His passion for cooking has not manifested itself forever. Colombian chef Jorge Rausch (1970), who does not like to wash dishes, had to learn to cook because he likes to eat and for convenience. While majoring in economics in Israel, he shared an apartment with two classmates, one of them, Orit Feldman, who became his wife until 2002. They agreed that he would cook and they would wash the dishes. That was the trigger for Rausch to find his vocation in the kitchen.
At that time he was 28 years old.. He then left for England to start a new life and seriously dedicate himself to gastronomy. For this reason, she went to study at the Tante Marie School of Cookery, in London, and worked at the Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, in Oxford, considered one of the best restaurants in the United Kingdom.
At the end of 2003 he returned to Colombia and, together with his brothers Mark and Ilan, They started their first project together. In this way, they opened the Criterión restaurant in Bogotá’s Zona G, with which they focused on achieving a gastronomic emporium.
In 2008, Rausch, who practices Judaism, presented the program brothers in the kitchen; in 2009, The keys of Jorge Rauschthrough the channel The Gourmet; and in 2011 he was a mentor in cooks to the limit 1 and twoby very useful. In 2015 he began his participation as a jury of MasterChef Colombia, Junior MasterChef and, since 2018, in the three seasons of MasterChef Celebrity Colombia.
Since 2019 he participates as a jury of MasterChef Chile and Master Chef Ecuador. And in 2020 and 2021 she also participated as part of the jury for the first season of MasterChef Celebrity Chile.
How much earn?
In Ecuador, Rausch achieved fame with the game show MasterChefwhich transmitted Teleamazonas until the third season (the fourth has already been confirmed). Since the first installment of Master Chef Ecuadorin 2019, many have been the viewers who have seen him every night together with Irene Baquerizo and Carolina Sanchez (in the first season he was together with Enrique Sempere and C. Sánchez), making up the triplet of judges who give their verdicts on the dishes that the contestants must prepare.
And just as every hobby cook gains popularity and people want to know more about them, it is also the professional chefs who have come under the public eye. Recall that the entire third season of Master Chef Ecuador had 100 million views on social networks of the channel Teleamazonas.
The jury is in charge of qualifying the participants. And it is that, for some, what the expert chefs say is worth a lot, since in this way the contestants manage to improve in each challenge until the final, when the best three arrive to take the prizes. $20,000 to first place (also a car and other prizes), $600 and $400 for second and third place, respectively.
Chef Jorge Rausch, who has earned the affection and also the disagreement of some Ecuadorian viewers thanks to his evaluations, is a professional chef who has three Michelin stars. expert in Colombian gastronomy. And, despite his earnings as the owner and partner of several restaurants, It’s also true that the earnings from the cooking show are quite large.
He has known how to take advantage of his fame, so much so that even charges $50 for a greeting for yourself, for a family member or a friend, with just a few hours of immediate response, through videos.
This popularity has also been achieved thanks to the fact that it owns the Criterión restaurant, with which it was recognized as one of the 50 best restaurants in the world, according to Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants (2013-2016), and Best Restaurant in Colombia (2013- 2015); something that he has achieved thanks to his effort and dedication, earning his place in the world of global gastronomy and knowing how to choose his decisions well as an entrepreneur.
To give you an idea, the salary that Jorge Rausch receives in the program Master Chef Celebrity in Colombia, from RCN Television, is between 200 and 400 million Colombian pesos per season, according to the website ellaeonline. This is just over 52,000 and more than 104,000 US dollars. The current minimum monthly salary for a Colombian is one million pesos (just over 260 US dollars)..
Source: Eluniverso
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