Meet the 12 Pint-Sized Chefs Competing on ‘MasterChef’ Junior Season 9

Gordon Ramsay, Tilly Ramsay, Daphne Oz, Aarón Sánchez

MasterChef Junior is back for its ninth season with 12 cute contestants between the ages of 8 and 11, who will compete for the title, a trophy and $100,000 in prize money.

They will be both mentored and judged by Gordon Ramsay, Daphne Oz and Aarón Sánchez but there will be a new face joining the team when Gordon’s daughter Tilly Ramsay becomes the fourth judge/mentor to oversee the young hopefuls.

Despite their pint size, the home cooks for MasterChef Junior face a lot of the same challenges as the adults do on Masterchef, including Mystery Box challenges, restaurant takeovers, barbecues and the like.

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Following are the 12 MasterChef Junior competitors, their ages, their hometowns, and their food dreams:

MasterChef Junior Contestants

Alfred
Age: 11
Hometown: Binford, ND
Food Dream: To write a Midwest kids’ cookbook

Asher
Age: 8
Hometown: Yakima, WA
Food Dream: To become a chef and write a cookbook

Bre
Age: 10
Hometown: Burbank, CA
Food Dream: To open an affordable food truck

Bryson
Age: 11
Hometown: Opelika, AL
Food Dream: To have a cheese mobile food truck

Jason
Age: 9
Hometown: San Gabriel, CA
Food Dream: To have a TV show and write a cookbook

Jordyn
Age: 8
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Food Dream: To open a restaurant

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Kristell
Age: 10
Hometown: Austin, TX
Food Dream: To have a food truck

Lilo
Age: 9
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Food Dream: To open a restaurant

Lydia
Age: 9
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Food Dream: To open a restaurant

Michael
Age: 11
Hometown: New Smyma, FL
Food Dream: To open a restaurant with his mom

Miles
Age: 10
Hometown: College Station, TX
Food Dream: To write a kids’ cookbook

Remy
Age: 10
Hometown: Hollywood, FL
Food Dream: To connect with my community through cooking

MasterChef Junior Season 9 premieres on March 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

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