Park Slope 10-Year-Old To Compete On 'Chopped Junior': Report

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A young Park Slope native will make his small screen debut on the eighth season of the kid's cooking show "Chopped Junior."

10-year-old Callum McGeory will join competitors on the Food Network spinoff of the competition show "Chopped" later this month, reports AM New York. The Brooklynite says that he has been cooking since he was 4 years old with his grandpa and was a longtime-fan of the show before being selected to join its cast.

“I’ve been watching 'Chopped' probably the same amount of time I’ve been cooking,” he told AM New York. “I remember watching 'Chopped' in my grandma’s living room.”

The Food Network series has contestants use a series of mystery ingredients into each of their dishes during a three-round competition. Each dish is judged by a panel of celebrity chefs, in this case Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, and special guest judge Clinton Kelly, the report said.

Callum's episode features alligator tenderloin, edible slime and milk and cereal as some of its surprise ingredients.

He told AM New York that he loved mingling with the other contestants, the famous judges and the show's host, Ted Allen. When he first heard he'd be on the show he was ecstatic, Callum said.

“I was super excited, like jumping up and down screaming,” Callum said. “I got to cook in front of really good chefs.

“[My grandpa] was pretty happy for me and also proud,” he continued. “He said that I was becoming a good chef.”

To read AM New York's full feature on Callum click here.