The controversy was served in MasterChef Celebrity (Telefe) this Monday. It all happened when Chinese Leunis He decided to name his dish “tatami,” a nod to the square shape in which he cut the meat. That presentation, different from the original recipe, caused a sharp back and forth with German Martitegui in the fourth season program Masterchef Celebrity Argentina.
“I never saw the original dish,” the entertainer expressed angrily to the jury, marking the distance between his interpretation and the chef’s expectation. The slogan had started from Donato de Santiswho shared both the ingredients and the recipe for saltimbocca Roman style with artichokes, a dish that the famous people had to replicate, but they omitted to reveal the final aspect of their own preparation until the participants finished the challenge.
Chino’s version, notably different from Donato’s dish, was the target of criticism for the presentation of the meat. Martitegui pointed out: “The name determines it to the extent that it defines the way you cut the meat.” Angry, the driver responded firmly to the jury’s criticism and marked his differences: “It is not fair that you make me an observation about a dish that we did not see, it is not fair, I say it with respect”Leunis rebuked Martitegui.
In the face of tension, Wanda Nara He intervened to calm the situation, considering that both defended similar positions regarding the cutting of meat, although they did so in different terms. Finally, the session concluded without any major surprises, but Martitegui summarized his position in returning to the participant: “It is true that the plating was free. But one can use that freedom well or badly. In this case, your perfectionism conspired against a traditional dish”.
But it didn’t stop there. “Why did it conspire against the plate to have made that decision?”Chino inquired. ”First because In a restaurant it is about keeping the least amount of waste, and when you cut something square, you are throwing away half the meat“explained the jury, but the driver disagreed. “No, if the motto was not to waste, we also waste a lot of artichoke,” continued Chino. “You don’t eat the banana peel either so as not to waste. Well, but what is edible, we try to take care of it“Germán concluded, while the contestant acknowledged his annoyance in a later interview. “I’m overheated,” he exclaimed emphatically.
The unexpected discussion that arose between Chinese Leunis and Eugenia Tobal during the past week in MasterChef Celebrity It propelled production to a new level of tension in culinary competition. The episode took place while the participants were choosing their workstations, a moment that traditionally awakens customs, superstitions and personal preferences among the contestants.
The climate in the studio changed abruptly when the actress occupied the station that the host considered his “cabal”, generating discomfort and inquisitive looks on the set. Given this atmosphere, it was Wanda Nara who immediately intervened to investigate what was happening, asking those involved if there was any problem with the choice of locations.
In a first attempt to minimize the incident, Tobal denied that a conflict existed. However, he later admitted: “I offered him if he wanted to move to this place, which is his Kabbalah place and so on. I had already marked the place, but he doesn’t want to.”expressed the actress, implying that the tension was palpable from the beginning of the day.
When the cheerleader asked Chino if he wanted to change his location prior to the challenge, Leunis was categorical and responded: “No, not at all, I’m fine. It was my turn here and that’s it, we’re going to give it our all here”. This brief and forceful reaction reflected that the driver preferred not to fuel the misunderstanding or prolong the discomfort of the moment.
At the end of the instance and with the cameras focused on the kitchen, he delved into his posture and revealed the reason for his visible discomfort with the sudden changes: “I’m a very structured guy and once I land in a place, they take me out and because she had thrown a bear there…”he commented, alluding to how Tobal had chosen that sector of the kitchen through a toy of his daughter.
