Although he did not win the competition, he made good friends and met the current love of his life. Since the premiere of the fourth season of the series MasterChef Ecuador (Teleamazonas), Santiago Barzallo from Cuenza emerged as one of the favorites to win reality the kitchen; He received praise from the public and his colleagues, and even from the judges themselves. She finally dropped out of the competition in early March, placing eighth, but in first place in the heart of her opponent Victoria Patiño, who instead reached second place.

A year has passed since that and other anecdotes in famous television kitchens, which Santiago just remembered these days. “1 year (sic) of that challenge in the middle of the world,” Santiago wrote alongside a video recalling the start of his time in the competition, which began production on a date similar to this one, but last year.

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“An experience with more good things than bad, everything it brought to me and the people I met. During the almost 3 months we spent in the house with 23 people, these are some of the moments that captured my attention and I wanted to share them with everyone,” added the dentist with a clip containing more personal photos and those recorded by the channel.

Santiago is also marked in the publish to those who were his closest companions in the competition and his allies: Andrés Bastidas, Victoria, Alexandra Torres, David Moreno, Sol Vargas and the judges of the program: Jorge Rausch, Carolina Sánchez and Irene González. Of them, Victoria, Sol, David and Andrés left their nostalgic expressions in the comment box.

“The best season Master chef. I cried, I laughed, I got angry full“added a follower of the production, which will now premiere its first sequel with local celebrities: MasterChef Celebrity Ecuador.