Hi- Has anybody been watching this program this season. Last week they had a 14 year old kid competing against the professional chefs. The kid only won $20,000 that evening, but he was also given an all inclusive scholarship to the CIA culinary school, and one of the celebrity chefs gave him one of his cooking tools. Apparently this kid appeared on Master Chef Junior a few years ago, and finished in the top five. I think there is going to be a twelve year old girl competing later this summer on the program.
On the latest show, the contestant won $70,000, and one of the dishes she made was smores, but they did not have marshmallows in the kitchen, and so both she and the professional chef had to make their own marshmallow cream. The amateur won in that competition because the professional chef could not find the graham crackers in the kitchen, and had to substitute something else for them. Hope this helps, Nancy