Why Beto Larco, champion of the first season of ‘Masterchef Ecuador’, was not in the final episode that brought together the rest of the winners

Almost the same emotion in seeing the three Spider-Mans in the latest movie of the arachnid superhero (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland) was felt in seeing the winners of the previous seasons of Master Chef Ecuador (Teleamazonas) on last night’s episode (Tuesday, March 14).

Some on social media called him the ‘Master Chef Multiverse’ referring to the movie of the Marvel character.

The multiverse arrived at ‘MasterChef Ecuador’; Roberto Ayala, Germán Vivanco and Andrés Arrata joined the kitchens for a final team challenge

The Champions Roberto Ayala (second season) and Andres Arrata (third season) went to the competition kitchens German Vivanco (participant in the first edition of the reality) to compete with the current fourth season contestants.

At the moment there are only six left: Alexandra, Jamil Johanna, Henry, Raul and Victoriawhich were divided into two teams of three people, to even out the challenge with the group of winners and an additional group that made up the three chefs and judges of the competition.

However, the idea of ​​the winning team was not complete, due to the absence of the winner of the first season, Quito. beto larco located in Nueva Loja. The representative of that edition, Vivanco, actually finished in sixth place in the competition that took place in 2019.

That year Larco rose as the best amateur chef with a three-course dinner with Amazonian fish and cassava as a starter; rack of lamb with risotto, as a main course; and a cold sweet soup for dessert.

Final of the first season of MasterChef Ecuador: Beto Larco is the best amateur chef in Ecuador

The first edition of Master Chef Ecuador was overshadowed by alleged conflicts that scattered the first places of the competition, which led to an alleged enmity between them and Teleamazonas, the channel that broadcast the program.

On social networks, many remembered last night when in mid-2020, Larco, along with other participants, such as Angie Macklif, Loren Trocelier, Sharon Cortez, Débora Arévalo, denounced alleged irregularities on social networks and abuses that apparently limited his professional development after being on the show. Specifically, Larco denounced in a video, which continues to be posted on Instagram, that the contract he signed to compete prevented him from getting a job and that he had to pay commissions to the channel for using his own image.

Beto Larco and his commitment to Amazonian products

In the clip, titled The truth of MasterchefLarco said that upon leaving the program, he couldn’t imagine: “I couldn’t do anything without Teleamazonas’ permission and from everything I earned after the program, Teleamazonas demanded a higher commission than the law allows.”

he added he wanted to move on with his life. “I looked for job opportunities, but if Teleamazonas didn’t approve them, I wouldn’t be able to do them.” Larco had also complained that the show’s first season had been republished without earning him image royalties.

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For his part, German Vivanco enjoyed a greater reception and had a gastronomic program called Chef’s kitchen.