If one is to be a reality TV star at age 9, better to be able to cook a Pan-Asian meal of sake-marinated shrimp, miso black cod and green tea panna cotta than to be known for traipsing through swamps or beauty pageants.
And so our very own Addison Osta Smith on Friday night on FOX was revealed as this year’s MasterChef Junior. What an astounding accomplishment — talent, poise, spirit — combined in this young River Forest middle-schooler’s cooking repertoire.
Best yet, at the totally fun viewing party hosted by her folks at Brian Boru’s for the finale, young Addison was nothing but young girl charm, grace, and sweetness.