I have been watching Masterchef all the
way up to season 3. However I discovered a new version entitled
MasterChef Junior. This is a show where Kids between 8-13 battle it
out in a state of the art kitchen to win a Masterchef trophy and the
title Masterchef junior. You would not expect any kid the age of 13
or eight or anywhere in between to be able to produce anything
remotely restaurant quality. That is not the case with these kids I
just finished watching the first episode. The judges Chef Gordon
Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich scoured the country to find
the best kid home cooks. And they did surprise me the rules for
Masterchef Junior addition or otherwise are simple you can't have any
actual training no college no University in the culinary area. You
have to be a home cook with no formal training whatsoever. Needless
to say I couldn't or wouldn't be able to tell any real difference
with these kids. They throughout the entire show produced excellent
dishes that are on par with any chef of any age anywhere.
During the intro to the show one of
the kids states and I quote "In the 10 years I have been here on
earth I have never done anything this exciting" I agree I am
with you kid the show is exciting in fact I can't wait for the next
episode. So directly after the announcement and a few mini interviews
the judges announce that some of the kids will be eliminated. The
first eight kids are chosen to cook individually their own seafood
dish among the choices are fresh Chilean sea bass Dungeness crab,
muscles, abalone muscles, osetra caviar, Loup, Demer, geoduck, black
muscles, squid, octopus, green muscles, baby octopus, king salmon,
tuna, lackluster, black tiger shrimp, Kumamoto oyster, needle fish,
red snapper, cod scallops. I had never even seen half this stuff
before culinary school and some of it not even then. These kids can't
even reach the middle shelves in the pantry which they get to choose
a basketful of ingredients to go along with a dish.
So let's get to the dishes that they cooked Sofia age 12 up first she made a Chilean sea bass with wilted spinach and baby eggplant almond encrusted curry yogurt sauce topped with pomegranates and roasted almonds. I would hate to be against this kid and oddly enough all three of the judges loved it. The next kid Roen age 12 he cooked Seared AHI Tuna with salmon avocado and cucumber roll basically Japanese food but is dish looks amazing. Graham Elliot doubted he could make sushi that well I agree it was pretty awesome. The next kid I was impressed with made seared scallops with vegetable fried rice his dish looked amazing as well. Next up Molly who is 12 she made everything from scratch she made fish tacos with homemade tortillas all three judges were impressed. The second bout of eight kids are chosen to cook individually their own pasta dish within 60 minutes everything from scratch. The challenges presented by Joe and he's full-blooded Italian. However I really don't like Italian that much so if we can fast-forward to the dishes are the most impressive ones from the kids in the third round we have a dessert challenge and among these are Pistachio Macaroons and Vanilla Dulce De Leche I've never had a Macaroon before but I love pistachios so he is a winner in my book. An interesting one was the lemon mint cupcake surprise which Joe agreed was a restaurant quality and had a very sophisticated flavor. You should definitely check this show out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XcFEx5kkOA
So let's get to the dishes that they cooked Sofia age 12 up first she made a Chilean sea bass with wilted spinach and baby eggplant almond encrusted curry yogurt sauce topped with pomegranates and roasted almonds. I would hate to be against this kid and oddly enough all three of the judges loved it. The next kid Roen age 12 he cooked Seared AHI Tuna with salmon avocado and cucumber roll basically Japanese food but is dish looks amazing. Graham Elliot doubted he could make sushi that well I agree it was pretty awesome. The next kid I was impressed with made seared scallops with vegetable fried rice his dish looked amazing as well. Next up Molly who is 12 she made everything from scratch she made fish tacos with homemade tortillas all three judges were impressed. The second bout of eight kids are chosen to cook individually their own pasta dish within 60 minutes everything from scratch. The challenges presented by Joe and he's full-blooded Italian. However I really don't like Italian that much so if we can fast-forward to the dishes are the most impressive ones from the kids in the third round we have a dessert challenge and among these are Pistachio Macaroons and Vanilla Dulce De Leche I've never had a Macaroon before but I love pistachios so he is a winner in my book. An interesting one was the lemon mint cupcake surprise which Joe agreed was a restaurant quality and had a very sophisticated flavor. You should definitely check this show out!
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