He Vitoria-Gasteiz Television Festivalwhich is celebrating its sixteenth edition in the capital of the Basque Country these days, hosted last night the presentation of what will be the new season of MasterChef Celebrity. All the stars of what will be the ninth edition of one of the most popular formats on public television attended the famous orange carpet. Of course, its three well-known stars were also present. judges: Samantha Vallejo-Nagera, Pepe Rodriguez and Jordi Cruz (the latter having arrived in Vitoria after enjoying his ‘mini honeymoon’ in Formentera, following his recent wedding with Rebecca Lima).
© RTVEThe contestants of ‘MasterChef Celebrity 9’, yesterday at the ‘Vitoria-Gasteiz Television Festival’
And, of course, there was no shortage of the famous contestants who this year will compete to take home the coveted trophy. casting as varied and eclectic as we are used to from the program, made up of the following names: The film stars Cristina Cifuentes, Pitingo, Marina Rivers, Juan Luis Cano, Topacio Fresh, Raul Gomez, Hiba Abouk, Pocholo Martinez-Bordiu, Itziar Miranda, Pelayo Diaz, Ruben Ochandiano, Nerea Garmendia, Jose Lamuño, Ines Hernand, Francis Lorenzo and Maria Leon.
© RTVESamantha Vallejo-Nagera, Pepe Rodriguez and Jordi Cruz, MasterChef judges, in Vitoria.
‘Have lots of gossip, very funny tests and lots of cooking‘, Samantha commented yesterday about this edition, since it has release date: will this be Monday, day 9at 22:50h (after the broadcast of The RevuetaDavid Broncano’s program).
CLASSIC TESTS AND NEW GASTRO CHALLENGES
And what can we expect from this season? Well, a combination of tests that are already a classic of the talent con new challenges culinary. Among them, they will have to, for example, face challenges such as Cooking with nuts as if they were legumes; elaborate menus for dogs; prepare complex recipes memorized in advance in just a few minutes…
In addition, contestants will discover Trending gastro concepts like the Burn away cakes (cakes with hidden messages); the Swicy (acronym for sweet y spicysweet and spicy) or the Tiny food (tiny food). There will be no shortage of fun games to gain advantages during cooking, named with names such as ‘The Right Price’, ‘Four in a Row’ or ‘Finding Wally’.
© RTVE’MasterChef Celebrity 9′ presentation event
The emblematic ones outdoor testing This time they will take the candidates from north to south and from east to west of the country, stopping in places like Girona, Guipúzcoa, Sea Islands, Tariff… In addition, in another of the programs they will cross the Portuguese border to visit Cascais, where contestants will cook at the ‘Chefs on Fire’ festival.
As usual, each episode will also feature very popular guests, some of them former contestants from the different editions, as well as famous chefs (Ferran Adrià, Martín Berasategui, Dabiz Muñoz, Jordi Roca, Jesus Sanchez or Paco Morales will be some of the great chefs who will participate in the competition).
© RTVEPitingo, one of the contestants of ‘MasterChef Celebrity 9’, in a moment of the first program of this new edition
FIRST PROGRAM: DEBUT IN THE HEART OF AMPURDÁN
He Castle of Peralada will be the scene of one of the challenges of the first program on Monday, where the contestants will have to cooking for 150 guests a menu inspired by the traditional gastronomy of the Empordà signed by the chef Paco Pérez (Miramar restaurant, Llançà, Girona).
Previously, they will have had to face a difficult first test on the set: reproduce dishes by chef Francis Paniego (El Portal de Echaurren, La Rioja), a challenge that will feature the view of Ona Carbonell and Raquel Meroño, winners of the third and fifth edition of MasterChef Celebrity.
Peralada Castle will be the setting for the first outdoor test
Vegetarian cooking will be the protagonist of the last challenge of this first installment. In it we will be able to begin to discover the culinary skills of a casting of celebrities who, beyond his cooking knowledge, promises to offer us great television moments. program progress that they have advanced, of course, points to ways…