Welcome to Kids in the Kitchen. This blog series highlights great cookbooks for kids. This month, we are inspired by famous chefs/ recipes that are featured on television!

David Atherton's Baking Book for Kids: Delicious Recipes for Budding Bakers (Bake, Make and Learn to Cook) by David Atherton, art by Harry Woodgate
Library Catalog
This third serving from Great British Baking Show winner David Atherton guides readers through a veritable feast of sweet and savory baked treats. From snacky samosas to hot cross hedgehogs, from loaves baked in flowerpots to an ombre cake (your friends will think it came from a fancy bakery), these recipes are so delicious and easy to follow, they'll have the reader named star baker in no time! Featuring oven-hot tips, a review of a baker's cupboard, an equipment list, step-by-step instructions, and delightful illustrations by award-winning illustrator Harry Woodgate, this collection of mouthwatering recipes from David Atherton will bring little bakers and their loved ones together in the kitchen again and again. – Publisher Marketing

Kids in the Kitchen: 70+ Fun Recipes for Young Chefs to Stir Up! by Rossini Perez
Library Catalog
This collection for young cooks and chefs breaks down the recipes by breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts, and smoothies/fruit juices. Before getting into the delicious and delectable, Perez's thorough introduction includes kitchen rules, safety, tool and equipment must-haves, a glossary, ingredient prepping, meat cooking times, and more. The recipes are organized with spreads of ingredients needed, cook times, and directions on one side and organized in a table/bulleted lists, and then a full-color photo of the plates on the other. Some recipes have options to adjust with different ingredients in the following spreads. The recipes include many kid-friendly meals, such as Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Bombs, Easy Tomato Soup, Black Bean Tacos, Zucchini Fries, and more. Interspersed among recipes are features with fun food-themed facts, history, and trivia. –School Library Journal

Masterchef Junior Bakes!: Bold Recipes and Essential Techniques to Inspire Young Bakers: A Baking Book by Masterchef Junior
Library Catalog
100 playful baking recipes inspired by MasterChef Junior's young chef contestants, plus plenty of tips, techniques, and step-by-step photographs to enchant bakers ages 8 to 100! Like the dishes featured in the MasterChef Junior Cookbook, the 100 recipes in the MasterChef Junior Bakes! celebrate creativity, technique, and deliciousness, embracing simple to sophisticated and sweet to savory baked goods. Young bakers will learn how to cream butter for Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies; shallow fry dough for Glazed Jelly Doughnuts with Powdered Sugar; whip a silky chocolate ganache for German Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling; and knead dough for cheesy Garlic Knots.  Packed with baking guidance and know-how, insider info from MasterChef Junior alumni, and photographs from your favorite show moments, home bakers of all skill levels will be excited to bake like a MasterChef. – Publisher Marketing

Masterchef Junior Cookbook: Bold Recipes and Essential Techniques to Inspire Young Cooks by Masterchef Junior
Library Catalog
Creativity, hard work, and lots of fun–that's what it takes to cook like a master. Beloved television competition show MasterChef Junior fosters all of this within each of its pint-size home cooks, and what they whip up is truly impressive. This book aims to give any aspiring young chef the tools he or she needs to hone essential cooking skills, with 100 recipes inspired by dishes that the contestants served in the first five seasons, as well as timeless techniques, tips, and advice. With this book, anyone can become an excellent cook. – Publisher Marketing