Tonight on FOX Gordon Ramsay’s Masterchef Junior continues with an all new Friday December 18, season 4 episode 7 called “Blind Ambition,” and we have your weekly recap below. On tonight’s episode, the 12 remaining cooks test their senses in a blind-taste challenge with dishes prepared by Gordon Ramsay—and then must re-create the dish. Later, in a team challenge, the contestants prepare a meal for a dining room full of grandmothers in their first restaurant contest.
On the last episode, the remaining junior home cooks squeezed in a seven-minute team challenge, in which they had to make a batch of raspberry mint lemonade for judge Christina Tosi to blind taste test. Tosi decided which team had the best lemonade and was safe from elimination, while the losing team competed in the next challenge, during which they must create a rad dish from a decade in which one of the judges was born. Did you watch the last episode? If you missed it we have you covered with a full and detailed recap right here for you.
On tonight’s episode as per the Fox synopsis, “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 will blindly taste a dish prepared by Gordon Ramsay and then must recreate the dish.
The contestant with the dish that best reflects Gordon’s dish will receive a significant advantage. In the next team challenge, the junior home cooks will prepare VIP dishes for a dining room of all grandmothers for their first restaurant challenge. Each team will create a unique dish of “new” ingredients and the team with the most votes will be safe from elimination. Find out who will move on to the Top 10 and who will leave.”
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#MasterChefJunior starts with a mystery box – under it is a blindfold. Gordon tells the kids to bring their blindfolds and take a seat. Gordon and Graham wheel out a long table with cloches on them. Christina says they get to check out a mystery dish.
They have to eat blindfolded and will need to smell and taste to figure out the ingredients then they have to make the same dish. Ian is a picky eater and doesn’t like this idea. Under the cloches is a dish and they have five minutes.
It’s pan seared chicken with rosemary mashed potatoes, baby carrots and turnips. The kids recognize white meat and Sam identifies several ingredients. There’s a sauce too that the kids try to figure out. Amaya eats the whole thing as part of her investigation.
The judges take the dishes away. Now the kids get to take off their blindfolds and Graham says they have one hour to make the dish. The kids go to the pantry and some get chicken but at least one grabs pork instead.
Kaitlyn has chosen chicken and says she tasted something sweet so she got sweet potatoes. Kaitlyn drops her green beans and only has three left to plate with. Gordon counts down the final seconds and it’s hands off.
All 12 bring their plates down front. Christina tells them the dish they tasted was pan seared chicken breast with mushroom jous and rosemary mashed potatoes, honey glazed carrots and green beans with almonds.
First is Kaitlyn. Addison got the chicken right but it doesn’t look correct. Kya’s looks close to the real one and Ian’s looks good too. Zac got his protein wrong but the plate looks right. Graham sends JJ, Amaya, Addison, Sam, Kamilly, Avery, Jesse and Zac are sent back.
Christina says four got pretty close. Kya, Corey, Ian and Kaitlyn. Now the judges taste to choose a winner. Gordon says Kya is a freak for making such a good dish. Corey is next. Graham says it shows a lot of attention to detail.
Ian is next and Christina says the chicken is delicious and it’s impressive overall. Kaitlyn’s dish is last. She missed the carrots then he asks why she only has three green beans. Gordon says the protein is right and good and the potatoes are nicely seasoned. He says she’s 95% of the way there.
Gordon says two dishes stood out – Kaitlyn and Kya. Gordon says they both get a huge advantage. Gordon calls the others down to join them. Gordon says the #MCJRestaurant will be filled with VIP guests tonight and says it’s special people coming.
Kya and Kaitlyn will each be a team captain in the challenge. Graham and Gordon wheel in two giant boxes. One box is stuff from New England and the other is New Mexico. Kya gets to choose the crate or team first. She chooses New England’s crate.
Kaitlyn picks first and chooses Addison. Kya takes Avery. Kaitlyn takes Zac. Kya takes Sam, Kaitlyn takes Kamilly. Kya takes Corey. Kaitlyn takes JJ. Kya takes Jesse. Kaitlyn takes Amaya and that leave Kya with Ian.
The New England crate has mussels, cod, clams, cheddar, bacon and parsley. The New Mexico crate has limes, pork, corn, tomatoes, avocadoes and more. They have to make 31 dishes in 90 minutes for all the diners. Two from the losing team will be eliminated.
Kya wants to do a clam back and celery salad. Kaitlyn is doing a pork dish with black bean cakes and guacamole. The kids start cooking and Christina this is a huge challenge with 31 diners to feed. Kaitlyn took older kids.
Gordon says Kya is a serious foodie with an extraordinary palate. Christina wonders if Kya can lead the team since she’s the youngest. Gordon says the VIP guests are about to arrive. It’s a restaurant full of grandmas.
They have 45 minutes left as the captains oversee the dishes. Kaitlyn tells Graham they are have avocado mousse bean cakes and more. They wonder if they need to modify the menu based on who the VIP guests are.
Kya tells Gordon about the clam bake, bacon, mussels and clam. They also have cod cakes, and celery salad. Gordon calls Kya over to look at Ian’s celery and says they can’t mandolin celery like that. Ian didn’t wash the celery first and cut it wrong.
Someone else takes over the salad from Ian who moves over to garlic. Gordon tells the others that Ian annihilated the celery and the kid is trying to find another job. Gordon says Jesse isn’t stepping up. Graham says JJ did a good job with the pork but there are strong personalities fighting.
Addison tells Kaitlyn to stop screaming at them. Kya’s team is going slow on plating. The red team starts plating. Graham tells them they don’t have enough pork and have to cut back. They have 90 seconds left. They count down from 10 then it’s hands off.
The servers take the dishes out to the diners. Gordon greets the grandma diners and they are told that kids from eight to 12 made the dishes. Gordon tells them they get to dine and then vote for the best dish. The kids talk about missing their grandmothers.
The #VIPGrannies eat and review the food. Gordon asks what they think. They like the clam bake especially the cod cake. Then they tell him the pork loin was a little dry. One of the ladies tells Gordon he’s much more handsome in person.
One thinks the clam bake is too spicy and prefers the pork. Gordon tells the kids they did a good job then says it’s results time. One of the grandmas delivers the votes and Gordon says it’s close. Gordon announces the blue team – Kaitlyn’s team – won it!
They send the blue team up to the balcony. Now two will be sent home from the red team. Christina says two of them really gave everything they had and will be safe. These are – Sam and Avery. They are also sent up to be part of the top 10.
That leaves Kya, Jesse, Ian and Corey. Gordon says they are all amazing. He says the team performance was fragmented. Gordon says Jesse and Ian is the end of their journey. Kya and Corey are safe and they are sent up to be part of the top 10.
The judges give the guys hugs and send them off. Jesse says he’s happy he learned to filet a fish. Ian says this is the best time of his eight years on the planet. They head out happy.
THE END!
