Season 7 of the American competitive reality television series MasterChef Junior premiered on Fox on March 12, 2019. The season is hosted by regular judges Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi, while Aarón Sanchez joins the judges this season.
The winner was Che Spiotta, a 12-year-old from Boiceville, New York, with Ivy Angst from Atlanta, Georgia and Malia Brauer from Newhall, Santa Clarita, California being the runners-up. This marks the second time that three contestants have gone against each other in the finale.
Top 24[]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Che Spiotta | 12 | Boiceville, New York | Winner June 4 |
| Ivy Angst | 11 | Atlanta, Georgia | Runners-Up June 4 |
| Malia Brauer | 11 | Newhall, Santa Clarita, California | |
| Aaron Smith | 10 | Powder Springs, Georgia | Eliminated May 28 |
| Reid Briggs | 8 | Newnan, Georgia | |
| Sadie Suskind | 12 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Jaala Smith | 10 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | Eliminated May 14 |
| Matthew Smith | 8 | Livingston, New Jersey | |
| Ben Brown | 11 | Morristown, New Jersey | Eliminated May 7 |
| Rhashad Lawery | 12 | Milton, Georgia | |
| Brielle Jone | 8 | Conley, Georgia | Eliminated April 23 |
| Kyle Sisitsky | 11 | Rye, New York | |
| Evie | 11 | Atlanta, Georgia | Eliminated April 16 |
| Kate Hendon | 8 | Roanoke, Alabama | |
| Jayden Ingalls | 12 | San Antonio, Texas | Eliminated April 2 |
| Nayeli Mendoza | 9 | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Mateo | 8 | Demarest, New Jersey | Eliminated March 26 |
| Talulah | 11 | New York, New York | |
| Ashley Johnson | 9 | Queens, New York | Eliminated March 19 |
| Tal Schulmiller | 13 | Port Washington, New York | |
| Shannen Hosman | 9 | Scarsdale, New York | Eliminated March 12 |
| Thomas Reyna | 12 | Boerne, Texas | |
| Miguel Jaramillo | 12 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Neko Masi | 11 | San Antonio, Texas |
Elimination table[]
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14/15 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Box/ Challenge Winner(s) |
Ben, Sadie, Ivy |
Ashley, Ben, Matthew, Tal |
Ben, Brielle, Evie, Jayden, Kyle, Matthew, Nayeli, Reid, Rhashad, Talulah |
Matthew | Brielle, Ivy, Kyle, Rhashad, Sadie |
Evie | Aaron, Brielle, Che, Jaala, Kyle, Reid, Sadie |
Reid | Jaala, Malia, Reid |
Che, Ivy, Malia, Reid, Sadie |
Che | Aaron, Che, Ivy, Malia, Reid, Sadie |
Che | (none) | ||||||||||
| Elimination/Pressure Test Winner |
Evie, Shannen, Talulah |
Malia | (none) | Ben | Jaala, Malia |
(none) | Malia | (none) | Jaala | Ivy, Reid |
(none) | Ivy, Malia | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Che | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | NPT | IN | IMM | LOW | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IMM | WINNER (June 4) |
| 2 | Ivy | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | NPT | IN | IMM | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | Runners-up (June 4) |
| Malia | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | NPT | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | ||
| 4 | Aaron | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | PT | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IMM | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (May 28) |
| 5 | Reid | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | WIN | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | ELIM | |
| 6 | Sadie | WIN | IMM | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | ELIM | |
| 7 | Jaala | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (May 14) | |||
| 8 | Matthew | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | PT | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | PT | HIGH | ELIM | ||||
| 9 | Ben | WIN | IMM | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | ELIM | Eliminated (May 7) | |||||
| 10 | Rhashad | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | IMM | WIN | IMM | HIGH | IN | PT | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | ELIM | ||||||
| 11 | Brielle | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (April 23) | ||||||||
| 12 | Kyle | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||
| 13 | Evie | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | IMM | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (April 16) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Kate | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | PT | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 15 | Jayden | IN | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | IMM | LOW | ELIM | Eliminated (April 2) | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Nayeli | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Mateo | IN | IN | IMM | IMM | PT | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (March 26) | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Talulah | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Ashley | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | ELIM | Eliminated (March 19) | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Tal | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Shannen | IN | IN | LOW | ELIM | Eliminated (March 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Thomas | IN | WIN | LOW | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Miguel | IN | ELIM | Eliminated (March 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Neko | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Neko | Thomas | Tal | Talulah | Nayeli | Kate | Kyle | Rhashad | Matthew | Sadie | Malia | |||||||||||||
| Reid | Ivy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miguel | Shannen | Ashley | Mateo | Jayden | Evie | Brielle | Ben | Jaala | Aaron | Che | ||||||||||||||