Sergio Nalvarte, better known as Sergio ‘the ice cream man’ due to his profession, is the latest participant to leave Masterchef Celebrity Ecuador (Teleamazonas).

The motto of the redemption challenge was to prepare a dish that hints at what the chefs want to leave behind in 2023 or what they have in store for their future.

This was the dish that Sergio, the ice cream man, presented and for which he was eliminated. Photo: Screenshot

Sergio presented a garlic shrimp dish that he called Longing to be on the coast because he currently only has ice cream parlors in Quito. Unlike other occasions where he presented winning proposals, especially in the field of pastries and desserts, this time was the exception. His dish received several reviews.

Judge Irene González accused him that the garlic sauce “contained too much cream and I don’t feel the garlic, it’s more of an onion taste”; La chez Carolina Sánchez agreed with the previous criterion and emphasized that garlic does not actually contain onion. However, judge Jorge Rausch noted that the patacones, which accompanied the seafood, were raw and the rice was smoked.

In the end, it was the worst performance of the night and Sergio was chosen for elimination.

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At his farewell, the ice cream maker said that he enjoyed working with his colleagues and making new friends. “That’s what Chef Rausch always says Chef It changes your life and it does. To me it means a lot. “I’m an ordinary ice cream man who accidentally ended up on social networks, gained a lot of followers and then got the opportunity to be on this program.”

Sergio stressed that his departure seemed premature, but he thanks God they didn’t eliminate him with a pastry challenge. “That would be the last straw,” he joked on screen for the last time.