Lanzarote is the setting for the Masterchef team challenge that La 1 of Televisión Española will broadcast this Wednesday starting at 9:30 p.m. The Jameos del Agua kitchen hosted the filming of a chapter of this program last April, presented by Eva González from Seville, along with restaurateurs Jordi Cruz, Samantha Vallejo-Nájera, and Pepe Rodríguez.
Representatives from different socioeconomic areas of the island acted as diners, who had to evaluate a menu made from local products such as limpets, wrinkled potatoes with mojo sauce, kid, and vieja, as well as traditional desserts such as gofio mousse and huevos moles.
The Cabildo anticipates that the program will show "endless anecdotes and far-fetched situations generated in the shelter of the rush to get the best raw material in the shortest possible time." In addition, the program will "show all of Spain some of the most unique corners and landscapes of Lanzarote from the perspective of island gastronomy."
"A great boost"
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés, points out that the broadcast of the program recorded on the island will be "a great boost for the Saborea Lanzarote project and an unbeatable promotional showcase for the island." "We are convinced," he said, "that it will contribute significantly to the sale of the destination for this upcoming summer campaign for the important national market."
Masterchef is a gastronomic television program that seeks the best amateur cook in the country. The format is based on an American cooking television show with the same title. The production of the program is carried out by Televisión Española, in collaboration with the production company Shine Iberia.
This talent show, in which 15 contestants must eliminate each other by overcoming their nerves and culinary challenges of the highest level, became in its first edition one of the most followed and successful spaces of the public channel in recent years. In its second, to which 9,000 candidates initially applied, it has had a maximum audience and screen share of 3,680,000 viewers and 20.7%.
In its first edition, Masterchef had an average audience of over three million two hundred thousand viewers - with programs that exceeded four million - and an average screen share of 17%. The final of the first edition was watched by 5,524,000 people, with a screen share of 33.1%.
