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MasterChef (Uruguayan TV series)

MasterChef Uruguay is an Uruguayan competitive cooking game show based on the original British series of the same name, open to amateur and home chefs.[1] Broadcast by Channel 10, debuted on April 3, 2017, it is presented by Diego González.[2] Sergio Puglia, Laurent Lainé and Lucía Soria served as judges for the first three seasons, while in the fourth one, Ximena Torres replaced Soria.[3]

MasterChef
Also known asMasterChef Uruguay
GenreCookery
Created byFranc Roddam
Presented byDiego González (2017–19)
Judges
Country of originUruguay
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes90
Production
Running time90 minutes
Production companySaeta
Original release
NetworkChannel 10
ReleaseApril 3, 2017 (2017-04-03) –
September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05)

Format

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The winner plays for a prize that includes chef training from Crandon Institute, a trip to Girona to go to learn for 3 days at El Celler de Can Roca, and UYU$200,000 in cash.

The competition takes place in the MasterChef soundstage located in La Aguada, Montevideo which includes a supermarket, a restaurant, and a large kitchen area with several cooking stations which is overlooked by a balcony.

Challenges

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In each episode the participants must overcome a challenge

  • Mystery box: In this challenge, contestants have a box that hides ingredients or other things. With what they have in the box they have to cook a dish, without being able to go to the market to look for more ingredients. They can use all the ingredients they want from the box, be it one or all.
  • Elimination Test: In this test will be the worst dishes of the previous test. They have to cook any dish, but that dish has to have a main ingredient chosen by the Chefs (in each elimination test the main ingredient will be different). In this test there is always only one loser, which is removed from MasterChef. This is the only test that is in every episode.
  • Team Challenge: In this challenge the cooks are split into teams by team captains who is the one who chooses his teammates and who chooses what dishes to do. Captains are almost always the 2 winners of the previous test. Always in this challenge the judges are not the main Chefs but other people, generally several people.
  • Challenge in pairs: In this test teams of two participants are formed. They have to make a dish chosen by each team. While one cooks the other stands to the side and can help you by talking and giving advice or warn you about something but cannot help you by cooking or touching something. After a certain time they rotate and the one who cooked, stands on one side talking to him and the other cooks. They always rotate more than 1 time.
  • Master class: In this challenge, the contestants taste a dish cooked by a guest chef, and then they cook it with different ingredients for a certain time.

History

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The rumor that a Uruguayan version of MasterChef started in October 2016.[1] In February 2017, the presenter and the judges were confirmed. The show debuted on April 3 of that year, while on Monday, May 8, in the chapter of that day, the second season of MasterChef was confirmed, it was also announced that the registrations for that edition would begin shortly and that people who signed up for the first season, they wouldn't need to do it again.[4]

The day before the end of the first season of Masterchef, on Sunday, July 23, 2017, a special called Road to the Grand Final was broadcast. It showed the life of the 4 finalists MasterChef participants.[5]

Series overview

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Season Episodes Premiere Date Finale Date No. of Finalists Winner Runner(s)-up Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3
1 17 April 3, 2017 July 24, 2017 18 Nilson Viazzo Leticia Cicero Sergio Puglia Lucía Soria Laurent Lainé
2 18 August 21, 2017 December 11, 2017 18 María Gracia Sosa Luciana Dangelo
3 15 April 2, 2018 July 9, 2018 17 Alicia Patella Gisela Meissner
4 40 April 22, 2019 September 5, 2019 28 Natalia González Sebastián Piñeyro Ximena Torres
5 TBA June 11, 2024 ― ― ― ―

1st season: 2017

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Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Final position
Nilson Viazzo 36 Police Florida Winner
Leticia Cicero 35 Chemical engineer Libertad Runner-up
Nicolás Rolando 35 Dentist Sayago 3rd classified
Lourdes Galván 37 Employee Piedras Blancas 14th eliminated
Martín Méndez 41 Merchant Libertad 13th eliminated
Sibila Ibarra 24 Architecture student Durazno 12th eliminated
Amparo Pereira 27 Employee Prado 11th eliminated
Silvia Pírez 46 Publicist Malvín 10th eliminated
Ana María Florentín 65 Retired doctor Canelones 9th eliminated
Víctor Bello 28 Pharmaceutical chemist Treinta y Tres 8th eliminated
Francisco Boezio 55 Marketing analyst Paso Carrasco 7th eliminated
Cristina Buroni 52 Interior decorator Pocitos 6th eliminated
Mercedes Carballo 33 Carpenter Unión Abandons
Danilo Britos 40 Craft brewer Ciudad de la Costa 5th eliminated
María Pía Cardozo 22 Military navy Rocha 4th eliminated
Manuel Aispuro 38 Butcher Centro 3rd eliminated
Gonzalo Teixeira 26 Veterinary student Tacuarembó 2nd eliminated
Chantal Tuttle 43 French teacher Cordón 1st eliminated

Spin-off editions

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MasterChef Profesionales: 2018

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A spin-off featuring professional chefs as contestants.[6] It premiered on August 20, 2018 [7] and ended on November 27. It had 16 episodes.

The judges were Sergio Puglia, Lucía Soria, Laurent Lainé and Narda Lepes.[8][9] The winner of this spin-off was Carlos Telechea.[10]

MasterChef Celebrity: 2020

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A spin-off featuring celebrities, it debuted on September 1. The judges are Sergio Puglia, Laurent Lainé and Ximena Torres. The winner of this edition was the singer Aldo Martinez. On August 3, 2021, the second season premiered, with actress Paula Silva as the winner.[11]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient (s) Result Ref.
2018 Iris Award Best Talent Show MasterChef Uruguay Won [12][13]
Best TV Revelation Laurent Lainé Won
Golden Iris Award MasterChef Uruguay Won

References

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  1. ^ a b Observador, El. "MasterChef tendrá su versión uruguaya". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. ^ ElPais (9 February 2017). ""MasterChef Uruguay" ya definió a sus jurados: conocelos". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ ElPais (21 February 2019). "Ximena Torres se incorpora como jurado a "MasterChef Uruguay"". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. ^ Observador, El. "Masterchef abrió el casting para su segunda temporada". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ "Camino a la Gran Final: programa especial de MasterChef Uruguay". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. ^ "¡Gran estreno de MasterChef Profesionales!". canal10.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. ^ "Hoy se estrena MasterChef Profesionales por la pantalla de Canal 10". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. ^ ElPais. "Narda Lepes se suma a MasterChef Uruguay". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  9. ^ Observador, El (25 June 2018). "Narda Lepes, la celebrada cocinera argentina que llega al jurado de MasterChef". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  10. ^ Observador, El. "Pasiones y obsesiones del primer ganador de MasterChef profesionales". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  11. ^ ElPais (10 December 2021). "Paula Silva es la ganadora de "MasterChef: Celebrity Uruguay": así fue la final". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  12. ^ ElPais (4 August 2018). "Premios Iris 2018: todos los nominados a la gran gala". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  13. ^ ElPais (2 September 2018). "Conozca a todos los ganadores del Iris". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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