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MasterChef Junior: Season 4

12 episodes Premiered Nov 6, 2015 Updated Oct 2, 2026
Previously on MasterChef Junior

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of MasterChef Junior Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S4·E1 Mytharc

New Kids on the Chopping Block

Nov 6, 2015 · 42 min

America's top 24 junior home cooks enter the kitchen for the first time and jump right into their first mystery box challenge. Each junior home cook is tasked with preparing a sign

S4·E2 Core

A Sweet Surprise

Nov 13, 2015 · 42 min

Season Two winner Logan returns to offer some advice to the remaining contestants. The top three contestants from the previous elimination challenge competes in a cupcake-frosting

S4·E3 Core

One Small Step

Nov 20, 2015 · 42 min

The Top 20 junior home cooks face an out-of-this-world Mystery Box challenge with special guest astronaut Tracy Dyson, during which they must prepare a unique dish that highlights

S4·E4 Core

The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly

Nov 27, 2015 · 42 min

The remaining 18 junior home cooks face their first team challenge of the season and the first-ever MasterChef Junior team relay race. Each team must create a large serving of seve

S4·E5 Core

Happy Birthday

Dec 4, 2015 · 42 min

The remaining junior home cooks party their way into the next team challenge when they leave the MasterChef Junior kitchen for the first time to cook at a birthday party for kids a

S4·E6 Core

When Life Gives You Lemons

Dec 11, 2015 · 42 min

The remaining junior home cooks squeeze in a seven-minute team challenge, in which they must make a batch of raspberry mint lemonade for judge Christina Tosi to blind taste test. T

S4·E7 Core

Blind Ambition

Dec 18, 2015 · 42 min

After a tough elimination challenge, the Top 12 junior home cooks face their next task when the judges test their senses in a blind taste challenge. Each contestant blindly tastes

S4·E8 Core

Hatching a Plan

Jan 8, 2016 · 42 min

In the next team challenge, the junior home cooks will face an egg-cellent challenge and compete in pairs to see who can complete the most deviled eggs in 12 minutes. The team that

S4·E9 Core

Tag Team Time

Jan 8, 2016 · 42 min

Christina Tosi brings a special guest into the MasterChef kitchen — her mom — to present the next mystery box challenge, which will feature all of Christina's favorite childhood fo

S4·E10 Core

A Gordon Ramsay Dinner Party

Jan 15, 2016 · 42 min

The remaining 6 junior home cooks receive a special invitation to Gordon's home for their next team challenge. Each team will prepare a two-course menu for a VIP lunch, including a

S4·E11 Mytharc

Head of the Class

Jan 22, 2016 · 42 min

The remaining 4 junior home cooks compete in the semi-finals and are challenged to make the ultimate dessert - a soufflé! The winner receives a huge advantage in the elimination ch

S4·E12 Mytharc

The Finale

Jan 29, 2016 · 42 min

In the highly anticipated season finale, the two finalists will compete head-to-head and prepare the most important menu of their lives. Find out which talented junior home cook wi

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