Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.
Eating out doesn't have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it's badly done.
What you're experiencing now [on "MasterChef," on "Junior"] is what life's going to be like for the next four, five decades. You're going to go through those bumps. Bringing you back in contention and giving you that kind of confidence, they're huge. But they let it go, there's no fear, they're naughty, they're rude, and they know there's no parents and there's no school teacher so they can have fun, and it shows.