MasterChef Italythe long-awaited culinary program from star chefs Bruno Barbieri, Antonino Cannavacciuolo And Giorgio Locatelli and will be broadcast on Sky Uno and streamed on SkyGo and Now TV Thursday, December 14thIt starts with a bang: there is no shortage of surprises in the first episode, including bizarre candidates, first “Mappazzoni” and unexpected revelations. Today we know that too first 11 participants of the MasterClassas well as special characters that can make the evening more exciting than expected.
The summary of the first episode of MasterChef Italia 2023/2024: the 11 aspiring chefs
Antonio Mazzola He is the first official participant of MasterChef Italia: he lives in Munich, but if he won the 100,000 euros up for grabs he would return to Sicily with his now pregnant wife; the second is Eleanorthe waitress who brags about taking an order from Jane Fonda, a “fussy, distracted and confused” woman but who knows her way around the kitchen; Anna it's the third and live she dances a waltz with Locatelli. She won 3 yeses and was touched because “they told me, ‘Where are you going? And the first person who thought that was my husband.” Fortunately, Cannavacciuolo and Giorgio themselves take care to repeat to her: “You must not listen to others”; Nicolo Molinari He is a 19-year-old who dedicates his seafood dish to his late grandfather, who, with his love of cooking, also inspired the young man to the subject. is the fifth participant Deborah, in which a simple dish is presented to the jury, in which the vegetables come first and everything has a clear meaning linked to the family. Only one ingredient is missing to portray his son Christian, because the 10-year-old suffers from kidney problems and cannot eat certain foods; Will be24 years old, wants to open a farm on a hill near his home in the province of Pavia Henintsoa calls his dish”thanks father“in honor of the new partner of the mother who was abandoned by her husband when she was pregnant with her because “he said he was not my biological father”; Andrea is instead a boy who works as a sommelier and has a Chinese mother and an Italian father; Among the newcomers we finally find candidates for the role of the 13th master chef of the Bel Paese Alberto, Lorenzo And Valeria ZulloWindsurfing champion (won 5 world championships).
Locatelli and Barbieri
There are many hilarious moments during the live broadcast, one of which involves him Chef BarbieriVictim of some kind of delusion Mentalist that he believes he can Hypnotize people by asking a series of questions to which the person he is talking to should answer quickly. Among these stands out: “Does she come at night?“, to which Bruno replies: “Sometime“. What is striking is Barbieri's reaction to the competitor's game: the chef remains quiet and silent for a few minutes and is essentially poking fun at him. Actually, when Filippo Soggiu She says to him: “He doesn't answer anymore… Is he hypnotized?”, he waits a few more seconds and then explains with a serious look and tone: “No”. There is no shortage of laughter from his colleagues, especially Locatelli. When Antonino Cannavacciuolo used the word “pastor” in conversation with Soggiu’s wife, she said: “Gentlemen, I believe that the hypnosis was successful. The chef used this term on her whose last name is “Cardinal”, the dish is called “The Cardinal’s Mates” and “The Priest’s Hat” are the dishes I used. I believe that the hypnosis was successful.” But while Cannavacciuolo explains that he wants to die after what he heard, Barbieri asks the mentalist: “I'm sorry, didn't you perform hypnosis on me?” The scene ends so that Filippo unblocks Bruno by raising his thumb and then pointing it at him (Locatelli makes the same gesture with the Neapolitan chef and then says: “I'm blocking you!”) and the three judges miss his culinary achievement.
Giorgio Locatelli Instead he apologizes to Michael Stefano on behalf of all chefs, after the young man said he had been mistreated by the chef he wanted to learn the craft from: “One evening he threw a dish at me, it hit me hard and I left the restaurant in tears In front of my eyes, I took off my uniform and swore I would never be a chef again. In addition to his apology, the star chef also explains: “I assure you that things like this no longer happen in most kitchens right now. I apologize on behalf of all the chefs because I am very sorry.” Let us remember at the end Danilo Novellia surveyor from Rome who brings his wife to MasterChef, ready to reveal details about the clothes her husband uses to prepare food at home: “He never cooks with clothes on, he's always naked.” Barbieri's reaction is immediate: “In Naked in what sense?” and she replies, “In every way.” He doesn't even wear underwear. It's his way of living freely.