Dara Yu, The Girl With The Red Bow, Shares What 'MasterChef Junior' Was Really Like
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The former kid contestant is grown up now, and discusses the “reality” of televised cooking shows and where it's landed her today.
You may remember Dara Yu as the 12-year-old with a red bow who made it all the way to the finale during Season 1 of “MasterChef Junior” back in 2014 — but seven years later, the gastronomic wunderkind is much more than that. Following her stint on the Food Network, Yu dove into the art of cooking even more deeply, honing her craft by working alongside the likes of Dominique Ansel, attending the Culinary Institute of America and setting up a food-focused YouTube channel. “Going into the show, cooking was a hobby. Coming out of the show, I knew it was going to be my career,” Yu tells Anna Rahmanan in this Voices in Food story, in which she also discusses the importance of social media within the kitchen, her time on “MasterChef Junior” and more. I grew up around food. My grandma actually used to teach traditional Chinese cooking to housewives in South Bend, Indiana. Growing up in Los Angeles, I was surrounded by a who-is-who food scene. I would go home and instead of watching cartoons, I was watching the Food Network. I was just fascinated by chefs. My mom was a commercial actress for a while and she saw the casting call for “MasterChef Junior.” When she got remarried in 2012, I made her wedding cake. I taught myself how to make that cake off of YouTube. She then knew that I was interested in baking and took me to the audition.
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