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There’s Actually Going To Be A Little Kids Cooking Show

Pack your knives, punk
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Look out, Ms. Cleo. Last week, we pleaded for some unscrupulous network to just get it all over with and turn L.A.’s emerging trend of little kid chefs into another dispensable reality show. Now, Eater L.A. is reporting just such a thing is really, actually going to happen. Junior MasterChef, a U.S. version of an existing U.K. and Aussie show, is currently looking for kids eight to thirteen years old with a passion for cooking, with the additional squeam-inducing request for parents to “bring out that inner pushy stage mum and help your kid try out.” One has to wonder if this kind of thing is really necessary. After all, hasn’t Guy Fieri already been impersonating a rambunctious thirteen-year-old for years? [Eater]

There’s Actually Going To Be A Little Kids Cooking Show