MasterChef Junior (2013) s02e02 Episode Script
Flip It!
After a nationwide search for America's next MasterChef Junior.
Are you excited? Yes, chef! The best 16 young home cooks in the country.
Perfect.
faced their first elimination test.
I didn't sign up to butcher chicken.
Some quickly rose to the top of the pecking order This is amazing.
You, my friend, are one to watch.
It's got some heat to it.
It's aggressive.
- That pork is awesome.
- Thank you.
That could be on one of our restaurant menus easily.
Incredible.
but for four talented home cooks, it was the end of their journey.
I'm gonna continue cooking and make sure Every time I cook, I wear my MasterChef Junior apron.
Tonight.
Syrup.
Please protect me.
Don't fall.
The remaining 12 junior home cooks flip out and the judges find themselves in a very sticky situation.
It's like a whole new level of awesome.
Yes! Let's go, guys.
Come on down.
It feels amazing to be top 12 in MasterChef Junior.
This is the most exciting thing I have ever done.
Let's go.
I'm eight years old.
I've been cooking since I was two.
When I grow up, I want to be a chef and a veterinarian.
Yeah, they love animals.
- Morning.
- Morning.
I'm 12 years old, And I cook almost every night for my family, So there's not many kids like me.
Welcome back, everyone.
You are the final 12 remaining young, talented home cooks left in this competition.
In the last challenge, three of you had the best dishes.
Remind me who they were, please.
Oona, Samuel, and Sean.
You three stay down here.
Everybody else, step over here, please.
Now it is time for a special challenge.
Just for you three.
Yes! It's all about Pancakes.
Yes.
Yeah.
My favorite, your favorite.
America's favorite.
Pancakes? Seriously? I'm more of an eggs benedict gal.
Please, head back to one of those pancake stations behind you.
At home, I usually make pancakes for my parents.
I like to get really creative, and so my mom and dad have some fantastic pancakes.
At your stations, you have everything that you need To make us some delicious pancakes.
a humongous bowl of pancake batter, And one plate.
One? That's right.
Only one plate.
Because we want you to stack as many pancakes as you can on that single plate in just six minutes.
The person with the highest number of pancakes in their stack will win a huge advantage in the next challenge.
But more importantly, The winner will get to save one of us from This.
Syrup.
Sticky maple syrup.
Just waiting to be poured on the judges' heads.
Now, listen, Sean, you are stacking to save me.
Samuel, you are flipping pancakes to save Graham.
And Oona, you are trying to save Gordon.
Oh, man.
Oona, do you have any idea how long it takes me to get my hair looking this good every day? Please protect me.
Tonight, we want to see round, perfectly cooked pancakes.
If you try to flip those pancakes trust me, they'll stick and will be ruined.
If you mess up your pancake, you cannot stack it on the plate.
- Got it? - Yes.
Your six minutes, to flip as many pancakes and save one of us judges Starts Now! My strategy is to move fast.
I have tunnel vision on the pancake batter.
I don't think about the judges.
I don't think about my competitors.
I think about getting those pancakes on the plate, and saving ground.
Samuel, Samuel! Come on, Oona! Come on, Sean, let's go.
The trick for making pancakes is to make sure they are not underdone.
or else they're gonna stick and break apart.
Oh.
Let them cook.
Let them cook.
Pancakes can go wrong really fast.
They can cook.
They can burn.
They can break.
- Oh.
- - Oh, man.
It broke.
I'm not really off to the best start.
I'm not, like, maestro of pancake flippery.
Oona! I'm working, I'm working! I'm really for Oona Because for some reason I just don't want Gordon Ramsay to get syrup all over his head.
Faster, Oona, faster! Oh, Sean! Dump it, dump it, dump it! It's crazy.
Joe can be really intimidating.
I don't want to make him mad.
Let's go, Sean, come on.
So I got to pick up the pace to win this.
Oona! Flip, flip! Don't fall.
I believe in you, pancakes.
Graham is really nice, so I'm rooting for Samuel, because I want Gordon and Joe to be drenched in syrup.
Yes, there you go.
That's it.
Stack 'em.
Joe's my favorite judge, so I want Joe to be saved from the syrup.
- 30 seconds left.
- Oh, my gosh! Flip those pancakes faster! We want you to Come on, Oona! Yes! Ah! Oh, no.
She dropped it.
Time is up, guys.
Please, very carefully bring your plates up to the front.
That is so many pancakes.
Samuel's stack of pancakes is about that big.
And Sean's is about that big too.
sI'm screwed.
Sorry, Gordon.
Hand us your pancakes, please.
Walking up to Gordon, he looked so angry.
He was, like, giving me the eye like Sorry, Gordon.
- Oona, is there another plate there? - No.
- What? This is it? - Yeah.
Okay.
Very carefully, all three of you, head up to the stairs.
This is the most fun challenge to lose at.
I mean, you want to lose at this challenge.
Okay, Oona let's find out how many pancakes you cooked.
One, two, three, four, five Bite missing.
Six, seven, eight.
Eight.
- That's it.
- Sorry.
So me next.
One, two, three, four I'm comparing my pancake stack with Sean's and it looks pretty even.
Right now it's a little too close to call.
Wow.
Good job, Samuel! That's my bff.
I need more than 16 pancakes on this plate to be safe.
Here we go.
One, two, three I'm thinking, no, if he beats me by one, two, or three pancakes, I am going to be furious.
Sorry, Graham.
and the top one is 19.
- Wow.
Good job, Sean.
Yeah, I won.
And the best part, I get to see Gordon and Graham drenched with syrup.
Oona, since you had the least amount of pancakes, we will begin with you.
Gordon Ramsay, I want to see him just doused in syrup.
This can't get any better.
Now, very carefully, begin pouring that sticky maple syrup on that hair.
Gordon is gonna be swimming in sticky, hard-to-get-out-of-your-hair syrup.
Let's see what you got.
Oh.
Easy, easy.
Screw Gordon.
Not easy.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Oona, since you had the least amount of pancakes, we will begin with you.
Sorry, Gordon.
Let's see what you got.
Oh.
Easy, easy.
Not easy.
Yes! Good job.
Yes! This is the best challenge ever.
The only thing I wish I could change is me getting to pour syrup over the judges' heads.
Okay.
Samuel, next.
Graham, let's go.
All right, I'm gonna take it like a man.
Nice and easy again.
Go, go, go.
Aw, yeah.
Oh.
Oh! Dude! What did I ever do to you, Samuel? Aw.
I don't think Graham holds as many grudges as, say, Gordon or Joe would.
but he'll always have that place on his vendetta chart for me.
I am so lucky that I was saved by my friend Sean.
- You're welcome.
Sean, you know.
You know that he deserves this.
- No Just do it, Sean.
You know that he deserves it.
Do it, do it, do it.
Don't do it.
Do it, do it.
Pancake fight! Oh, man.
Seeing all the judges miserable, dunked in syrup, is, like, a whole new level of awesomeness.
Sean, because you won the pancake challenge, you will have a huge advantage in the next phase of this competition.
Congratulations, Sean.
Good job.
Good job, Sean.
Guys, join your friends while we get cleaned up.
All the judges look like they need a really, really long shower.
Oh, my god.
That was amazing.
Okay, kids, come and stand in front of us, please.
Now, to me, a pancake's like a breakfast dessert.
Now it's time to test you with a real A-list hardy headlining dessert.
- Pie.
- Ooh! - Cream pie.
- Yes.
I've baked all my life.
this is my strong suit, so I'm gonna own this thing.
Sean, because you won the pancake challenge, your big advantage is you will not have to cook in tonight's pie elimination challenge.
And you'll get to choose between three different types of cream pie.
that everyone else will have to cook.
Those who have the best pies tonight will move on.
But unfortunately for some of you talented young home cooks, you will leave the MasterChef kitchen after this challenge.
Sean, please take a small step forward so you can get a closer look.
The first kind of cream pie is one of my favorites.
It's rich, it's delicious.
I'm talking about the classic chocolate cream pie.
Now, this one happens to be made of milk chocolate, but you can make it with white chocolate, dark chocolate, any kind of chocolate.
Wow.
How amazing is that? Wow.
It's all about the flavor of that filling.
but you also need to have a killer, crispy, crackling crust.
Look at that.
I recommend it highly.
Next up, one of my favorite types of pie.
Fruit cream pies.
Here you have a cherry cream pie.
Oh, wow.
You can make a great fruit cream pie with bananas, strawberries, blueberries.
Whatever fruit you can get your hands on.
You need to cook this pie the right way so that the fruit melds with that cream.
Everything blends together perfectly.
So awesome.
Next up, a citrus cream pie.
Yes.
Here you have an amazing orange cream pie.
It's rich, it's smooth, it's tangy.
Look how everything is perfectly balanced.
Oh, wow.
I mean, absolutely delicious.
Here's the good news.
You can make this kind of pie with any kind of citrus.
Sean, it's time to tell us which of these three delicious pies everyone else will have to make.
I'm really hoping that he picks the citrus cream pie because citrus is my favorite, and I make the best cream pies ever.
Please, Sean, pick the fruit cream pie.
I love chocolate.
Please be the chocolate pie.
All right, Sean, which pie is everyone else gonna have to cook tonight? The citrus pie.
That's gonna be a tough one.
I think it's a little harder to get the right balance of tart and sweet.
Citrus.
He chooses citrus.
The worst of all.
So, Sean, please, come and take the pie that you chose and head up to the safety and comfort of the balcony.
- Enjoy.
- I will.
Oh, come on, Sean.
Rubbing it in their face.
Ouch.
That dude's rough.
That stings, man.
So before you all head to your stations, Sean has another advantage tonight.
What? Young man, for winning that pancake challenge, you get to choose one of your fellow competitors to come upstairs and join you and share that delicious citrus pie.
I hope sean picks me because cream pie is so hard, and I'd rather be immune from elimination.
I'm crossing my fingers, Crossing my eyes, and crossing my knees.
So, sean, Who is the one person That you are saving From this cream pie challenge tonight? I want to choose somebody that's good at sweets, just because you know that they're already going to advance.
I think that I will choose somebody that I heard that is really good at citrus pies.
Cream pie is so hard.
Come on, sean.
Pick me.
Please pick me, please pick me, please pick me.
- Mitchell.
- Mitchell.
Wow You are now through with sean to the next stage of the competition.
Please, off you go.
Run upstairs.
Enjoy that pie.
Mitchell is so fortunate.
It would be a dream to be up there.
Now I know that I have to get on people's good side.
You ten please head to your stations.
Watch your step.
So right now I'm feeling pretty confident.
I'm experienced in baking, so this is gonna be easy for me.
I got this.
At your stations, you will find everything you need to make us a delicious citrus cream pie.
Along with those ingredients in front of you, you will have access to a limited pantry of ingredients that can help your pie stand out from everybody else's.
All of you will have one hour to make us a stunning citrus cream pie.
Your one hour starts Now.
Where are those blood oranges? I'm making an orange cream pie.
I've made pies many times.
I've never made an orange cream pie, syso I just know that if I don't get the flavor right, I'm going home.
I'm making a passion fruit blood orange cream pie.
I definitely don't think I'm getting eliminated with this pie.
This custard is dynamite.
It's really tasty.
So how do you make a citrus cream pie? What would you guys do? The fundamental basis of a great citrus cream pie is in the base, the crust.
That has to be done quickly.
There's a lot of butter in there.
That butter has to be ice cold.
- If the butter is too soft - You get, like, a greasy pie.
And if that rolling the paste is not easily done.
And it's thick one end, thin the other end, It cooksnevenly.
And of course you've got the flavor.
The difference tonight is the level of sweetness to tartness.
You have to be absolutely exact because the minute it goes in the pie, you can't readjust it.
- Right.
- Tough one.
I'm make a grapefruit and rosewater pie with a nutmeg cream.
The grapefruit works well in a sweet application because it has a nice twang, but also a little bitterness, which will add some depth to an otherwise sickly sweet dessert.
- Right, Abby, how are you feeling? - I'm feeling good.
Do you think your pie will be as good as mom's pie? I usually make pies with my grandmother.
What kind of pies you make with grandma? I mostly never make cream pies, but mine's gonna be blood orange? - Are you gonna nail this? - I think I will.
Good luck.
Can you move? I'm trying to concentrate.
Wow.
Wow.
- Levi, how we doing? - I'm doing great, chef.
- Awesome.
So where are you from? - Chicago.
Representing.
Love it.
So tell me exactly what you are making.
So I'm making a key lime pie with a coconut whipped cream.
Why did you choose this pie? I think lime goes really well with coconut.
The key to a good key lime pie is that tartness.
What do you think it needs? - It needs more lime.
- I think so too.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Out of everyone left in the kitchen now, who do you think is the strongest? I think Oona's doing really well right now.
- Oona? - Thank you.
- No problem.
- Good luck, Levi.
- Hey, Josh.
- Hello.
- What did you make? - I made a key lime pie.
- Pretty classic.
You happy with your cream? - Did it come out good? - Yes.
A little sweet.
What I'm gonna do is use this as a garnish.
- As a garnish.
- And make a like a modern design.
- Like this? - No, like Like an "x" kind of.
- Adaiah, how old are you again? - I am 12 years old.
Talk to me about your citrus cream pie.
What are you doing? I am making an orange lemon raspberry pie.
Wow that´s complicated.
Yeah, I came from a long line of southern bakers, and I know I can make this pie.
We bake pie all the time, so Oh, I love that level of confidence.
So do you think Sean saw you as severe competition? Being one of the oldest, one of the most mature.
I think that's exactly what he saw.
So based on that decision, does that make you feel stronger? That does make me feel stronger.
- Mm-hmm.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Natalie, how are you feeling? - Good.
- Talk to me about your pie.
- I tried to do a plain orange pie.
- Orange pie.
But I picked the wrong fruit.
- Oh, what fruit did you pick? - Grapefruit.
So now I'm doing a grapefruit coconut cream pie.
That's very, very difficult to get right, because you got that balance of that tartness as well.
- Is that the mix there? - Yes.
I can't taste anything in there.
What, did you put the juice? Yes, I put the juice.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Jessica, how we doing? - Good.
Now, are desserts, like, your thing? Is that what you're famous for at home? Yes, my all-time favorite dessert is actually one that I won first place for in my home state state fair.
- That's huge.
- Yes.
- What flavor did you end up going with? - Lemon key lime pie.
That sounds awesome.
Good luck.
I can't wait to try it.
- Right, Logan, how are you feeling? - I'm feeling great.
- Confident? - Yep.
Talk to me about your pie here.
What flavor have you gone for? I'm going for lime raspberry.
Wow.
Why those two together? Because I really think that they just have a great flavor together.
Are you confident you'll get through to the next stage? - I'm definitely confident.
- Are you the next Graham Elliot? I hope so.
Just under 10 minutes to go.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
Hurry up.
- Incredible.
It is unbelievable.
- Seriously.
It's kind of amazing that these are eight-to-13-year-old cooks.
I mean, these guys are cooking at a high, high level.
Adaiah, very confident.
I mean, very composed.
- Pie she made looked incredible.
- I'm really worried about Josh.
I mean, Josh got a little bit in the weeds with rolling out that pie crust.
Levi, on the other hand, on top again.
Doing key lime, tasting it.
And that crust looks beautiful.
Incredible.
One minute to go.
Come on, guys.
Keep it going.
Start garnishing.
Let your imagination go wild.
Make them beautiful.
Come on, guys.
Come on, guys.
Finishing touches.
And stop! Hands in the air.
Well done.
Wow.
Amazing.
Right.
Let's start off with Samuel please.
I feel confident in my bold and assertive flavors.
I'm gonna be in the top, if not the top.
Samuel, describe your citrus pie, please.
It's a grapefruit and a hint of a rosewater pie with a nutmeg cream, with a pistachio and mint dust.
So we've gone from foam to dust.
You're coming up with all these tricks.
- Do they work? - Sometimes.
Cream needs to be whipped a little bit more.
A little bit heavy-handed on the nutmeg, 'cause all I can taste is that strong nutmeg.
You've got to understand the power of these things.
Really powerful.
Filling.
Just a little bit too spicy.
I want a little bit more sweetness going on.
Thank you.
What was the toughest part about making this pie? Not knowing after you've put the whipped cream on that you're filling could or could not be set.
It could run all over the place or it could be It is.
It's a bit mysterious.
And that's kind of why we gave you the challenge, because we want you to have confidence in your decisions, and be able to, you know, stick with it.
Now, what about all the slightly exotic spices? I think it it takes the dish somewhere where it hasn't been before, and gives it a new spin.
- Thanks, Samuel.
- Thank you.
Nutmeg Plus rosewater Plus mint plus pistachio.
That's just a lot of flavors going on.
The powder on top is not appealing.
- Looks like baby throw-up.
- Oh! Little longer on the crust.
You can see there it's a little under.
and then looks like down here you start getting a lot of the whipped cream almost towards the center.
Wow.
It's interesting.
It's very perfumed with the rosewater, nutmeg, and those other flavors.
So I like that you're pushing the boundaries, just maybe next time, when you put everything on the plate, think of taking two things off of it.
I wanted to wow the judges with my flavors, but it just didn't work.
I think I'm going to be in the bottom, and I could very well go home.
In tonight's elimination challenge, the remaining young home cooks, have to perfect a citrus cream pie to try and keep themselves in the competition.
Next up, please.
Logan.
My crust is ugly.
Like, just ugly, but, I mean, it's all in the flavor.
All right, so what do we have? We have my raspberry twisted lime pie.
I've got lime in the custard.
I've got lime in the whipped cream, and the raspberries on top.
I mean, it's definitely not visually the prettiest pie that we've seen.
Yeah, but that doesn't really matter.
It's all about how it tastes, right? I think it does kind of matter.
Well, only to some extent.
What do your parents do? Are either of them in sales? - No.
- Or politics.
- Dad's in politics.
- Is he? - Yeah.
Okay, very good.
- Tastes delicious.
- Thank you.
- Love the raspberry.
The lime coming through, it's nice and tart.
The actual crust could have used a little longer in the oven.
- Sorry.
- But very, very good job.
Thank you.
- So dad's in politics? - Yep.
- Is he a republican or democrat? - Wear's a tie.
- What? - He's a republican.
- He's a republican.
Are you a republican or are you a democrat? Don't really stand anywhere.
- Are you fiscally conservative? - I don't know.
This is a delicious pie.
That extra raspberry, it's like a punch in the nose.
You don't expect it coming, and it hits you, and you don't know what to do.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
- Doesn't look as pretty as the other pies, does it? - No.
Why's that? Competition getting to you? - No.
- Are you feeling the heat? No, I mean, it's just a Well, I'm just saying, first impressions, it looks a little bit Yeah, it got a little bit overboard there and underboard over there.
Really delicious.
Raspberries work wonderfully.
I just wish you had a little bit more time to finesse the pastry.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
And we're done.
Sam, please bring your plate up.
Tell me the flavors I should be tasting.
Well, you should be tasting the blood orange, and you should have, like, a sweetness in it.
How many pies have you baked in your life? Actually, I bake about seven pies for thanksgiving every year.
- You do? - Yes.
- Where do you live? -Right here in L.
A.
You bake a lot of pies? Is that, like, a family tradition? - Yeah, I do big - Have a big thanksgiving gathering? - Yes.
- Eat turkey.
- Yeah.
- Play a little football.
- Mm, my brother does.
That crust is a little sloppy.
All the pastry dough is still completely white.
Too bad about the crust.
Everything else is really spot-on.
- Thank you.
- Thanks so much, Sam.
Yes.
Next up, please.
Adaiah.
Looks beautiful.
Most of the kids in this competition aren't bakers Like myself I do bake a lot, so I'm feeling very confident right now.
So what do we have? It is a blood orange lemon pie with raspberries.
- Are you an avid baker? - Yes, sir.
- Is it something you like to do? - I love baking.
It's a hobby of mine.
- Really nice.
- Thank you.
I like how even it's almost equal part the filling and the whipped cream topping.
All in all, a great, great pie.
You should be super proud.
- Thank you.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
Oona, please.
Let's go.
Young lady, describe your pie, please.
I made a blood range cream pie with a passion fruit whipped cream.
You clearly like my filling.
- I love the passion fruit.
- Thank you, chef.
- Where did you get that idea from? - I got that idea mostly from my brain.
- How old are you? - I'm nine.
Nine.
Are we seeing a run of great consistency here, or is this just a fluke? I'm pretty sure I can do this again.
- Well done.
Good job.
- Thank you.
All right, next up, please.
Let's see Josh.
What do we have here, Josh? What did you make? You have a simple key lime pie.
I think that whatever you like you should learn how to make.
What about the crust? Is there anything in there that I should know about? I might have had, like, a little problem with that.
Yeah, you can see that it didn't cook all the way.
- Can you see underneath? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
So it's gonna look a little doughy here.
Let's check.
Looks pretty, huh? Thank you.
I love that whipped cream.
- Thank you.
- That's delicious.
The crust is under, right? We agree on that.
But as far as the actual pie itself, it's a pretty good pie.
But there are some areas that could be improved on.
Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Good job, Josh.
- Good job, Josh.
Next we'd like to see Natalie's pie.
I've never made cream pie before.
I don't even like desserts.
I'm feeling very scared right now.
Okay, Natalie, tell me about this pie.
Well, it's a grapefruit cream filling with a coconut cream frosting.
Think you got the cook right on it? I think so.
Hmm.
Tell me the thought.
Why grapefruit? Well, I meant to pick orange, but it came out grapefruit, so Oh, it was a mistake? Yes.
I'm really scared right now because somebody's gonna go home at the end of this, and I hope I really don't go home over cream pie.
Why grapefruit? Well, I meant to pick orange, but it came out grapefruit, so Oh, it was a mistake? Yes.
It's not really that distinguishable.
I taste a lot of the sweetness from the cream.
What I really taste most is a lot of the raw pastry dough.
The toasted coconuts are a nice touch.
Even though Little bit of a strange combination with grapefruit.
The crust is slightly problematic, But good job.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Abby, please.
Let's go.
Hers looks pretty good.
It actually does.
The jelly bean really brightens it up.
Now, I love jelly beans, I love jelly beans, but on top of a pie? Really, Abby? Really? Right, Abby.
Describe your pie, please.
I've made a blood orange cream pie with apple butter, whipped cream, and jelly beans as garnish.
Wow.
Why jelly beans on top? Because everybody loves jelly beans, and I love jelly beans.
Right.
That's really good color inside.
Visually, a little bit uneven.
Yeah, I didn't have enough time to make it extra smooth.
That is so weird.
So weird.
- How old are you again? - I'm eight.
- You're eight.
- And you've been cooking for how long? - Since I was two.
- So six years.
Yes.
The pie - Is absolutely delicious.
- Thank you.
It looks amazing.
It tastes amazing.
You sure you haven't got your mum or your gran hiding behind your bench there? Great job.
You have set the bar very high.
A pie that will definitely send shockwaves up to the balcony.
- Good job.
Well done.
- Thank you.
Good job, Abby.
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.
They loved my pie.
Next up, please, Levi.
This is a really big moment for me, because I haven't gotten to show the judges that I am really the best chef here.
It's my opportunity to shine.
- How are we doing, Levi? - Good.
How are you? - Good.
That is the most out-of-control colored whipped cream I've ever seen, I think.
- What is in that thing? - So this is a key lime pie with a coconut whipped cream.
It looks better with the lime, I think.
and it's creative, I think.
I think it is creative.
And I think you did a really good job getting them on there.
They're all like nice little pipettes.
Oh, wow.
Good proportion of cream to filling.
Pretty beautiful.
Finally, somebody's giving us some much-needed acidity.
Balances.
Coconut comes through.
It's great.
Very, very good job.
- One of the best.
- Thank you, chef.
Last up.
Jessica, please, come on up.
I'm feeling confident about my pie.
I've been entering Texas state fairs for three years now.
And I won first place.
I won a blue ribbon.
All right, tell me about this beautiful cake.
It is a citrus Texas pecan pie.
Texas? Why is that Texas? My state nut is the pecan.
What's your state flower? - Blue bonnet.
- How do you know all that? I listen to history? Okay, what citrus did you choose? Key lime, some lemons.
and some oranges.
Tell me about your crust, it's a little uneven.
- Do you have some trouble with that? - Um, yes, I think I did.
Yes, I did, a little.
And did you want to have so little cream? I think I should have made it a little bit more even.
Little bit more.
All right, let'sry it and see how it is.
Wish there was a little bit more key lime, 'cause it's a little bit too sweet and the inconsistency of the crust might be a little bit problem.
But nuts in key lime.
Good risk.
Good job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Jessica, did you run out of filling? - No.
So there you've even got Unfortunately, if I turn that around there, I've got hardly any filling there.
Nuts that's the one thing You don't really find on a cream pie.
Um Not bad.
Just needs a little bit more punchy, citrusy flavor.
A few too many nuts, but I love what you've done to the pastry on the top.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Well done, all of you.
Sean and Mitchell, please come down and head to your station, thank you.
Right.
Well done.
That was a difficult task.
Unfortunately, we need a minute, to discuss, who's staying or who is leaving, shortly.
Oh, I'm so freaked out.
So nervous.
I mean, there were clear winners.
Definitely.
Levi's was exceptional.
- Awesome.
- Adaiah's too.
Abby's was very impressive.
I mean, for an eight-year-old? Incredible.
- Is this a lime? - Yeah, that's a key lime.
This is the tiniest lime I've er seen.
- Jessica's was underwhelming.
- It was really raw and didn't have any opinion.
Josh's was pretty bad too.
What about the crust on Sam's? Yeah, I mean, it was just a little bit too thick all over the place.
The biggest disappointment for me tonight was Natalie.
You can see she has a savory tooth.
- She doesn't like desserts.
- Well, the dough was raw.
I mean, it was completely raw.
Those pies were pretty incredible tonight, and there were two pies that stood out, two winning pies of the night.
Those pies belong to Levi.
And the other winning pie belonged to Adaiah.
Congratulations.
To have the judges saying that Adaiah and I, we had the best pies is just unbelievable.
Unfortunately, we do have to say good-bye to some amazingly talented home cooks tonight.
I don't want to go home.
I want to at least get up to the top two.
I'm not even halfway through yet.
I really do want to stay in this competition and show what else I can do.
A little bump in my baking doesn't mean I can't do other great things perfectly.
I'm really scared 'cause I really don't want to go home.
I still have a lot to prove to the judges.
Please come down to the front Unfortunately, we do have to say good-bye to some amazingly talented home cooks tonight.
Please come down to the front Sam.
Josh.
Jessica.
And Natalie.
You four are very talented youngsters, let me tell you.
Whatever the result is at the end of this evening, you've got to keep your heads up high.
As you know, Sam, Josh, Jessica, Natalie, this is a competition.
We had some amazing pies tonight.
It was just a little sliver of a mistake that I made.
and I don't think I should go home for that.
Unfortunately, you four didn't quite hit the nose that everybody else hit.
This is really hard.
I hope I don't go home, because, I mean, that would just ruin my thoughts of key lime pie, and I would not feel comforting when I eat it.
These decisions do not get any easier.
Sam and Josh, step forward, please.
Sam and Josh, you are not Come on, please, come on, please.
going home tonight.
Yes! Oh Natalie and Jessica, I'm sorry.
Please, Head back to your bench.
Oh, my gosh.
I mean, I was so close to going home.
I definitely think I need to step it up next time.
Jessica And Natalie, Unfortunately, your journey is over in the MasterChef kitchen.
Both of you are very talented, young cooks.
You've earned those aprons for a reason.
Keep hold them, but more importantly, continue cooking.
Good night, ladies.
Thank you.
When I get home, I'm gonna keep cooking and I'm gonna plan my restaurant.
and I'm not gonna serve pastries.
No desserts.
I came in here to prove myself And to prove that I can cook for my mom, I can cook for anyone.
and I know she's proud of me for doing this for her.
I love you, mom.
The rest of you, well done.
Congratulations.
You're now in the top ten of MasterChef Junior.
I feel a little weird that there's only three girls left.
I think we're gonna have to take out some boys.
Now, get some sleep.
You're gonna need it.
Good night.
We're dropping like flies.
That's just so many.
Their speeches are getting longer by the season.
Hop, hop, hop, hop Next time on MasterChef Junior It's a three-legged team challenge.
Yay.
The competition gets much closer.
No, no, no, not yet.
For some reason, you're just really annoying me.
This is totally impossible.
Then - Mom! - I hear you, Gordon.
chef Ramsay welcomes a very special guest.
Please welcome my mom.
As the young chefs face of in the mother of all elimination tests Mum, was I that good at 8? You're still not that good.
Are you excited? Yes, chef! The best 16 young home cooks in the country.
Perfect.
faced their first elimination test.
I didn't sign up to butcher chicken.
Some quickly rose to the top of the pecking order This is amazing.
You, my friend, are one to watch.
It's got some heat to it.
It's aggressive.
- That pork is awesome.
- Thank you.
That could be on one of our restaurant menus easily.
Incredible.
but for four talented home cooks, it was the end of their journey.
I'm gonna continue cooking and make sure Every time I cook, I wear my MasterChef Junior apron.
Tonight.
Syrup.
Please protect me.
Don't fall.
The remaining 12 junior home cooks flip out and the judges find themselves in a very sticky situation.
It's like a whole new level of awesome.
Yes! Let's go, guys.
Come on down.
It feels amazing to be top 12 in MasterChef Junior.
This is the most exciting thing I have ever done.
Let's go.
I'm eight years old.
I've been cooking since I was two.
When I grow up, I want to be a chef and a veterinarian.
Yeah, they love animals.
- Morning.
- Morning.
I'm 12 years old, And I cook almost every night for my family, So there's not many kids like me.
Welcome back, everyone.
You are the final 12 remaining young, talented home cooks left in this competition.
In the last challenge, three of you had the best dishes.
Remind me who they were, please.
Oona, Samuel, and Sean.
You three stay down here.
Everybody else, step over here, please.
Now it is time for a special challenge.
Just for you three.
Yes! It's all about Pancakes.
Yes.
Yeah.
My favorite, your favorite.
America's favorite.
Pancakes? Seriously? I'm more of an eggs benedict gal.
Please, head back to one of those pancake stations behind you.
At home, I usually make pancakes for my parents.
I like to get really creative, and so my mom and dad have some fantastic pancakes.
At your stations, you have everything that you need To make us some delicious pancakes.
a humongous bowl of pancake batter, And one plate.
One? That's right.
Only one plate.
Because we want you to stack as many pancakes as you can on that single plate in just six minutes.
The person with the highest number of pancakes in their stack will win a huge advantage in the next challenge.
But more importantly, The winner will get to save one of us from This.
Syrup.
Sticky maple syrup.
Just waiting to be poured on the judges' heads.
Now, listen, Sean, you are stacking to save me.
Samuel, you are flipping pancakes to save Graham.
And Oona, you are trying to save Gordon.
Oh, man.
Oona, do you have any idea how long it takes me to get my hair looking this good every day? Please protect me.
Tonight, we want to see round, perfectly cooked pancakes.
If you try to flip those pancakes trust me, they'll stick and will be ruined.
If you mess up your pancake, you cannot stack it on the plate.
- Got it? - Yes.
Your six minutes, to flip as many pancakes and save one of us judges Starts Now! My strategy is to move fast.
I have tunnel vision on the pancake batter.
I don't think about the judges.
I don't think about my competitors.
I think about getting those pancakes on the plate, and saving ground.
Samuel, Samuel! Come on, Oona! Come on, Sean, let's go.
The trick for making pancakes is to make sure they are not underdone.
or else they're gonna stick and break apart.
Oh.
Let them cook.
Let them cook.
Pancakes can go wrong really fast.
They can cook.
They can burn.
They can break.
- Oh.
- - Oh, man.
It broke.
I'm not really off to the best start.
I'm not, like, maestro of pancake flippery.
Oona! I'm working, I'm working! I'm really for Oona Because for some reason I just don't want Gordon Ramsay to get syrup all over his head.
Faster, Oona, faster! Oh, Sean! Dump it, dump it, dump it! It's crazy.
Joe can be really intimidating.
I don't want to make him mad.
Let's go, Sean, come on.
So I got to pick up the pace to win this.
Oona! Flip, flip! Don't fall.
I believe in you, pancakes.
Graham is really nice, so I'm rooting for Samuel, because I want Gordon and Joe to be drenched in syrup.
Yes, there you go.
That's it.
Stack 'em.
Joe's my favorite judge, so I want Joe to be saved from the syrup.
- 30 seconds left.
- Oh, my gosh! Flip those pancakes faster! We want you to Come on, Oona! Yes! Ah! Oh, no.
She dropped it.
Time is up, guys.
Please, very carefully bring your plates up to the front.
That is so many pancakes.
Samuel's stack of pancakes is about that big.
And Sean's is about that big too.
sI'm screwed.
Sorry, Gordon.
Hand us your pancakes, please.
Walking up to Gordon, he looked so angry.
He was, like, giving me the eye like Sorry, Gordon.
- Oona, is there another plate there? - No.
- What? This is it? - Yeah.
Okay.
Very carefully, all three of you, head up to the stairs.
This is the most fun challenge to lose at.
I mean, you want to lose at this challenge.
Okay, Oona let's find out how many pancakes you cooked.
One, two, three, four, five Bite missing.
Six, seven, eight.
Eight.
- That's it.
- Sorry.
So me next.
One, two, three, four I'm comparing my pancake stack with Sean's and it looks pretty even.
Right now it's a little too close to call.
Wow.
Good job, Samuel! That's my bff.
I need more than 16 pancakes on this plate to be safe.
Here we go.
One, two, three I'm thinking, no, if he beats me by one, two, or three pancakes, I am going to be furious.
Sorry, Graham.
and the top one is 19.
- Wow.
Good job, Sean.
Yeah, I won.
And the best part, I get to see Gordon and Graham drenched with syrup.
Oona, since you had the least amount of pancakes, we will begin with you.
Gordon Ramsay, I want to see him just doused in syrup.
This can't get any better.
Now, very carefully, begin pouring that sticky maple syrup on that hair.
Gordon is gonna be swimming in sticky, hard-to-get-out-of-your-hair syrup.
Let's see what you got.
Oh.
Easy, easy.
Screw Gordon.
Not easy.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Oona, since you had the least amount of pancakes, we will begin with you.
Sorry, Gordon.
Let's see what you got.
Oh.
Easy, easy.
Not easy.
Yes! Good job.
Yes! This is the best challenge ever.
The only thing I wish I could change is me getting to pour syrup over the judges' heads.
Okay.
Samuel, next.
Graham, let's go.
All right, I'm gonna take it like a man.
Nice and easy again.
Go, go, go.
Aw, yeah.
Oh.
Oh! Dude! What did I ever do to you, Samuel? Aw.
I don't think Graham holds as many grudges as, say, Gordon or Joe would.
but he'll always have that place on his vendetta chart for me.
I am so lucky that I was saved by my friend Sean.
- You're welcome.
Sean, you know.
You know that he deserves this.
- No Just do it, Sean.
You know that he deserves it.
Do it, do it, do it.
Don't do it.
Do it, do it.
Pancake fight! Oh, man.
Seeing all the judges miserable, dunked in syrup, is, like, a whole new level of awesomeness.
Sean, because you won the pancake challenge, you will have a huge advantage in the next phase of this competition.
Congratulations, Sean.
Good job.
Good job, Sean.
Guys, join your friends while we get cleaned up.
All the judges look like they need a really, really long shower.
Oh, my god.
That was amazing.
Okay, kids, come and stand in front of us, please.
Now, to me, a pancake's like a breakfast dessert.
Now it's time to test you with a real A-list hardy headlining dessert.
- Pie.
- Ooh! - Cream pie.
- Yes.
I've baked all my life.
this is my strong suit, so I'm gonna own this thing.
Sean, because you won the pancake challenge, your big advantage is you will not have to cook in tonight's pie elimination challenge.
And you'll get to choose between three different types of cream pie.
that everyone else will have to cook.
Those who have the best pies tonight will move on.
But unfortunately for some of you talented young home cooks, you will leave the MasterChef kitchen after this challenge.
Sean, please take a small step forward so you can get a closer look.
The first kind of cream pie is one of my favorites.
It's rich, it's delicious.
I'm talking about the classic chocolate cream pie.
Now, this one happens to be made of milk chocolate, but you can make it with white chocolate, dark chocolate, any kind of chocolate.
Wow.
How amazing is that? Wow.
It's all about the flavor of that filling.
but you also need to have a killer, crispy, crackling crust.
Look at that.
I recommend it highly.
Next up, one of my favorite types of pie.
Fruit cream pies.
Here you have a cherry cream pie.
Oh, wow.
You can make a great fruit cream pie with bananas, strawberries, blueberries.
Whatever fruit you can get your hands on.
You need to cook this pie the right way so that the fruit melds with that cream.
Everything blends together perfectly.
So awesome.
Next up, a citrus cream pie.
Yes.
Here you have an amazing orange cream pie.
It's rich, it's smooth, it's tangy.
Look how everything is perfectly balanced.
Oh, wow.
I mean, absolutely delicious.
Here's the good news.
You can make this kind of pie with any kind of citrus.
Sean, it's time to tell us which of these three delicious pies everyone else will have to make.
I'm really hoping that he picks the citrus cream pie because citrus is my favorite, and I make the best cream pies ever.
Please, Sean, pick the fruit cream pie.
I love chocolate.
Please be the chocolate pie.
All right, Sean, which pie is everyone else gonna have to cook tonight? The citrus pie.
That's gonna be a tough one.
I think it's a little harder to get the right balance of tart and sweet.
Citrus.
He chooses citrus.
The worst of all.
So, Sean, please, come and take the pie that you chose and head up to the safety and comfort of the balcony.
- Enjoy.
- I will.
Oh, come on, Sean.
Rubbing it in their face.
Ouch.
That dude's rough.
That stings, man.
So before you all head to your stations, Sean has another advantage tonight.
What? Young man, for winning that pancake challenge, you get to choose one of your fellow competitors to come upstairs and join you and share that delicious citrus pie.
I hope sean picks me because cream pie is so hard, and I'd rather be immune from elimination.
I'm crossing my fingers, Crossing my eyes, and crossing my knees.
So, sean, Who is the one person That you are saving From this cream pie challenge tonight? I want to choose somebody that's good at sweets, just because you know that they're already going to advance.
I think that I will choose somebody that I heard that is really good at citrus pies.
Cream pie is so hard.
Come on, sean.
Pick me.
Please pick me, please pick me, please pick me.
- Mitchell.
- Mitchell.
Wow You are now through with sean to the next stage of the competition.
Please, off you go.
Run upstairs.
Enjoy that pie.
Mitchell is so fortunate.
It would be a dream to be up there.
Now I know that I have to get on people's good side.
You ten please head to your stations.
Watch your step.
So right now I'm feeling pretty confident.
I'm experienced in baking, so this is gonna be easy for me.
I got this.
At your stations, you will find everything you need to make us a delicious citrus cream pie.
Along with those ingredients in front of you, you will have access to a limited pantry of ingredients that can help your pie stand out from everybody else's.
All of you will have one hour to make us a stunning citrus cream pie.
Your one hour starts Now.
Where are those blood oranges? I'm making an orange cream pie.
I've made pies many times.
I've never made an orange cream pie, syso I just know that if I don't get the flavor right, I'm going home.
I'm making a passion fruit blood orange cream pie.
I definitely don't think I'm getting eliminated with this pie.
This custard is dynamite.
It's really tasty.
So how do you make a citrus cream pie? What would you guys do? The fundamental basis of a great citrus cream pie is in the base, the crust.
That has to be done quickly.
There's a lot of butter in there.
That butter has to be ice cold.
- If the butter is too soft - You get, like, a greasy pie.
And if that rolling the paste is not easily done.
And it's thick one end, thin the other end, It cooksnevenly.
And of course you've got the flavor.
The difference tonight is the level of sweetness to tartness.
You have to be absolutely exact because the minute it goes in the pie, you can't readjust it.
- Right.
- Tough one.
I'm make a grapefruit and rosewater pie with a nutmeg cream.
The grapefruit works well in a sweet application because it has a nice twang, but also a little bitterness, which will add some depth to an otherwise sickly sweet dessert.
- Right, Abby, how are you feeling? - I'm feeling good.
Do you think your pie will be as good as mom's pie? I usually make pies with my grandmother.
What kind of pies you make with grandma? I mostly never make cream pies, but mine's gonna be blood orange? - Are you gonna nail this? - I think I will.
Good luck.
Can you move? I'm trying to concentrate.
Wow.
Wow.
- Levi, how we doing? - I'm doing great, chef.
- Awesome.
So where are you from? - Chicago.
Representing.
Love it.
So tell me exactly what you are making.
So I'm making a key lime pie with a coconut whipped cream.
Why did you choose this pie? I think lime goes really well with coconut.
The key to a good key lime pie is that tartness.
What do you think it needs? - It needs more lime.
- I think so too.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Out of everyone left in the kitchen now, who do you think is the strongest? I think Oona's doing really well right now.
- Oona? - Thank you.
- No problem.
- Good luck, Levi.
- Hey, Josh.
- Hello.
- What did you make? - I made a key lime pie.
- Pretty classic.
You happy with your cream? - Did it come out good? - Yes.
A little sweet.
What I'm gonna do is use this as a garnish.
- As a garnish.
- And make a like a modern design.
- Like this? - No, like Like an "x" kind of.
- Adaiah, how old are you again? - I am 12 years old.
Talk to me about your citrus cream pie.
What are you doing? I am making an orange lemon raspberry pie.
Wow that´s complicated.
Yeah, I came from a long line of southern bakers, and I know I can make this pie.
We bake pie all the time, so Oh, I love that level of confidence.
So do you think Sean saw you as severe competition? Being one of the oldest, one of the most mature.
I think that's exactly what he saw.
So based on that decision, does that make you feel stronger? That does make me feel stronger.
- Mm-hmm.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Natalie, how are you feeling? - Good.
- Talk to me about your pie.
- I tried to do a plain orange pie.
- Orange pie.
But I picked the wrong fruit.
- Oh, what fruit did you pick? - Grapefruit.
So now I'm doing a grapefruit coconut cream pie.
That's very, very difficult to get right, because you got that balance of that tartness as well.
- Is that the mix there? - Yes.
I can't taste anything in there.
What, did you put the juice? Yes, I put the juice.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Jessica, how we doing? - Good.
Now, are desserts, like, your thing? Is that what you're famous for at home? Yes, my all-time favorite dessert is actually one that I won first place for in my home state state fair.
- That's huge.
- Yes.
- What flavor did you end up going with? - Lemon key lime pie.
That sounds awesome.
Good luck.
I can't wait to try it.
- Right, Logan, how are you feeling? - I'm feeling great.
- Confident? - Yep.
Talk to me about your pie here.
What flavor have you gone for? I'm going for lime raspberry.
Wow.
Why those two together? Because I really think that they just have a great flavor together.
Are you confident you'll get through to the next stage? - I'm definitely confident.
- Are you the next Graham Elliot? I hope so.
Just under 10 minutes to go.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
Hurry up.
- Incredible.
It is unbelievable.
- Seriously.
It's kind of amazing that these are eight-to-13-year-old cooks.
I mean, these guys are cooking at a high, high level.
Adaiah, very confident.
I mean, very composed.
- Pie she made looked incredible.
- I'm really worried about Josh.
I mean, Josh got a little bit in the weeds with rolling out that pie crust.
Levi, on the other hand, on top again.
Doing key lime, tasting it.
And that crust looks beautiful.
Incredible.
One minute to go.
Come on, guys.
Keep it going.
Start garnishing.
Let your imagination go wild.
Make them beautiful.
Come on, guys.
Come on, guys.
Finishing touches.
And stop! Hands in the air.
Well done.
Wow.
Amazing.
Right.
Let's start off with Samuel please.
I feel confident in my bold and assertive flavors.
I'm gonna be in the top, if not the top.
Samuel, describe your citrus pie, please.
It's a grapefruit and a hint of a rosewater pie with a nutmeg cream, with a pistachio and mint dust.
So we've gone from foam to dust.
You're coming up with all these tricks.
- Do they work? - Sometimes.
Cream needs to be whipped a little bit more.
A little bit heavy-handed on the nutmeg, 'cause all I can taste is that strong nutmeg.
You've got to understand the power of these things.
Really powerful.
Filling.
Just a little bit too spicy.
I want a little bit more sweetness going on.
Thank you.
What was the toughest part about making this pie? Not knowing after you've put the whipped cream on that you're filling could or could not be set.
It could run all over the place or it could be It is.
It's a bit mysterious.
And that's kind of why we gave you the challenge, because we want you to have confidence in your decisions, and be able to, you know, stick with it.
Now, what about all the slightly exotic spices? I think it it takes the dish somewhere where it hasn't been before, and gives it a new spin.
- Thanks, Samuel.
- Thank you.
Nutmeg Plus rosewater Plus mint plus pistachio.
That's just a lot of flavors going on.
The powder on top is not appealing.
- Looks like baby throw-up.
- Oh! Little longer on the crust.
You can see there it's a little under.
and then looks like down here you start getting a lot of the whipped cream almost towards the center.
Wow.
It's interesting.
It's very perfumed with the rosewater, nutmeg, and those other flavors.
So I like that you're pushing the boundaries, just maybe next time, when you put everything on the plate, think of taking two things off of it.
I wanted to wow the judges with my flavors, but it just didn't work.
I think I'm going to be in the bottom, and I could very well go home.
In tonight's elimination challenge, the remaining young home cooks, have to perfect a citrus cream pie to try and keep themselves in the competition.
Next up, please.
Logan.
My crust is ugly.
Like, just ugly, but, I mean, it's all in the flavor.
All right, so what do we have? We have my raspberry twisted lime pie.
I've got lime in the custard.
I've got lime in the whipped cream, and the raspberries on top.
I mean, it's definitely not visually the prettiest pie that we've seen.
Yeah, but that doesn't really matter.
It's all about how it tastes, right? I think it does kind of matter.
Well, only to some extent.
What do your parents do? Are either of them in sales? - No.
- Or politics.
- Dad's in politics.
- Is he? - Yeah.
Okay, very good.
- Tastes delicious.
- Thank you.
- Love the raspberry.
The lime coming through, it's nice and tart.
The actual crust could have used a little longer in the oven.
- Sorry.
- But very, very good job.
Thank you.
- So dad's in politics? - Yep.
- Is he a republican or democrat? - Wear's a tie.
- What? - He's a republican.
- He's a republican.
Are you a republican or are you a democrat? Don't really stand anywhere.
- Are you fiscally conservative? - I don't know.
This is a delicious pie.
That extra raspberry, it's like a punch in the nose.
You don't expect it coming, and it hits you, and you don't know what to do.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
- Doesn't look as pretty as the other pies, does it? - No.
Why's that? Competition getting to you? - No.
- Are you feeling the heat? No, I mean, it's just a Well, I'm just saying, first impressions, it looks a little bit Yeah, it got a little bit overboard there and underboard over there.
Really delicious.
Raspberries work wonderfully.
I just wish you had a little bit more time to finesse the pastry.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
And we're done.
Sam, please bring your plate up.
Tell me the flavors I should be tasting.
Well, you should be tasting the blood orange, and you should have, like, a sweetness in it.
How many pies have you baked in your life? Actually, I bake about seven pies for thanksgiving every year.
- You do? - Yes.
- Where do you live? -Right here in L.
A.
You bake a lot of pies? Is that, like, a family tradition? - Yeah, I do big - Have a big thanksgiving gathering? - Yes.
- Eat turkey.
- Yeah.
- Play a little football.
- Mm, my brother does.
That crust is a little sloppy.
All the pastry dough is still completely white.
Too bad about the crust.
Everything else is really spot-on.
- Thank you.
- Thanks so much, Sam.
Yes.
Next up, please.
Adaiah.
Looks beautiful.
Most of the kids in this competition aren't bakers Like myself I do bake a lot, so I'm feeling very confident right now.
So what do we have? It is a blood orange lemon pie with raspberries.
- Are you an avid baker? - Yes, sir.
- Is it something you like to do? - I love baking.
It's a hobby of mine.
- Really nice.
- Thank you.
I like how even it's almost equal part the filling and the whipped cream topping.
All in all, a great, great pie.
You should be super proud.
- Thank you.
- Good job.
- Thank you.
Oona, please.
Let's go.
Young lady, describe your pie, please.
I made a blood range cream pie with a passion fruit whipped cream.
You clearly like my filling.
- I love the passion fruit.
- Thank you, chef.
- Where did you get that idea from? - I got that idea mostly from my brain.
- How old are you? - I'm nine.
Nine.
Are we seeing a run of great consistency here, or is this just a fluke? I'm pretty sure I can do this again.
- Well done.
Good job.
- Thank you.
All right, next up, please.
Let's see Josh.
What do we have here, Josh? What did you make? You have a simple key lime pie.
I think that whatever you like you should learn how to make.
What about the crust? Is there anything in there that I should know about? I might have had, like, a little problem with that.
Yeah, you can see that it didn't cook all the way.
- Can you see underneath? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
So it's gonna look a little doughy here.
Let's check.
Looks pretty, huh? Thank you.
I love that whipped cream.
- Thank you.
- That's delicious.
The crust is under, right? We agree on that.
But as far as the actual pie itself, it's a pretty good pie.
But there are some areas that could be improved on.
Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Good job, Josh.
- Good job, Josh.
Next we'd like to see Natalie's pie.
I've never made cream pie before.
I don't even like desserts.
I'm feeling very scared right now.
Okay, Natalie, tell me about this pie.
Well, it's a grapefruit cream filling with a coconut cream frosting.
Think you got the cook right on it? I think so.
Hmm.
Tell me the thought.
Why grapefruit? Well, I meant to pick orange, but it came out grapefruit, so Oh, it was a mistake? Yes.
I'm really scared right now because somebody's gonna go home at the end of this, and I hope I really don't go home over cream pie.
Why grapefruit? Well, I meant to pick orange, but it came out grapefruit, so Oh, it was a mistake? Yes.
It's not really that distinguishable.
I taste a lot of the sweetness from the cream.
What I really taste most is a lot of the raw pastry dough.
The toasted coconuts are a nice touch.
Even though Little bit of a strange combination with grapefruit.
The crust is slightly problematic, But good job.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Abby, please.
Let's go.
Hers looks pretty good.
It actually does.
The jelly bean really brightens it up.
Now, I love jelly beans, I love jelly beans, but on top of a pie? Really, Abby? Really? Right, Abby.
Describe your pie, please.
I've made a blood orange cream pie with apple butter, whipped cream, and jelly beans as garnish.
Wow.
Why jelly beans on top? Because everybody loves jelly beans, and I love jelly beans.
Right.
That's really good color inside.
Visually, a little bit uneven.
Yeah, I didn't have enough time to make it extra smooth.
That is so weird.
So weird.
- How old are you again? - I'm eight.
- You're eight.
- And you've been cooking for how long? - Since I was two.
- So six years.
Yes.
The pie - Is absolutely delicious.
- Thank you.
It looks amazing.
It tastes amazing.
You sure you haven't got your mum or your gran hiding behind your bench there? Great job.
You have set the bar very high.
A pie that will definitely send shockwaves up to the balcony.
- Good job.
Well done.
- Thank you.
Good job, Abby.
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah.
They loved my pie.
Next up, please, Levi.
This is a really big moment for me, because I haven't gotten to show the judges that I am really the best chef here.
It's my opportunity to shine.
- How are we doing, Levi? - Good.
How are you? - Good.
That is the most out-of-control colored whipped cream I've ever seen, I think.
- What is in that thing? - So this is a key lime pie with a coconut whipped cream.
It looks better with the lime, I think.
and it's creative, I think.
I think it is creative.
And I think you did a really good job getting them on there.
They're all like nice little pipettes.
Oh, wow.
Good proportion of cream to filling.
Pretty beautiful.
Finally, somebody's giving us some much-needed acidity.
Balances.
Coconut comes through.
It's great.
Very, very good job.
- One of the best.
- Thank you, chef.
Last up.
Jessica, please, come on up.
I'm feeling confident about my pie.
I've been entering Texas state fairs for three years now.
And I won first place.
I won a blue ribbon.
All right, tell me about this beautiful cake.
It is a citrus Texas pecan pie.
Texas? Why is that Texas? My state nut is the pecan.
What's your state flower? - Blue bonnet.
- How do you know all that? I listen to history? Okay, what citrus did you choose? Key lime, some lemons.
and some oranges.
Tell me about your crust, it's a little uneven.
- Do you have some trouble with that? - Um, yes, I think I did.
Yes, I did, a little.
And did you want to have so little cream? I think I should have made it a little bit more even.
Little bit more.
All right, let'sry it and see how it is.
Wish there was a little bit more key lime, 'cause it's a little bit too sweet and the inconsistency of the crust might be a little bit problem.
But nuts in key lime.
Good risk.
Good job.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Jessica, did you run out of filling? - No.
So there you've even got Unfortunately, if I turn that around there, I've got hardly any filling there.
Nuts that's the one thing You don't really find on a cream pie.
Um Not bad.
Just needs a little bit more punchy, citrusy flavor.
A few too many nuts, but I love what you've done to the pastry on the top.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Well done, all of you.
Sean and Mitchell, please come down and head to your station, thank you.
Right.
Well done.
That was a difficult task.
Unfortunately, we need a minute, to discuss, who's staying or who is leaving, shortly.
Oh, I'm so freaked out.
So nervous.
I mean, there were clear winners.
Definitely.
Levi's was exceptional.
- Awesome.
- Adaiah's too.
Abby's was very impressive.
I mean, for an eight-year-old? Incredible.
- Is this a lime? - Yeah, that's a key lime.
This is the tiniest lime I've er seen.
- Jessica's was underwhelming.
- It was really raw and didn't have any opinion.
Josh's was pretty bad too.
What about the crust on Sam's? Yeah, I mean, it was just a little bit too thick all over the place.
The biggest disappointment for me tonight was Natalie.
You can see she has a savory tooth.
- She doesn't like desserts.
- Well, the dough was raw.
I mean, it was completely raw.
Those pies were pretty incredible tonight, and there were two pies that stood out, two winning pies of the night.
Those pies belong to Levi.
And the other winning pie belonged to Adaiah.
Congratulations.
To have the judges saying that Adaiah and I, we had the best pies is just unbelievable.
Unfortunately, we do have to say good-bye to some amazingly talented home cooks tonight.
I don't want to go home.
I want to at least get up to the top two.
I'm not even halfway through yet.
I really do want to stay in this competition and show what else I can do.
A little bump in my baking doesn't mean I can't do other great things perfectly.
I'm really scared 'cause I really don't want to go home.
I still have a lot to prove to the judges.
Please come down to the front Unfortunately, we do have to say good-bye to some amazingly talented home cooks tonight.
Please come down to the front Sam.
Josh.
Jessica.
And Natalie.
You four are very talented youngsters, let me tell you.
Whatever the result is at the end of this evening, you've got to keep your heads up high.
As you know, Sam, Josh, Jessica, Natalie, this is a competition.
We had some amazing pies tonight.
It was just a little sliver of a mistake that I made.
and I don't think I should go home for that.
Unfortunately, you four didn't quite hit the nose that everybody else hit.
This is really hard.
I hope I don't go home, because, I mean, that would just ruin my thoughts of key lime pie, and I would not feel comforting when I eat it.
These decisions do not get any easier.
Sam and Josh, step forward, please.
Sam and Josh, you are not Come on, please, come on, please.
going home tonight.
Yes! Oh Natalie and Jessica, I'm sorry.
Please, Head back to your bench.
Oh, my gosh.
I mean, I was so close to going home.
I definitely think I need to step it up next time.
Jessica And Natalie, Unfortunately, your journey is over in the MasterChef kitchen.
Both of you are very talented, young cooks.
You've earned those aprons for a reason.
Keep hold them, but more importantly, continue cooking.
Good night, ladies.
Thank you.
When I get home, I'm gonna keep cooking and I'm gonna plan my restaurant.
and I'm not gonna serve pastries.
No desserts.
I came in here to prove myself And to prove that I can cook for my mom, I can cook for anyone.
and I know she's proud of me for doing this for her.
I love you, mom.
The rest of you, well done.
Congratulations.
You're now in the top ten of MasterChef Junior.
I feel a little weird that there's only three girls left.
I think we're gonna have to take out some boys.
Now, get some sleep.
You're gonna need it.
Good night.
We're dropping like flies.
That's just so many.
Their speeches are getting longer by the season.
Hop, hop, hop, hop Next time on MasterChef Junior It's a three-legged team challenge.
Yay.
The competition gets much closer.
No, no, no, not yet.
For some reason, you're just really annoying me.
This is totally impossible.
Then - Mom! - I hear you, Gordon.
chef Ramsay welcomes a very special guest.
Please welcome my mom.
As the young chefs face of in the mother of all elimination tests Mum, was I that good at 8? You're still not that good.