María Lo fulfills her dream and rises to victory in 'MasterChef'

María Lo

, the contestant who has most exhibited her high level throughout the entire contest, has won the tenth edition of

in a final with a tribute menu to her life in which she competed against Verónica from Salamanca who has based on the four seasons to elaborate its menu.

"Dreams come true, it's the most 'heavy' experience that has happened to me in my life. I'm super happy to have come this far, I'm in a cloud that I can't believe it", she said excitedly.

The woman from Cádiz has won over the jury made up of

, founder of elBulli (3 soles Repsol) with a menu based on the different times and places of her life, consisting of a starter of tomato and chamomile, almadraba tuna quenelle, pickled onion and false caviar.

A main, Norway lobster with spheres of celeriac, lentils, caviar and Iberian ham powder, and for dessert a matcha tea sponge cake and spicy chocolate cream, pink pepper crumble, lime sorbet, lychee and lychee air.

"Your menu has been totally balanced. There are things to polish in your work, but with humility and the values ​​you have, you can be what you want and be happy and fulfilled", said Jordi.

For her part,

has made a more environmental proposal, representing the four seasons of the year and emphasizing climate change through her dessert made with a chocolate sponge cake with spiced pumpkin cream and celeriac and lime ice cream and chestnut crumble and tonka bean salted toffee.

As a starter, he has prepared a smoothie of peas, sautéed eels, candied morels, garlic foam and white asparagus air;

and as a main course, a seaweed and shellfish lobster, crustacean chele, coral sponge cake, cider gel and egg yolk sauce.

"What you have made me suffer for the better. I am glad I told you last year that 'no', you have come back with a lot of strength," Pepe congratulated.

María Lo has done so with the title of winner of the contest, with 100,000 euros in cash, the publication of her recipe book and the completion of a course at the

.

In fact, she was the one who managed to put on the first duelist jacket thanks to her effort and concentration in cooking in which she had to follow an accelerated

(Raíces, Talavera de la Reina), who has not given respite to time to replicate his recipe for Norway lobster with almonds, potato omelette fritters and fresh pasta.

The woman from Cadiz prevailed over

who was wise in several parts of the cooking, but in the middle of it he got lost and was later shooting blind.

Although she prevailed over

who elaborated by eye to get out of trouble and a totally lost Veronica with a very chaotic kitchen, which the judges criticized.

"It will be difficult to get the jacket with this plate, but don't throw in the towel," they told him.

No less tough was the outdoor test, with the magnificent

as the start.

As a novelty in this tenth edition, to judge the dishes of these three finalists, 'MasterChef' judges from different countries such as

have gathered at the same table .

The three finalists shared six dishes from the brothers

: Sea and vegetable mountain and mimosa ray (David);

xarel lo steamed peas and lamb with vegetable couscous (Veronica);

and all the shrimp and rain forest (Adrián).

After 230 minutes of testing and advice from the chefs, the jury proclaimed Veronica as the second duelist of the night.

"What a shame! I can't get any fault out of you and it crushes me," Jordi joked.

"You have done a wonderful job and I want this jacket to be dedicated to you," he added.

In this way, David was in third place, achieving an eight-week specialization course in cutting-edge culinary techniques at the Basque Culinary Center, and in fourth place was Adrián, who has confessed that the important thing for him was that the program has given him

.

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