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Samantha Vallejo-Nágera Leaves MasterChef After 13 Years as Marta Sanahuja Steps In

She frames the move as a timely pivot toward new audiovisual and culinary projects.

Overview

  • Samantha explained on El Hormiguero that her MasterChef stage had run its course and that the 30th anniversary of her catering business helped confirm the timing.
  • La 1 said she will pursue initiatives in audiovisual work and gastronomy–lifestyle while continuing her hospitality ventures.
  • TVE selected content creator Marta Sanahuja, known as Delicious Martha, to join Jordi Cruz and Pepe Rodríguez on the judging panel.
  • Season 14 has begun filming without the original trio, marking the first edition of the show without Vallejo-Nágera on the bench.
  • Vallejo-Nágera signaled she will remain on television and reflected on a career that began at 19 in Horcher’s kitchen and grew to include long-running catering and the Sol Repsol–winning Casa Taberna.