016
The remaining 6 junior home cooks receive a special invitation to Gordon's home for their next team challenge. Each team will prepare a two-course menu for a VIP lunch, including a seared red snapper appetizer and a roasted venison loin entrée. Later in the MasterChef kitchen, the judges will reveal which team received the best overall feedback on their dishes and had the most successful lunch service and which contestants will be in jeopardy of elimination. Then, it's up to the judges to decide who will go home and who will continue in the competition and compete in the semi-finals.
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8.0/1029 votesLoading...#11 - Something to Trifle With
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 4/2/2019
The Top 16 junior home cooks are split into three teams before they are given only 20 minutes to create as many delicious English trifles as possible; the team that fails to impress the judges are challenged to recreate three identical sliders.
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8.0/1020 votesLoading...#12 - Jalapeño Business
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 5/5/2022
The nine remaining junior chefs create one of the most popular fried, feisty and spicy finger foods
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#13 - Thyme Travel
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2024
The five remaining young chefs travel back in time to one week one to earn a spot in the semi-finals; the chefs are tasked with recreating the first dish they made into an elegant and electrifying version.
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7.9/1040 votesLoading...#14 - Grandad Gordon!
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2015
Twelve cooks remain for a mystery box challenge using ingredients that get better with age. Later, the contestants work with the most dangerous protein in the show's history.
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7.9/1039 votesLoading...#15 - Family Style
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2015
In the next mystery box challenge, the eight remaining junior home cooks create unique banana dishes. The junior home cook who most impresses the judges wins a significant advantage in the next elimination challenge. Later, special guest and Gordon Ramsay's daughter, Matilda Ramsay, introduces the home cooks to their next elimination challenge dish, a Ramsay family favorite, Salmon en Croute.
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7.9/1033 votesLoading...#16 - New Kids on the Block
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 3/12/2019
Twenty-four junior home cooks from across the United States visit the MasterChef kitchen and immediately face difficult lunch and breakfast challenges that include mystery box challenges.
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#17 - Pancakes & Ice Cream
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2024
The remaining six chefs compete for the top spot in a team-based pancake challenge.
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7.8/1046 votesLoading...#18 - Finale, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2013
The two remaining cooks prepare three-course menus; the winner is chosen.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#19 - Restaurant Takeover
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2015
In one of the toughest challenges of the season, the six remaining junior home cooks face the restaurant takeover challenge. The contestants split into two teams and take over a real Los Angeles restaurant. Find out which team is victorious and who advances to the Top 4.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#20 - A Sweet Surprise
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/13/2015
Season Two winner Logan returns to offer some advice to the remaining contestants. The top three contestants from the previous elimination challenge competes in a cupcake-frosting contest, during which only the winner can keep the judges safe from a sticky situation. Then, in the next challenge, the contestants is tasked with making a scallop dish in order to move onto the next round in the competition.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#21 - One Small Step
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/2015
The Top 20 junior home cooks face an out-of-this-world Mystery Box challenge with special guest astronaut Tracy Dyson, during which they must prepare a unique dish that highlights a stellar ingredient. The one who rockets to the top has a significant advantage in the elimination challenge, when the contestants is tasked with creating a stunning and delicious fish dish in order to move onto the next round.
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7.8/1032 votesLoading...#22 - Under the Big Top
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 3/19/2019
The 20 junior home cooks face a carnival-themed challenge that will test their leadership and communication abilities as they prepare meals for Circus Vargas performers.
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7.8/1032 votesLoading...#23 - Off The Hook
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/2019
The 18 remaining junior home cooks must prepare a worthy dish with a fish that they must debone entirely on their own in the hopes of winning a special advantage; the cooks reflect their cultural heritages through their cooking styles.
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7.8/1027 votesLoading...#24 - Camp MasterChef
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 4/16/2019
The Top 14 young home cooks visit the great outdoors to feed hungry campers with delicious recipes that may be featured in a magazine; the losing team faces a pressure test to make a coconut cream pie with a special twist.
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7.8/1022 votesLoading...#25 - Where's Walnuts?
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/2022
After facing a nutty Mystery Box challenge, 11 junior chefs compete in a fiery elimination challenge. They also welcome back Season 7 winner Che Spiotta.
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The Best Episodes of MasterChef Junior
Every episode of MasterChef Junior ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of MasterChef Junior!
American version of the culinary competition series that gives talented kids between the ages of 8 and 13 the chance to showcase their culinary abilities...
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Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"Totally Egg-streme" is the best rated episode of "MasterChef Junior". It scored 8.4/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/19/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Quacking Under Pressure".