At the beginning of the new edition of
MasterChef Argentina
(Telefe), this time with amateur cooks,
the presence of Antonio stood out
, the young man from Salta who on the first day recounted all the effort that earned him to be in front of Damián Betular, Germán Martitegui and Donat de Santis.
In his first participation, still in the pre-selection stage, the 20-year-old prepared a typical dish from his province (salted humita with sautéed vegetables in a sweet and spicy honey sauce, goat cheese and cayenne pepper), moved everyone. the jury and earned his place in the reality show.
Antonio, a nursing student, was now in A la Barbarossa (Telefe) and
provided more details about his life and how much he wanted to be part of
MasterChef Argentina.
"I come from Salta,
a small town, a town called La Merced
, which I send greetings to all the people who are there seeing me from the other side," the participant began in dialogue with Georgina Barbarossa.
"MasterChef
for me started from the last edition of the amateurs, which was in 2015. I saw it and dreamed that I wanted to be here, I was 13 or 12 years old, I was finishing primary school. I saw that final and said 'I want to be there
, I want to have my apron with the 'M' embroidered and have my name.'
And well, as life turns around, now I'm here," he added.
Later, Antonio told where his passion for cooking came from: "Since I was very young I lived in my grandparents' house. There
was always homemade food, food made in a clay oven, food cooked with firewood.
Locros, empanadas, humitas, tamales, homemade pasta, all traditional food from the north".
Antonio told his story and how his love for cooking began.
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"I was studying nursing, I love the profession. But, when the call opened, I said 'I want this, I would like to dedicate myself to this'. I feel
that cooking is something that I am passionate about, and I would love to work on something that I am passionate about, I would love to be related to this
," added the man from Salta, who acknowledged that he is living a dream.
In his debut on the program, Antonio recounted that he had never visited Buenos Aires, he had never even gone so far from his hometown, that's why Barbarossa asked him about his journey to get to the MasterChef casting
.
"I received help from many people to get here. A family here welcomed me for a while, in the first days of the casting.
Very grateful, because thanks to them I am here today, who gave me the first lodging," Antonio narrated.
Antonio, the day of his debut in "MasterChef Argentina 2023".
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Antonio's dialogue with his mother, Marta
The driver then surprised Antonio with a
video call with his mother, Marta
.
"All I want to do here is to make my mom proud and represent my town well," the participant had said about his goal in
MasterChef.
"I am very familiar, it was hard for me to leave the house and seeing her now makes me very happy.
I miss her every day. I miss my family every day
," Antonio acknowledged.
And then his mother took the floor and defined him as "a flower of a son."
"He is studious, responsible. Much loved by all the people. A very good boy. He is fun, he likes to go out and is a great companion,"
added Marta, super proud of her son.
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