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MasterChef Junior S04E04: The Saddest Day of Our Liiiiiives

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Up for discussion this week: MasterChef Junior S04E04, "The Good The Bad and the Smelly." It's a dark day at AfterChef Junior HQ, as we say goodbye to a beloved competitor and try to laugh through the tears. Dip is involved.

Talking points: Hat Watch 2015, coping with MasterChef Junior-related grief, being stinky but sophisticated, selling out to Big Guac.

MasterChef Junior S04E03: Season Your Vegetables!

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"One Small Step" S04E03. This week, Max is distraught over the loss of Kyndall, Jenni is convinced that Vivian was swapped out for a dopple-ganger and Stacey gives props to Derek for his positive attitude. Also, Tae-ho continues to refuse to respond to rumours that he is an grown-man.

 

MasterChef Junior S04E02: Not a Sprinkles Kind of Episode

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On the docket: "A Sweet Surprise," S04E02. This week, the AfterChef Junior gang attempts to get to the bottom of some burning questions as we recap episode two of MasterChef Junior: What did Chef Logan do with all his winning money? Which judge would you prefer to have adopt you? Why have we never seen Tae-Ho's birth certificate? Have we been catfished by a child chef's twitter account?

MasterChef Junior S04E01: The Screams That Will Haunt Us Forever

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The premiere of MasterChef Junior drops and SO DO OUR JAWS as the first tiny contestants are eliminated and surprising front runners emerge.

Discussion topics: getting slimed, reacting appropriately to marshmallow cannons, Lord of the Flies cooking challenges, fire safety for children, the life-saving properties of candy.

MasterChef Junior S04E0: Pre-Premiere, Ultra-Fancy Fantasy Draft

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We kick off AfterChef Junior, the web's only (probably) unofficial MasterChef Junior aftershow, before America's favourite junior home cooking competition itself even starts to make a fantasy draft with this season's contestants. Hosted by Jenni Elliott, Stacey McLachlan, and Max Mitchell.

Talking points: Making things "fancy", Natalie Portman's life achievements, infiltrating the MasterChef kitchen in a Never Been Kissed-type situation, children making pug noises.

Disclaimer: We judge these children because we care. Any bold statements we make about these little prodigies are exaggerated for comic effect. Also, this show probably isn't for kids, ironically.

We were shocked to discover tonight's episode was a double-header...and the last time we would get to laugh, love and learn with Shayne the Train, sweet Adam, Justise the American Dream, and child saint Jasmine. We didn't have time to prepare! To mourn!

But, ever the professionals, we soldiered our way through the shock to produce double-ep of our own, which involves the introduction of Jasmine's Theme, wild speculation about Martha Stewart's beauty routine and some serious apologies to the MasterChef Junior team for calling them racist in 10/15 of our episodes.

We return whenever the MCJ ovens fire up again. Thanks for listening!

It's episode 13 and you know what that means: all of America's finest magazine interns congregate on the beach for some reason to put six young home chefs to the test! Were we invited? NO. But that's fine. We don't need your pity, Fox Broadcasting Corporation, because we are REAL JOURNALISTS.

We know we're the earth's top unofficial MasterChef Junior podcast, but somehow we managed to nab an interview with the very OFFICIAL MasterChef Junior SET DECORATOR and we are still REELING. That's right: the woman who manages the MCJ pantry, gingerbread houses and kid blasters joins us for an interview that Jenni and Max were just too nervous to participate in. Also in this episode: a hot new Swedish Chef-themed trivia segment that presumably will repeat for years to come. JOIN US!