MasterChef (Uruguayan TV series)
Uruguayan amateur chefs compete for training, travel, and cash.
Uruguay's version of the British cooking competition MasterChef airs on Channel 10, featuring amateur home cooks. By its seventh season, the judging panel included Sergio Puglia, Laurent Lainé, and Ximena Torres.
Quick Facts
- Last aired
- 5 September 2019
- First aired
- 3 April 2017
- Network
- Channel 10
- Company
- Saeta
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Seasons
- 7
- Language
- Spanish
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Format
The winner receives chef training from Crandon Institute, a trip to Girona to learn for three days at El Celler de Can Roca, and UYU$200,000 in cash. The competition takes place on a soundstage in La Aguada, Montevideo, which contains a supermarket, a restaurant, and a large kitchen area with several cooking stations overlooked by a balcony. Each episode includes several challenges. In the Mystery Box challenge, contestants receive a box hiding ingredients or other items; they must cook a dish using only what is in the box, without going to the market for additional ingredients. This test always produces one loser, who is eliminated, and it appears in every episode. In the Challenge in Pairs, two-person teams are formed; each team makes a dish chosen by the team. While one cooks, the other stands aside and may help by talking and advising but cannot cook or touch anything. After a set time they rotate, and this rotation occurs more than once.
History
Rumours of a Uruguayan adaptation of MasterChef began circulating in October 2016. The host and judging panel were officially confirmed in February 2017, and the series premiered on 3 April 2017. During the broadcast on 8 May 2017, a second season was announced, with applications opening shortly and previous applicants not required to reapply. On 23 July 2017, the day before the first season’s finale, a special programme titled Road to the Grand Final aired, following the four finalists’ lives and experiences throughout the competition.
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