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MasterChef Junior: Season 6

15 episodes Premiered Mar 2, 2018 Updated Oct 2, 2026
Previously on MasterChef Junior

Season 6 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 5.
  • ⚡ 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 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (12): Character development & subplots
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S6·E1 Mytharc

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Mar 2, 2018 · 42 min

The 40 junior home cooks are split up into two groups – girls and boys. All 20 girls are tasked with making a flawless medium-rare filet mignon dish. Only 12 winners earn an apron

S6·E2 Core

The Boys Are Back in Town

Mar 2, 2018 · 42 min

The 40 junior home cooks are split up into two groups – girls and boys. All 20 boys must prepare the perfect chicken breast dish. Only 12 winners earn an apron and a chance to move

S6·E3 Core

Recipe for Love

Mar 9, 2018 · 42 min

The Top 20 face a team challenge to prepare a lunch service for a wedding party of 75 guests, which will consist of racks of lamb and pan-seared halibut.

S6·E4 Core

American Classics

Mar 16, 2018 · 42 min

The Top 22 split up into teams and must prepare as many perfect-looking milkshakes as they can in just 10 minutes. The winning teams will be safe from elimination and one unlucky j

S6·E5 Core

Recipe for Love

Mar 23, 2018 · 42 min

The Top 20 face their toughest team challenge yet: preparing lunch service for a wedding of 75 guests. Both sides will be cooking racks of lamb and pan-seared halibut, and it will

S6·E6 Core

No Sugar, Sugar

Mar 30, 2018 · 42 min

The junior home cooks face a mystery box challenge that tasks them with making desserts using natural sweeteners other than sugar.

S6·E7 Core

Donut Sweat It

Apr 6, 2018 · 42 min

The junior chefs split up into pairs and have to decorate and frost as many specialty donuts as they can in just 10 minutes, all while being tied by the ankle to their partner! Lat

S6·E8 Core

Room Service

Apr 13, 2018 · 42 min

The junior home cooks split into two teams and take over the kitchen at an upscale hotel in Los Angeles, where they will be in charge of running room service during breakfast for g

S6·E9 Core

Tag Team

Apr 13, 2018 · 42 min

The remaining junior chef-testants have 45 minutes to create dishes inspired by their families using farm fresh ingredients.

S6·E10 Core

Under Pressure

Apr 20, 2018 · 42 min

The Top 12 have just 15 minutes to make as many eggs benedict dishes as they can. Later, they must prepare one of the most difficult egg dishes of all time.

S6·E11 Core

A Can Do Attitude

Apr 20, 2018 · 42 min

Then, the remaining home cooks create their own unique dishes but must use one common ingredient: chocolate.

S6·E12 Core

Popup Restaurant

May 4, 2018 · 42 min

The junior chefs cook for 30 MASTERCHEF JUNIOR alumni at a pop-up restaurant. The losing team will head back to the MASTERCHEF kitchen for a pressure test designed by Season Five w

S6·E13 Core

Grandma Gordon

May 4, 2018 · 42 min

The remaining junior home cooks prepare dishes inspired by their grandmothers.

S6·E14 Mytharc

The Finale Pt. 1

May 18, 2018 · 42 min

After a season's worth of challenges that tested the cooking abilities of young contestants from across the nation, only three junior home cooks remain.

S6·E15 Mytharc

The Finale Pt. 2 The Winner

May 18, 2018 · 42 min

The final three contestants carry on cooking their 3-course meal. In the end, only one will be crowned the winner and receive a check for $100,000.

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