Kiddie chefs in final cook-off

MANILA, Philippines - After hurdling the intense weekly culinary battles and impressing the Filipino public with their creations, the Final Four kiddie cooks Jobim, Kyle, Mika and Philip will rise to their final cooking challenge in the Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition Finale: The Live Cook-off tomorrow night at 6.

Armed with months of training in the competitive arena of Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition, the four talented kids will be preparing their dishes live at the Treston International College in a bid to become the first ever Junior MasterChef who will bring home P1M and a culinary scholarship.

Meanwhile, P500,000 will be awarded to the competition’s second placer, and P250,000 each to the third and fourth placers.

Host Judy Ann Santos and judges Chef Ferns, Chef Lau and Chef Jayps will be sampling and criticizing the kiddie cooks’ dishes, which will represent the skills and knowledge they have gained in the MasterChef kitchen.

To help the three judges decide, 100 people from different sectors of society will critique the recipes the Final Four will whip up in a separate but equally intense cooking test.

Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition became the most watched show last Feb. 12 when it revealed Jobim, Kyle, Mika and Philip as the Final Four kiddie cooks. The episode garnered a 21.9 percent national TV rating, based on data from Kantar Media.

Meanwhile, Pancake House restaurant serves dishes inspired by the top-rating kiddie cooking reality show such as cabbage lumpia in coconut breading, rice in ampalaya silog, porksilog steak and tofu eggplant salad.

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