Pepper and David discuss their favorite shows that feature people cooking. The first season is focussed on MasterChef Junior.
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Pepper would not eat off of a book, David like adult corn, and how did they get those kids to sit for hours in an audience and watch their parents cook? It's the MasterChef finale!
In the lead up to the finale, the MasterChef judges dress up like English gentlemen, kill a stag and eat a trifle.
In this episode of MasterChef the contestants fly to London to cook in one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants. However, something seems fishy in London and it's not the langoustine! Pepper and David dissect the trickery!
Pepper and David recap the latest episode of MasterChef! We get to meet everyone's family, watch Gordon Ramsay cook, and hear Pepper's recommendations for other cooking shows.
MasterChef slows down a bit with only one episode this week. They focus on the cast iron pan, how to plate black beans, and hairstyles that mimic the trails of our tears. Plus, how man Instant Pots does Pepper own?
A surprise visit from three Michelin star chef Grant Achatz has the contestants in a tizzy. This episode is full of creative plating, weaving personal narratives into your food, and putting your personality in a sausage!
In this episode, we talk about NASCAR, deadly mushroom allergies, and rainbows! It's MasterChef season 10 episodes 16 and 17!
The episode that lacked Christina Tosi. Cakes, macarons, and too much rosewater.
What happens when an Iron Chef meets the King of Crabs and then someone serves a pile of hot onions in a loaf of bread? Gordon Ramsey says it's the best season ever! Pepper and David are a little slap-happy as they talk about the business of watching people cook.
The wedding bells are ringing in the MasterChef kitchen as lobsters are chopped in half and served raw, simmering tensions boil over, and it turns out that people who have never grilled before are not good at grilling. Pepper and David discuss their pet peeves and why Aaron was greeting the guests at the wedding.
Cast iron pans, Jeremy Renner, and succeeding while angry! This is a crazy episode of MasterChef.
Pepper and David talk about secret mysteries, sleeveless hoodies and the flammability of arm hair. One person goes home and the show loses its biggest villain.
It's two hours of MasterChef condensed to 35 minutes by Pepper and David. Gordon Ramsay wields a knife while blindfolded, makes someone water a plant, and calls a dish "cold vomit."
The first mystery box challenge! Gordon reveals his favorite meats and the contestants are challenged with making "Gordon on a plate."
Pepper and David recap the audition episodes of MasterChef. It begins with helicopters continues into possible spying and ends with a battlepass battle!
Who makes it through to the finals? Air hugs and everybody loves cherries on this episode!
It's the episode where the kids take over a restaurant! And, the restaurant is so fancy Gordon can't throw any food.
In this episode, we learn a new fact about Aaron, watch children get pelted with corn, and hear about Neil Diamond's corndog.
It's girl power to the extreme on this episode of MasterChef Junior. From members of the judge's families to restaurant professionals the kids cook for inspirational women. A horrible burn, bravery, shucking and inconsistently cut scallops.
Masterchef Junior stretches pasta and patience with an episode that promises a double elimination but delivers a marinara dump instead.
In this episode the kids get to cook with the favorite ingredients of the Kidz Bop singers, Pepper reveals she censored books in a school library, and we talk about how little we want to eat canned tuna curry.
The theme this week is Camp MasterChef! It has raw chicken, a coconut dump and David discovers Family Circle and Family Circus are two different things.
In this episode, the kids break down a duck, have a rap session in a field with Gordon and Aaron, and gaze upon the most beautiful thing they have ever seen... Also, a cupcake that looks like an emoji. Can you guess which one?
In this episode, we talk about whether trifle is a thing in the US, punching graham crackers, and Gordon Ramsay's three kinds of sliders. It's a recap of MasterChef Junior episode 5!
In this fishtastic episode of MasterChef the kids make glistening fish and then cook with every kid's favorite food! Citrus?
In this discussion of MasterChef Junior season 7 episode 3 the kids cook for clowns and one mime. Although the mime doesn't actually do mime, he just moves in an exaggerated way. Steak versus salmon teaches us that leading with a tear in your eye is ok. Then, the kids make birthday cakes that are both awesome and below average.
The first two episodes of MasterChef Junior season 7 are here! David and Pepper discuss everything that went on. We get excited about cherries, make fancy breakfasts and invite Neil Diamond over to eat some lobster. Covers ep 1 and ep 2 of season 7.
Pepper and David discuss the upcoming season 7 of MasterChef Junior, our history with the show and other kid's cooking shows. Other topics include passive aggressive judge's comments, the weird tear-inducing first episode of Top Chef Junior and why kids love Ted from Chopped.