New Cooking Show on Fox to Feature Children as Chefs
How else to tinker with cooking reality shows? How about putting children in the kitchen?
Fox announced on Friday that it had ordered a new reality series called “Junior Masterchef,†which will create a cooking competition for would-be chefs ages 8 to 13.
The show is part of an extended deal Fox is announcing with Gordon Ramsay, the star of many of its cooking franchises, who with this new series will have five reality shows on the network.
At the same time it announced “Junior Masterchef,†Fox said it would extend Mr. Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen†for another season and “Masterchef†(the grown-up version) for two more seasons.
Mr. Ramsay will appear as a judge on “Junior.†His other shows for Fox are “Hotel Hell†and “Kitchen Nightmares.†He will next be seen in the new season of “Hell’s Kitchen,†starting on Monday, and on “Masterchef†starting May 22.
