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Young MasterChef 2023 episode 6: With the competition ramping up, it’s time for the final seven rookie cooks to face their biggest task yet and enter the world of the professional. Their task is to replicate a fine dining recipe given to them by renowned London chef and two-time Great British Menu champion James Cochran. No pressure – they must cook one dish each from his restaurant menu.         So far in the competition, pizzas and burgers with flair have passed the test, but this time, they must leave all of that behind and begin to think […]

Young MasterChef 2023 episode 5: Young MasterChef reaches its halfway point. The rookie cooks are down to the last eight, and the twists continue. In the age of melt-in-your-mouth online videos, mouth-watering melting cheese, pouring sauces, oozing chocolate and dripping burgers, hashtag Food Porn is rife. Judges Poppy O’Toole and Kerth Gumbs set the cooks the challenge of not only producing a mouth-watering plate of food, but to film a video that will stand out on any social media that has the concept of hashtag Food Porn at its core.         If ever there was a time

Young MasterChef 2023 episode 4: Flick open your food apps because it’s pizza night in the Young MasterChef kitchen. The final nine best cooks come together to do battle with dough. Working in teams of three, they must band together to keep their top-of-the-range pizza ovens lit and fired up. Each cook will be responsible for making a unique pizza with flavours of their own design.         With pizza paddles poised and a huge variety of toppings and bases at the ready, the cooks must leave their margaritas at the door and show judges Poppy O’Toole and

Young MasterChef 2023 episode 3: It’s the last of the heats, and the final five rookie cooks arrive at the Young MasterChef kitchen to make themselves known to judges Poppy O’Toole and Kerth Gumbs. They are: a waiter from Gloucester, a law student from Nottingham, a mum from Burnley, an acting student from Leintwardine, Herefordshire, and an engineering student from Portsmouth, bringing flavours of Mozambique.         The amateur cooks from all over the UK must put their personality on a plate and show that they have the culinary chops to take the competition head on. What has

Young MasterChef 2023 episode 2: It’s the second heat, and five new young cooks roll up their sleeves to face culinary superstars Poppy O’Toole and Kerth Gumbs. Facing the kitchen is a midwife from Swansea, a mechanical engineering student from Dunstable, a retirement village carer from West Bridgford, a food and hospitality student from Streatham and a lash artist from Tower Hamlets. The judges want to see the cooks’ personality on a plate, one that tells them exactly who they are as a person and a cook. Does all of the social media hype and youthful energy in the kitchen

Young MasterChef 2023 episode 1: The first five budding young cooks arrive for their initial taste of the Young MasterChef kitchen. They are a vegan entrepreneur from Knebworth, a DJ from Coventry, a paediatric nurse from Birmingham, a single mum from Dundee and a psychology student from Hackney.         Under the watchful eye of judges Poppy O’Toole and Kerth Gumbs, the contestants must cook a dish that represents their personality on a plate. The recipes must show their mentors exactly who they are as cooks and prove they are ready to face the gruelling competition ahead. Only