Super action wednesday in Masterchef Celebrity, the great success of the nights of Telefé. The benefit gala was organized like an all-time classic movie marathon. The six best dishes of the week –Claudia Fontán, Mary O’Donnell, Hernán “Loco” Montenegro, Fernando Carlos, Sol Pérez and Gastón Dalmau- They were measured by the medals and, above all, to avoid falling into the dreaded Sunday of elimination.
For the preview, popcorn, armchairs and a little relaxation. Driver Santiago del Moro proposed a quick guessing competition to account for six titles, which turned out to be The Smurfs, Spider Man, The Godfather, Shrek, Mission Impossible Y Baywatch. With three hits, Fontán was the winner and had the benefit, and the responsibility, of selecting one of them so that each participant was inspired when cooking. The actress chose the classic starring Marlon brando Y Al PacinoTherefore, the preparations had the Italian mafia and the New York geography as the main guides when defining the recipes.
As if I had to justify the choice of title, the Gunda he played it safe and chose one of the movie’s iconic dishes: tagliatelle with tomato sauce and minced meatballs. Once in the chefs’ court, the tasting stage did not start with the best of expectations. Damien Betular questioned the too small size of the meatballs, while his colleague, Donato De Santis, objected to the absence of sausage, to achieve an even greater similarity with the saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
But when it came to returns, the situation changed radically and it was curiously German Martitegui, the generally more demanding jury, the one that twisted the sense of the evaluation. “I want to see The Godfather 1 with a bowl of those with 40 meatballs and sitting alone in front of the screen, “said the jury by way of praise. But it did not end there and the taste of the dish not only connected with the plot of the film, the final objective of the test, but also led him to the depths of his memories.
“My grandmother made noodles like this. The thickness is the same as the width, it is like a long prism. I loved them “, acknowledged the moved jury and on the verge of tears, before resuming the cinematographic path”I sit in New York in a restaurant where they are about to pass with a machine gun to assassinate me and I die on the meatball, happy”, He added. For his part, De Santis praised the taste and questioned the shortage of sauce. “I was left wanting more,” said the Italian, in something that sounded more like a compliment than even a reproach.
The dish looked so good that Santiago del Moro went out of the way and requested cutlery so as not to be left with the desire. “GundaI believe that there is a country on the other side that wants to try, and I am going to do it for those people who are there ”; the driver offered and his return was final: “It’s tremendous, I congratulate you”.
However, so many accolades were not enough for the actress to win the gold medal, which hung on Gastón Dalmau’s chest, or the silver medal, which went to María O’Donnell. At least he secured one more week in the competition, the main goal of every Wednesday. Who could not pass the test was Sol Pérez, who had come to prepare the best dish and now must revalidate his place in the competition next Sunday, in the most anticipated chapter of this saga called Masterchef Celebrity.