Top Chef VIP: Carmen Villalobos and the Judges Reveal What They Expect from the Celebrities
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Top Chef VIP premieres this Tuesday with a new competition where preparing a good dish is just part of the challenge. Participants will also need to learn to listen, follow recipes correctly, and defend their creations before the judges. Before the stoves are turned on, some contestants are already aware of one of their main challenges: presenting their dishes in front of Carmen Villalobos and chefs Betty, Toño, and Tita. For some, even Villalobos' presence may increase the pressure during the competition. 'Carmen, please don’t come into my kitchen, please, please,' said Sheynnis Palacios. Villalobos, the host of Top Chef VIP, anticipated that the calm among the participants at the beginning of the competition could change as the challenges progress. 'I think they are in that stage, the beautiful stage, the “nothing is happening” stage, the infatuation stage, where everything is perfect. And then they show their claws, to see who cooks better than whom,' said Villalobos. José Joel also spoke about what it means to face the judges' critiques. 'Yes, with a smile, right? But they tell you: “This is no good. Nothing, nothing,” spitting it to the side,' said José Joel. The judges, for their part, agree that cooking well is only part of what the celebrities will need to advance in Top Chef VIP. 'What the participants have struggled with the most is precisely listening. They don’t know how to listen, and it’s understandable because imagine the nervousness of being out of their comfort zone,' said Chef Toño. Chef Betty pointed out that, in addition to listening, participants must pay special attention to the instructions before they start cooking. 'The main thing: listen. And another is to know how to read the recipes correctly, because many times they start preparing without even having read the recipe well. So, there’s a lot of discrepancy, and that’s where they might fail,' said Chef Betty. However, for Chef Tita, behind every recipe is also the story of the person preparing it, so she advised participants to defend their creations from start to finish. 'Always defend your dish from the beginning to the end, because that represents you. It’s your story, it’s your work, not just from the minutes you’ve been cooking, but also from the history you carry with you, because you come with loves and nostalgia,' said Chef Tita.
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