‘MasterChef Junior’ teen who lost his parents battles tumors
GARY, Ind. — Ben Watkins loves few things more than cooking but now struggles to stir.
The precocious 13-year-old from the Region, who used to cook at the Ben’s Bodacious BBQ restaurant in Miller and appeared on the “MasterChef Junior” television show, has been in too much physical pain lately to cook, ride his bike, or do almost anything he normally enjoys.