What The Biggest Fans Don't Know About MasterChef Junior

With MasterChef Junior set to air its eighth season on Fox sometime in 2020, viewers still can't seem to get enough. But what's happening behind the scenes, and what's Gordon Ramsay really like with the kids? We decided to take a deeper look. Here's what you might not have known about MasterChef Junior.

As any teenage television star could probably tell you, being cast in a TV show or movie doesn't allow you to get out of school. And the MasterChef Junior crew has had a plan in place to continue schooling for their contestants since the beginning.

When asked about the first season, executive producer Robin Ashbrook told HuffPost that it took almost three weeks to film. So, you can imagine no school district would allow a child to be out of school for that long. According to Ashbrook, there are classrooms right next to the kitchen so mandatory class requirements can be fulfilled, in between the four hours of filming each day.

And those schooling requirements have stayed in place as the show recruits new contestants, although the timing requirements have changed significantly. According to the casting requirements, the contestants selected must be available for filming for close to nine weeks, missing a whole lot more school in their hometown. However, the requirements do note that a teacher will be on set during filming to fulfill school requirements during that time.

At least if the whole cooking thing doesn't work out, they still have reading, writing, and arithmetic!

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The kids still go to school | 0:19
Parents are on set, too | 1:26
The prize is ridiculous | 2:17
Gordon Ramsay is actually nice | 3:14
Kids hardly ever cut themselves | 4:06
Accusations of bias | 4:50
Kids are prepped beforehand | 5:51
It's okay to cry | 6:48
Limited casting calls | 7:29
Extensive audition process | 8:17
Judges are parents too | 9:25
First season success | 10:12
Cooking on the road | 11:04

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