Episode
MasterChef Junior: Eating Emoji
Overview
Twelve young home chefs enter the kitchen to battle it out for the title of the next MasterChef Junior champion, taking home a trophy and $100,000 grand prize. For their first challenge, the junior chefs are each given an emoji cookie and have one hour to prepare a dish that represents the emotion behind it. The chef with the best dish will not only be safe from elimination but will also win a trip to Las Vegas.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Junior
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2024-03-04
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Eating Emoji is Episode 1 in Season 9 of MasterChef Junior. It aired on 2024-03-04. The runtime is 44 min.
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