Junior Chef Showdown

Junior Chef Showdown is a Canadian reality cooking competition television series, which premiered in 2020 on Food Network Canada. The series is a competition for emerging chefs between the ages of 9 and 13, judged by Jordan Andino, Anna Olson and Lynn Crawford.^[1]

The first season aired in 2020 and was won by Audrey MacKinnon of Brantford, Ontario,^[2] and the second season aired in 2021 and was won by Nazaree Arandjelovic of Toronto.^[3]

The series received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Best Casting in a Non-Fiction Series (Meredith Veats) and Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series (Elvira Kurt).^[4]

Season 1

Contestants

Audrey
César
Cristian
Élie
Katie
Katlin
Kinza
Imal
Matthew
Mia-Rose
Noah
Nyasia
Patrick
Sophia

References

^ Greg David, "Young chefs showcase their culinary skills in Food Network Canada’s Junior Chef Showdown". TV, eh?, March 13, 2020.
^ Kate McCullough, "The first-ever winner of Junior Chef Showdown is a 12-year-old Brantford girl. Here’s how she’s been spending quarantine". Hamilton Spectator, July 20, 2020.
^ Tracey Tong, "Meet the new ‘Junior Chef Showdown’ champion". Toronto Star, July 25, 2021.
^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, 'Sort Of' & 'Scarborough' Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.