Overview
- The elimination occurred during the show's second elimination gala, which aired Sunday and sent Paula Trapani out after the judges judged her dish unacceptable.
- Contestants faced a closed-ingredients challenge where two cloches revealed rice and squid and they had 60 minutes to prepare a dish after judges demonstrated how to clean the mollusk.
- Judges Damián Betular and Germán Martitegui singled out undercooked rice and a raw-calamar texture as the decisive faults that cost Trapani her place on the program.
- Mike Amigorena joined Trapani in the bottom two but was spared, and Trapani left saying she had cooked with love and expressing hope for a possible repechaje as judges praised her attitude.
- LA NACION reported the broadcast began around 9.9 rating points and reached a peak of 12.4, underscoring the program’s blend of technical culinary contest and celebrity-driven audience interest.