Carmen Villalobos and Horacio Pancheri shared all the secrets of “Top Chef VIP”

In recent years, gastronomic competitions have gained television presence thanks to their juicy prizes, their dynamics and the controversies featuring their competitors. Its success was so great that many fans requested a special program where the participants were not only people with culinary skills, but also had an artistic background.

The motions were heard by Telemundo International, whose producers have invited 16 celebrities to participate in a contest where they will have to show who has the best seasoning. It is Top Chef VIPa food reality show that will arrive in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela on Monday, March 13.

In this edition, personalities from the international artistic community will participate: Marlene Favela, Mauritius IslandsScarlet Ortiz: actriz, Horace PancheriGregorio Pernía, Héctor Suárez Gomis, Ferdinando Valencia, lambda garciaRodrigue Vidal, Aida CuevasLuis Coronel, Cristina Eustace, Graciela Beltran, Jennifer Pena, Chiky Bom Bom and Zuleyka Rivera.

the protagonist of Without breasts there is no paradise She was part of this first edition of the program as a host. During an exclusive interview with GlobeLiveMedia México, he admitted he was surprised when he saw that his colleagues in the industry were excellent cooks and, although he applauded the seasoning of each one, he recognized the talent of his compatriot. Gregorio Pernia.

“What has stood out the most this season of Top Chef VIP It was seeing how these 16 celebrities entered the set as one culinary person and seeing how they walked out after completely different people. See the evolution from zero (…) until they are done, see what they did, how they mixed, tackled, they outdid each other,” he said.

The Colombian revealed that some contestants took cooking classes to perform better on the reality show, but even so, each had problems preparing something specific: “After spending 12, 14 hours in the competition, they went to the restaurant to continue taking lessons with chefs. not to stay with what they learned in the competition, but rather many wanted to go further and they succeeded”.

After experiencing this first season of Top Chef VIPCarmen Villalobos confessed that she would have liked to see more Latin dishes as she feels there was still a lot to explore and explained that during the contest she had to hold back on more than one occasion as she wanted to help everyone world.

“I was really friends with everyone, I got along very well with everyone (…) I couldn’t get involved. I had an amazing time because I could enjoy, try, tell them if I liked it, but I couldn’t support them at all,” he added.

Finally, he confessed that it was not in his plans to compete in a future edition for a powerful reason: “I’m so happy to present… no, it’s a huge responsibility. You have to be very creative when it comes to cooking, I feel like I miss it”.

The soap opera idol shared with GlobeLiveMedia México that during his time on the foodie reality show, he had issues working in a team as he likes to be in control in the kitchen and not dependent on anyone else. .

“What cost me the most were two things. Work with time first and organize everything. Although I am the organized type in the kitchen, sometimes I trusted myself and reached my limit with time and when it was time to plate I had to run. Another thing that was very difficult for me was to work in a team, because if i work alone i depend on myself and i know what i can dobut if I have to depend on someone, it’s very difficult for me,” he commented.

However, in general he considers it to have been a pleasant experience: “It was something new for me to leave fiction and enter a show like Horacio Pancheri, but it was fun, the truth is that the experience is positive. I made friends with classmates and learned to cook things that I did not know.”