# Junior MasterChef Vietnam season 1

Season 1 of the Vietnamese competitive reality television series Junior MasterChef Vietnam premiered on VTV3 on 2 October 2016.

## Top 12

| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Status | Winnings |
| Đinh Thanh Hải | 13 | Ho Chi Minh City | Winner 25 December | 8 |
| Nguyễn Danh Đức Hải | 13 | Hanoi | Runner-Up 25 December | 5 |
| Vũ Nguyễn Minh Anh | 13 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 25 December | 6 |
| Phạm Bảo Anh | 14 | Hanoi | Eliminated 25 December | 3 |
| Lê Công Quốc Huân | 12 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 11 December | 3 |
| Nguyễn Phương Linh | 13 | Hanoi | Eliminated 4 December | 3 |
| Nguyễn Hoàng Hải | 10 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 27 November | 2 |
| Nguyễn Lê Hiền Anh | 10 | Hanoi | Eliminated 20 November | 1 |
| Trần Minh Hoàng | 12 | Quảng Ninh | Eliminated 30 October | 1 |
| Trần Gia Huy | 9 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 30 October | 0 |
| Trần Thuận Thành | 14 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 23 October | 0 |
| Nguyễn Đồ Vân Anh | 14 | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 23 October | 0 |

## Elimination Table

| Place | Contestant | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Place | Contestant | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 1 | Thanh Hải | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Đức Hải | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | PT | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| 3-4 | Minh Anh | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | ELIM | |
| 3-4 | Bảo Anh | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | PT | HIGH | WIN | WPT | IN | LOW | IN | IN | ELIM | |
| 5 | Quốc Huân | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | PT | IN | IN | PT | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | | |
| 6 | Phương Linh | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | PT | IN | ELIM | | | | |
| 7 | Hoàng Hải | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | ELIM | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hiền Anh | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | PT | IN | ELIM | | | | | | | |
| 9-10 | Gia Huy | HIGH | IN | IN | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9-10 | Minh Hoàng | IN | LOW | WIN | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-12 | Thuận Thành | IN | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-12 | Vân Anh | IN | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
    (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
    (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
    (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box or Elimination Test).
    (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
    (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge, but still going to the Pressure Test, and advanced.
    (WPT) The cook won the Pressure Test.
    (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge, but did not win.
    (PT) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, competed in the Pressure Test, and advanced.
    (IN) The cook was not selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
    (IN) The cook was not selected as a top or bottom entry in a Team Challenge.
    (IMM) The cook did not have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination.
    (IMM) The cook was selected by the Mystery Box Challenge winner and did not have to compete in the Elimination Test.
    (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and was the last person to advance.
    (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a Team Challenge, and their team was last to advance.
    (LOW) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge, and the only person from their team to advance.
    (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries but was not the last person to advance.
    (ELIM) The cook was eliminated.

## Episode

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Green Planet (Audition 1)" | 2 October 2016 (2016-10-2) |
| Group 1: Quốc Huân, Mai Ngọc, Thảo Ngọc, Linh Đan, Trọng Hiền, Thanh Hải, Minh Anh, Vân Anh and Thu Thủy. Top 12: Quốc Huân, Thanh Hải, Minh Anh Eliminated: Mai Ngọc, Thảo Ngọc, Linh Đan, Trọng Hiền, Vân Anh and Thu Thủy. ||||
| 2 | 2 | "World in My Eyes (Audition 2)" | 9 October 2016 (2016-10-9) |
| Group 2: Hoàng Hải, Thuận Thành, Gia Huy, Huyền Giang, Tuyết Nhi, Minh Hiền, Minh Phương and Bảo Châu Top 12: Hoàng Hải, Thuận Thành, Gia Huy Eliminated: Huyền Giang, Tuyết Nhi, Minh Hiền, Minh Phương and Bảo Châu ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Love comes from the delicious food (Audition 3)" | 16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) |
| Group 3: Hiền Anh, Bảo Anh, Đức Hải, Phương Linh, Minh Hoàng, Tùng Lâm, Hoàng Linh, Nhật Anh, Danh Thắng. Top 12: Hiền Anh, Bảo Anh and Đức Hải Eliminated: Phương Linh, Minh Hoàng, Tùng Lâm, Hoàng Linh, Nhật Anh, Danh Thắng. Wild card: Vân Anh, Phương Linh and Minh Hoàng ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cooked Pork (Top 12)" | 23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) |
| Mystery Box Challenge: For the first Mystery Box challenge, the top 12 was to cook a special food. Gia Huy, Đừc Hải, and Phương Linh had the best dishes, with Đức Hải declared as the winner. Challenge Winner: Đức Hải Elimination Challenge: Đức Hải chose pork for the challenge. Thanh Hải was the winner and will be the captain in the upcoming team challenge. The bottom dishes belong to Hiền Anh, Minh Hoàng, Thuận Thành, Vân Anh. Thuận Thành and Vân Anh were eliminated. Winner: Thanh Hải Bottom four: Hiền Anh, Minh Hoàng, Thuận Thành, Vân Anh Eliminated: Thuận Thành, Vân Anh ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Halloween (Top 10)" | 30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) |
| Team Challenge: The Blue team consisted of Thanh Hải (team captain), Quốc Huân, Minh Anh, Minh Hoàng, Phương Linh. The Red Team consisted of Gia Huy, Hoàng Hải, Bảo Anh, Hiền Anh (team captain), Đức Hải. According to the draw, the Blue Team will cook a menu of "honey chicken leg with pumpkin sauce" and "pudding" for desserts. Red team cooked "lamb chops with black pepper sauce" and "sweet rice pancake roll apple" for desserts. Each team has 10 minutes to choose the ingredients and 90 minutes to cook two dishes for 15 diners, who were the special judges of the night. Team Challenge Winners: Đức Hải, Quốc Huân, Minh Anh, Minh Hoàng, Phương Linh Pressure Test: Despite being the winner of the Team Challenge, the Blue Team was not safe and had to participate in the pressure test. Accordingly, before making challenge, the top 10 was the trio of judges Jack Lee, Tịnh Hải and Alain Nguyễn 3 spring rolls, which is up beer, seafood and lettuce Gone Gone Sour Shrimp boiled meat type Central. As the winner, the Blue Team members received a significant advantage in this challenge, which is the right to choose 1 of 3 rolls to make. Meanwhile, the Red Team members had to cook all 3 rolls in 60 minutes. Eliminated: Gia Huy, Minh Hoàng ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Yelling at the Tag Team (Top 8)" | 6 November 2016 (2016-11-6) |
| Tag Team Challenge: ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Breakfast disaster (Top 8)" | 13 November 2016 (2016-11-13) |
| Team Challenge: Pressure Test : ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Around the world panic (Top 8)" | 20 November 2016 (2016-11-20) |
| 9 | 9 | "Top 7" | 27 November 2016 (2016-11-27) |
| 10 | 10 | "Top 6" | 4 December 2016 (2016-12-4) |
| 11 | 11 | "Top 5" | 11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) |
| 12 | 12 | "Top 4 Finale" | 18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) |
| 13 | 13 | "Top 4 Finale (Part 2)" | 25 December 2016 (2016-12-25) |