List of Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition episodes facts for kids

The top 60 kiddie cooks, aged 8-12 were chosen from different areas of the Philippines (mainly Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) by the screening cooking their signature dish. Professional Filipino chefs Fern Aracama, Rolando Laudico, and JP Anglo were presented as the judges with Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo.

20 of the 60 participated in the first heat focusing on cuisine usually found in Filipino's fiesta. Only 10 will be selected from each heat. Iain (Lemon Chicken Mediterranean Style), Bea (Adobong Tuna Buntot), Philip (Pork Kaldereta), Kyle (Pancit Luglog with Malay-Vietnamese Twist), Juday (Igado), Franz (Chicken Binakol), Louise (Laing-Stuffed Chicken), Micmic (Tinuom), Gilbert (Sugpo with Laing), and Leslie (Tilapia with Coconut Milk) triumphed and advanced to the top 30.

In Heat II, another 20 of the top 60 kiddie cooks competed and prepared a dessert of their choice. Top 30 was then filled again by the chosen top 10 desserts. The chefs were Caitlin, Jobim, Athena, Mika, Gino, Tricia, Judel, Arcee, Nadine, and Inday.

In Heat III, the last group of 20 kiddie cooks participated to create a seafood dish of their own. The top 10 seafood dishes were then chosen and the top 30 junior chefs were revealed and proceeded to the qualifying round.

In the first round, the top 30 kiddie cooks are divided into 2 groups and will compete in their first Invention Test. The first group will make a chicken and vegetable dish while the second group will make a pork and fruit dish. The 10 passing kiddie cooks of each group will be the official contestants of the competition and the failed 20 kiddie cooks will still compete in the next round.

In the second round, the 20 kiddie cooks compete in their first Pressure Test. The kiddie cooks must exactly create the Beef Steak With Mashed Potato and Mushroom Sauce dish to be in the top 20. The rest of the 20 cooks are revealed as the top 20.

Mystery Box: The top 20 cooks will be cooking a practical dish with accordance to the food allowance of an average Filipino family. The judges stated that the winner of the challenge will get 6 points and the other two of the best will get 4 and 2 points. Miko was hailed as the winner together with Bianca and Louise finishing second and third place and has the power to choose the main ingredient for the invention test.

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Invention Test: Miko chose duck as the main ingredient over the rabbit and cuttlefish.

The 20 kiddie cooks will go to Barasoain Church for the next competition. They will be divided into two teams, the Green Team and Yellow Team. Kyle was the winner in last competition so he will choose one of the kiddie cooks to be joined him and that was Miko. Then Kyle distributed the clay pots for the other kiddie cooks to know where is their team. The top 20 will cook rice cakes. They will choose 3 recipes for each team. There will be an adviser for each team for their advice on the cooking of rice cakes. Then the 100 church goers will be the judge for their kakanin. The 100 churchgoers will choose who is their bet on the best kakanin. On the other hand, the plates will put on table to know who will be the winner. Green Team wins, so they will have a 6 points while the Yellow Team earned 3 points.

Every kiddie cooks can catch up in their points by doing simple cooking skills in three rounds. The five passed kiddie cooks goes through an Invention Test. The Top 3 kiddie cooks will get 1, 2 and 5 points according in place.

The bottom 6 will go through their first Elimination by cooking their original version of Adobo, but the judges will each taste the dishes without the junior chefs in front.

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ELIMINATED: Athena Garcia & Bea Atienza

The kiddie cooks will cook a dish from the themed ingredients that was given to them.

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GUEST: Ivan Dorschner as The (Frog) Prince

Each kiddie cook needs to bake their dream birthday cake with the ingredient banana.

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GUEST: Ala Kim

The kiddie cooks are divided into two groups to create their own version of Focaccia Bread & Dinner Rolls.

The kiddie must separate the whites from yolks successfully. And, they must beat the whites until their fluffy and they must stay in the bowl without dropping in their heads. The five passed kiddie cooks goes through an Invention Test.

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NOTE: After the challenge, Gino Yang voluntarily quit the show to participate in an international culinary summer camp in China.

ELIMINATED: Jazette "Inday" Lee & Judel Bautista

The kiddie cooks must create a tasty vegetable dish that the kids will enjoy.

For this challenge, the kiddie cooks are divided into 5 groups having 3 members for the first time. Philip, the winner of the Mystery Box Challenge, gets to choose 3 different cuts of pork. Eventually, he picks Baby Back Ribs for this challenge. The winners of the 3 groups will each get 1, 2, and 6 points each according to place.

The kiddie cooks are divided into two teams to create their very own lechon. In the end, the green team wins with 6 oinpts each and the yellow team gets 3pts each.

Basic Skills Test: In this Catch-Up, the kiddie cooks must create a Moroccan Meatball that weighs exactly 50g. The 5 passed kiddie cooks will cook the Moroccan Meatballs with Risotto Dish that Chef Ferns demoed.

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ELIMINATED: Jean Gilbert "Gilbert" Go, Nadine Mosh "Nadine" Lee Oliver, and Louise Emmanuelle "Louise" Mabulo

In this challenge, the SUPER 12 kiddie cooks are given 12 different Christmas themed ingredients (Pineapple, Hamon, Quezo de Bola, Tablea, Lapu-Lapu, potatoes, etc). The kiddie cooks must use 4 ingredients in their dish. The winning dish will get 2, 4, and 6 points according to place but the kiddie cooks who did not called will get 1 point.

Invention Test: After winning the Mystery Box Challenge, Miko has the power to choose the themed ingredient of the Invention Test. Miko chose clams as the themed ingredient. The winners will get 2, 4, and 6 points according to their place but the kiddie cook who did not called gets 1 point. Bianca Dimapilis wins the challenge and gets 6pts.

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Off-site Team Challenge: For winning the previous challenge, Bianca has the power to choose from 2 different kinds of set menus and be the team captain of the group. Bianca preferred the Green Team's set menu. Meanwhile, Ian became the Yellow Team's captain. The kiddie cooks then arrived in Treston International College where they will cook their menus for the community. The Yellow Team wins 6pts each and the Green Team gets 3pts each.

The Super 12 must each name the herbs, spices, and vegetable leaves given to them by writing it in a whiteboard. The kiddie cooks with the highest scores will proceed to the next round. In the next round, the kiddie cook can cook whatever they want except for the taste of the dish. They must first spin the wheel with different taste (e.g. Sweet, Spicy, Sour, Sweet and Spicy, Sour and Spicy). The kiddie cook who wins will get 6, 4, and 2pts according place and the rest will get 1 point. The winner of the challenge is Patrick who gets 6 points.

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NOTE: Juday revealed that there would be eight kiddie cooks are up for elimination.

Elimination Round: The bottom 8 must recreate the Princess Carmen dish that was shown to them. The eliminated kiddie cook was given a JMC Trophy proving that he/she is part of the Super 12 by the judges.

ELIMINATED: Beatrice Anne "Tricia" Baylosis

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Tag Team Challenge – The kiddie cooks are each divided into two teams. Each team must recreate the Asian Surf and Turf Dish in the ring. The kiddie cooks have only 15 mins. in each round. If they have troubles, they can tag their team leaders for 2 mins. but they can only tag them for four times. The Green Team wins the challenge.

The kiddie cooks must create or cook their own dish with the ingredient balut. Kyle wins the challenge with 6 points.

The kiddie cooks arrive in a farm for their Off-site Team Challenge. They are divided into 2 teams. Meanwhile, Kyle, for winning the previous challenge, has the power to choose what team he wants to be in. The 2 teams must cook 2 different dishes. The first dish should have the main ingredient of fish while the second dish must be a dessert pie. The farmer workers and the chefs are the judges of the challenge. First, the 2 teams must catch 10 fishes for their main ingredient. The Green Team gets an additional one point for catching first 10 fishes. The Yellow Team wins 6 points.

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NOTE: Jobim was absent in this challenge and gets 1 point.

In first round of the Catch-Up, each kiddie cook must name the 25 ingredients in the giant pizza. The second round of the Catch-Up is to make their very own Pinoy-style pizza dish. The best pizza dishes will get 6pts, 4pts, and 2pts according to place.

ELIMINATED: Iain Johnston

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GUEST: Ryan Bang

The two teams must cook a carbohydrate and protein loaded dish for 20 people. The yellow team wins 6 points.

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GUESTS: University of the Philippines Dragon Boat Team

Invention Test: For winning the previous challenge, the yellow team is given 3 different root crops, gabi (taro), ube (purple yam), and camote (sweet potato), to choose from. Mika chose ube for their main ingredient. The kiddie cooks must cook an appetizing ube dish. But they must think of a perfect combination with ube. The winning dishes will get 6, 4, & 2 points according to place.

GUEST JUDGES: Chef Mau & Uncle Larry

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Pressure Test: The kiddie cooks must recreate Chef Steph's Orange-Balsamic Adobo Chicken for one hour.

GUEST JUDGE: Chef Steph Zubiri

Skills Test: The bottom 5 kiddie cooks must debone the whole bangus (milkfish). The first 2 kiddie cooks will be saved from the Creativity Test.

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Creativity Test: The 3 kiddie cooks must create their own stuffed bangus.

ELIMINATED: Bianca Franchesca "Bianca" Dimapilis

Tag Team Challenge: The kiddie cooks are divided into four teams with one guest star. The kiddie cooks will instruct the comedians to cook sinigang using different base ingredients namely tamarind, camias, guava, and green mango for 40 minutes and the remaining 10 minutes is for the kiddie cooks to plate up the dish. The best 3 dishes will get 1, 2, 4, and 6 points according to place.

GUESTS: Jason Gainza, Tado Jimenez, Rubi-Rubi, and Kakai Bautista

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Pressure Test – The kiddie cooks must recreate the Heavenly Chocolate dish.

GUEST: Chef Buddy Trinidad

Five bottom placers will have to proceed into another elimination round where one kiddie cook will lose the chance to become the Junior MasterChef grand winner. To escape elimination, the kiddie cooks will go through a two-part match and prepare tasty on-the-go snacks and siopao.

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ELIMINATED: Emmanuel "Emman" Buquid

Ex-kiddie cooks, Bea, Athena, Gino, Judel, Nadine, Louise, Tricia, Iain, Bianca, and Emman, are back to compete for a spot to continue their journey. They must undergo 5 challenges. With each challenge, 2 kiddie cooks must end their journey.

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RE-ELIMINATED: Nadine Mosh "Nadine" Lee Oliver & Gerardo Angel "Gino" Yang

NOTE: Despite being recently eliminated, Emman returns as an ex-kiddie cook.

RE-ELIMINATED: Maria Judel "Judel" Bautista & Beatrice Anne "Tricia" Baylosis

RE-ELIMINATED: Emmanuel "Emman" Buquid & Maria Josefina Beatriz "Bea" Atienza

WINNER: Louise Emmanuelle "Louise" Mabulo

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RE-ELIMINATED: Bianca Franchesca "Bianca" Dimapilis, Iain Johnston & Athena Garcia

ELIMINATED: Mikkel Gabriel "Miko" Manzano & Pomeleigh May "Acee" Salangsang

In the end, the Top 4 kiddie cooks are given they're official jacket and knife set. The Top 4 will face in the live finale and be the first Pinoy Junior MasterChef.

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ELIMINATED: Louise Emmanuelle "Louise" Mabulo & Caitlin Faye "Caitlin" Taluban

In the first challenge, the kiddie cooks are given ₱300 to buy their ingredients in a local farmer's market. They must cook their dishes and present it to the chef judges. Their dishes are also judged by 100 average people from their score sheets. The hosts revealed each kiddie cooks' scores from the chef judges and later from the 100 average people.

In the second challenge, the kiddie cooks are given 30 mins to cook their dream dish. The judges will each taste their dishes and give their scores.

After judging the dishes, the hosts called out the 4th placer Jobim Jalbuena garnering 73.4 total points and the 3rd placer Mika Tanaka garnering 84 total points. Then, the 2nd placer is revealed to be Philip Amarillo garnering 91.1 total points which means Kyle Imao is the first Pinoy Junior MasterChef garnering 91.8 total points.

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GUEST JUDGE: Chef Glenda Rosales-Barretto

NOTE: This episode aired live for the first time and was held in Treston International College. Earlier on the show, Samsung gave thanks to the show by giving each kiddie cook their new Samsung microwave oven and a Samsung Galaxy Tab to the first Pinoy Junior MasterChef.