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.