Spoilers ahead for the premiere of Masterchef: Legends on Fox.
The premiere didn’t end by just wrapping on the first batch of competitors, however, but with a tribute to MasterChef Junior competitor Ben Watkins, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 14.
The MasterChef franchise has showcased some of the biggest names in food TV, and several of them were on hand and ready to eat in the June 2 premiere of MasterChef: Legends, with culinary legend Emeril Lagasse joining host/judge Gordon Ramsay and fellow judges Aarón Sanchez and Joe Bastianich to kick things off.