Juanma Castaño and Miki Nadal win 'MasterChef Celebrity 6'
The journalist Juanma Castaño and the comedian Miki Nadal They have managed to proclaim themselves this Monday winners of the sixth edition of the culinary contest 'MasterChef Celebrity ', a shared victory, the first in the show's history. After a completely even final duel, the jury made up of chefs Samantha Vallejo-Nágera, Pepe Rodríguez and Jordi Cruz decided to make the exception and grant victory to both, who have maintained a fun rivalry throughout the contest.
The singer David Bustamante and the actress Belén López were the other two finalists who competed in the final this Monday that started with a first test in which Castaño got his direct pass for the final duel, after reproducing a plate of pigeon with beetroot from the chef Jesús Sánchez (three Repsol Suns and three Michelin stars for Cenador de Amós), simultaneously and without getting lost. Later, in an outdoor test held in Penedés, the cradle of the Cava Denomination of Origin, Miki Nadal He obtained the other pass for the last test of the contest, after cooking two of the six dishes on the menu devised by Joan and Pitu Roca, from Celler de Can Roca (three Michelin stars) for 12 winery representatives.
Accompanied by their family members, their fellow editors and chef Quique Dacosta (three Michelin stars and three Repsol Suns), both contestants returned to the set to prepare a complete menu designed by themselves, consisting of a starter, a main course and a dessert, with which they had to demonstrate everything they had learned. They both managed to measure up, with elaborate dishes that recalled their childhood and their origins, and managed to conquer the judges, who could not choose a single winner.
They will thus have to divide the prize, the 75,000 euros to donate to the NGO of their choice. In addition, the two finalists and two companions will enjoy a weekend creative cooking course at the Basque Culinary Center, the prestigious Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences of San Sebastián. Juanma Castaño and Miki Nadal thus join the list of winners of the most followed culinary program in Spain, which in its edition with celebrities has crowned Tamara Falcó, actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz, actress Raquel Meroño, swimmer Ona Carbonell and the canoeist Saúl Craviotto.
The edition of 'la Forqué'
Although the actress Victoria Abril began as the expectation of this year's edition -for her controversial statements about the coronavirus made a few months ago that put her in the eye of the hurricane- her professional companion Verónica Forqué has ended up being the sensation of the program. For what She stayed at the gates of the final, but decided to leave voluntarily last week, due to exhaustion and because she was not physically prepared.
The actress's histrionic attitudes of "What have I done to deserve this?" and his confrontations with colleagues revolutionized the edition and became the most talked about topics on social networks, week after week.
After today's final ends a varied edition in which the actress Carmina Barrios, the rapper Arkano, the presenter Terelu Campos, the artist Samantha Hudson, the actor Iván Sánchez, the singer Yotuel Romero, the singer Tamara, the actress Vanesa have participated. Romero, the presenter Julián Ianzti and the designer and model Eduardo Navarrete.
