Junior MasterChef Australia
Junior MasterChef Australia is an Australian competitive cooking game show. It is a spin-off of MasterChef Australia, itself an adaptation of the British show MasterChef, and featured contestants aged 8 to 12. The first season of the show began production in July 2010 and included 50 contestants. Over 5,000 children from around the nation auditioned for the series.
In contrast to prior series, Junior MasterChef Australia was produced by Shine Australia. The promo was seen during the final episode of the second season of MasterChef Australia. The series premiered on Sunday, 12 September 2010.
On 27 April 2020, it was announced that a third season of Junior MasterChef Australia had been commissioned, nine years after the second series aired. Casting was open to children aged between 9 and 14 years old.
Changes
In the Junior series, contestants are not eliminated every week, though four are eliminated at a time once the top 12 is decided. Every eliminated contestant receives a range of prizes. The ages are now 9–14 years old.Seasons
Season 1 (2010)
Production of a junior version of the show was initially suggested in October 2009. The first series of the show, featuring 8- to 12-year-old contestants, was filmed after the second series of MasterChef Australia and began airing 12 September 2010 on Ten. In contrast to prior series of the main show, Junior MasterChef Australia was produced by Shine Australia.Isabella won the contest to become Australia's first Junior Masterchef.
Season 2 (2011)
Junior MasterChef was officially renewed on 15 November 2010. Filming started on 28 July 2011, with the season premiering in October 2011.Matt Moran replaced Matt Preston as a judge. Callum Hann has also been involved in the series.
11-year-old Greta Yaxley from Western Australia won the Junior MasterChef title for 2011.
Season 3 (2020)
A revamped third series of Junior Masterchef Australia was announced on 27 April 2020 and is set to air in late-2020, nine years after the second series last aired. Applications for casting were opened on 25 April 2020 for children across Australia aged from 9-14.Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo will be returning from the main series to undertake the role of judges in the new season. As of late-July 2020, the program has begun filming at the Melbourne Showgrounds in Flemington.
Like the Back to Win main season, due to COVID-19 Pandemic, they are social distancing, meet guest judges on cell, and deliver three dishes to each judges.
International syndications
The network in bold also broadcasts their own version of Junior MasterChef.| Country | Network | Dubbed or Subtitled? |
| STAR World | Subtitled in Dari | |
| STAR World | Dubbed in Arabic | |
| STAR World | Subtitled in English | |
| Vitaya | Subtitled in Dutch | |
| STAR World India | Subtitled in English | |
| TLC | Dubbed in Portuguese | |
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| Nova | Subtitled | |
| Mexico Colombia Venezuela Argentina Peru Ecuador Bolivia Chile Uruguay Paraguay Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Dominican Republic | TLC | Dubbed in Spanish |
| Discovery Home & Health | Dubbed in Spanish | |
| Liv | Subtitled | |
| Cosmote TV | Subtitled | |
| TVB Pearl | Dubbed and Subtitled | |
| STAR World | Subtitled in Cantonese | |
| STAR World India | Subtitled in English | |
| B Channel | Subtitled | |
| Watch | ||
| Sky Uno and Cielo | Dubbed | |
| STAR World | Subtitled in Cantonese | |
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| STAR World India | Subtitled in English | |
| Prime | ||
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| STAR World | ||
| TV4 | Polish lector | |
| SIC K and SIC Mulher | Subtitled in Portuguese | |
| Planet TV | Subtitled | |
| M-Net | ||
| STAR World India | Subtitled in English | |
| STAR World | Subtitled in English | |
| Okto | ||
| MediaCorp Channel 5 | ||
| Food TV | Subtitled | |
| TV8 and TV3 | Subtitled | |
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| NET 5 | Subtitled in Dutch | |
| 24Kitchen | Subtitled in Dutch | |
| StarWorld HD | Subtitled in Arabic | |
| Fox | Dubbed In Arabic | |
| STAR World | Subtitled | |
| VTV6 | Dubbed | |
| STAR World HD | Subtitled in Arabic | |
| Fox | Dubbed In Arabic | |
| Lifetime Asia | Subtitled |