Culinary scandal in Spain. Culinary reality show MasterChef has apologized for massive intoxication following one of these test events held at Valencia’s ‘Oceanografic’, a large aquarium in the southern Spanish city. .
It is one of the participants of this dinner, in this case a waitress, organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the largest aquarium in Europe, located in the complex of the City of Arts and Sciences, who gave the alert this Monday in Spain. “Irene”, who has since made these tweets private, in a message published Monday morning on social networks assured that “more than 70 people ended up suffering from food poisoning”.
After a quick investigation, a figure that sources from the regional Ministry of Health interviewed by the daily El Pais eventually estimated at 44 from the more than 100 guests. Shine Iberia, the show’s producer, released a statement on Monday evening acknowledging the incident, while emphasizing the unusual nature of the accident in the show’s 11-year history: “We at MasterChef regret much the indisposition of some of the guests who attended the filming in Valencia ”says the press release from the producers.
Seafood menu
The menu, created by chef Rakel Cernicharo, paid homage to the marine world. It was cooked by two teams: in the show, these tests are frequent and the contestants are divided into two groups, blue and red, to cook three dishes, and there is always a lot of tension to finish them in time. The menu was mostly seafood and fused Indian and Mediterranean cuisine.
During Sunday’s TV show, Chef Cernicharo repeatedly warned that the dishes weren’t up to par, but no one could suspect that any of the ingredients weren’t fresh enough or ” gamy”. In its defence, the producer assured in its press release that “the food was analyzed at the source with positive results and that traceability was guaranteed throughout the process, as reported and documented to the competent health authorities”. . Mystery therefore for the moment on the exact origin of this media food poisoning.