Pepe Rodriguez He is one of the judges of ‘MasterChef‘ since its premiere. He has been judging TVE applicants for 12 years, both adults, children, grandparents and even celebrities. From the first day he was accompanied by Jordi and Samantha, but there is a side of the beginning ‘MasterChef’ that we no longer see in the kitchens: Eva González.
The presenter hosted the program from its premiere until 2018, when she headed to ‘The Voice‘, which since that year passed into the hands of Atresmedia. Now, Pepe Rodríguez brings to light the true reason for the departure of the model.
“Why does Eva enter ‘MasterChef’? Because they didn’t trust us,” the cook begins jokingly in the interview. “Eva was a professional, which she still is, and a great presenter,” he continues. “When the production company goes to sell it to Spanish Television, it is easy for them to tell them to see who those three cooks were, so someone who had drive was needed“he explains to the microphones.
“If you look, the only ‘MasterChef’ in which there is a presenter is the one here. We learned how to present the program and Eva González, herself, realized that we were doing it alone.“acknowledges the chef, thus revealing one of the ins and outs of the program’s history.
