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Pop up BBQ with MasterChef Season 9's Shawn Niles and MasterChef Junior contestant Asher Niles. Saturday, June 9 from 4-8 pm at Schab's Bier Den in Yakima, WA.

Pop up BBQ with MasterChef Season 9's Shawn Niles and MasterChef Junior contestant Asher Niles. Saturday, June 9 from 4-8 pm at Schab's Bier Den in Yakima, WA.

YAKIMA, Wash.-- Asher Niles, a 9-year-old Yakima chef made it as far as the semi-finals of MasterChef Junior, now he and his dad reflect on being on the show, a

Bryson was worried that he could not make enough improvements on his original dish, but the young home cook received praise from all four judges and advanced to the semifinal.

Editors note: This story contains episode spoilers for those watching later.

Asher Niles from Yakima, WA, is a contestant on Masterchef Junior Season 9. Come meet him on May 18th at Famous Dave's!

Young chef Asher Niles, 9, of Yakima, has made it to the top five in the current season of the television show “MasterChef Junior.”

"Im disappointed that dad cant taste it because it is frickin delicious," Gordon Ramsay said of Brysons dish. "Peaches are in abundance, its like a cobbler gone mad."

On Mondays episode, the contestants were forced to face their fears and turn ingredients they hate into restaurant quality dishes, with Bryson having to use lima beans.

Asher Niles, who was 8 during production of “MasterChef Junior,” is one of 16 contestants on the ninth season of FOX’s culinary competition show, hosted by Gordon Ramsay.