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.

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

Junior Chef Showdown

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).

Junior Chef Showdown

Season 1

Contestants

Audrey

César

Christian

Élie

Katie

Katlin

Kinza

Imal

Matthew

Mia-Rose

Noah

Nyasia

Patrick

Sophia

References

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2020 Canadian television series debuts

2020s Canadian cooking television series

2020s Canadian reality television series

Food Network (Canadian TV channel) original programming

Reality cooking competition television series

Television series about children

Television series about teenagers

Junior Chef Showdown