Junior MasterChef Australia: Season 1

Episode 1

49min - The top 50 cooks gather for the first challenges to become Australia's Junior Masterchef.

Episode 2

1h 3min - The remaining 30 kids compete for a place in the Top 20 by cooking their best dishes for the judges.

Episode 3

50min - The top 20 contestants cook in an invention test with two core ingredients.

Episode 4

50min - The top 12 contestants arrive, and compete in a mystery box challenge.

Episode 5

47min - The kids are divided into teams to take over a high school tuck shop for the day.

Episode 6

48min - In the first masterclass of the series, dishes include chicken schnitzel and a Vietnamese broth.

Episode 7

49min - The kids have three more chances to win points before the first elimination.

Episode 8

51min - In their first taste test, the contestants must guess the ingredients in a giant pizza.

Episode 9

45min - George guides the students through the cooking of a beef dish and shows them a vegetable garden.

Episode 10

49min - The top eight contestants face a basic skills test.

Episode 11

46min - Members of the blue team have just one hour to prepare a Florentine tart with frangipane cream.

Episode 12

43min - Stephanie Alexander shows the young chefs how to make skewered meatballs.

Episode 13

46min - The top eight contestants battle it out for two spots straight through to the top four.

Episode 14

44min - In a superchallenge for the last two places, the remaining contestants cook for forty guests.

Episode 15

1h 3min - The contestants are joined by celebrity chefs and their kids.

Episode 16

1h 28min - The last challenges before the big finale. Who will make it through to the ultimate heat?

Finale Night