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The best edition of

memory did not have the duel it deserved.

So clear.

And I say a duel and not a winner because the victory of

leaves me with a hodgepodge of emotions.

I don't know if she deserved it more than the rest, I don't know if she's a fair winner, I don't know if she's the best winner that

could have

, I don't know if it would have been more unfair that she didn't win, I don't know if it really was the better, I don't know if what was supposed to shine didn't shine, I just know that I don't know anything, that the final of

has left me with a turulean head.

And after thinking about it a lot, I think that so much confusion does have an answer:

was never the favorite,

was never in the betting,

was never a winning horse,

never made a spectacular dish,

was never a winner ... until last night.

It was a strange final, very strange because if a few hours ago they had told me that the final duel would be fought between

and

would have said no joke.

But it was in a turn of events that not even in the best movie scripts.

¿

and

?

Really?

It is that none of the favorites, especially the true moral winner and in every sense of

, Josie, had their place in the final duel.

was in charge of dismantling all the cabal that you could have made about its end with a battle that not even the most expert could have thought.

Why?

Because neither

nor

were ever among the favorites, because nobody would have given a penny for them, because, and this counts for a lot, there was always a favorite, it was always

, and

was on the verge of getting it, but no It was he, it was the unexpected, the "microwave mom" who became not only a winner but also a cook capable of preparing a menu worthy of the best restaurants.

The miracle of Raquel Meroño in MasterChef Celebrity 5

Check out what the "microwave mom" thing will be like to put it on herself, aware of her culinary limitations.

Until her time at

,

only knew how to heat food in the microwave.

Nothing else.

Even her own mother, invited in the final duel, confirmed it, she had never been interested in cooking and had never cooked.

And this is true.

When it came to the kitchens of

was probably the contender with the lowest level in the kitchens.

And that means that with a bit of evolution she would have already been the queen of the kitchen.

That's right, if there is something that cannot be taken from

is that of all the applicants she is the one who has evolved the most, without a doubt.

Going from just heating in the microwave to setting an avant-garde menu, with very complicated techniques (what was even a volcano!), Is not just evolution, it is a miracle.

The miracle of

.

I am convinced that not even she gave a penny for herself and now she is the winner of

.

But it is not only that evolution that squeaks in the final of

is other things, for example, that in the entire edition he has never made a spectacular dish.

His most prominent dish, or at least the one that received the most praise from the judges, was a strawberry-shaped cake that he made with the invaluable collaboration of his daughters.

The rest, in the middle table.

It is true that he never received harsh or bad criticism from the judges and that, in fact, in each program everyone valued his effort, perseverance and work above all else.

Of course, values ​​more than necessary in kitchens, but you also have to cook well and, with the exception of its winning menu that chefs

and

put through the roof, the rest of the dishes that

has made

at

5 neither fu nor fa.

Just as it has not had a single bad review, it has not had a spectacular review.

And this is also confusing.

While the rest of her fellow finalists have lived through everything in

, the good and the less good,

has been like a working ant, who did not make much noise, but did what had to be done, which was focused in working, working and working, and that he was going step by step, day by day, cooked by cooked.

Neither stood out above anyone, nor was he in the last positions of the table.

As my boss would say, an accomplished person, the worker that everyone would like to have, without much pretense, but I do eat a lot of work.

Because

is not only the winner of

because she made the best menu of her finale, she is the winner of effort, sacrifice, work and leaving, literally, even the skin of her hands.

In this there is no doubt or confusion.

And I am not saying with this that the rest of the finalists -

,

,

and

- have not worked it out, that they have also left their horns, but in the case of

, that has been their greatest virtue or, at least, is the one that has been seen the most.

That work and effort, which her mother also highlighted, is what has made her a

winner

.

And now the question is clear, what is valued then in

, cooking well or effort?

Until now it had always been a balance between the two, now it is not so clear to me.

Or, perhaps, it is that

never wanted to stand out or, perhaps, she preferred to work, work and work and the other would come.

The judges always had it between cotton wool.

There was no individual or team evaluation in which

took one of the so famous fights from the judges.

Quite the opposite.

The judges, especially

, always pushed her to overcome her fears, to trust her more, to believe where she was and what she was achieving.

They always stood out above all their work, but what about their cooking?

Neither for better nor for worse.

His dishes almost always received correct reviews, not too much praise, not too many blows.

So it was impossible to think that

could win

, and that is why today no one believes it, but yes, it is real.

Florentino Fernández, Dabiz Muñoz's "little amount of shit"

Already in the first test of the night, from which the first duelist would come out,

was one step away from getting the long-awaited jacket.

He stayed at the gates, but it gave him a great advantage for the outdoor test from which the second duelist would come out, he allowed him the two dishes he would have to do, and it was key.

In the first test it was "little amount of shit", word of

that had its

pluses and minuses

with

, who took the glory.

The five finalists had to follow the chef in a cooking that I swear my nervous system collapsed.

Following

in preparing a dish is like living an apnea test where with every minute that passes you think you are going to die.

Between the fact that the chef does not pass one, between that he goes at full speed, between that he does not repeat even once any of the steps and between that he knows that his job in the first test of a grand final is to play an ogre, to try to make the One thing that goes well is to entrust oneself to all the saints.

Lobster with aged chédar omelette and nam prik pao sauce, that's where he left it.

I'm not going to try or explain it.

All I know is that it was a dish with a zillion elaborations and with a zillion demands from the chef.

Difficult no, the following.

But if there was something that surprised me more than the difficulty of the test, it was the ability of the applicants.

It is true that

got lost, that

did a bit what he wanted, that

concentrated so much that she lost to the north, but I have to say that they all managed to get a difficult dish out of their noses.

left me especially checkered

.

Florentino Fernández

is the trompe l'oeil of this edition.

He had us fooled until he achieved his goal, to outnumber his friend and former

,

.

Until that moment the most outstanding thing that

was whore

, try to kiss

, imitate Mariano Rajoy and take

for a walk

-the only controversy of this edition-.

Now, he was achieving his goal and the spirit of Ratatouille took possession of him.

From cooking just enough to make incredible dishes.

And with

he did the same again.

The little jokes and pullitas with the chef throughout the cooking made us think that

was going to screw it up, far from it.

Still hesitating with

, still in a joke in the middle of a very complicated cooking, still having time to joke around,

reply

was the one that came closest to that of the

chef

.

Incredible but true.

Not willing

was incredulous, so imagine those who were watching from home.

He replicated the sauce, the lobster cooking, the taste of the nam prik pao, and he missed getting the point of the cheddar-filled tortilla, if he can get it, even

himself makes the wave.

During many programs

played the distraction, assuring ad nauseam that the mole of this edition was

, that he was the one who knew how to cook and had it hidden.

The reality is that the one who knew how to cook, the one who hid it after the mockery and ridicule, the 'cover' of

was him.

That a chef like

, who in his evaluations and demands goes too far, I did not doubt for a second that the winner had to be

is more than enough proof that

has deceived us all.

He was better than

and he was a better cook than he wanted to show until the end.

Josie, the moral winner of MasterChef Celebrity 5

In second place was

and, again, what has happened in each program happened again: she was at the gates of glory, but she did not seem to shine at all.

He replicated

plate well

, but, as on other occasions during

, he gave the feeling that he did better because others did worse.

was wrong with the sauce, with the lobster cooking and with the point of the omelette.

got lost with the chili peppers and no longer knew how to redirect the dish or follow the chef, so she ended up making the version of lobster that she wanted.

Well, what

is

!

And

was wrong in the same way that he was wrong throughout the

, in seeing the failures, being aware and not correcting them.

The MasterChef Celebrity 5 Fellowship

With the first jacket delivered, the last four applicants traveled to Cantabria to the three-star Michelin restaurant El Cenador de Amós, by

, where they would prepare a tasting menu for 15 chefs from the best restaurants in Cantabria consisting of 8 dishes - two for each one - prepared by the chef and with two more than unexpected guests, the president of Cantabria,

, and the president of Banco Santander,

.

And I have to say that of all the outdoor tests that have been experienced in a

final,

the final of

seemed to me a path of roses, roses and wines, what a rattle they found with

wines

.

And not because the dishes were simple, not at all, but because of the atmosphere of

that was experienced in the kitchens.

A reflection of what this edition has been.

There was not a scream, not a departure from tone, not a bad gesture.

Although each one played their jacket and their pass to the final, they finished together from the first moment.

And he is very grateful because the tension or the emotion was not lost, but I do not know how it came out of mother and there was no moment to forget, quite the opposite.

When

acknowledged that he could not get his first plate out on time, it was

who took responsibility and pulled the car, opening the service with her first plate that in reality had to be the second.

Not a single complaint, the little ant in motion.

When

once again lost her nerves with her first course and tears again seized her, not only the judges, especially

, tried to encourage and redirect her, but also her own teammates.

Again, the little ant, who while skinning his hands raw from previous days burns, encouraged the soprano trying to calm down and return to cooking.

The same as

, who did not stop paying attention for a moment to the cooking of

, whom she was encouraging all the time, despite the fact that his dishes required incredible work.

And it was the small errors of that extremely complicated work, because these dishes had nothing easy, which led

take the jacket

.

I dreamed for a moment that it would be Josie who would go to the final duel, but when it was

who brought her service forward, when the diners tasted her dishes and were delighted, when I saw her cook without practically making a mistake, I knew that the jacket would be for her.

But it is that even having taken out almost perfect dishes, even having had to serve 15 minutes earlier than they were due, even having cooked with their hands as they were, even there the assessment was too flat.

In fact, the judges played the game off and, while

and

were valued in the order in which they were going to be in the final, with

and

wanted to deceive us, leaving

for the end.

It looked like it was going to be him or that is what they wanted us to believe, but it was clear that without a single mistake the working ant was going to become the queen ant.

The unexpected final duel of MasterChef Celebrity 5

Florentino Fernández

vs

, a final duel that hours before no one would have bet on.

I would go as far as to say too lazy even for the best edition of

.

A duel that seemed not to measure up.

And I insist, it did not seem like it because neither of the two duelists have stood out for it at any time in this edition.

That confuses, breaks ideas, generates doubts.

Now, the menus that they both prepared cannot be given a single but.

The one by

, worked on, rehearsed and practiced with

, from the biestrellado Atrio, in Cáceres, whom in the absence of

(RTVE did not want Flosie anymore) he imitated in an attempt to pay homage.

And that of Raquel Meroño, led by

,

and

, the three cooks from Enjoy, with two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns in Barcelona.

Menus worthy of a final for two applicants that no one would have imagined could prepare something like this.

Well, they made it.

But again, it was also clear almost early in the cooking who was going to win.

made two mistakes.

On the one hand, he forgot to take potatoes to make the parmentier that accompanied his main dish.

On the other, he also forgot to take the lime that went with the dessert.

Still, he defended it like a wild boar and received rave reviews from the judges and chefs.

"You have left through the front door,"

even told him

.

However,

menu

, in addition to those small errors, was less complicated in terms of technique than that of

, who played it all or nothing.

A mistake by

would have been catastrophic for her menu.

But he did not commit any.

Although she was seen cooking and gave the feeling that she was going like motorcycles and that from one moment to another something was going to go wrong, nothing went wrong.

That which was never seen during all of the

, he pulled out last night.

All that evolution, all that work, all that 'I know how to cook' was on that menu.

It is never late if happiness is good.

"Perfect. The result is very elegant", word of

.

"It's the rebomb", word of

.

"It is impeccable", word again from

.

It cannot be that we are all confused, it cannot be that what two great chefs and judges saw without a doubt we will not see.

It cannot be that a dessert like the mango volcano that he presented, which was simply spectacular, cannot be that of a fair winner.

But something is wrong, something is confusing, something squeaks.

After that menu, no one can doubt that Raquel Meroño is a deserved winner of

, but

has been many programs, many cooked, many evaluations and until night nobody gave a penny for

.

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