MasterChef Junior Looks Socially Awkward, Badly Dressed and 100% Adorable

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For most kids, culinary genius came in the form of sticking your soggy tater tots into your soggy mystery meat sandwich and calling it a “Big Mac.”

And then there are these talented little sh*ts.

Debuting September 27 on Fox, MasterChef Junior is exactly what it sounds like: MasterChef, but with little people, and all the brightly colored hair bows, Velcro sneakers and sass that goes along with that. The promo trailer that was released yesterday offers a first look at the 24 lucky kids, aged 8 through 13, who will compete in front of judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot for the chance to be named America’s first Junior MasterChef.

Expect to see name-calling, maybe a little pushing and shoving, and of course, crazier food than you could ever expect from chefs who probably still think their fellow competitors have “cooties.”

When I first heard about MCJ, I was a little worried it would be just another poorly done spin-off with much gentler judges and much less Ramsay-cursing (only two instances, apparently) — but it’s nice to know Fox realizes exactly what its property is worth. After all, who can resist a montage of tiny cooking divas not being able to reach the dried porcini mushrooms sitting up on the top shelf? PRESH.

(And let’s keep our fingers crossed for an alcohol-cooking challenge, because come on, that’s just funny.)

H/T SFGate + PicThx FOX

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