Kyle Imao is the winner of Pinoy Junior Masterchef 2012 (Philippines)

Kyle Imao is the winner of Pinoy Junior Masterchef 2012 (Philippines)

Kyle named 1st Pinoy 'Junior MasterChef'

Junior Masterchef Pinoy Edition, ABS-CBN’s top-rating kiddie cooking show, has declared Kyle Imao as the competition’s Grand Winner on Saturday.


In the first challenge, the Final 4 were given a ‘limited budget’.

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The kiddie cooks were given P300 each to market ingredients for a ‘budget recipe’. They had to serve up practical and easy-to-cook dishes from affordable ingredients.

Average points garnered by the finalists from the judges were as follows:

• Kyle Adrian “Kyle” Imao, 12 years old, Marikina - 22.7 pts.
• Philip Dave “Philip” Amarillo, 13 years old, Cebu - 20.7 pts.
• Mika Kristina “Mika” Tanaka, 11 years old, Quezon City - 19.0 pts.
• Antonio Carlos “Jobim” Jalbuena, 13 years old, Makati - 16.7 pts.

In the second challenge, the finalists were given a ‘limited time’ of 30 minutes only to cook their ‘dream dishes’.

The scores obtained by the finalists from guests were:

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• Kyle - 22.1 pts.
• Philip - 21.9 pts.
• Mika - 23.0 pts.
• Jobim - 19.7 pts.

After sampling and criticizing the kiddie cooks’ dishes, celebrity host Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo and judges Chef Ferns, Chef Lau, and Chef Jayps named the First Pinoy Junior Masterchef.

The final scores were:

• 1st Junior MasterChef - Kyle: 91.8 pts.
• 2nd Place - Philip: 91.1 pts.
• 3rd Place - Mika: 84 pts.
• 4th Place - Jobim: 73.4 pts.

As the champion, Kyle won P1 million cash and a culinary scholarship worth P1.5 million as well as a Samsung Galaxy Tab, among other prizes.

Meanwhile, P500,000 was awarded to Philip, and P250,000 each to Mika and Jobim. Each of them also received the latest microwave oven model from Samsung.

Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition is a competitive cooking game show in the Philippines adapted out of the British show Junior MasterChef.

The show’s grand finale dubbed “The Live Cook-Off” was held at the Treston International College at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and aired live on ABS-CBN on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

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Jobim, Kyle, Mika and Philip - Who Will Be the Very First Pinoy Junior MasterChef?

Jobim, Kyle, Mika and Philip - Who Will Be the Very First Pinoy Junior MasterChef?

After hurdling the intense weekly culinary battles and impressing the Filipino public with their creations, the Final Four kiddie cooks Jobim, Kyle, Mika, and Philip will rise to their final cooking challenge in the “Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition Finale: The Live Cook-off” this Saturday, February 18, at 6 p.m.

Armed with months of training in the competitive arena of “Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition,” the four talented kids will be preparing their dishes live at the Treston International College in a bid to become the first ever Junior MasterChef who will bring home P1 million and a culinary scholarship.

Meanwhile, P500,000 will be awarded to the competition’s second placer, and P250,000 each to the third and fourth placers.

Host Judy Ann-Santos and judges Chef Ferns, Chef Lau, and Chef Jayps will be sampling and criticizing the kiddie cooks’ dishes, which will represent the skills and knowledge they have gained in the MasterChef kitchen.

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To help the three judges decide, 100 people from different sectors of society will critique the recipes the Final Four will whip up in a separate but equally intense cooking test.

“Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition” became the most watched show last Sunday, February 12, when it revealed Jobim, Kyle, Mika, and Philip as the Final Four kiddie cooks. The episode garnered a 21.9% national TV rating, based on data from Kantar Media.

The kiddie cooking reality show also defeated its rival program last Saturday, February 11, when it garnered a 22.0% rating against “Manny Many Prizes” (12.4%) of GMA-7.

Meanwhile, Pancake House restaurant serves dishes inspired by the top-rating kiddie cooking reality show such as cabbage lumpia in coconut breading, rice in ampalaya silog, porksilog steak, and tofu eggplant salad.

Don’t miss the final face-off of Jobim, Kyle, Mika, and Philip in the “Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition Finale: The Live Cook-off” this Saturday, February 18, 6 p.m. on ABS-CBN. For updates on the program, like http://www.facebook.com/jrmasterchef on Facebook, follow @jrmasterchef_ph on Twitter, or visit www.masterchefph.tv.

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