MasterChef Junior Showdown: Aitor and Carmen's Culinary Duel

P- Let the finalists come out!

A y C- Hello

C- Hello, my name is Carmen, I am 13 years old, and my specialty is desserts. I am from León, and I live with my family.

A- Hello, I'm Aitor and I am 13 years old. I live in San Andrés, and I am good at cooking vegetables.

P- We know that you worked very hard to be here.

A- Yes, it’s true.

D- So, what do you think we are doing today?

A- Maybe desserts, the room is decorated with many sweet things.

C- I choose 4

A- 7

C- 5

A- 9

C- 8

C- I think I'm going to choose the least healthy dessert since I'll be better doing it.

A- Great, she chose the one I didn’t want, I prefer the healthy dessert.

P- Sorry, that is the time you have.

A- Okay…

C- I think I'm going to need milk, sugar, gelatin, and cinnamon, and I'm going to try to make a kind of cheesecake. I'm sure the juries will love it.

A- I'm going to make some cookies, and I'm going to need butter, an egg, oatmeal, flour, and sugar.

P and D- You can start cooking in 3, 2, 1… go!

A- First, I will melt the butter in the microwave.

C- First, I will mix the milk with the sugar and gelatin.

A- Okay, now I have to mix it with the oatmeal and beat the egg white.

C- I already have the dough made; now I have to let it cool in the refrigerator.

A- And voila, I have to put it together with the flour and...

D- Yes, because you're spinning around like crazy.

A- I forgot an ingredient... yeast. Chefs, I forgot an ingredient, can I go back for it?

D- I'm sorry, you should have taken it when it was your turn.

A- Please let me go, I need it.

P- Okay, you can go.

A- Thank you.

C- It's not fair, I could have taken more ingredients.

A- Let’s see where the yeast is, I can’t find it.

P- Hurry up, Aitor, you don't have much time.

A- Here it is, let's go, I won’t have time.

P- Okay guys, you have only 20 minutes left.

A- What??? It's a very short time.

C- Okay, now I'm going to take the mixture out of the refrigerator, and I'm going to put it in the oven with the cinnamon on top.

A- Well, I already have all the mixes, so I'm going to put everything together and go get the trays.

P- Aitor, how about those cookies?

A- Well, it's true that I've wasted some time, but this is going well.

D- Yeah, and a question, what would you use the prize money for?

A- I really don't know yet, it's a lot of money...

P- It's true, but you'll come up with something.

A- Anyway, I have to finish the cookies because they are not going to be made alone...

C- It's ready, I just have to plate and that's it.

A- Me too, although they burned a little.

C- I'm almost done with this; I just have to cut it and I'd be done.

A- I'm going to put them one on top of the other, and so maybe it looks nicer on the plating.

P- I see that they are very advanced now, wait, what is Aitor doing?

A- I burned my finger ahhhhhh! Where are the band-aids???

P- They are right there, Aitor, you need to be more careful.

A- Yeah, I know, sorry…

C- And... Done, I'm going to clean this up a bit.

A- Uff, it's been hard, but I'm done.

P- Well, now Aitor is going to start showing us his plate.

A- Here it is, they are Christmas cookies typical of the Lapponian part of Sweden, they are made with oatmeal and are called Havreflarn.

P- It was a very difficult dish, so it has been very good.

A- Thank you, chefs.

D- Well, contestants, now let's talk a little about your career. What do you think almost eliminated you from being here now?

A- The outdoor test at the Madrid Zoo. My group was going too badly, and I thought we were not going to win until in the elimination test you put healthy smoothies to the test.

C- Although Aitor is a very good competitor, I would have liked to compete with Maya. Her South American cuisine was too good, and I feel that in this final I could have won.

A- Mateo was also a good competitor. His avant-garde cuisine would have served very well in this test.

D- And the last question is, what was your favorite show?

A- My favorite program was to make a meal that reminded us of someone.

C- I don't believe it, they are all there!

A- It's true, it's like a dream!.

P and D- Both!

A- What????

D- Yes, a trip to Austria for 4 people with all-inclusive.

A- And then I have...

P- Exactly, a motorcycle for two people. We hope you enjoy it.

A and C- Thank you very much!

P- But you also have to enjoy and share.

A- Omg, we’ve won MasterChef 8!

C- Yeah! I don't believe it either.

A- Thank you very much to everyone who has supported me.

C- Yeah, this program changed my life.

A- I think the same, you were so nice with us, and I’m proud to be here.

P- Yes, and we also hope that you pass by soon.

A- Sure! I will love to help the other contestants.

C- And maybe we can meet y’all, right Aitor?

A- Yeah!

A and C- And above all, put flavor to life!

All- Happy holidays for all!