Junior MasterChef Australia series 2

The second series of Junior MasterChef Australia, the second spin off of the Australian reality television series MasterChef Australia, premiered on Sunday, 25 September 2011.^[1] Auditions closed on 6 May 2011; children who will be aged between eight and twelve years old during the period from 13 June to 28 October 2011 were eligible. The judging panel consists of Gary Mehigan. George Calombaris, Matt Moran and Anna Gare. Matt Preston, who has been involved in every incarnation of the MasterChef Australia series up to this point, will be taking a step back from the series (also declining a spot as a guest judge on the American version of MasterChef), stating he wants to concentrate on his duties as a food critic.^[2] He will be replaced by Matt Moran.

Junior MasterChef Australia
Series 2
Judges	George Calombaris Gary Mehigan Anna Gare Matt Moran
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Greta Yaxley
Runner-up	Jack Kibble
No. of episodes	21
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	25 September (2011-09-25) – 23 November 2011 (2011-11-23)
Series chronology

Some parents of prospective participants have been critical of the far-reaching contract required by the program's production company.^[3]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard filmed a guest appearance.^[4] The show also features a trip to Disneyland California.

The series was won by Greta Yaxley from Claremont, Western Australia.^[5]

Top 20

Contestant	Age	State	Status
Greta Yaxley	11	WA	Winner 23 November 2011
Jack Kibble	12	QLD	Runner-up 23 November 2011
Harry Christophers	11	WA	Eliminated 22 November 2011
Zac Simshauser	12	NSW
Alysha Bernard	12	WA	Eliminated 21 November 2011
Indigo Porter	12	QLD
Chandler May	11	SA	Eliminated 20 November 2011
Lily Simpson	10	NSW
Kieren Dolianitis	11	VIC	Eliminated 13 November 2011
Madi Davis	11	NSW
Miraede Bhatia	10	SA
Steven Tsoukatos	12	SA
Dee Heyworth	12	NSW	Eliminated 30 October 2011
Gracie Nieuwhof	12	TAS
Marcus Pannozzo	11	NSW
Tom Voss	11	NSW
Aya Richardson	11	NSW	Eliminated 16 October 2011
Caroline Wang	11	NSW
Hannah Olive	10	VIC
Jade Finn	10	QLD

Ratings and episodes

Ep#	Original airdate	Episode Title	Total viewers (five metro cities)	Nightly Ranking	Ref.
1	Sunday, 25 September 2011	Top 50 - Round 1	1,129,000	5	[6]
2	Monday, 26 September 2011	Top 50 - Round 2	955,000	8
3	Sunday, 2 October 2011	Top 50 - Round 3	1,055,000	11	[7]
4	Monday, 3 October 2011	Top 20 Arrive at The MC Kitchen — In the top 20 first mystery box. The top 6 dishes will be tasted and Gracie got third place for her chocolate cake and salmon crepes, Jack got second place for his Victoria Sponge and Lily wins for her frittata and pavlova roll. And after the Greek challenge, Indigo came third for the best spatchcock dish, Jack came second for the best squid dish and Madi comes first for the best lamb dish.	770,000	11
5	Sunday, 9 October 2011	Offsite Challenge - Summit Restaurant — The top 20 go to a summit restaurant and will be working in four teams of five Madi is the blue team captain with Aya, Gracie, Hannah and Jade, Alysha was made the team captain of the yellow team having Caroline, Harry, Tom and was left with Marcus, Chandler was made captain of the green team with Dee, Jack, Kieren and Steven. And Miraede is captain of the red team having Greta, Lily, Zac and was left with Indigo. The yellow team comes fourth, blue team is third, green team wins, meaning the red team is second.	899,000	11	[8]
6	Monday, 10 October 2011	Taste Test & Invention Test - Chocolate — The top 20 have a taste test of a famous rocky road. Tom and Hannah get third place getting 12 out of 20, Chandler and Gracie are second place getting 13 out of 20 and Greta, Harry, Indigo, Lily, Madi and Miraede come first getting 14 out of 20. Then after an invention test Greta comes third, Jade comes second and Chandler comes first. In the end Aya, Alysha, Caroline, Marcus, Tom, Hannah, Jade and Zac are at the bottom of the score board meaning that they are up for elimination.	843,000	13
7	Sunday, 16 October 2011	Pressure Test & Perfect Roast — After the perfect roast challenge, Alysha and Tom get into the top 16 and after the risotto pressure test Marcus and Zac get into the top 16 meaning Aya, Caroline, Hannah and Jade are eliminated.	872,000	8	[9]
8	Monday, 17 October 2011	Mystery Box & Family Desserts — In a Mystery box challenge, Harry comes third, Greta comes second and Alysha comes first. After the apple pie challenge, Miraede and Steven come first with 2 votes, Zac comes second with 3 votes and Indigo's pie earned her 4 votes and first place.	741,000	13
9	Sunday, 23 October 2011	Offsite Challenge - Tobruk Sheep Station — Indigo is the team captain of the blue team having, Jack, Kieren and was left with Greta, Gracie captains the red team having, Alysha, Steven and was left with Miraede, The yellow team captain is Tom having, Dee, Harry and Madi, and the green team captain is Lily having Chandler, Marcus and Zac to cook a three course meal on Tobruk Sheep Station. The blue team comes fourth, the yellow team comes third, the red team comes second giving the green team the win.	—	—	—
10	Monday, 24 October 2011	Prawn Invention Test & 5 Star Breakfast Challenge — After a breakfast challenge, Kieren comes third, Dee is second and Zac is first and after an invention test Zac comes third, Greta comes second and Alysha is first. In the end, Dee, Gracie, Harry, Jack, Kieren, Marcus Steven and Tom have to get their way through to the top 12.	—	—	—
11	Sunday, 30 October 2011	The Perfect Curry & Cheesecake Pressure Test — After the curry challenge Jack and Steven get through and after the cheesecake challenge Harry and Kieren are in the top 12 meaning Dee, Gracie, Marcus and Tom are eliminated. The top 12 have a surprise trip to the USA.	—	—	—
12	Monday, 31 October 2011	Top 12 Travel to The USA — The top 12's score are now back to zero. In a five star dish challenge third place goes to Jack, second place goes to Indigo and Greta wins, putting her at the top of the score board.	—	—	—
13	Sunday, 6 November 2011	Perfect American Hamburgers & Prawn Quesadillas — In an American Hamburger challenge, Greta is the team captain of the red team having Chandler, Harry, Kieren, Miraede and Steven, while Zac is the team captain of the blue team having Alysha, Indigo, Jack, Lily and Madi. The blue team won leading the red team to a prawn quesadilla challenge, Harry came third, Steven, second and Greta first.	—	—	—
14	Monday, 7 November 2011	Disneyland Challenge — The top twelve have to make a Disney inspired dish in pairs: Chandler and Indigo, Zac and Alysha, Harry and Lily, Greta and Kieren, Madi and Miraede; and Jack and Steven. Zac and Alysha came third, Harry and Lily came second and Greta and Kieren came first.	—	—	—
15	Sunday, 13 November 2011	Mad Hatters Tea Party & A Pressure Test — The contestants will have to make six cupcakes. Miraede came third, Indigo came second and Jack cam first in the end Chandler, Harry, Kieren, Madi, Miraede and Steven had to get a place in the top 8. And after a pressure test Harry and Chandler get through meaning, Kieren, Madi, Miraede and Steven are eliminated.	856,000	7	[10]
16	Monday, 14 November 2011	Double Mystery Box — After a double mystery box challenge, Greta comes third, Zac is second and Lily is first and its a tag team challenge in a boxing ring, Blue team, (boys) Chandler, Harry, Jack and Zac and the red team (girls) Alysha, Greta, Indigo and Lily, The boys won, with the scores 15–14.	602,000	18	[11]
17	Tuesday, 15 November 2011	Food Deception & Christmas Dinner — After a food deception challenge Jack comes third, Zac comes second and Indigo is first and after a slumber party and Christmas cooking, Lily comes third, Zac comes second and Greta comes first.	708,000	15	[12]
18	Sunday, 20 November 2011	Perfect Pavlova — After a perfect pavlova challenge Indigo comes third, Greta comes second and Harry comes first. Unfortunately the six points were not enough to keep him yet, so Harry with Alysha, Chandler and Lily had a Pressure test, Harry and Alysha got through, meaning Chandler and Lily are eliminated.	845,000	8	[13]
19	Monday, 21 November 2011	Conveyor Belt Mystery Challenge — After the mystery box challenge Greta won and gets advantages. She gets through to the grand finale at the end of the invention test, Harry, Jack and Zac also get through, eliminating Alysha and Indigo.	675,000	14	[14]
20	Tuesday, 22 November 2011	Semi Final — After three course meal service, Jack gets through to the grand finale meaning Harry and Zac are eliminated leaving with a $5,000 trust fund.	723,000	15	[15]
21	Wednesday, 23 November 2011	Grand Final	934,000	10	[16]
		Winner Announced — Greta wins the competition leaving with a $15,000 trust fund and Jack becomes the runner up receiving a $10,000 trust fund.	911,000	12

Elimination Table

	Weeks 1-2	Week 3	Week 4			Weeks 3-4 Total	Week 5	Week 6			Weeks 5-6 Total	Week 7	Week 8			Weeks 7-8 Total	Week 9	Week 10			Weeks 9-10 Total	Finale
Invention Test Winner	None	Madi	Chandler				Indigo	Alysha				Greta	Greta Kieren		Jack		-	Indigo	Greta	Harry		Greta
Mystery Box Challenge Winner		Lily	-				Alysha	Zac				-	-				Lily	-				Greta
Pressure Test Winner		-	-				-	-				-	Greta				-	-				-
Skills Test Winner		-	-				-	-				Greta Harry Jack Steven	-				-	-				-
Taste Test Winner		-	Greta Harry Indigo Lily Madi Miraede				-	-				-	-				-	-				-
Individual Challenges		IT	-	IT	Elim		IT	-	IT	Elim		IT	PT	IT	Elim		-	IT		Elim		IT	Elim
Greta	Top 20	IN	Team 2nd	Top 3	Top 12	14	IN	Team 4th	Top 3	Top 8	25	I.T. Winner	Team Lose	I.T. Winner	Top 6	19	Team Lose	I.T. Winner		Top 4	35	I.T. Winner	ADV	WINNER
Jack	Top 20	Top 3	Team 1st	IN	Top 12	16	IN	Team 4th	IN	Btm 8	21	Top 3	Team Win	IN	Top 6	17	Team Win	IN		Top 4	26	IN	Win	RUNNER-UP
Harry	Top 20	IN	Team 4th	IN	Top 12	10	IN	Team 3rd	IN	Btm 6	17	IN	Team Lose	Top 6	Btm 6	8	Team Win	IN		Btm 4	23	Btm 3	Elim	Eliminated (ep 20)
Zac	Top 20	IN	Team 2nd	IN	Btm 6	8	Top 4	Team 1st	Top 3	Top 8	27	IN	Team Win	Top 6	Top 6	10	Team Win	Top 3		Top 4	29	Top 2
Alysha	Top 20	IN	Team 4th	IN	Btm 8	5	IN	Team 2nd	I.T. Winner	Top 8	23	IN	Team Win	Top 6	Top 6	10	Team Lose	IN		Btm 4	17	Elim	Eliminated (ep 19)
Indigo	Top 20	Top 3	Team 2nd	IN	Top 12	14	I.T. Winner	Team 4th	IN	Top 8	24	Top 3	Team Win	IN	Top 6	13	Team Lose	IN		Top 4	28
Chandler	Top 20	IN	Team 1st	I.T. Winner	Top 12	18	IN	Team 1st	IN	Top 8	28	IN	Btm 3	IN	Btm 6	4	Team Win	IN		Elim	15	Eliminated (ep 18)
Lily	Top 20	IN	Team 2nd	IN	Top 12	18	IN	Team 1st	IN	Top 8	28	IN	Team Win	Top 6	Top 6	12	Team Lose	Top 3			25
Kieren	Top 20	IN	Team 1st	IN	Top 12	10	IN	Team 4th	IN	Btm 6	16	IN	Btm 3	I.T. Winner	Elim	9	Eliminated (ep 15)
Madi	Top 20	I.T. Winner	Team 3rd	IN	Top 12	16	IN	Team 3rd	IN	Top 8	22	IN	Team Win	IN		9
Miraede	Top 20	IN	Team 2nd	IN	Top 12	13	Top 4	Team 2nd	IN	Top 8	22	IN	Btm 3	IN		5
Steven	Top 20	IN	Team 1st	IN	Top 12	10	Top 4	Team 2nd	IN	Btm 8	19	IN	Team Lose	IN		7
Dee	Top 20	IN	Team 1st	IN	Top 12	10	IN	Team 3rd	IN	Elim	19	Eliminated (ep 11)
Gracie	Top 20	IN	Team 3rd	IN	Top 12	10	IN	Team 2nd	IN		18
Marcus	Top 20	IN	Team 4th	IN	Btm 6	5	IN	Team 1st	IN		15
Tom	Top 20	IN	Team 4th	IN	Btm 8	6	IN	Team 3rd	IN		12
Aya	Top 20	IN	Team 3rd	IN	Elim	6	Eliminated (ep 7)
Caroline	Top 20	IN	Team 4th	IN		5
Hannah	Top 20	IN	Team 3rd	IN		7
Jade	Top 20	IN	Team 3rd	Top 3		9
Eliminated	None				Aya Caroline Hannah Jade	None				Dee Gracie Marcus Tom	None				Kieren Madi Miraede Steven	None				Chandler Lily	None	Alysha Indigo	Harry Zac	Jack 84 points
																								Greta 92 points to win