Masterchef Ecuador: Jamil is the winner of this week’s chef’s pin

Alexandra and Jamil became enemies (friends-enemies) on tonight’s episode of MasterChef Ecuador, whose fourth season is about to end with an existing group of 10 participants.

The duo faced each other this Tuesday, February 21, for the coveted ‘cook spider’ in a challenge led by the Chef Daniel Castano, owner of a restaurant is a tribute to Italian-American food, and the chef Irene González, escorting them out of the kitchens.

The first stage of the challenge included replicate in 20 minutes, the Castaño dish known as Saltinboca and on this occasion the chefs ignored the description of the ingredients of the dish and invited Jamil and Alexandra to try it directly and decrypt.

although Alexandra was self-confident at firstHis attitude then changed the chefs returned to add a new difficulty to the challenge: Castaño described a new recipe in words and, based on his memory and ingenuity, the participants had to prepare it for inclusion in their final proposal. They got an extra 15 minutes.

After the tasting, this week’s ‘chef pin’ winner was Jamil, whose His mastery of technique allowed him to get closer to the original proposals, although he was betrayed by the bitter taste of the residue left in the pan that burned during cooking.

In the meantime, his colleagues faced a pressure challenge, with open pantry, where they had to present a vegan gastronomic proposal (without animal products).

They were rated by guest chef Juan Carlos OrdóñezWHO he generously approached each of the stations to offer advice to the contestants.

Sara was congratulated by chef Jorge Rausch with a vegan ajiaco, while Santiago unsuccessfully bet on a lentil burger: the bread was leavened and the ‘meat’ didn’t have the desired texture.

‘The dry vegan I never thought I’d eat’ was also not a success for Sonniawhose onion was still raw. Andrés’ dish was recognized for its resemblance to the original and Chef Ordóñez noticed “He’d like to see it in a letter from the hotel.”

Raúl’s proposal also received positive reactions from the judges And Johanna was complimented on her ‘nice and sensational and spicy broth’ of pozole.

Victoria chose one meatloaf vegan lentils accompanied by vegetables and pureealthough it resembled the original recipe. Henry’s coconut milk puree earned him congratulations from Ordóñez. “A very interesting option for vegans”.

At the end of the program, the Black aprons went to Santiago, Sonnia and Victoria.