Bennett Chats with Ivy, MasterChef Junior Season 8 Semifinalist at Dreams Natura

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00:00It's Bennett from The New 96.5. We are live in Cancun. This is paradise here. Dreams Notor

00:05Resort and Spa. We're of course celebrating this awesome new collaboration with Dreams

00:09Resorts and Spas and MasterChef Junior. And joining me on the show this morning,

00:14season eight semifinalist, right? Ivy Child. Thanks for hopping on with me. I appreciate it.

00:19Well, thank you for having me.

00:20Yeah. You having fun so far here?

00:22Yes. It's been a blast.

00:23I mean, how could you not, right? I mean, it's just gorgeous. And obviously we're celebrating

00:27this brand new menu that you helped curate. But I'm just kind of curious because I was like just

00:31in awe of you and your talent and your work in the room. You're in eighth grade, right?

00:36Yes, sir.

00:37That's amazing. So when did you start cooking if you're in eighth grade now?

00:41I really have been cooking ever since like I could climb up on the counter in the kitchen.

00:45Like my parents always had me in the kitchen and they never restricted me from like

00:49using the real utensils like the knives. I was using real ones. I'm sorry. Excuse me.

00:55And then they always let me like measure and help out. So really, like since I was two.

00:59That's amazing. So you're saying I'm doing it right with my daughter who's four.

01:03Like she helps me make grilled cheese and peanut butter and jelly like she bakes with mom. So

01:07it was good for you at a young age to really immerse yourself in it.

01:10Yes. It's so important.

01:12It's amazing. So it started when you were two. That's wild. And so you're on MasterChef,

01:18which has got to be just a lot of, I'm not sure if I'd say pressure, but it's intense.

01:24Do you have a favorite memory or experience from the show?

01:26I do. I do. Definitely the restaurant takeover because that was just so fun to be able to see

01:31like the works of behind the scenes at a real restaurant and like feel the pressure of like

01:36having like needing dishes out on time. It was just an awesome experience.

01:40Does that like excite you?

01:41Yeah, it was so fun.

01:41To like be in it. Yeah. Now, what was your inspiration behind this new menu here at

01:46Dreams Resorts and Spas because we sampled the menu at the red carpet event. There's

01:51photos on the website. You can see my daughter, like Kira loved it. She ate everything off her

01:56plate. So that's when you know the food is good. So what was the inspiration behind your menu?

02:00My inspiration behind my menu is definitely my family because I just feel like family is such

02:04like plays such like a key role in the kitchen because it's so important to cook with your

02:09family because when you cook with your family, you eat with your family and there's just that

02:13bonding experience. And then also it's just a good way to like carry on traditions.

02:19I love that. Well, it worked because the family all came together.

02:22We were laughing, enjoying our experience. So thank you for that. And outside of cooking and

02:27this menu unveiling, what's been your favorite part here at Dreams Notora?

02:32I mean, everything, but I had to choose just one thing yesterday. I went on the tour of the

02:37back of the house and it was so awesome seeing their beautiful,

02:40massive kitchens and it was so organized and clean. And just the hospitality here is amazing.

02:46Everyone's so nice.

02:47You can't get out of the kitchen, can you?

02:50But all around, it's been great. It's beautiful here. So I really love it.

02:53Yeah. And yesterday we did the mystery box challenge and my daughter,

02:56Kira, you know her because she was on your team.

03:00It was so sweet to see you two interact. It was really awesome. A little cute little chef. Maybe

03:05she's going to follow in your footsteps. We'll see. You never know. Thank you so much, Ivy,

03:09for joining the show. I really appreciate it.

03:11Thank you for having me.

03:12Of course. We're giving away some vacations. We need people back home in Philadelphia to come

03:16experience your menu and everything that Dreams No Tour Resort and Spa has to offer, right?

03:21Come join us. New96FivePhilly.com. Ivy, thank you so much again.

03:25Thank you for having me.

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