Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition
Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition was a Philippine competitive cooking game show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show is based from the British television show Junior MasterChef, in turn was a spin-off based on MasterChef, featuring Filipino contestants aged 8 to 12. It aired on the network's Yes Weekend line up from August 27, 2011 to February 18, 2012, replacing The Price Is Right and was replaced by the fourth season of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal and Sarah G. Live.
Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo presented the show, while professional Filipino chefs Fern Aracama, Rolando Laudico, and JP Anglo judged the contestants.
On September 24, ABS-CBN announced the show's new time slot on Sundays starting on October 2, 2011.
The show ended on February 18, 2012 with Kyle Imao as the winner.
Primer
The pre-series primer entitled The Appetizer aired on 20 August 2011. It featured the basic format of the show, while being introduced by the presenter and chef judges. Viewers also got to take an eyewitness look at the auditions, and the narrow down to the Top 60.
Episodes
Top 20
- Legend:
- The kiddie cook is the winner.
- The kiddie cooks are the runners-up.
- The kiddie cook was eliminated/re-eliminated from the competition.
- The kiddie cook voluntarily quit the competition.
- Notes:
^Note 1 – Philip Amarillo was 12 years old, the maximum age for the kiddie cooks, during his audition for the show last February 2011. Afterwards, he turned 13 on 16 July 2011.
^Note 2 – Gino Yang voluntarily quit the show to participate in an international culinary summer camp in China, where his application has been approved.
Elimination chart
- Legend:
- The kiddie cook is the winner of the competition/challenge.
- The kiddie cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge, but did not win.
- The kiddie cook was part of the winning team in a team challenge.
- The kiddie cook was part of the bottom 5/6/8 scoring contestants who were at risk of elimination, but was not eliminated.
- Notes: