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Can you believe we ve made it to the top 10?

Tonight, our kid chefs enter the kitc


hen and find only Gordon and Christina awaiting their arrival.
Graham is waiting to make his big entrance
in a chicken suit, of course.
The kids correctly guess that their first challenge of the night will be egg rel
ated. Only four lucky kids will get to compete for immunity
in the Elimination Test. To decide who gets a spot, each cheftestant grabs an eg
g and cracks it over Graham s head
he is the top chicken
after all if the yolk is red or blue, they re moving on to compete.
In the end, Zac and Kamilly grab spots on the red team, while Kya and Amaya don
blue aprons. They ll be working in teams to see who can make
the most correctly cooked deviled eggs in 12 minutes.
You didn t think it would be that simple did you? Tonight s twist might be my favori
te one this season: There will be a third team competing,
and it s Gordon and Graham. To keep things fair, this yellow team will only have
six minutes to peel their eggs, blend their filling, and
season their eggs to perfection.
Obviously, they won t let Gordon and Graham win the challenge, but it is fun to wa
tch the two chefs grab their MasterChef Junior aprons and
do their thing. After 12 minutes, Christina inspects each team s plates and deems
Zac and Kamilly the winners. They re sent to the Great
Safety Zone in the Sky, and their fellow eight competitors settle in to hear wha
t their Elimination Test will entail.
THE ELIMINATION TEST
Tonight s test is all about dreams! Graham admits that his childhood dream of publ
ishing a cookbook just came true
plug, plug ?? and the
kiddos were asked to begin writing their own. Tonight, they ll pull one signature
recipe from those adorable handmade books ?? Kya named
hers Kya s Culinary Kaleidoscope, you guys! ?? and attempt to show the judges who t
hey are as chefs and people. This show is real deep, y all.
After 60 minutes of cooking, the judges select two dishes for best of the night:
Avery, 9, Baton Rouge, LA
Crawfish touffe (with rice)
The judges are blown away by how perfectly this dish sums up who Avery is. She e
ats, lives, and breathes the bayou, and it really shows.
Gordon finds it visually stunning, and Christina thinks the flavors are bold an
d the amount of crawfish is spot on. They all agree that
Avery made her papa proud.
Amaya, 10, Bergenfield, NJ
Shrimp Asopao (with fried plantains)
Amaya s dish also stands out because of how connected it is to her. She chose a Do
minican stew that had been cooked by her grandmother
and mother. Christina is wowed by the depth and complexity of the flavors, and G
raham thinks Amaya did a great job of letting the star
ingredient
the shrimp
really shine.
Not everyone was able to present a plate with personality as well as those two l
adies, though. The judges found three dishes to be sub-par
in this signature dish challenge:
Kaitlyn, 11, Yorktown Heights, NY
Black Forest Cupcake (with raspberries)

Poor Kaitlyn knew she was in trouble from the get-go. When Gordon found out all
she was presenting was one cupcake with simple frosting,
he warned that she better make the best cupcake of her life. That s a lot of pres
sure for an 11-year old, and we all know how well Kaitlyn
copes with pressure. Well, the cupcake looks great, but the frosting is so butt
ery it s almost inedible, and Gordon once again calls her
out for only making a cupcake, instead of a fully realized dish.
Addison, 9, River Forest, IL
Apple Danish (with orange and passion fruit cream)
This is not a typo Addison is in the bottom three. Though dessert is definitely
her thing, and Christina applauds her creative flavor
combinations, all the judges agree our girl Addy can do better than a Danish. I
t tastes fine, but the presentation is underwhelming and it
doesn t really represent the spunky, technically skilled kid chef we know and love
.
Corey, 12, Surprise, AZ
Jerk Chicken (with red rice and carrots)
Corey s homage to his Caribbean roots suffers from a big case of the I-forgot-to-t
urn-the-oven-ons. It s cool, Corey, we ve all been there.
He swears he actually baked his chicken for 35 minutes, but his completely raw m
eat tells a different story. Gordon can t taste the main
ingredient, and the sides are all undercooked as well. He was a fan of the idea,
but the execution is a complete misfire.
It s no surprise that the judges send Kaitlyn and Corey home. There s lots of tears
with this one, mainly from Kaitlyn, but also from me
when Gordon tells her, head up high, my darling. SWOON. Don t worry, Kait, you ll tot
ally appreciate that more in, like, six years.
We should all stop our crying though there s another full hour of MasterChef Junio
r to go! Our top 8 find a dreaded Mystery Box awaiting
each of them at their stations. To fill us in on what ingredients await, we have
a special guest: Christina s BFF and mom, Greta! She s so
excited to be here, probably because she s ready to crush some kids dreams. I m just
guessing!
THE MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE
Christina s mom has brought along a Mystery Box full of ingredients that Christina
used to eat as a child
everything from chicken and
broccoli to chocolate and fruity rice cereal. The kids, armed with some extra i
nspiration after getting time to video chat with their BFFs,
will have 60 minutes to make any dish they want using Christina s favorite foods.
Most of the chefs opt for desserts since, duh, this is Christina Tosi we re talkin
g about, but a few opt for a savory dish. The judges call
three kids forward for a closer look, and one of them will win a big advantage i
n the next elimination test.
The three contenders are:
Addison, 9, River Forest, Illinois
Strawberry Tart (with chocolate and cereal milk)
There, that s better. Addison makes a redemption dessert to prove she is a great bak
er, and scores. Christina and her mom are big fans
of the presentation, and although the crust could ve been cooked a little longer,
the flavors are strong and delicious. It also doesn t

hurt that Addison makes one of Christina s signature creations


-nosers for the win!

cereal milk. Brown

Zac, 12, Orlando, Florida


Pan Seared Chicken (with potato pure, broccoli and crispy potato noodles)
Zac takes a risk and goes the savory route, and it works in his favor. The judge
s commend not only his actual decision to make a savory
dish in order to stand out, but also that his simple ingredients showed off his
technique. Everything on the plate is cooked perfectly.
Sam, 10, Charleston, South Carolina
Chocolate Mousse (with strawberry coulis)
Sam almost burns down the kitchen when he decides to bake his cereal, but lives
to tell the tale. The judges make it clear that he was
not called forward because of his presentation the cup of mousse covered in fru
ity rice cereal is a complete mess but it tastes good.
And that s what really counts.
Zac and his risky savory dish take the win, and with it, an advantage in what tu
rns out to be the most stressful elimination challenge to-date:
The dreaded Tag Team Challenge.
TAG TEAM CHALLENGE
The kids will be put into four teams of two people, and only one of them can coo
k at a time. Every ten minutes or so, the judges will call
for a switch, and the other teammate will pick up where the first left off. It s
all about communication.
It s also all about street food, as the teams will have to cook five different typ
es of street food from around the world: samosas from India,
arancini and marinara sauce from Italy, spring rolls from Vietnam, beef in stea
med buns from China, and lamb kofta from Greece. Sounds both
delicious and intimidating.
Zac s big advantage is that not only does he get to select his teammate, but he al
so gets to pair up the other contestants. Zac s already
proven himself to be a strategist, and he doesn t disappoint here. He takes Kya, o
f course, and pairs Sam and Kamilly together, hoping the
quiet ones will have issues with communication, Addison and Amaya, knowing their
personalities will clash (the girls know it, too), and JJ
and Avery, because, well, they were the last ones left.
Amaya and Addison
Their personalities will clash was a huge understatement. These gals argue with on
e another the entire time. And after Christina pays
them a visit and tells Amaya that they steamed the buns way too early and shoul
d be focusing on other items, Amaya loses it. Before Amaya
can have a full meltdown, Addison reins her partner back in. The judges are skep
tical when the ladies present their food, but even amongst
all the yelling (so much yelling!), they end up plating five stellar dishes. Go
rdon can t believe they pulled it all together, and reminds
them that pressure can be healthy.
Zac and Kya
Zac and Kya immediately impress the judges with how well they re communicating. Th
ey aren t particularly shouty, no one is having a mental
breakdown, and they know which steps need to get done as soon as the clock star
ts. It isn t until they present their platter that the judges
realize there s a problem: They re completely missing the spring rolls and weren t ab

le to make some of the accompanying sauces in time.


On top of that, the items that they were able to plate aren t very good. Their tim
e management issues send them directly to the bottom.
JJ and Avery
Like Amaya and Addison, JJ and Avery get a little visit from one of the judges
o tell them they re cooking completely out of order. When
Gordon realizes JJ and Avery the self-proclaimed meat people of the group
it was more important to marinate their cucumbers
before cooking and marinating the beef, he almost blows a gasket. He covers it
p by asking JJ if he s become a vegetarian, but you can tell
he s not happy about such a big mistake. No matter though, the kids present a
tter with a few missing items, but unlike Kya and Zac, all
of the items they did manage to plate are winners.

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decided
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Sam and Kamilly


Hand it to Zac, he was right about the communication issues this pairing would h
ave. Gordon tells them that they re working as two individuals
and not as a cohesive team, and it shows in their cooking. Sam knows they were
overwhelmed, but hopes for the best. Unfortunately, there are
some major mistakes. When Gordon opens up the lamb and sees it is completely raw
inside, he tells the chefs that the only thing missing is the wool.
Ouch, Gordon is very saucy tonight. The samosa and spring rolls work, but the j
udges are disappointed in the pair s complete lack of communication.
Amaya and Addison, although not the best teammates, are great cooks, and the foo
d they presented was well above the rest. They re this season s
Tag Team Challenge winners.
Unfortunately for Kamilly and Sam, we all know that Gordon would never send wund
erkind Kya home, so it was a done-deal that they d be eliminated.
It s unfortunate because these two probably had the best hair out of all our cont
estants. Goodbye braids and mohawk; I shall miss you the most!
article written by MAGGIE FREMONT

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