Junior MasterChef: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Young chefs from across the country battle it out to impress judges John and Donal by cooking up delicious meals from scratch. 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.

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, 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 and again in 2014.

Series details

• Title: Junior MasterChef
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 1994-08-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-11-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBBC
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9609
• TVDB ID: 252193

Cast and credited roles

• Loyd Grossman — Presenter
• John Torode — Presenter
• Donal Skehan — Presenter
• India Fisher — Narrator
• Sharon Horgan — Narrator
• Nadia Sawalha — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-08-14; final listed air date 1994-11-13.
• Season 2: premiered 1995-07-16; final listed air date 1995-10-22.
• Season 3: premiered 1996-08-04; final listed air date 1996-10-27.
• Season 4: premiered 1997-03-11; final listed air date 1997-05-31.
• Season 5: premiered 1999-04-18; final listed air date 1999-08-01.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-05-10; final listed air date 2010-05-28.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-11-05; final listed air date 2012-11-23.
• Season 8: premiered 2014-11-10; final listed air date 2014-11-21; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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