Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Masterchef Pinoy Edition Finale: JR wins as first first Pinoy Masterchef

It has been a closed scores got by the three Pinoy Master Chef contestants on the Masterchef Pinoy Edition Finale: The Live Cook-off happened February 9 at the SM Skydome. JR Royol, the 'Rakistang Kusinero of Benguet' was awarded as the very first Pinoy Masterchef grand winner.

JR, who presented a dish reflective of his Bicolano and Igorot roots, beat Carla Marcaida and Ivory Yat during the live cook-off on which they were given 30 minutes to cook and plate their dishes. 

Myra Santos was eliminated before the live cook off and was hailed as the 4th placer. After the cook-off, Ivory emerged as the third placer while Carla was on second place and runner up to eventual champion, JR.

The first ever Pinoy MasterChef was determined by Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo and ChefFerns, Chef Lau, and Chef Jayps who sampled their dishes live, with Queen of All Media Kris Aquino and Kapamilya actor Richard Gomez sitting as judges.

Based on the scores given by the celebrity judges, JR got the highest with an average of 98 (99 and 97 from Kris and Richard, respectively) followed by Carla with 96 points and Ivory with 93.5. The scores of the chef judges and Judy Ann were not revealed but the final scores of the three went to be 96.1 for JR, 93.9 for Carla and 93 for Ivy.

Here is JR's message to the supporters and producer of the show:
"Speechless, ahhh,, blessed, I feel so blessed and Maraming maraming Salamat, Thank you so much this is such an honor, maraming salamat", said JR.

JR won P1 million from Clara Oil, a kitchen showcase from Whirlpool, and a Diploma Programfor Professional Culinary Arts scholarship at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies.

Meanwhile, the second, third, and fourth placers took home P500,000, P300,000, and P200,000 respectively. They each also got a kitchen package from Fujidenzo and ascholarship at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies.

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