Film director Santiago Segura won a MasterChef Celebrity challenge by cooking cheese-infused fritters with a sirloin tartar, before giving away his charity prize and a trip to Jordan to fellow contestants.
- Santiago Segura secured the top spot in the semifinal challenge using intense Epoisses cheese and dedicating his dish to the Roca brothers.
- He donated his four-thousand-euro cash prize to Fundación Aladina and redirected his travel prize to Paz Vega.
- Edu Soto confirmed that Segura personally funded a separate vacation gift to keep his promise to fellow competitors.
Working with Epoisses cheese during a round focused on extreme ingredients, Segura crafted cheese fritters accompanied by a citrus-flavored sirloin tartar. He explained to the judges that he mixed the pungent cheese with cream and cottage cheese to lower the intensity, while using three eggs to honor guest chefs Joan and his brothers.
Guest judge Joan Roca praised the balance of the dish, while regular judge Jordi Cruz commended the clever execution. Marta Verona called the creation a dish fit for the front door, sealing Segura’s victory in the first semifinal challenge.
Segura won two distinct rewards for his top-tier cooking: four thousand euros destined for charity and a vacation package to Jordan. Without hesitation, he directed the cash award to Fundación Aladina, an organization he has supported in the past.
He then handed the Jordan trip directly to actress Paz Vega, citing her personal setbacks and hard work during her own time on the program. “There is a person in this contest whom I love very much,” Segura stated on rtve.es, noting her recent misfortunes.
The director did not stop with Vega, extending his generosity to actor Edu Soto as well.
“Santiago is a heart with legs, he’s a generous guy,” Soto told rtve.es, adding that despite an acidic sense of humor that makes him seem tart at times, Segura is entirely charming.
