Junior MasterChef Greece
| Junior MasterChef Greece | |
|---|---|
 Junior MasterChef Greece title card | |
| Genre | Cooking |
| Directed by | Panos Georgiou |
| Presented by | Maria Mpekatorou |
| Judges |
Lefteris Lazarou Yiannis Loukakos Dimitris Skarmoutsos |
| Country of origin | Greece |
| Original language(s) | Greek |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Studio ATA |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mega Channel |
| Picture format | 576i (PAL) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 27 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Junior MasterChef Greece is a Greek competitive cooking game show. It is an adaptation of the Australian show Junior MasterChef Australia. It is a spin-off of MasterChef Greece, itself an adaptation of the British show MasterChef, and features contestants aged 8 to 12. The first season of the show began production in June 2011. Over 12,000 children from around the nation auditioned for the series.
The show premiered on 27 November 2011 and finished airing 5 February 2012. It was hosted by Maria Mpekatorou. The judges was Yiannis Loukakos, Lefteris Lazarou and Dimitris Skarmoutsos.
The winner was twelve-year-old Lilian Emvaloti.
Contestants
The top 12 contestants were chosen throughout the first week of challenges amongst the Top 40 and the Top 20. The full group of 12 were all revealed on Wednesday, 7 December 2011:
| Place | Contestant | Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lilian Emvaloti | 12 | Winner 5 February |
| 2nd | Margarita Marmara | 12 | Runner-up 5 February |
| 3rd | Elsa Kletsa-Kalimpasieri | 13 | Third Place 2 February |
| 4th | Stefania Douvi | 12 | Eliminated 2 February |
| 5th | Dimitris Karpetis | 12 | Eliminated 27 January |
| 6th | Agamemnon Kiriazis | 10 | Eliminated 27 January |
| 7th | Giorgos Athanasopoulos | 12 | Eliminated 13 January |
| 8th | Spyros Petropoulos | 12 | Eliminated 13 January |
| 9th | Arxontia Vamvakari | 11 | Eliminated 29 December |
| 10th | Stelios Kaimakis | 13 | Eliminated 29 December |
| 11th | Alena Saracine | 11 | Eliminated 15 December |
| 12th | Matina Roumpou | 12 | Eliminated 15 December |