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Junior MasterChef
Throws parents a lifeline in the battle for healthy food

MasterChef is back on the TV, but in a new and even more compelling format for children.

For all those parents whose kids were glued to the grown up MasterChef this year, Junior MasterChef is providing an even better reason for kids to stay up a little bit late on Sunday evenings. Compelling viewing (though slightly freaky at times) it gives a whole new insight into the ability of kids to understand food, love food and eat healthy, non processed food.

Not all of it healthy of course, all MasterChef contestants young and old seem rather too partial to lashings of butter and cream, but the right idea is there. Hurray. Suddenly small children all over the country will be tucking into all their veggies - stir-fried, tempura'd, julienned and any other way they can get their hands on them. Seafood will be eaten in shoals and chocolate only consumed if it's been tempered…

So child care services and parents should act now and use the momentum and interest that Junior MasterChef provides.

Child Care providers could get their thoughts around doing more in the way of food preparation and cooking lessons and take pride in their lunchtime meals – maybe take a recipe from junior MasterChef every week and try it out on the kids…

Parents can look at preparing and cooking healthy treats and lunchbox items that don't contain several plastic packets of dried fruit and a muesli bar or salami stick. Fresh is in, processed is out!

Get kids to make their own lunches, julienne their own carrots and capsicums and make dainty little sandwiches worthy of the Queen's high tea table! Jamie Oliver would be proud and there's no excuse that they won't stay fresh and bacteria free until lunchtime either because Fridge-to-Go has fabulous new cooler bags that keep kids lunchboxes at fridge temperature for up to 8 hours.

It could work, it really could. In a matter of 10 weeks our kids' eating habits will be transformed…Preparing, cooking and eating good, non-processed and fresh food could be fun, enjoyable and…seriously cool!

To be in the running for a very cool Fridge-to-Go lunch pack tell us what your little MasterChef loves in their lunchbox in 25 words or less… there are three to giveaway.*