The MasterChef program has been involved in a great controversy after it came to light that a menu served in its 11th edition caused massive food poisoning. It happened in the outdoor test that could be seen on Sunday April 9 on La 1 and that had been recorded in January.
The applicants traveled to Valencia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Oceanogràfic, in the City of Arts and Sciences. RTVE had advanced about this delivery: “The teams will cook a menu by chef Rakel Cernicharo (a Repsol Sun), which pays tribute to the marine world, for 120 workers at this aquarium.”
The diners tasted a menu with four proposals in which seafood predominated. The starter was Viaje a la India with Valencian clòtxina, a kind of mussel that was accompanied by mango and spices from Indian cuisine. The first course, molluscada valenciana, included oysters, clams, romesco sauce and algae-based pesto. The second course, thai sea bass suquet, was presented as a stew containing coconut, dates and peanuts. Dessert was a Japanese cheesecake with seaweed.
A promo for the format showed Cernicharo warning applicants of their mistakes in the elaborations: “Guys, I would not take this in my restaurant. I want everything with the right amount, what it has to be.”
Irene, one of the Oceanogràfic workers, exposed on Twitter that dozens of people had ended up intoxicated after the recording of the program and that Public Health investigated what happened.
Shine Iberia, producer of the culinary ‘talent show’, confirmed it and pointed out in a statement: “This is an absolutely exceptional case in these 11 years of MasterChef in Spain, a program where it is an absolute priority to guarantee the food care of the people involved”.
The company regretted “the indisposition that some of the diners expressed” and stated: “The food was analyzed at source with positive results and its traceability was guaranteed throughout the process, as reported and documented to the competent health authorities when we had knowledge of the facts.”
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