“Drama” with the good morning in . Player voluntarily left the first episode of Star cooking on Monday night (20.01.2025). The 24 players of this year’s MasterChef welcomed in the kitchens the judges of Star’s reality cooking. The 9th cycle premiered on Monday night, brought a radical change in the outcome of the game, since for the first time the audition process was bypassed and 24 players entered without any test at the house of the cooking competition. The dishes presented by the 24 contestants to Sotiris Kontizas, Panos Ioannidis and Leonidas Koutsopoulos were generally admittedly impressive and attentive, with the game’s “powerful cards” making a difference with the morning and showing their intentions. However, the premiere hid another major twist, after a few minutes after presenting the 24 dishes, Nikos asked to leave the game voluntarily as early as the first episode. ADVERSE “Someone who wants to say something?”, asked Sotiris Kontizas, just before announcing the winner of the first test. “I leave MasterChef for personal reasons”, the young player was heard saying raising his hand. “Understanding, respected. I just hope you’ve thought it through and thank you for that little while you’ve been with us,” replied Saviour Kontizas. “I would not give up, but the child will have his own personal reasons. I only hope he did not take the position from a child who would like to be here and do anything,” commented Nestor, who also emerged as the winner of the first MasterChef 2025 test.
Masterchef 2025: The voluntary departure that marked the premiere of reality cooking
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