MasterChef Colombia
MasterChef Colombia | |
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Genre | Cookery |
Created by | Franc Roddam |
Presented by | Claudia Bahamón[1] |
Judges | Paco Roncero Jorge Rausch Nicolás de Zubiría[2] |
Country of origin | Colombia |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Shine International |
Distributor | 2y2 Producciones |
Release | |
Original network | RCN Televisión |
Original release | January 14, 2015 present | –
External links | |
Website |
MasterChef Colombia is a Colombian competitive cooking reality show that broadcast by RCN Televisión since January 14, 2015.[3][4] It is based on the original British television show MasterChef.
Judges[]
Judge | Profession |
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Paco Roncero | He is one of the maximum representatives of the Spanish culinary avant-garde. A technical and creative avant-garde that translates not only into a kitchen style but also in the way of offering and understanding gastronomy as a unique sensory experience. He is currently executive chef and director of the Casino de Madrid and its restaurant La Terraza del Casino; of the Estado Puro gastrobars in Madrid, Ibiza and Shanghai; from the Barbarossa by Paco Roncero restaurant, also in Shanghai; of Original Version by Paco Roncero in Bogotá; from the Synergies gastronomic multispace at Platea Madrid and from Sublimotion, the most advanced and innovative restaurant ever imagined that is located in the Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza, the first hotel of the famous chain in Europe. His cuisine is the result of his masterful mastery of the most evolved culinary techniques, of his overflowing creativity and innate sensitivity, and of his capacity for innovation and research spirit; a style that has resulted in important contributions to the global culinary avant-garde. Thus, in the Terrace of the Casino, he holds 2 Michelín Stars and , a recognition of both to his cuisine and the special care that he puts as director in all the details involved in the gastronomic ritual. |
Jorge Rausch | He is a renowned Colombian chef with Polish roots, owner of the Criterión restaurant. He is also main chef, owner and partner of Bistronomy by Rausch, Rausch Energía Gastronómica, Marea by Rausch, El Gobernador by Rausch, Kitchen by Rausch', Local by Rausch and Ivory Bistró by Rausch, the latter of them in Costa Rica. |
Nicolás de Zubiría | Despite his youth, he is a chef and partner in the Magnolio, NN and Kong restaurants, which have a very good reputation in Colombian gastronomy. His career as a cook began when he decided to study in Vancouver, city which helped him a lot to explore flavors and try new dishes from different cultures, since that place has inhabitants from all over the world who, with their eating habits, made the proposal gastronomic was more varied. |
Season 1 (2015)[]
Contestants[]
Contestant | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Final position |
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Federico Martínez | 26 | Economy student | Barranquilla | Winner |
Paulo Jo Chung | 40 | Restaurant cashier | Palmira | Runner-up |
María Luisa Arias | 24 | Graphic designer | Medellín | 3rd finalist |
Luciano Lucho Funes | 31 | Business administrator | Medellín | 18th evicted |
Claudia Ximena Rodríguez | 39 | Political scientist | Ipiales | 17th evicted |
José Fernando Montoya | 29 | Painter | Bogotá | 16th evicted |
Juan David Guevara | 19 | Student | Bogotá | 15th evicted |
Esteban Cardozo | 31 | Publicist and architectural spaces designer | Bogotá | 14th evicted |
Wilmar Sánchez | 37 | Lawyer | Ocaña | 13th evicted |
Evelyn Posada | 26 | Model | Santa Marta | 12th evicted |
Valeria Ortega | 19 | Call Center Agent | Barranquilla | 7th and 11th evicted |
Diorlín Andrade | 29 | Route monitor | Quibdó | 5th and 10th evicted |
Melanie Amaya | 22 | Merchant | Cúcuta | 8th and 9th evicted |
Samai Burbano | 23 | Domestic employee | Patía | 6th evicted |
Betty Tobón | 58 | Pensioned | Medellín | 4th evicted |
Ubeymar Hernández | 33 | Announcer | Medellín | 3rd evicted |
Jorge Luis Carrero | 27 | Bartender | Barranquilla | 2nd evicted |
Juan Castañeda | 37 | Industrial designer | Bogotá | 1st evicted |
Season 2 (2016)[]
Contestants[]
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Final position |
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Leonardo Morán | 33 | Cúcuta | Designer and model | Winner |
Ana Belén Charry | 25 | Bogotá | Anthropologist | Runner-ups |
Natalia Restrepo | 38 | Turbo | Teacher | |
Liliana Cano | 45 | Bogotá | Lawyer | 17th eliminated |
Alfredo Clavijo | 31 | Bogotá | Master Painter | 16th eliminated |
Alexandra Castrillón | 49 | Riohacha | Teacher | 15th eliminated |
Luigi Barreto | 18 | Barranquilla | Administration student | 4th and 14th eliminated |
Andrés Germán | 25 | Bogotá | Biochemistry student | 13th eliminated |
Maria Alejandra Babilonia | 27 | Cartagena | Teller | 12th eliminated |
Brayner Campillo | 35 | Itagüí | Marketer | 11th eliminated |
Cielo Moreno | 43 | Cali | School principal | 10th eliminated |
Jhon Jairo Tangarife | 32 | Envigado | Businessman | 9th eliminated |
Christian Arenas | 41 | Bucaramanga | Systems engineer | 8th eliminated |
Paola Palacios | 36 | Cali | Food engineer | 7th eliminated |
Ingrid Gómez | 39 | Cúcuta | Writer and lecturer | 6th eliminated |
Luis Jaimes | 27 | Barranquilla | Taxi driver | 5th eliminated |
Karla Ñungo | 37 | Cali | Psychologist | 4th eliminated |
Daniel Ávila | 45 | Bogotá | Businessman | 3rd eliminated |
Irma Echeverri | 58 | Rionegro | Housewife | 2nd eliminated |
Javier Rodríguez | 29 | Cali | Actor | 1st eliminated |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Claudia Bahamón te invita a ver MasterChef Colombia" (in Spanish). RCN TV. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "Jurados de MasterChef Colombia" (in Spanish). RCN TV. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "Canal RCN anuncia que realizará adaptación del reality 'Master Chef'" (in Spanish). Entretengo. September 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "MasterChef Colombia confirma su fecha de estreno" (in Spanish). RCN TV. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
External links[]
- Official website (in Spanish)
Categories:
- MasterChef
- RCN Televisión original programming
- 2015 Colombian television series debuts
- Non-British television series based on British television series