A 22-year old from the mountain town of Constanza, Nikol Morillo was chosen the first Dominican MasterChef. The reality show has been televised on Telesistema, Channel 11 for the past three months. She lived with her grandparents until she was nine when she traveled to Italy to live with her mom en Schio. She lived in Italy for 13 years getting to know Italian cooking. When she returned to the country and her grandfather died, she decided to stay. Morillo has a vocation to spread the news about Dominican cooking.
She was voted Master Chef Dominican Republic during the final held on Sunday, 16 December 2018. She competed against Gina Vicini and Manuel Busby, finalists from a group of 18 who competed in the regular rounds. The judges were Leandro Diaz, Ines Paez (Chef Tita) and Severio Stassi and Mildred Queiroz as show host.
Morillo won a RD$50,000 gift certificates for purchases in La Sirena stores, 12 months training in Culinary Arts, an paid internship at Pat’e palo restaurant for a year, the online publication of her recipes, and the award. She also wins a new car from Grupo Viamar and gasoline for six months.
See from minute 30 in the YouTube video below.
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18 December 2018
